Just a bit of fun. ;)
In the time I've been around this place, I've noticed certain folks here are more likely to post on subjects regarding particular composers. Not exclusively, mind you. So I thought I'd share who I see associated with which great master. Any of these ring true for you?
Beethoven - jwinter | George | mavinbrown | Sarge | Me :)
Wagner - Sarge | Uffeviking | marvinbrown
Chopin - orbital | sidoze | George
Mahler - Mahler Titan | AnthonyAthletic | DavidW | Bonehelm
Mozart - HandelHooligan | Haffner | Que | Gurn Blanston
Bach - Tancata | Que | Val | Premont
Elgar - 71dB
Finzi - Guido | Me :)
Brahms - D Minor
Dvorak - Hornteacher
Bruckner - AnthonyAthletic | Mahler Titan | Anyone you care to name ... ;D
Shostakovich - karlhenning | AnthonyAthletic
Prokofiev - karlhenning
Stravinsky - karlhenning
Rachmaninov - George | Me :)
Canteloube - Me :)
It's far from an exhaustive list of associations, and I'm sure others will have more names and composers to add.
Frank Sinatra- Solitary Wanderer 8)
Quote from: George on October 23, 2007, 09:02:31 AM
Frank Sinatra- Solitary Wanderer 8)
You see, I wouldn't know that - I never visit the thread where non-classical gets discussed. I avoid it because no one wants to be burdened with my deep love of the music of Tori Amos and Kate Bush. ;D
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 09:04:04 AM
You see, I wouldn't know that - I never visit the thread where non-classical gets discussed. I avoid it because no one wants to be burdened with my deep love of the music of Tori Amos and Kate Bush. ;D
Almost no one. :)
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 09:04:04 AM
You see, I wouldn't know that - I never visit the thread where non-classical gets discussed. I avoid it because no one wants to be burdened with my deep love of the music of Tori Amos and Kate Bush. ;D
Be kind to their mistakes. 8)
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 08:53:29 AM
Elgar - 71dB
I guess I don't see the association ......... Could you provide some evidence of this?
Also:
Haydn -- Gurn
Xenakis -- Greg
Penderecki -- Greg; Maciek
Quote from: D Minor on October 23, 2007, 09:15:40 AM
I guess I don't see the association ......... Could you provide some evidence of this?
Also:
Haydn -- Gurn
;D
Isn't Gurn the dude who listens to Beethoven's 9th every Sunday or is that Mr Hodges :D
Mozart (opera):
Iago (Association by Hatred of....)
Anything with a Fiddle be it solo or concerto:
Rabin Fan ¦ ViolinConcerto
Not many in my little brain:
Bach - Premont
Chopin - Sidoze
Stravinsky - Karl
Beethoven - me
Chopin - me
Purcell - me
Etc.
;D
Xenakis - Greg | Edward
Bach - Don | premont
Golijov - uffeviking | diegobueno
Pettersson - paulb
Dittersdorf - 71dB | Gurnerator
Beethoven - Larry
Reinecke - Harry :-)
Andriessen - Bruce
Higdon - Bruce
Berg - Bruce :-)
Tansman - Maciek
Elgar - knight
Handel - knight | Nigel
Rameau - Nigel
Schnittke - Edward | paulb | sidoze
Ellington | sound sponge :-)
Wuorinen - Gomro
Carter - Joe | Bruce
Ives - Joe
All of the above - Harry $:)
Toch - Cato
Jn Adams - diegobueno | Bruce
Holst - Greta
Berlioz - TC
Feldman - catison
du Bois - Cato
Debussy - Nigel
Janacek - Luke
Havergal Brian - Luke; Sarge
Quote from: karlhenning on October 23, 2007, 09:25:12 AM
Pettersson - paulb ;D ;D ;D
Henning ¦ AnthonyAthletic & ..... 8)
Quote from: George on October 23, 2007, 09:26:26 AM
All of the above - Harry $:)
All of the above - HarryHarry's PostMan ;D
Mendelssohn -- Saul
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 23, 2007, 09:30:14 AM
All of the above - Harry
Harry's PostMan ;D
That postman must be built like a brick shit-house by now. ;D
Stockhausen - Cato | Al Moritz
Schoenberg - Cato
Prokofiev - catison | Danny
Quote from: George on October 23, 2007, 09:31:30 AM
That postman must be built like a brick shit-house by now. ;D
Geographically (Harry may dispel the myth) but we are all led to believe Holland is a 'Flat' Country, Flat in the sense of not many up hill climbs? Good for the Postmen & women and the deliverers of such large parcels ;D
Pink Harp - Debussy and Pelleas et Melisande.
Saul - Saul
Malipiero - scriptavolent
La Monte Young - Luke :-)
Quote from: Cato on October 23, 2007, 09:40:00 AM
Pink Harp - Debussy and Pelleas et Melisande.
Saul - Saul
:D
Sibelius - Ben | matti | diegobueno | weirdears
Milhaud - Harry
Satie - philo
Brahms - Que
Jadin - Harry ;D
How coud I forget this one:
Luke - Janacek
The biggest connection I think of is this one:
Beethoven - Todd
though Mendelssohn - Saul is up there too. ;D
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 09:04:04 AM
You see, I wouldn't know that - I never visit the thread where non-classical gets discussed. I avoid it because no one wants to be burdened with my deep love of the music of Tori Amos and Kate Bush. ;D
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow... unbelievable.
