Name the seminal piece that got you interested in classical music

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Uncle Connie

#100
July 09, 2012, 01:44:08 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on July 09, 2012, 08:28:30 AM
Back in 1998, I traveled from Shreveport LA to Memphis TN in a little Saab 19 seater of the type known by seasoned travelers as a "freakin' crop duster". Sitting across the aisle from me was none other than Little Richard! His band were here and there around the plane too. We had a fun chat all the way to Memphis, when we ran into a big thunderstorm, and all of a sudden, ole Richard warn't talking any more. Well, neither was I, really. :)  It was a nice trip anyway, one doesn't frequently get to spend easy times with a R & R legend!

8)

I am, of course, jealous.  (But not about the plane ride; I can barely keep from drooling hysteria in a big fat airliner as it is!)

Karl Henning

#101
July 09, 2012, 03:45:40 PM
About time someone dusted the freakin' crops, I say. Groovy story, O Gurn.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

mahler10th

#102
July 10, 2012, 04:55:39 AM
The music that switched me on was the Falcon v Tie Fighters scene in the first Star Wars movie.  It is action music, fast stacatto, orchestra bursts and Tie fighters meeting their doom.  Only lasts a couple of minuites though.  And it's not the most melodious piece.  But it was fit for purpose.  After that, it took me 3 years to actually buy some classical music.     ???

Sergeant Rock

#103
July 10, 2012, 05:11:17 AM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on July 09, 2012, 08:28:30 AM
Back in 1998, I traveled from Shreveport LA to Memphis TN in a little Saab 19 seater of the type known by seasoned travelers as a "freakin' crop duster". Sitting across the aisle from me was none other than Little Richard! His band were here and there around the plane too. We had a fun chat all the way to Memphis, when we ran into a big thunderstorm, and all of a sudden, ole Richard warn't talking any more. Well, neither was I, really. :)  It was a nice trip anyway, one doesn't frequently get to spend easy times with a R & R legend!

8)

Hey, Gurn, you had a potential Buddy Holly moment there! If the plane had gone down, you'd have achieved immortality as one of the victims in the Little Richard plane crash! Well, you've achieved fame anyway with that recent hole-in-one  8)

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Gurn Blanston

#104
July 10, 2012, 09:39:41 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 10, 2012, 05:11:17 AM
Hey, Gurn, you had a potential Buddy Holly moment there! If the plane had gone down, you'd have achieved immortality as one of the victims in the Little Richard plane crash! Well, you've achieved fame anyway with that recent hole-in-one  8)

Sarge

Believe it or not, Sarge, I actually thought about that. Richard probably did too, and was thankful for his good fortune.  :D

8)
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Karl Henning

#105
July 10, 2012, 11:01:39 AM
The way I read it, Gurn's good angels preserved him for his Haydn task. So Little Richard owes his further longevity to "Papa." Just sayin'.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Uncle Connie

#106
July 10, 2012, 03:35:42 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 10, 2012, 11:01:39 AM
The way I read it, Gurn's good angels preserved him for his Haydn task. So Little Richard owes his further longevity to "Papa." Just sayin'.

You know, I hate to say this, but with just a minimum bit of tweaking you can fit the words to "Good Golly Miss Molly" to the tune of "The heavens are telling." 

Well - at least I can, but then I've always been just that little bit bizarre....

Mirror Image

#107
July 10, 2012, 04:32:36 PM
Quote from: Uncle Connie on July 10, 2012, 03:35:42 PM

Well - at least I can, but then I've always been just that little bit bizarre....

A little bit? Dude, you've lost your marbles. :)

Gurn Blanston

#108
July 10, 2012, 04:49:53 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on July 10, 2012, 04:32:36 PM
A little bit? Dude, you've lost your marbles. :)

And therein lies his appeal. :)

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Xenophanes

#110
July 10, 2012, 07:47:14 PM
I started very early.  My earliest musical memories are playing a cut version of Ravel's Bolero on a portable 78 record player (it had to be cut to fit on one side of a 78 record). My twin brother and I played it over and over and over . . .  fortunately, it was a big house and well away from the kitchen so it probably didn't drive my mother crazy. The portable player was, of course, the size of a small suitcase.

My mother played piano pretty well and for a while did exercises every day.  We always listened to The Texaco Metropolitan Opera. I also remember listening to Caruso, Gigli, Richard Crooks, and John Charles Thomas.  Some of the works I heard early on are Brahms' First Symphony, Franck's Symphony in D minor (a favorite of my mother's), Tchaikowksy's Theme and Variations,  My mother played piano pretty well and we always listened to The Texaco Metropolitan Opera. but on  Suppe's Poet and Peasant Overture, Victor Borge, and an unusual work, Deems Taylor's Through the Looking Glass, which I still like. 

Sergeant Rock

#111
July 11, 2012, 04:57:02 AM Last Edit: July 11, 2012, 04:59:46 AM by Sergeant Rock
Quote from: Uncle Connie on July 10, 2012, 03:35:42 PM
You know, I hate to say this, but with just a minimum bit of tweaking you can fit the words to "Good Golly Miss Molly" to the tune of "The heavens are telling." 

Well - at least I can, but then I've always been just that little bit bizarre....

Yep, if you just add "you" to the lyrics (which I've always done anyway in my head when listening to the song) it works perfectly: "Good golly Miss Molly [you] sure like to ball   8)

That chorus will never be the same again for me. Thanks a lot, Uncle C...  ;D

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Gurn Blanston

#112
July 11, 2012, 04:58:57 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 11, 2012, 04:57:02 AM
Yep, if you just add "you" to the lyrics it works perfectly "Good golly Miss Molly [you] sure like to ball   8)

That chorus will never be the same again for me. Thanks a lot, Uncle C...  ;D

Sarge

That really does make it a seminal piece...

8)
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Karl Henning

#113
July 11, 2012, 05:16:16 AM
Eeeeewwwww
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Uncle Connie

#114
July 12, 2012, 06:07:52 PM
Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on July 11, 2012, 04:58:57 AM
That really does make it a seminal piece...

8)

And I'm not touching that one with a six-inch pole....
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