Favorite composers who were obsessed with the devil

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XB-70 Valkyrie

Just in time for Halloween.

1. Scriabin
2. Liszt
3. Ravel
4. Tartini
5. Gounod
If you really dislike Bach you keep quiet about it! - Andras Schiff

XB-70 Valkyrie

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6. Boito
If you really dislike Bach you keep quiet about it! - Andras Schiff


Sergeant Rock

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"

Mirror Image

Schnittke, Liszt, Tishchenko, Gounod, Berlioz, Lili Boulanger, and I'm sure there are more.

Brahmsian

Paganini.  Wasn't he thought of as 'resembling the devil'.....back in the day?  :D

jochanaan

Quote from: ChamberNut on October 26, 2013, 06:24:31 AM
Paganini.  Wasn't he thought of as 'resembling the devil'.....back in the day?  :D
No, the legend about Paganini was that he sold his soul to Satan, since people thought that was the only way he could play what he played. :o :P
Imagination + discipline = creativity

Sean

Penderecki's opera The Devils, after Huxley. It's typically mild but has its moments.

Karl Henning

So any composer who has written any piece referring to the devil, is obsessed, is that it?

(I ask only for information.)
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

XB-70 Valkyrie

Yes.

I am not obsessed with the devil however--I am in the midst of writing an oratorio about Phil The Prince of Insufficient Light.
If you really dislike Bach you keep quiet about it! - Andras Schiff

DaveF



His favourite interval was the tritone - does that count?  And he's smoking - QED.
"All the world is birthday cake" - George Harrison


Karl Henning

Quote from: karlhenning on October 26, 2013, 05:58:56 PM
So any composer who has written any piece referring to the devil, is obsessed, is that it?

(I ask only for information.)

I had forgotten this thread.

Was about to post something to much the same effect.

Glad to find I can simply quote a prior post . . . .

8)
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

Super Blood Moon


Karl Henning

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

(poco) Sforzando

Quote from: karlhenning on October 26, 2013, 05:58:56 PM
So any composer who has written any piece referring to the devil, is obsessed, is that it?

(I ask only for information.)

If so, add the composer of L'Histoire du Soldat and The Rake's Progress.
"I don't know what sforzando means, though it clearly means something."

Mirror Image

Quote from: Dax on April 01, 2016, 02:28:06 AM
Watch out for dem tritones!

http://www.submediant.com/2016/03/15/citing-evangelical-faith-ted-cruz-calls-to-ban-satanic-tritone/

I'd like to tie Ted Cruz down, wrap a bandana around his mouth, sit in front of him, and play tritones on my electric guitar ad nauseam. :)

Karl Henning

Quote from: Mirror Image on April 01, 2016, 06:40:28 AM
I'd like to tie Ted Cruz down, wrap a bandana around his mouth, sit in front of him, and play tritones on my electric guitar ad nauseam. :)

Hold onto those little dreams!   ;D  ;)
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


(poco) Sforzando

Quote from: Mirror Image on April 01, 2016, 06:40:28 AM
I'd like to tie Ted Cruz down, wrap a bandana around his mouth, sit in front of him, and play tritones on my electric guitar ad nauseam. :)

Sounds kinky. Didn't know you were into teddy porn, John.
"I don't know what sforzando means, though it clearly means something."