Wagner - David Zalman / ACD
Copland -> Karl
Massenet -> Hector
Boulez -> James
Bach -> Don
Mahler -> Renfield
Siegfried Wagner -> Harry
Stenhammer -> Sarge
Almost any obscure 20th C. symphonist -> Dundonnell
Vaughan Williams -> sound67
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 10:09:39 AM
How coud I forget this one:
Luke - Janacek
D Minor got there first; it's obvious! How did we leave that low-hanging fruit for someone whose ID is a key signature! ;D
Hey, don't forget:
Bruckner - Lilas Pastia
Anybody baroque - Masolino
Quote from: karlhenning on October 23, 2007, 11:22:50 AM
D Minor got there first; it's obvious! How did we leave that low-hanging fruit for someone whose ID is a key signature! ;D
I was quite pleased I slipped under the radar for as long as I did. It's no fun being so pigeonhole-able! BTW, there are other composers I'd happily be associated with too....
(LaMonte Young not necessarily one of them, Karl! ;D )
I'm in awe of your score-literacy, Luke!
Quote from: George on October 23, 2007, 09:02:31 AM
Frank Sinatra- Solitary Wanderer 8)
Thanks George me 'ol mate ;)
I was upset not being associated with anyone on Marks list ;)
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on October 23, 2007, 12:22:38 PM
Thanks George me 'ol mate ;)
I was upset not being associated with anyone on Marks list ;)
You're too eclectic, dear boy.
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 09:04:04 AM
You see, I wouldn't know that - I never visit the thread where non-classical gets discussed. I avoid it because no one wants to be burdened with my deep love of the music of Tori Amos and Kate Bush. ;D
Well, I have several Kate Bush albums; I think shes a genius 0:)
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on October 23, 2007, 12:23:32 PM
Well, I have several Kate Bush albums; I think shes a genius 0:)
Did you hear her last one? Worth every second of the 12 years we had to wait for it:
(http://popbytes.com/img/kate-bush-aerial.jpg)
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 12:25:03 PM
Did you hear her last one? Worth every second of the 12 years we had to wait for it:
(http://popbytes.com/img/kate-bush-aerial.jpg)
I must have been the only person that didn't like it. :( My favorite Kate album is The Dreaming, but I don't often listen to her nowadays.
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 12:23:19 PM
You're too eclectic, dear boy.
This is true. I guess I have more Wagner than other composers at the moment. But at the moment I'm pretty omnivorous :)
The Dreaming is indeed a superb album, Corey. But are you telling me you didn't get all the typically Kate 'in-jokes' and clever musical references in the second disc of the Aerial album? It's 42 minutes of pure concept music, of the kind that's only matched by what she did on The Hounds of Love's B-side.
Quote from: George on October 23, 2007, 09:31:30 AM
That postman must be built like a brick shit-house by now. ;D
She is a woman George, and not build like a brickhouse........ ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Harry on October 23, 2007, 12:43:40 PM
She is a woman George, and not build like a brickhouse........ ;D ;D ;D
Trust Harry to have a postwoman. ;D
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 23, 2007, 09:37:04 AM
Geographically (Harry may dispel the myth) but we are all led to believe Holland is a 'Flat' Country, Flat in the sense of not many up hill climbs? Good for the Postmen & women and the deliverers of such large parcels ;D
Yes absolutely flat were I live, but in the south we have hills............ ;D
Quote from: karlhenning on October 23, 2007, 09:47:16 AM
Jadin - Harry ;D
Allright, allright
Jardin it was, my mistake, geez it follows me around the forum. ;D
Bach - me
Nielson - Karl
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 12:25:03 PM
Did you hear her last one? Worth every second of the 12 years we had to wait for it:
(http://popbytes.com/img/kate-bush-aerial.jpg)
Haven't heard it yet Mark. I've read mixed reviews ???
I have:
Never for Ever
The Dreaming
Hounds of Love
All three are classics :)
Quote from: Solitary Wanderer on October 23, 2007, 12:58:16 PM
Haven't heard it yet Mark. I've read mixed reviews ???
I have:
Never for Ever
The Dreaming
Hounds of Love
All three are classics :)
Buy Aerial immediately, or I'll have to send someone round to hurt you. 8) And when the discs arrive, play the second of them first. Unhook the phone, draw the curtains, crank up the volume, lie back and enjoy. :)
Handel - Rod Corkin
Buxtehude - Premont (both great Danes)
:)
Quote from: karlhenning on October 23, 2007, 11:22:50 AM
D Minor got there first; it's obvious! How did we leave that low-hanging fruit for someone whose ID is a key signature! ;D
Karl, being our resident expert on low hanging fruit ........ :D >:D
Oh, there's exactly where I am not going 0:)
Richard Strauss -> johnshade
marvin
Quote from: karlhenning on October 23, 2007, 09:47:16 AM
Jadin - Harry ;D
Hey, I thought
I was the Jadin fan. Hyacinthe, at least. Harry probably favors brother Louis Emanuel... :)
DavidW - Mahler. Too obvious? Perhaps... :)
8)
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Now playing: Cherubini Piano - Mario Patuzzi - Cherubini Capriccio ou Etude for Piano 1789 2nd mvmt - Moderato
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on October 23, 2007, 02:14:13 PM
DavidW - Mahler. Too obvious? Perhaps... :)
Not at all - I got him in the OP. ;)
Didn't David have a Dittersdorf avatar for a while?
