What's taking so long???

[Trazom H Cab]

Moderator,
I registered here weeks ago and I am still awaiting approval.  what is the hold up?  I even forgot my password and had to make a new one because I stopped coming here waiting for approval.  And all these weeks later--NOTHING!  What is the problem???

[knight66]

Sorry, I have no idea what happend. I have not seen your earlier post. Usually the posts are approved very quickly. You are now able to post normally onto the site. I hope you enjoy yourself here.

Knight

[Trazom H Cab]

Thanks!

[Mirror Image]

Glad everything has been sorted out. Welcome aboard! Who are some of your favorite composers?

[Karl Henning]

Welcome!

[Trazom H Cab]

Glad everything has been sorted out. Welcome aboard! Who are some of your favorite composers?

Hi Mirror Image,

Bach is my #1.  William Croft is another.  Mozart is big fave.  Tchaikovsky.  Beethoven, of course.  Ravel is a fave.  And I like the motet writers.  Michaut and like that.  I like motets and heterophony (organum) a lot.  I like Hildegard too.  I'm  not  religious person by any means but we do owe some of the religious leaders something.  Hildegard was very intelligent and worth admiring and her music is quite lovely and original.  Luther was big on the role of music in the Reformation--so much so that it's arguable if there would have been a Bach without him and imagine the music of the human race with any of the Bachs.

[Trazom H Cab]

Welcome!

Thank you, Karlhenning.

[DaveF]

William Croft is another.

Wow - not a name you see much here, but I share your admiration - at his best he's very good indeed.  I also feel a bit sorry for him, since he came from Stratford, or very near (as I do originally), yet for some reason they don't make much of him there - seems like some other local boy is thought to be more important.

[Trazom H Cab]

Hi DaveF,

I learned Croft from playing pieces of his that had been transcribed to double bass by Fred Zimmerman at recitals and became a big fan.  And, yes, he is horribly underrated and unknown.

[Mirror Image]

Hi Mirror Image,

Bach is my #1.  William Croft is another.  Mozart is big fave.  Tchaikovsky.  Beethoven, of course.  Ravel is a fave.  And I like the motet writers.  Michaut and like that.  I like motets and heterophony (organum) a lot.  I like Hildegard too.  I'm  not  religious person by any means but we do owe some of the religious leaders something.  Hildegard was very intelligent and worth admiring and her music is quite lovely and original.  Luther was big on the role of music in the Reformation--so much so that it's arguable if there would have been a Bach without him and imagine the music of the human race with any of the Bachs.

I'm with you with Ravel, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven. I like a little Mozart and I'm starting to come around to Bach actually. I'm thinking of buying Gardiner's set of cantatas as Christmas present to myself. Have you heard much Sibelius, Nielsen, Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Bartok, Elgar, or R. Strauss?

[Trazom H Cab]

I'm with you with Ravel, Tchaikovsky, and Beethoven. I like a little Mozart and I'm starting to come around to Bach actually. I'm thinking of buying Gardiner's set of cantatas as Christmas present to myself. Have you heard much Sibelius, Nielsen, Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Bartok, Elgar, or R. Strauss?

I have works by Sibelius, Shostakovich, Bartok and Strauss.  No Elgar, I am nonplussed to admit but I do have works by his contemporary and mutual admirer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.  I have a fairly large classical collection and it's getting bigger all the time but admittedly it is far from comprehensive.  So I do not have Williams or Nielsen either.  I have a far larger jazz collection but then it too is far from comprehensive despite covering every period of jazz. Those are two large universes.

I love Bach mainly because I have learned so many Bach pieces on the double bass over the years to play at recitals and other live performances.  I'm learning one right now and then I start on Vivaldi whom I haven't learned yet so it will be a brand new experience.  I often fall asleep at night letting the Well-Tempered Clavier play in an endless loop.  So I have quite a thing for Bach.

[Mirror Image]

I have works by Sibelius, Shostakovich, Bartok and Strauss.  No Elgar, I am nonplussed to admit but I do have works by his contemporary and mutual admirer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.  I have a fairly large classical collection and it's getting bigger all the time but admittedly it is far from comprehensive.  So I do not have Williams or Nielsen either.  I have a far larger jazz collection but then it too is far from comprehensive despite covering every period of jazz. Those are two large universes.

I love Bach mainly because I have learned so many Bach pieces on the double bass over the years to play at recitals and other live performances.  I'm learning one right now and then I start on Vivaldi whom I haven't learned yet so it will be a brand new experience.  I often fall asleep at night letting the Well-Tempered Clavier play in an endless loop.  So I have quite a thing for Bach.

Well, this is good to hear. Don't worry about hearing everything, because this will never happen in either of our lifetimes. Yes, the classical and jazz worlds are vast. Of course, classical has the larger history and there were so many composers some known, some obscure. Try not to get to overwhelmed. Just take your time and enjoy what you have in your collection. I actually really ought to start taking my own advice. My classical collection is quite large, but is dedicated to the two periods I love the most: the 20th Century and the Romantic Era. That's very cool you play the double bass as I believe another member here (Paul ?) plays this instrument as well. I'm sure you two would have a lot to talk about over in the deep end (no pun intended). Hope you enjoy your time here and feel free to post anywhere you want.

[mc ukrneal]

Welcome and enjoy!