What period is your least favorite

[Opus106]

Elsewise

Haven't seen or heard that before.

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[Gurn Blanston]

Haven't seen or heard that before.

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[Todd]

I did not and cannot vote in such a poll.  I used to not think too highly of pre-Baroque music, but then I started listening to it a bit more.  Morales, Palestrina, Victoria, Machaut, Dowland, and a host of others are quite accomplished composers.  There are certainly individual composers I'm not keen on, but that's different of course.

[Philoctetes]

I was going to cast my vote for the period I enjoy least = Romantic.  But then stopped because there is too much music from that period that I in fact do love.

So, while there is no period that I can vote for as "least liked"; it is easier for me to say that I like the Classical and 20th century more than the others.  However, I start the 20th century before 1900, for the purposes of catagorizing the music or composers.  E.g., I consider Debussy a 20th century composer although his dates fall during the Romantic period according to the poll.

Where did you get the "least liked" qualifier?

The question is just about which period you find the most difficult to crack.

Edit. I see where you got it. I didn't actually answer the topic title. I answered the poll's question.

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[DavidW]

Where did you get the "least liked" qualifier?

The question is just about which period you find the most difficult to crack.

Edit. I see where you got it. I didn't actually answer the topic title. I answered the poll's question.

I guess that's my fault.  The most difficult to crack is the question... I made the title "least favorite" because I thought it would be easier to get attention with that title.  But yeah I'm asking what is the most difficult to crack.

Though I don't actually know why some posters found the phrase "least liked" offensive.

[Scarpia]

I rarely listen to anything before Bach.

[Ten thumbs]

I would be happy to recommend a book on the subject, or even an essay. Life is too short to spend retyping a concept.

I recently heard Haydn's Symphony No.52 (Maria Teresa) in concert and found the sheer inventiveness of the music electrifying. Maybe one does need to understand a concept but that is something you build up through listening and it applies to all music. You are right therefore to refrain from recommending a book on the subject!

[Gurn Blanston]

I recently heard Haydn's Symphony No.52 (Maria Teresa) in concert and found the sheer inventiveness of the music electrifying. Maybe one does need to understand a concept but that is something you build up through listening and it applies to all music. You are right therefore to refrain from recommending a book on the subject!

No, we all listen differently, and make our discoveries in different ways. I don't encourage anyone to simply start from scratch with no background or input; that way leads to weirdness! But unquestioningly adopting someone else's techniques and ideas makes scarcely more sense.

[karlhenning]

My least favorite period is probably 4:30-5:45AM.