Quote from: Harry on October 23, 2007, 12:45:04 PM
Yes absolutely flat were I live, but in the south we have hills............ ;D
Do you live anywhere near Valkenberg Harry? That's in the South and I do remember many a hike upwards.
I went there for a few days a while ago en route to Alkmaar and Amsterdam. Loved Amsterdam and not only for the Concertgebouw, its a lovely City.
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 02:15:09 PM
Not at all - I got him in the OP. ;)
Yeah but you misspelled Mahler. ;D
Hummel-- Gurn, Egmont, Holden
Stravinsky-- Karl, DaveR
Schoenberg-- Karl
Bruckner-- Andre
Chopin-- Sidoze
Debussy-- Todd
Vanhal-- Gurn, Gabriel
Is that right?
Haydn - Lethe
Never knew Todd was a Debussian.
Quote from: quintett op.57 on October 23, 2007, 02:42:50 PM
Haydn - Lethe
I have Lethe down as a renaissance girl ... in every sense, I'm sure. ;)
Quote from: DavidW on October 23, 2007, 02:40:13 PM
Yeah but you misspelled Mahler. ;D
Something got spilled on my keyboard - now the 'L' and 'P' keys get stuck.
No one said Corey - Nørgård? :(
Quote from: Corey on October 23, 2007, 02:46:15 PM
No one said Corey - Nørgård? :(
You did, just then. :D
Quote from: quintett op.57 on October 23, 2007, 02:42:50 PM
Haydn - Lethe
Back at you! :D I didn't expect a mention in here, as I have about 10 composers sharing my top spot.
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 02:49:54 PM
You did, just then. :D
I associate most of the music I listen with myself. :)
71 dB, I associate him with music that suck.
Mercy, but that post made me laugh more than I've laughed on this forum in some little while.
Thank you!
*sigh* ::)
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 02:43:14 PM
Never knew Todd was a Debussian.
Well I know he writes alot about Beethoven, but it seems that I see him post alot about all of the great piano music whether it's Debussy, Ravel, Chopin, Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Schumann etc
Quote from: George on October 23, 2007, 09:26:26 AM
All of the above - Harry $:)
I think this is also true for me; I'll buy just about anything.
Heather
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 08:53:29 AM
Beethoven - jwinter | George | mavinbrown | Sarge | Me :)
Mozart - HandelHooligan | Haffner | Que | Gurn Blanston
And Bill. :)
Things Conducted by Fritz Reiner - Iago
Berlioz - Knight
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on October 23, 2007, 02:26:43 PM
Do you live anywhere near Valkenberg Harry? That's in the South and I do remember many a hike upwards.
I went there for a few days a while ago en route to Alkmaar and Amsterdam. Loved Amsterdam and not only for the Concertgebouw, its a lovely City.
Good gracious no, Tony, I live in the North, almost as far as you can go, before you tumble in the Nordsea.
Valkenburg is in the south, funny people there. ;D
Quote from: Mark on October 23, 2007, 12:25:03 PM
Did you hear her last one? Worth every second of the 12 years we had to wait for it:
(http://popbytes.com/img/kate-bush-aerial.jpg)
My sister has that album and I borrowed it from her. It's the only Kate Bush CD I have ever heard but I liked it. Tastefully done music! :)
Quote from: 71 dB on October 24, 2007, 01:59:03 AM
My sister has that album and I borrowed it from her. It's the only Kate Bush CD I have ever heard but I liked it. Tastefully done music! :)
Cool.
Now try this one:
(http://www.yonkitime.de/hounds.jpg)
You may find the first four or five tracks sound dated (they're over 20 years old), but wait till you reach the sequence of music that begins with the track, 'And Dream Of Sheep'. ;) The closing track, 'Hello Earth', is moving beyond belief.
Quote from: Mark on October 24, 2007, 02:22:17 AM
Cool.
Now try this one:
Oh dear, I need a second lifetime to explore artists like Kate Bush but I might try what you recommend Mark because I don't have too much this kind of music (seems like I could have for about 8 euros delivered). I have a feeling I like just about everything she has done but perhaps I don't go crazy for it. She is perhaps my
almost favorite artist but we'll see...
...thanks anyway for the rec!
Quote from: 71 dB on October 24, 2007, 02:53:37 AM
Oh dear, I need a second lifetime to explore artists like Kate Bush but I might try what you recommend Mark because I don't have too much this kind of music (seems like I could have for about 8 euros delivered). I have a feeling I like just about everything she has done but perhaps I don't go crazy for it. She is perhaps my almost favorite artist but we'll see...
...thanks anyway for the rec!
