Hello from the Boston area

[klingsor]

  Hello

I recently discovered this forum and have posted only a few times. Interested in most classical, but less so in 18th C (Mozart, Haydn) and much more in late 19th-20th C: Wagner, Mahler, Schoenberg. Bartok, Sibelius, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Janacek, Frank Martin, Roberto Gerhard, many others...also interested in contemporary composers. Collecting LP, CD, mp3, FLAC etc for over 40 years (yikes!) 

I've got an advanced music degree, but I enjoy all levels of discussion. Too bad some composer threads here are moribund, and it seems a little hard to 'break in' to discussions among long-time members, but that's the way with most forums I guess.

[karlhenning]

Welcome!

You're in Boston? I'm playing a recital here on Thursday the 19^th.

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

Welcome! Love the line up of the composers and era's you like, I am something of a omnivore myself, so I would like to say also, "and many others".

[klingsor]

Welcome! Love the line up of the composers and era's you like, I am something of a omnivore myself, so I would like to say also, "and many others".

yes, easier for me to list the few composers I don't like very much....I worked in record stores for many years and was exposed to so much music I would not have heard otherwise....that's an ear-opener for sure 

[Gurn Blanston]

Welcome!

You're in Boston? I'm playing a recital here on Thursday the 19^th.

Never heard of any good elements hailing from that area... 

Welcome, Klingsor. In any case, don't stand on ceremony, if you have something to add to a discussion jump right in.

[mc ukrneal]

  Hello

I recently discovered this forum and have posted only a few times. Interested in most classical, but less so in 18th C (Mozart, Haydn) and much more in late 19th-20th C: Wagner, Mahler, Schoenberg. Bartok, Sibelius, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Janacek, Frank Martin, Roberto Gerhard, many others...also interested in contemporary composers. Collecting LP, CD, mp3, FLAC etc for over 40 years (yikes!) 

I've got an advanced music degree, but I enjoy all levels of discussion. Too bad some composer threads here are moribund, and it seems a little hard to 'break in' to discussions among long-time members, but that's the way with most forums I guess.

Welome! Feel free to start some of those threads up. You will find there are probably others interested in that composer or topic too!

[karlhenning]

Never heard of any good elements hailing from that area... 

Well, for those who find atonal honking an attraction . . . .

[DavidW]

, and it seems a little hard to 'break in' to discussions among long-time members, but that's the way with most forums I guess.

I find the best way to deal with that is just not go away and eventually they get used to you.

Welcome.

[Brahmsian]

Well, for those who find atonal honking an attraction . . . .

.......can come visit Canada to see the true original atonal honking bad boys!

[karlhenning]

They hang in Boston all the time. (Just saying . . . .)

[DavidW]

I feel like I should listen to Carter's Boston Concerto in honor of our new member.

[klingsor]

I feel like I should listen to Carter's Boston Concerto in honor of our new member.

Aw shucks....that piece is too full of catchy tunes for my taste  ...just sayin' 

[bhodges]

Hi klingsor, and welcome to GMG. Many of the composers you enjoy are among my favorites, too, and love seeing Gerhard mentioned. 

Anyway, enjoy yourself here.

--Bruce

[klingsor]

Hi klingsor, and welcome to GMG. Many of the composers you enjoy are among my favorites, too, and love seeing Gerhard mentioned. 

Anyway, enjoy yourself here.

--Bruce

Thanks Bruce,  I could not find a thread for Gerhard, maybe I'll start one after checking again.   

[bhodges]

Here's the Gerhard thread. One of the members here, Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, created a very helpful post at the top of the Composers board, with an index of all the composers' threads. The list is arranged alphabetically by country, and then alphabetically by last name within that.

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,8339.0.html

--Bruce

[klingsor]

Here's the Gerhard thread. One of the members here, Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, created a very helpful post at the top of the Composers board, with an index of all the composers' threads. The list is arranged alphabetically by country, and then alphabetically by last name within that.

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,8339.0.html

--Bruce

Thanks I see it now, I was searching the full name before

[Hollywood]

Welcome to the forum and greetings from Vienna, Austria. 

[klingsor]

Welcome to the forum and greetings from Vienna, Austria. 

Vielen Dank, Thanks a Lot for the Welcomes!! 

[Mirror Image]

Welcome aboard! That's a great list of composers you have in your list. We share many common threads.

[klingsor]

Welcome aboard! That's a great list of composers you have in your list. We share many common threads.

Thanks for the welcome. By the way, Charles Koechlin would be on my more extensive list, a composer well worth investigating.