Bach vs. Beethoven!

[BachQ]

I voted, but I won't say for whom. Not Elgar, though.

[dtwilbanks]

I guess Larry voted for Bach and D Minor voted for Beethoven.

[not edward]

I wanted a "Banana" option.

[dtwilbanks]

I wanted a "Banana" option.

I knew I forgot something. No banana for you.

[aquablob]

I cannot vote, even jokingly. Just can't do it!

[Gurn Blanston]

We used to have a poster called "Minnesota Dave" who started polls like this, but otherwise was a pretty nice guy.

Beethoven.

[Don]

I wanted a "Banana" option.

"Banana" isn't in vogue these days.

[dtwilbanks]

We used to have a poster called "Minnesota Dave" who started polls like this, but otherwise was a pretty nice guy.

Beethoven.

Sounds like a cool guy. 

[sunnyside_up]

I voted for Bach, but my alter ego voted for Beethoven 

[Bruckner is God]

I voted Beethoven.  I find Bach a little boring.

[Manon]

Bach 

[Shrunk]

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has already decided this thru its Cage Match:

http://www.cbc.ca/musicandcompany/cagematch.html#cagematchstats

[Gabriel]

This thread is something like "Music vs. Music".

I vote "Music". (What means that I will finally not vote).

[bricon]

Here's my voting slip.



I'll have to wait 'till the Florida Governor decides my voting preference.

[Haffner]

The over-assertion of self in his music via dynamics etc. ugh...

There wan't an "over"-assertion of self in Bach's music? Please describe examples in Beethoven's work that point toward "over-assertion of self", and then contrast it with Bach's "adequate/moderate" assertion of self and how we can judge that in his music.

To me, Bach is the man, the untouchable great....nothing naft, bombastic, egotistical or vulgar in his offerings, pure music tapped into the very source and a harmonic depth & understanding that Beethoven himself famously acknowledged & dreamt of having...
Beethoven doesnt come close IMHO. But no one really did, and they knew it too!

Right.


Despite James' obviously objective, non-self-assertive ruminations, I go with LvB. For me, Bach was a composer of music so advanced that many of his pieces seem borderline supernaturally inspired. The Brandenburg Concertos, his Toccata in D minor, the Passacaglia in C minor...all examples of highest craft in composition. However, I personally can't weigh those compositions against opps.59. 131, 132, 135, the Missa Solemnis, or the 9th Symphony. The Grosse Fuge by itself tends to put me off listening to the WTC for long periods of time, and I practically never listen to Bach's most famous masses...most certainly not after being astounded by the Missa Solemnis.

Again, this is only the opinion of a middle-aged guitar teacher from Burlington Vermont.

[Haffner]

I voted, but I won't say for whom. Not Elgar, though.

Dminor: Master of belly-laugh-provoking, subtle (yet not) mean-itude!

[karlhenning]

Thanks for playing.

At your service, mon vieux.

In this case, I consider that I have voted with shelf-space, whether measured by recordings, or scores.

[karlhenning]

"Banana" isn't in vogue these days.

This year's crop of bananas was used up over at the Poju-Elgar thread 

[Haffner]

This year's crop of bananas was used up over at the Poju-Elgar thread 

BWA- !!!

[BachQ]

This year's crop of bananas was used up over at the Poju-Elgar thread