I could be wrong, but I think you'll thank me for it. That album remains high on critics' lists of favourite pop albums.
Quote from: Mark on October 24, 2007, 02:55:13 AM
I could be wrong, but I think you'll thank me for it. That album remains high on critics' lists of favourite pop albums.
I read the praising comments about the CD and listened sound clips. I just have an eclectic taste as you have seen. I rarely like what masses like. I have sensed for years I'd like any KB album but there are less known artists I am more interested about. Anyway, it's a good idea to have even one KB CD.
Quote from: Harry on October 23, 2007, 12:47:34 PM
Allright, allright Jardin it was, my mistake, geez it follows me around the forum. ;D
Harry, the hounds love it when the fox slips! 8)
Woof!! 8)
Quote from: Cato on October 24, 2007, 03:36:03 AM
Harry, the hounds love it when the fox slips! 8)
;D ;D ;D
Well it seems I am right afterall, it is
Hyacinthe JadinIts on the CD, and I had my glasses on.
71 dB=Elgar
Karl= Shostakovich
Que=Bach and Froberger.
Robert=Sallinnen
George, anything to do with Steinway piano's.
Wanderer=Mendelssohn
Bogey=Beethoven
Erato=Handel
Premont=Handel.
Sonic Man=Soler
etc, etc
It's obvious you people haven't been paying attention so I'll have to toot my own horn:
Sarge - Magnard, Schmidt, P.D.Q. Bach ;D
Seriously, to add a few who haven't been mentioned yet:
Joe Barron - Ives
Greta - Mahler, Sibelius
Bunny - Mahler
Mark - Saint-Saens
Guido - any composer who wrote works for cello
Karl - Henning
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 24, 2007, 06:38:26 AM
Joe Barron - Ives
did anyone write
Joe Barron- Carter yet?
a few more:
Karl- any Russian composer :D
Mikkel- Xenakis
M Forever- Mahler, Prokofiev
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 24, 2007, 06:38:26 AM
It's obvious you people haven't been paying attention so I'll have to toot my own horn:
Sarge - Magnard, Schmidt, P.D.Q. Bach ;D
Some people's interests are so multifarious, and maybe even nefarious, that they are attached to almost everyone!
Peter Schickele, not unlike
Weird Al Yankovic, is one of America's greatest living all-around faves! 8)
Quote from: greg on October 24, 2007, 06:45:47 AM
did anyone write
Joe Barron- Carter yet?
Can you doubt it? (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,4003.msg96525.html#msg96525) 8)
Quote from: karlhenning on October 24, 2007, 07:05:48 AM
Can you doubt it? (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,4003.msg96525.html#msg96525) 8)
but that was imaginary; it wasn't real 8)
Quote from: Cato on October 24, 2007, 06:47:56 AM
Some people's interests are so multifarious, and maybe even nefarious, that they are attached to almost everyone!
I know...that's me. I like everyone, literally, from the medieval Anonymous to Eliot Carter....although I do have a Top 300 ;D
Sarge
Man, Sarge, how can you cut off no. 301 like that?! 8)
Me and Saint-Saens? That's an association I can certainly bear. I have to admit I wouldn't have made it myself, but I've yet to hear a work by him that I haven't liked.
Quote from: Mark on October 24, 2007, 08:01:05 AM
Me and Saint-Saens? That's an association I can certainly bear. I have to admit I wouldn't have made it myself, but I've yet to hear a work by him that I haven't liked.
I harbor a certain jealousy that
you have garnered this distinction ......... to the exclusion of everyone else .........
Quote from: D Minor on October 24, 2007, 08:04:33 AM
I harbor a certain jealousy that you have garnered this distinction ......... to the exclusion of everyone else .........
True. You and M Forever should also have shared this distinction.
M forever: Strauss
He liked lots of others, but defended Mr. S. most often - perhaps because the composer was insulted most often, though :)
Quote from: Mark on October 24, 2007, 08:07:03 AM
True. You and M Forever should also have shared this distinction.
Still, D Minor is gracious in the face of adverse canvassage
Quote from: Lethe on October 24, 2007, 08:16:34 AM
M forever: Strauss
He liked lots of others, but defended Mr. S. most often - perhaps because the composer was insulted most often, though :)
wait, which Strauss? J or R? i can see J being insulted the most...
Quote from: greg on October 24, 2007, 10:37:46 AM
wait, which Strauss? J or R? i can see J being insulted the most...
R. Although if you insulted J, Brahms would kick your ass :)
Quote from: Lethe on October 24, 2007, 08:16:34 AM
M forever: Strauss
He liked lots of others, but defended Mr. S. most often - perhaps because the composer was insulted most often, though :)
I always knew there was more uniting M and Sean than M liked to let on. Sean is another big Strauss-o-phile
Quote from: masolino on October 23, 2007, 01:13:49 PM
Handel - Rod Corkin
Two composers for Rod,Handel and Beethoven (HIP only).
Me?Henry Purcell and I go away back.
Quote from: Lethe on October 24, 2007, 08:16:34 AM
M forever: Strauss
He liked lots of others, but defended Mr. S. most often - perhaps because the composer was insulted most often, though :)
Somewhat off topic but is anyone in touch with M? It looks like some nasty wildfires where he (and Daverz for that matter) lives.
