The Worst First!

Started by Cato, December 11, 2007, 11:29:07 AM

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TheGSMoeller

Quote from: Mirror Image on October 27, 2013, 11:01:30 AM
:P I just spilt my my drink after reading this!!!! LOL!

Sorry, I owe you a beverage.

Mirror Image

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 27, 2013, 11:16:39 AM
Sorry, I owe you a beverage.

:D Don't worry about it. The liquid came right up with no problems. :)

Wanderer

Quote from: vandermolen on October 27, 2013, 10:39:21 AM
Personally I dislike Prokofiev's 'Classical Symphony'

Me, too. I don't know why.

Karl Henning

We can still all be mates.
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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

amw

I've never liked Ravel's First Symphony. It's nearly as bad as Chopin's.

Wanderer

Quote from: Cato on October 26, 2013, 07:00:41 AM
And yes, the almost immediate dislike of the Elgar First was astonishing!  ???

I still can't fathom what brought that about. I suspect mass hypnosis.

ibanezmonster

Quote from: amw on October 27, 2013, 02:07:03 PM
I've never liked Ravel's First Symphony. It's nearly as bad as Chopin's.
Ravel's Fifth Symphony is great, though. Almost as great as Schoenberg's and Berlioz's Fifth.

Mirror Image

Quote from: Greg on October 27, 2013, 06:02:43 PM
Ravel's Fifth Symphony is great, though. Almost as great as Schoenberg's and Berlioz's Fifth.

Don't forget about Schnittke's 10th! Man, what a symphony!!! :)

kyjo

Let's not forget Delius' incredible Symphony no. 9 Symphony of Sweet and Sorrowful Summer Songs! What mastery of the symphonic form Delius displays in this work! Such tight structure, gripping drama, etc..... ;D

Wow, my sense of humor is so bad :-[

Mirror Image

Quote from: kyjo on October 27, 2013, 06:24:48 PM
Let's not forget Delius' incredible Symphony no. 9 Symphony of Sweet and Sorrowful Summer Songs! What mastery of the symphonic form Delius displays in this work! Such tight structure, gripping drama, etc..... ;D

Wow, my sense of humor is so bad :-[

For an example of bad humor, go to the Hiking thread and look at my post. ;) :D

kyjo

Quote from: Mirror Image on October 27, 2013, 06:29:04 PM
For an example of bad humor, go to the Hiking thread and look at my post. ;) :D

Noted. :D

TheGSMoeller

Is this exclusive to only music? Cause my first wife was the worst.  >:D

Karl Henning

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 27, 2013, 06:37:54 PM
Is this exclusive to only music? Cause my first wife was the worst.  >:D

Thanks for the chuckle this frosty Monday morning!
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

ibanezmonster

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 27, 2013, 06:37:54 PM
Is this exclusive to only music? Cause my first wife was the worst.  >:D
If we're going that route, then Final Fantasy 1 was terrible.

No, I don't have Aspergers...

Wanderer

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 27, 2013, 06:37:54 PM
Is this exclusive to only music? Cause my first wife was the worst.  >:D

They always are.

Cato

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 27, 2013, 06:37:54 PM
Is this exclusive to only music? Cause my first wife was the worst.  >:D

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Roger Sessions

There are a lot of American Composers who have withdrawn their first.

jochanaan

Quote from: amw on October 27, 2013, 02:07:03 PM
I've never liked Ravel's First Symphony. It's nearly as bad as Chopin's.
Ravel and Chopin were wise.  They avoided any serious (serial?) mention in this thread. ;D
Imagination + discipline = creativity

kyjo

I've never been too fond of the first symphonies of Shostakovich and Prokofiev, despite being great admirers of both composers.
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Brian

Quote from: Brian on October 27, 2013, 05:43:40 AM
Nah, it's just that the hymn tune that features in every movement bear a suspicious resemblance to the tune "He rode a blazing saddle." The tune also shows up in David Bedford's Symphony No. 1, which is even more fun (and shorter, also, iirc).
When you read something you wrote 4 years ago and not only don't remember the piece of music, but don't remember even the composer's name.

Guess I know what I'm listening to now.