The most boring music you've heard

[Bonehelm]

What pieces of music, while not being a lullaby, easily puts you to sleep?

For me, I only have one: Bolero. JUST HOW MANY TIMES MUST THAT COUPLE BARS OF SIMPLE MELODY REPEAT?

[Norseman]

Not sure about the most boring, but it's definately not the bolero. Sometimes I can find listening to Mozart, things like his lesser known symphonies etc, to be almost painfully uninteresting.

[Mozart]

La Boheme. YAWNNNNNNN

[david johnson]

rap

dj

[DetUudslukkelige]

rap

dj

Seconded.

Seriously, though, I think Dvorak's early symphonies are pretty hard to listen to.

[Bonehelm]

rap

dj

That's probably true for me as well.

Oh how could I forgot Haydn! Out of his massive output of 104 symphonies, I only like 2 of them -- the 94th and 45th...(O God I hope 71dB doesn't see this and make another 3000 word essay defending the composer)

[PerfectWagnerite]

Elgar: Sym#1, #2, Cockeyed and In the South Overture
Dittersdorf: Symphonies after Ovid's Metamorphesis.

[Larry Rinkel]

That's probably true for me as well.

Oh how could I forgot Haydn! Out of his massive output of 104 symphonies, I only like 2 of them -- the 94th and 45th...(O God I hope 71dB doesn't see this and make another 3000 word essay defending the composer)

And have you actually heard all 104 symphonies, 83 string quartets, 50+ piano sonatas, 12+ masses, 2 oratorios, and doubtless more I'm forgetting? Would you pay any attention if I wrote a 3000-word essay defending the composer? (I won't, however.)

[Larry Rinkel]

What pieces of music, while not being a lullaby, easily puts you to sleep?

For me, I only have one: Bolero. JUST HOW MANY TIMES MUST THAT COUPLE BARS OF SIMPLE MELODY REPEAT?

Twelve.

[Gurn Blanston]

And have you actually heard all 104 symphonies, 83 string quartets, 50+ piano sonatas, 12+ masses, 2 oratorios, and doubtless more I'm forgetting? Would you pay any attention if I wrote a 3000-word essay defending the composer? (I won't, however.)

I have, several times. And just planning to do it again. Plus the 45 or so piano trios...

Wagner, outside of the overtures and preludes. Sorry...

[Larry Rinkel]

Seconded.

Seriously, though, I think Dvorak's early symphonies are pretty hard to listen to.

Really? the 3rd is lovely.

[BachQ]

Elgar Symphony no. 1

[rappy]

Most of Saint-Saens (apart from a few really enjoyable pieces, e.g. the 2nd piano concerto or the danse macabre)

[71 dB]

Classical: Symphonies by Leopold Mozart. 
Non-classical: monotonic underground techno.

[Todd]

Everything I've heard by Elgar more or less puts me to sleep.  If non-classical is included, one must mention "smooth" jazz and country. 

[Kullervo]

Elgar Symphony no. 1

Do you really mean that?

[springrite]

If non-classical music is allowed, then I'd say "world music", Yani, and "smooth jazz" as Todd mentioned. I find most broadway to be boring as well.

In terms of classical music, I find much of Mendelssohn and Schubert to be rather boring. While Franz Josef Haydn is one of the most interesting -- never boring composers there is, the "Uncle of the Symphony" -- Michael Haydn, is boring as hell.

[hornteacher]

Anything out of a beginning band method book.   

"Hot Cross Buns" gets old really fast.

[m_gigena]

Henri Collet's output is agressively boring. Specially that trash he named as "Concierto Flamenco".

[hautbois]

Most of Saint-Saens (apart from a few really enjoyable pieces, e.g. the 2nd piano concerto or the danse macabre)

Samson and Delilah is a good opera! On the contrary, the piano concertos (including No. 3) really upsets me. The Cello concerto doesnt strike me much also. But i the bassoon, oboe sonatas, the organ symphony etc are great!

Howard