I can't believe no one has mentioned this very fine composer:
VERDI -> Tsaraslondon (our Maria Callas expert), Bruce, Mike, Haffner, Lis, Larry (our Falstaff expert), Lethe and Michel (may I include you in as well?) and of course marvinbrown (moi 8)). As you can see Verdi has quite following here.......
marvin
Quote from: marvinbrown on October 24, 2007, 11:52:34 AM
I can't believe no one has mentioned this very fine composer:
VERDI -> Tsaraslondon (our Maria Callas expert), Bruce, Mike, Haffner, Lis, Larry (our Falstaff expert), Lethe and Michel (may I include you in as well?) and of course marvinbrown (moi 8)). As you can see Verdi has quite following here.......
Spot on :D Verdi is one of the (around ten) composers sharing my top rank, and one of the greatest romantics, full-stop. I don't get much opportunity to talk about him, though, and if I do, people could mistake me for not liking him that much... (the plot of Rigoletto really, really, really annoys me, but I love him for his flaws... :P)
Quote from: D Minor on October 24, 2007, 08:04:33 AM
I harbor a certain jealousy that you have garnered this distinction ......... to the exclusion of everyone else .........
After I shut down my computer last night the thought actually did pop into my head that Mr. Minor too should share the St.Saens honor...but really, D, you are so inextricably connected to Brahms in my mind that it didn't occur naturally to me on first thought. With Mark it was a thread on the Organ Symphony that began shortly after I arrived that makes me connect him to the Saintly Frenchman.
Sarge
Quote from: karlhenning on October 24, 2007, 07:43:03 AM
Man, Sarge, how can you cut off no. 301 like that?! 8)
It was a tough call, Karl, but you just missed the cut. Sorry. ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 25, 2007, 05:17:33 AM
It was a tough call, Karl, but you just missed the cut. Sorry. ;D
Ouch! Medic! 8)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 25, 2007, 05:13:53 AM
but really, D, you are so inextricably connected to Brahms in my mind that it didn't occur naturally to me on first thought.
Yeah, when someone is singularly obsessed with a certain composer, the resultant overpowering association drawn between the obsessor and obsessee often obscures and supersedes all other considerations ....... :D
Quote from: Drasko on October 24, 2007, 11:26:15 AM
Somewhat off topic but is anyone in touch with M? It looks like some nasty wildfires where he (and Daverz for that matter) lives.
I believe Greta is in contact with him...or at least frequents wherever M hangs out now.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 25, 2007, 07:45:32 AM
I believe Greta is in contact with him...or at least frequents wherever M hangs out now.
Sarge
But Greta is such a sensible lady...........nah she will not hang out at those places. $:)
Quote from: Harry on October 25, 2007, 07:49:37 AM
But Greta is such a sensible lady...........nah she will not hang out at those places. $:)
I understand that they both hang out at Harry's Diner ..........
Harry's never turns anyone away!
Quote from: D Minor on October 25, 2007, 07:51:27 AM
I understand that they both hang out at Harry's Diner ..........
Is that the place "where everybody knows your name" ?
No, they turn Yankees fans away from that door 0:)
Lemme do the big three here:
Bach: Don, Que
Mozart: Gurn
Beethoven: Todd, George, jwinter (and I ask, where is he?)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 24, 2007, 06:38:26 AM
It's obvious you people haven't been paying attention so I'll have to toot my own horn:
Sarge - Magnard, Schmidt, P.D.Q. Bach ;D
Seriously, to add a few who haven't been mentioned yet:
Joe Barron - Ives
Greta - Mahler, Sibelius
Bunny - Mahler
Mark - Saint-Saens
Guido - any composer who wrote works for cello
Karl - Henning
Sarge
Yeah you might just be right, but I would add the stipulation that they have to have written well for cello, - along with that Finzi, Ives, Barber are my 3 most listened to and loved composers.
Nice to see a mention! :D Mahler and Sibelius, yep that's me...and contemporary music.
And when I think
contemporary - who comes to mind at GMG is
Bruce! ;)
Re. M forever (Michael Schaffer):
Yeah, he likes a lot of composers, has a special thing for Russians (and Russian orchestras), Strauss, and Mahler...but he has said he feels the deepest connection to Bruckner and Sibelius. In the Sibelius thread at the old forum, he posted a ton.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 25, 2007, 07:45:32 AM
I believe Greta is in contact with him...or at least frequents wherever M hangs out now.
Indeed, I am - somehow we became really good friends during the Mystery Orchestra stuff in the summer, and talk quite often - yes, he's opinionated, but generally, "all bark and no bite" as the saying goes!
The wildfires really were a close call for him, they came within 1 mile of where he lives and they were evacuated - except he was already out of town with work and so couldn't even go back for anything when he found about it. He was really distressed about his bass and his CD collection, he said the other stuff could burn. ;D But now the fire has thankfully been controlled there.
He's had a rough fall with cinema work projects in L.A., a lot of mega-stress 16 hr days 6 days a week, and so isn't on the Internet at all much, but he says "Hi", really it's lack of time is why he's not around GMG anymore. Somehow in the middle of all this, he's been squeezing in hairraising races down to Disney Hall to catch the Los Angeles Sibelius cycle, he missed only the 4 & 7 concert, tried but ended up stuck in traffic that night. His reports back have been quite colorful, except for an uneven 2nd on opening night, it sounds like it's been great. Especially this week, he saw the Sibelius Academy orchestra do the Lemminkainen Legends under Salonen, he was literally blown away by how fantastic the group was. Technically, musically, totally incredible performance.
I will tell him you guys asked about him! ;)
So all my shilling for Stefan has been for naught?
Quote from: bwv 1080 on October 25, 2007, 05:30:57 PM
So all my shilling for Stefan has been for naught?
I thought of it, actually, but forgot to post it.
But don't feel bad. No one noticed my Martinu connection...
Quote from: karlhenning on October 23, 2007, 09:25:12 AM
Wuorinen - Gomro
I'm happy to have made someone's list, and Wuorinen might as well be the choice, but it seems odd that no one paired me with Stockhausen, despite my avatar...
Well, since no one has listed moi :'( I guess I'll have to do it myself.
I associate myself with Byrd, Bach, Dvorak, Stenhammar (the string quartets), Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and anything conducted by George Szell.
Quote from: RebLem on October 27, 2007, 03:23:22 PM
Well, since no one has listed moi :'( I guess I'll have to do it myself.
I associate myself with Byrd, Bach, Dvorak, Stenhammar (the string quartets), Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and anything conducted by George Szell.
Apologies, Reblem. I always think of you as being one of this forum's more eclectic listeners - your round-up of your week's listening always gives me this impression, certainly. Based on that, I couldn't readily pin you down to any particular composers.
I'm actually gratified not to be named yet on this thread--I must be known as an eclectic. :) Although I'm a little surprised no one connected me with Varèse. :D
Quote from: jochanaan on October 27, 2007, 06:19:44 PM
I'm actually gratified not to be named yet on this thread--I must be known as an eclectic. :) Although I'm a little surprised no one connected me with Varèse. :D
Varese- Jochanaan
done. ;)
Quote from: jochanaan on October 27, 2007, 06:19:44 PM
I'm actually gratified not to be named yet on this thread--I must be known as an eclectic. :) Although I'm a little surprised no one connected me with Varèse. :D
It's because our skulls have a density higher than 21.5.
ahhhhhhhhh
Varèse -- Jochanaan
Quote from: The Poopy Flying Monkey on October 28, 2007, 11:55:54 AM
i'm close enough
perhaps ....... but your poop flew right past us .........
And it seems as if I've managed to slip "unassociated" for 7 pages! Hurray! :D
(I don't care much for being associated with composers, listen as I do to almost anything I come across; though I would associate myself with Mahler, first and foremost. ;D)
Quote from: Corey on October 23, 2007, 11:19:26 AM
Copland -> Karl
Massenet -> Hector
Boulez -> James
Bach -> Don
Mahler -> Renfield
Siegfried Wagner -> Harry
Stenhammer -> Sarge
Almost any obscure 20th C. symphonist -> Dundonnell
Vaughan Williams -> sound67
Ahem!
Quote from: Corey on October 28, 2007, 03:59:09 PM
Ahem!
Oh! Sorry. :-[
(And thanks for the
right association. ;))
Quote from: Renfield on October 28, 2007, 04:28:13 PM
Oh! Sorry. :-[
(And thanks for the right association. ;))
Good old Corey. I'd have never spotted that.
Quote from: Corey on October 28, 2007, 11:46:27 AM
It's because our skulls have a density higher than 21.5.
;D
Every time I see this I think of our Harry:
(http://www.classical-composers.org/img/tchaikovsky.jpg)
EDIT:
And every time I see this, I think of our Mark:
(http://www.grigorian.com/eshop/naxos_logo.jpg)
Quote from: 12tone. on October 28, 2007, 09:39:16 PM
EDIT:
And every time I see this, I think of our Mark:
(http://www.grigorian.com/eshop/naxos_logo.jpg)
Cheeky sod! ;D
Harry has ten times more Naxos CDs than I. In fact, for the record, my Naxos collection is quickly being dwarfed by my non-Naxos collection. ;)
Quote from: Lethe on October 24, 2007, 11:59:04 AM
Spot on :D Verdi is one of the (around ten) composers sharing my top rank, and one of the greatest romantics, full-stop. I don't get much opportunity to talk about him, though, and if I do, people could mistake me for not liking him that much... (the plot of Rigoletto really, really, really annoys me, but I love him for his flaws... :P)
But don't blame Verdi for the plot of
Rigoletto, blame Victor Hugo. Of course it is arch Romanticism at its best. It's last act, in particular, harks back to the writings of Chateaubriand, who was considered the father of French Romanticism.
Quote from: Greta on October 25, 2007, 01:27:00 PMRe. M forever (Michael Schaffer):
Yeah, he likes a lot of composers, has a special thing for Russians (and Russian orchestras), Strauss, and Mahler...but he has said he feels the deepest connection to Bruckner and Sibelius. In the Sibelius thread at the old forum, he posted a ton.
