Who is the mellowest composer?

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mn dave

July 01, 2014, 07:27:33 AM
a :  made gentle by age or experience
b :  rich and full but free from garishness or stridency
c :  warmed and relaxed by or as if by liquor

:)

ibanezmonster

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July 01, 2014, 07:28:42 AM
Satie?

Brian

#2
July 01, 2014, 07:38:28 AM
Delius. Too mellow, if you listen to some of his haters. :)

Brahmsian

#3
July 01, 2014, 07:40:26 AM
Penderecki, of course!  :)

EigenUser

#4
July 01, 2014, 07:41:23 AM
Feldman! I love his "Piano and String Quartet" and "Rothko Chapel", among many others.
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

springrite

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July 01, 2014, 07:43:48 AM
Feldman is INTENSE!
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

mn dave

#6
July 01, 2014, 07:44:52 AM
Penderecki can be instense as well.

Brahmsian

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July 01, 2014, 07:45:41 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on July 01, 2014, 07:44:52 AM
Penderecki can be instense as well.

Indeed.  I definitely should have put this smiley instead:   :D, or  :laugh:, or  >:D

mn dave

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July 01, 2014, 07:47:20 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on July 01, 2014, 07:45:41 AM
Indeed.  I definitely should have put this smiley instead:   :D, or  :laugh:, or  >:D

You jokester.

springrite

#9
July 01, 2014, 07:54:51 AM
a :  made gentle by age or experience >>>>>>>>>>>>>Late Brahms
b :  rich and full but free from garishness or stridency >>>>Delius
c :  warmed and relaxed by or as if by liquor>>>>>>>>>>Rossini

Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

mn dave

#10
July 01, 2014, 07:56:39 AM
Quote from: springrite on July 01, 2014, 07:54:51 AM
a :  made gentle by age or experience >>>>>>>>>>>>>Late Brahms
b :  rich and full but free from garishness or stridency >>>>Delius
c :  warmed and relaxed by or as if by liquor>>>>>>>>>>Rossini

Nice!

Todd

#11
July 01, 2014, 07:58:50 AM
Mompou.  Or Deliuzzzz.
The universe is change; life is opinion. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

People would rather believe than know - E.O. Wilson

Propaganda death ensemble - Tom Araya

mn dave

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July 01, 2014, 08:00:19 AM Last Edit: July 01, 2014, 08:28:39 AM by Mn Dave
Quote from: Todd on July 01, 2014, 07:58:50 AM
Deliuzzzz.

That's got to be one of the oldest composer jokes in the book, right?  :D

[ :o I just ordered an 18-disc Delius box set.]

springrite

#13
July 01, 2014, 08:40:22 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on July 01, 2014, 08:00:19 AM

[ :o I just ordered an 18-disc Delius box set.]

You will never suffer from insomnia again.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Ken B

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July 01, 2014, 08:43:47 AM
Quote from: Brian on July 01, 2014, 07:38:28 AM
Delius. Too mellow, if you listen to some of his haters. :)
Delius. He is too mellow.  :blank:

Ken B

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July 01, 2014, 08:45:45 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on July 01, 2014, 08:00:19 AM

[ :o I just ordered an 18-disc Delius box set.]

Whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

springrite

#16
July 01, 2014, 08:52:41 AM
Quote from: Ken B on July 01, 2014, 08:45:45 AM
Whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger.
Whatever doesn't kill us puts us on life support
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Karl Henning

#17
July 01, 2014, 09:15:20 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on July 01, 2014, 07:47:20 AM
You jokester.

Canada Day has gone straight to Ray's head with nationalistic giddiness!  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

Karl Henning

#18
July 01, 2014, 09:15:54 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on July 01, 2014, 08:00:19 AM
That's got to be one of the oldest composer jokes in the book, right?  :D

[ :o I just ordered an 18-disc Delius box set.]

You just out-pranked Ray! :)
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

springrite

#19
July 01, 2014, 09:16:18 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on July 01, 2014, 09:15:20 AM
Canada Day has gone straight to Ray's head with nationalistic giddiness!  8)

He's not that much better without it, though.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.
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