The Best short Composition ever written

[DavidW]

I'm not the biggest Saul fan, but this is a very NEAT idea because I don't think that we've ever talked about micro-compositions.

I have one-- Ligeti's Ricercata 8:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2mcaDO03Jg

[Saul]

I'm not the biggest Saul fan, but this is a very NEAT idea because I don't think that we've ever talked about micro-compositions.

I have one-- Ligeti's Ricercata 8:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2mcaDO03Jg

I just love these expositions :" Hey I'm not a Saul fan but this guy is just great etc. etc. etc."...

I'm up to here with all those backhanded compliments LOL 

[DavidW]

You're right Saul, I owe you an apology.  I should just completely ignored the bickering above and simply listen to this sweet Ligeti piece!   No need to attack you.

[Saul]

You're right Saul, I owe you an apology.  I should just completely ignored the bickering above and simply listen to this sweet Ligeti piece!   No need to attack you.

A gentleman you are!

[Catison]

http://www.youtube.com/v/yXE8gPrkRkQ


You get six micro-masterpieces in a row!

[(poco) Sforzando]

This is a ridiculous thread. The best short composition ever written? I mean don't you have anything better to do?

Well, the idea of a "single best" is of course ridiculous. But "micro-compositions" certainly have a place as an interesting sub-genre. Add to the list Schoenberg's 6 piano pieces op. 19, and some of the smaller Chopin preludes like A major and C minor.

[DavidW]

Fantastic Brett!  Love that work.   And I enjoyed listening to it again.

[karlhenning]

Well, the idea of a "single best" is of course ridiculous. But "micro-compositions" certainly have a place as an interesting sub-genre. Add to the list Schoenberg's 6 piano pieces op. 19, and some of the smaller Chopin preludes like A major and C minor.

QFT

[some guy]

I know we've gone past this, and I apologize for bringing it back up, but I am interested in evidence and in how people use it.

Saul has only been a member of talkclassical since early this year and has made only 26 posts. He has started four threads, three of them about his compositions and one of them about Mendelssohn.

That is, he has stayed away from the main discussion sections of the site, confining himself to places where one typically gets only positive feedback, and even there he managed to get into a pissing match with another poster.

Mirror Image, on the other hand, was a member for years (under various names), and really got into many discussions with hundreds of posts. His banishment from talkclassical was perhaps not entirely unjustified, and he has very convincingly remade himself into a serious and worthwhile discussant on this board.

I say Saul's attack of him is dirty and underhanded.

[Saul]

I know we've gone past this, and I apologize for bringing it back up, but I am interested in evidence and in how people use it.

Saul has only been a member of talkclassical since early this year and has made only 26 posts. He has started four threads, three of them about his compositions and one of them about Mendelssohn.

That is, he has stayed away from the main discussion sections of the site, confining himself to places where one typically gets only positive feedback, and even there he managed to get into a pissing match with another poster.

Mirror Image, on the other hand, was a member for years (under various names), and really got into many discussions with hundreds of posts. His banishment from talkclassical was perhaps not entirely unjustified, and he has very convincingly remade himself into a serious and worthwhile discussant on this board.

I say Saul's attack of him is dirty and underhanded.

According to you the one that was banned is a saint, and the one who is a good and peaceful member is bad...

Some logic you have...

[(poco) Sforzando]

According to you the one that was banned is a saint, and the one who is a good and peaceful member is bad...

Some logic you have...

Actually that's not what he said at all. He said that MI's banning had some justification, and that you have gotten into a pissing match after only 26 posts.

[Saul]

Actually that's not what he said at all. He said that MI's banning had some justification, and that you have gotten into a pissing match after only 26 posts.

He was banned because he didn't play by the rules, and that means been nasty to posters precisely as he is been nasty here, baiting me for no reason.
He even emailed me some time ago and apologized saying that he behaved like a jerk and that perhaps we could be friends( do you want to see the email?  ), and since he repented months have passed, and still he has gone about his notorious past ways of baiting and snooping for trouble, fresh reasons to argue and ridicule.

So why are you standing up to his behavior?

That says more about you then him...

[Gurn Blanston]

OK, we're all done talking about TalkClassical. If we want to talk about them, we will do it there and not here, we don't carry things over from other boards to this one. There will be a great smiting for future infractions of this prohibition.

[Saul]

Chopin's Minute Valse in D flat major comes to mind.

[Gurn Blanston]

I don't know what it takes to qualify as short, but at 4 minutes long, Mozart's Overture to The Marriage of Figaro is the "best" "short" piece of my acquaintance. It has everything! 

[Saul]

I don't know what it takes to qualify as short, but at 4 minutes long, Mozart's Overture to The Marriage of Figaro is the "best" "short" piece of my acquaintance. It has everything! 

I guess anything within the two minute range would be considered short imho...

[karlhenning]

OK, we're all done talking about TalkClassical. If we want to talk about them, we will do it there and not here, we don't carry things over from other boards to this one. There will be a great smiting for future infractions of this prohibition.

What happens in Amarillo, stays in Amarillo.

[MN Dave]

Two minutes? That's not enough time for Bruckner to even clear his throat.   

[Saul]

Two minutes? That's not enough time for Bruckner to even clear his throat.   

But its enough for Chopin to hit two hundred notes....

[Saul]

The major question one should ask is whether we'll be able to squeeze John Cage's 4'33 in this two minute limit...