Indeed, I am - somehow we became really good friends during the Mystery Orchestra stuff in the summer, and talk quite often - yes, he's opinionated, but generally, "all bark and no bite" as the saying goes!
The wildfires really were a close call for him, they came within 1 mile of where he lives and they were evacuated - except he was already out of town with work and so couldn't even go back for anything when he found about it. He was really distressed about his bass and his CD collection, he said the other stuff could burn. ;D But now the fire has thankfully been controlled there.
He's had a rough fall with cinema work projects in L.A., a lot of mega-stress 16 hr days 6 days a week, and so isn't on the Internet at all much, but he says "Hi", really it's lack of time is why he's not around GMG anymore. Somehow in the middle of all this, he's been squeezing in hairraising races down to Disney Hall to catch the Los Angeles Sibelius cycle, he missed only the 4 & 7 concert, tried but ended up stuck in traffic that night. His reports back have been quite colorful, except for an uneven 2nd on opening night, it sounds like it's been great. Especially this week, he saw the Sibelius Academy orchestra do the Lemminkainen Legends under Salonen, he was literally blown away by how fantastic the group was. Technically, musically, totally incredible performance.
I will tell him you guys asked about him! ;)
Thanks for this report, Greta. It's good to know that he and his fiddle are okay, and that the LA Sibelius cycle has been mostly successful.
Quote from: Tsaraslondon on October 29, 2007, 04:38:28 AM
But don't blame Verdi for the plot of Rigoletto, blame Victor Hugo. Of course it is arch Romanticism at its best. It's last act, in particular, harks back to the writings of Chateaubriand, who was considered the father of French Romanticism.
Lethe, Tsaraslondon:
Yes the ending of Rigoletto is rather disturbing (a naive woman sacrifices herself for a man who couldn't give a damn about her), it was based on Victor Hugo's Le Roi S'amuse and after the censorship officials got through with him Verdi had to change the character from King Francois I to Duke among other changes and I think the location was also changed to Mantua from Paris?? or Vernice?? . Somebody please correct me if I am mistaken??
marvin
Quote from: marvinbrown on October 29, 2007, 04:55:49 AM
...Somebody please correct me if I am mistaken??
No, you're right, marvinbrown. For some reason none of the 19th-century European royals and nobles liked seeing themselves depicted so unflatteringly. Especially when it was the truth. :o (I could throw in a tart comment about King George II of America, but his spooks are probably watching. :o ;D)
Quote from: jochanaan on October 29, 2007, 07:50:49 AM
No, you're right, marvinbrown. For some reason none of the 19th-century European royals and nobles liked seeing themselves depicted so unflatteringly. Especially when it was the truth. :o (I could throw in a tart comment about King George II of America, but his spooks are probably watching. :o ;D)
Yes those historical leaders were known to misbehave.....mind you today's leaders aren't any better, I think Bill Clinton would make a GREAT Duke for a modern adaptation of Rigoletto, but as usual I digress ;D $:) ;D !!
marvin
PS: back to the topic at hand nobody has posted those GMG members most closely associated with Puccini ??? ??
Quote from: marvinbrown on October 29, 2007, 08:29:16 AM
PS: back to the topic at hand nobody has posted those GMG members most closely associated with Puccini ??? ??
I think 71dB rather likes him
Quote from: marvinbrown on October 29, 2007, 08:29:16 AM
... nobody has posted those GMG members most closely associated with Puccini ??? ??
That is strange?
Puccini - Muriel ;D
Quote from: marvinbrown on October 29, 2007, 08:29:16 AM
nobody has posted those GMG members most closely associated with Puccini ??? ??
how about Respighi or Bartok?
Quote from: Lethe on October 29, 2007, 08:37:11 AM
I think 71dB rather likes him
Yes, I like Puccini! The best romantic opera composer imo.
Puccini --> 71 dB
Quote from: karlhenning on October 29, 2007, 08:52:13 AM
Puccini - Muriel ;D
I'll put on my Kimono and burst into song.What a Beautiful Day.
I'll take Bartok, if nobody else wants him.
Bartok --> johnQpublic
No, no, the chap I associate Bartók with doesn't take part here.
Quote from: 71 dB on October 29, 2007, 08:56:19 AM
Yes, I like Puccini! The best romantic opera composer imo.
Though Puccini was not a Romantic. He was the outstanding figure among the movement of Italian composers, called
verismo - quite the reverse of Romanticism. It is a much earlier movement in the arts, and dates from the late eighteenth century to about the middle of the nineteenth. The true Romantics in Italy were Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini and early Verdi, finding for their inspiration the works of Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Sir Walter Scott and Schiller.
Quote from: Muriel on October 29, 2007, 08:59:50 AM
I'll put on my Kimono and burst into song.What a Beautiful Day.
Encore:
Mi chiamano Muriel!
Quote from: marvinbrown on October 24, 2007, 11:52:34 AM
I can't believe no one has mentioned this very fine composer:
VERDI -> Tsaraslondon (our Maria Callas expert), Bruce, Mike, Haffner, Lis, Larry (our Falstaff expert), Lethe and Michel (may I include you in as well?) and of course marvinbrown (moi 8)). As you can see Verdi has quite following here.......
marvin
Incidentally, you are right about Verdi being one of my favourite composers. Others at the very top of my list would be Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Bellini and Mozart.
May I (modestly) claim Respighi? As with Saint-Saens, I've yet to hear a work by old Ottorino which didn't please me. :)
Quote from: Mark on October 29, 2007, 09:22:29 AM
May I (modestly) claim Respighi? As with Saint-Saens, I've yet to hear a work by old Ottorino which didn't please me. :)
Have you heard his piano concerti?
Pure crap.
Bellini --> Tsaraslondon
Quote from: Herzog Wildfang on October 29, 2007, 09:26:14 AM
Have you heard his piano concerti?
Pure crap.
I have, and I strongly disagree. I love it to distraction - ditto, his Toccata for Piano & Orchestra.
Respighi - idowords Mark
Rubbra --> Mark
Quote from: Herzog Wildfang on October 29, 2007, 09:37:32 AM
Rubbra --> Mark
Actually, vandermolen, tjguitar or Dundonell (spelling?) probably deserve Rubbra.
Quote from: karlhenning on October 29, 2007, 09:08:08 AM
No, no, the chap I associate Bartók with doesn't take part here.
Well, either get over it because Bartok's now mine or be ready to stiffly negotiate with me. ;D
Quote from: johnQpublic on October 29, 2007, 09:58:17 AM
Well, either get over it because Bartok's now mine or be ready to stiffly negotiate with me. ;D
could we share Bartok, pretty please? :)
Quote from: johnQpublic on October 29, 2007, 09:00:16 AM
I'll take Bartok, if nobody else wants him.
Oh, I want him! :D
I'll share.... but only with Joch!
Quote from: Herzog Wildfang on October 29, 2007, 09:27:56 AM
Bellini --> Tsaraslondon
Yes and if I am not mistaken as far as Tsaraslondon is concerned, Maria Callas in the role of Norma is as good as it gets 0:).
marvin
Quote from: johnQpublic on October 29, 2007, 04:02:16 PM
I'll share.... but only with Joch!
And I'll share with The Monkey and anyone else who asks nicely, so we're all happy. ;D
Quote from: jochanaan on October 29, 2007, 04:07:09 PM
And I'll share with The Monkey and anyone else who asks nicely, so we're all happy. ;D
I'd like to take you up on that! I mean, may I? ;D
Thank Providence that I have been absent from GMG long enough, thanks to school, though I still lurk, not to get dragged into this. It's best not knowing what associations you have formed for yourself.
I don't know why but Muriel and CBC Radio 2 fit in the same sentence.
Hey Muriel. ;D
oh no, we're going to have to mutilate Bartok and share each of his body parts. i claim his head, as long as his brain is still in it.
Poopy Flying Dittersdorf - Poju
Vandermolen - any British composer of any merit (which is all of them ;)).
Quote from: The Poopy Flying Monkey on October 30, 2007, 06:09:13 AM
oh no, we're going to have to mutilate Bartok and share each of his body parts. i claim his head, as long as his brain is still in it.
Did you know that Thomas Hardy's heart is buried in a separate location from the rest of his, erm, remains?
no.... is this because of a grave digger?
Quote from: The Poopy Flying Monkey on October 30, 2007, 07:39:08 AM
no.... is this because of a grave digger?
His funeral, on 16 January at Westminster Abbey, proved a controversial occasion: Hardy, his family and friends had wished him to be buried at Stinsford in the same grave as his first wife, Emma. However, his executor, Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, insisted he be placed in the abbey's Poets' Corner. A compromise was reached whereby his heart was buried at Stinsford with Emma, and his ashes in Poets' Corner. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy)
Quote from: 12tone. on October 29, 2007, 06:14:30 PM
I don't know why but Muriel and CBC Radio 2 fit in the same sentence.
Hey Muriel. ;D
Yep that's my radio station.
Quote from: Muriel on October 30, 2007, 08:33:16 AM
Yep that's my radio station.
There is a "homey" feel to CBC 2, as it tries to unify classical listeners from Pacific to Atlantic. I picked it up in Toledo quite often: the music tends toward conservatism and lesser-known British composers (Parry, Harty, etc.), but there are a few times where more experimental are things are heard. Obviously Canadian composers get some air time!
Quote from: Cato on October 30, 2007, 08:46:44 AM
There is a "homey" feel to CBC 2, as it tries to unify classical listeners from Pacific to Atlantic. I picked it up in Toledo quite often: the music tends toward conservatism and lesser-known British composers (Parry, Harty, etc.), but there are a few times where more experimental are things are heard. Obviously Canadian composers get some air time!
That's right,they also have a request program in the mornings and the listeners choose terrific stuff I would never otherwise know about.CBC radio 2 website has concerts on demand ,fantastic!
Quote from: karlhenning on October 30, 2007, 08:02:54 AM
His funeral, on 16 January at Westminster Abbey, proved a controversial occasion: Hardy, his family and friends had wished him to be buried at Stinsford in the same grave as his first wife, Emma. However, his executor, