Mahler vs. Dvorak!!!

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Who's the man?

Dvorak
24 (42.1%)
Mahler
33 (57.9%)

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karlhenning

#40
July 03, 2009, 04:17:38 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 02, 2009, 03:43:22 PM
The Composer All-Star Baseball Team - scouting report

Outstanding, Brian! Check PM.

marvinbrown

#41
July 03, 2009, 05:01:09 AM
Quote from: Florestan on July 02, 2009, 11:56:09 PM
Fair enough! I'll give you fifty per cent of royalties together with my apologies!  0:)

  Done!  You got yourself a deal  :D!

  marvin

Opus106

#42
July 03, 2009, 07:00:44 AM Last Edit: July 03, 2009, 07:02:31 AM by opus106
Quote from: Brian on July 02, 2009, 03:43:22 PM
The Composer All-Star Baseball Team - scouting report

;D Thoroughly enjoyed it even though I don't follow baseball. :)
Regards,
Navneeth

DavidW

#43
July 03, 2009, 07:34:43 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 02, 2009, 06:57:08 PM
Never mind the baseball, who would you rather have over for a drink?

Dvorak - you'd have a few chuckles, he might play you his latest tune, and he'd go home before one.
vs.
Mahler - you'd hardly get a word in edgeways as he went on and on about his miserable life and "cosmic vibrations". You'd be lucky to get to bed before sunrise, and when you got up, there he'd be snoring on your sofa.


Or Brahms vs. Beethoven: Brahms might be a bit of a bore, but at least he won't suddenly punch you in the face.

Best post on this thread!  Hilarious, I'm tempted to make that last sentence my sig! :D

Wanderer

#44
July 03, 2009, 07:41:36 AM Last Edit: July 06, 2009, 10:13:18 AM by Wanderer
Dvořàk, of course. Dear Gustav was too dependant on that unfaithful Alma *:-XB*TCH.

eyeresist

#45
July 05, 2009, 07:09:28 PM
As Rod will tell you, she wrote all his best tunes. :)

jochanaan

#46
July 06, 2009, 09:29:00 AM
Quote from: DavidW on July 02, 2009, 02:00:15 PM
I voted for Mahler just because I know that he would lose.  There is a strong anti-Mahler sentiment on this board now.  It's as if people can't say "I like this" or "it doesn't move me" they have to take an all encompassing view of Mahler as Messiah or Mahler as the Antichrist. :D  It's really not that different from Eric's attempts to polarize the board around religious issues. ;D
Hmmm...There's some validity to your remarks.  Mahler's music is so intense that it tends to draw passionate responses from both ends of the emotional spectrum; the "committed center" doesn't exist with regards to Mahler. :)

Still, to take one example from among Mahler fans (read: PASSIONATE Mahler fans; it doesn't seem there are any other kind ;D), my own great love for Mahler in no way precludes my deep enjoyment of Dvořàk's music, especially his greater works like the last three symphonies, the Cello Concerto and the Dumky Trio.

But enough seriousness on this silly thread!  It's neither Mahler nor Dvořàk.  Smetana--he's The Man! ;D
Imagination + discipline = creativity

Florestan

#47
July 06, 2009, 09:32:45 AM
Quote from: jochanaan on July 06, 2009, 09:29:00 AM
But enough seriousness on this silly thread!  It's neither Mahler nor Dvořàk.  Smetana--he's The Man! ;D

You'rte kidding, right? Fibich beats them all!  ;D
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part. ." — Claude Debussy

jochanaan

#48
July 06, 2009, 09:41:33 AM
Quote from: Florestan on July 06, 2009, 09:32:45 AM
You'rte kidding, right? Fibich beats them all!  ;D
Are you sure you're not telling a Fibich? :o ;D ;D
Imagination + discipline = creativity

Keemun

#49
July 06, 2009, 10:02:16 AM
Mahler all the way!  ;D  I have nothing against Dvorak, he was a fine composer, and would definitely rank in my top ten.  As others stated, Dvorak's output was certainly more well-rounded than Mahler's.  But I chose Mahler because of his symphonies.  0:) 
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. - Ludwig van Beethoven

karlhenning

#50
July 06, 2009, 10:28:36 AM
It is time for the fruit:

Wanderer

#51
July 06, 2009, 10:31:55 AM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on July 06, 2009, 10:28:36 AM
It is time for the fruit:



About time!  8)

PS. Fibich and Martinů all the way! Mahler and Dvořàk are so out.

Wanderer

#52
July 06, 2009, 10:33:13 AM
Quote from: eyeresist on July 05, 2009, 07:09:28 PM
As Rod will tell you, she wrote all his best tunes. :)

She wishes.  :-*

Gurn Blanston

#53
July 06, 2009, 10:53:15 AM
Quote from: Keemun on July 06, 2009, 10:02:16 AM
Mahler all the way!  ;D  I have nothing against Dvorak, he was a fine composer, and would definitely rank in my top ten.  As others stated, Dvorak's output was certainly more well-rounded than Mahler's.  But I chose Mahler because of his symphonies.  0:) 

What choice did you have? ::)  I suppose they are about as habit-forming as Ambien... :)

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jochanaan

#54
July 06, 2009, 10:54:54 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on July 06, 2009, 10:53:15 AM
What choice did you have? ::)  I suppose they are about as habit-forming as Ambien... :)
More like cocaine. :o ;D
Imagination + discipline = creativity

Gurn Blanston

#55
July 06, 2009, 10:56:16 AM
Quote from: jochanaan on July 06, 2009, 10:54:54 AM
More like cocaine. :o ;D

Although that ignores the Ambien association: they both put me to sleep pretty quick... :D

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DavidW

#56
July 06, 2009, 10:57:17 AM
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on July 06, 2009, 10:56:16 AM
Although that ignores the Ambien association: they both put me to sleep pretty quick... :D

8)

Yeah I got where you were going with that, Karl has taught you well... snarky son of a...

8)

karlhenning

#57
July 06, 2009, 11:01:09 AM
Hah!

haziz

#58
March 19, 2022, 05:42:59 PM
Dvorak of course! It's not even close. Dvorak was one of the greatest symphonists of all time. Probably coming  second only to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Mahler, at best was only a second rate symphonist. And I actually like a couple of Mahler's symphonies, but simply adore seven of Dvorak's nine symphonies. Of course Dvorak leads in every other category, not that Mahler wrote much outside of symphonies and a few songs.

Symphonic Addict

#59
March 19, 2022, 06:12:24 PM
Someone has been searching for too long ago.  ;D

BTW, I remember you from the another forum. The fan No. 1 of Tchaikovsky!
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