Who is the world's greatest waltz writer?

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Who is the world's greatest waltz writer?

Johann Strauss II
Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky
Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich
Maurice Ravel
Pee Wee King
Juanita Banana
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Brahmsian

#20
March 27, 2013, 04:10:59 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 27, 2013, 04:08:50 PM
>:( Karl if you're ignoring me, then why do you continue to allude to me in your posts?

John, if he's ignoring you, then he will not be able to read your post.  ;)

Brahmsian

#21
March 27, 2013, 04:12:53 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 27, 2013, 02:30:50 PM
The sad reality is I knew I would change it too. :-\

Well, John, I was beginning to think you would not change it.  You held out for quite an impressive time!  :)

Mirror Image

#22
March 27, 2013, 04:14:49 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 27, 2013, 04:10:59 PM
John, if he's ignoring you, then he will not be able to read your post.  ;)

Yes, but he reads them anyway and has continued to talk about me for no reason, which defeats the whole purpose of ignoring someone.

Mirror Image

#23
March 27, 2013, 04:20:43 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 27, 2013, 04:12:53 PM
Well, John, I was beginning to think you would not change it.  You held out for quite an impressive time!  :)

Yeah, I was going to change it several times but wanted to leave it up at least through February.

Hattoff

#25
March 28, 2013, 12:05:25 AM
Richard Rodgers, particularly the waltz from Carousel.

The new erato

#26
March 28, 2013, 12:08:30 AM
Quote from: Hattoff on March 28, 2013, 12:05:25 AM
Richard Rodgers, particularly the waltz from Carousel.
That's wonderful. What an outstanding composer!

The new erato

#27
March 28, 2013, 12:10:41 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 27, 2013, 02:08:15 PM
Nielsen!...for that 60 seconds in the development, that climactic moment of the Espansiva's first movement  8)


Sarge
That's outstanding too...thanks for reminding me! If Tchaihovsky hadn't been mentioned already I would draw the attention to the ballroom scene in Onegin.

Fafner

#28
March 28, 2013, 01:59:08 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 28, 2013, 12:10:41 AM
If Tchaihovsky hadn't been mentioned already I would draw the attention to the ballroom scene in Onegin.

That one is amazing. Actually, I am listening to it right now. :)
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Opus106

#29
March 28, 2013, 02:19:58 AM
Quote from: The new erato on March 28, 2013, 12:10:41 AM
If Tchaihovsky hadn't been mentioned already I would draw the attention to the ballroom scene in Onegin.

Quote from: Fafner on March 28, 2013, 01:59:08 AM
That one is amazing. Actually, I am listening to it right now. :)

Haven't heard it. And I voted for Peter! Added to today's playlist.
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starrynight

#30
July 06, 2013, 04:40:03 AM
It would have been interesting to hear Mozart do some waltzes.  Much as I like Tchaikovsky it's hard to deny Johann Strass here, he was the specialist.

Karl Henning

#31
July 07, 2013, 09:25:37 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 27, 2013, 02:08:15 PM
Nielsen!...for that 60 seconds in the development, that climactic moment of the Espansiva's first movement  8)

Good call, Sarge!

And I still cannot believe that Prokofiev is not one of the vote options!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
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Boston MA
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Florestan

#32
July 07, 2013, 12:32:21 PM
Quote from: The new erato on March 28, 2013, 12:10:41 AM
If Tchaihovsky hadn't been mentioned already I would draw the attention to the ballroom scene in Onegin.

Not only that...  Tchaikovsky is THE MASTER of the most melancholy, heart-wrenching, bleeding-heart, philosophical fate-and-death waltzes ever...
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

12tone.

#33
July 07, 2013, 03:14:53 PM
I vote for the piano music of Offenbach!  Why wasn't that included?!?!?!  :o 8)
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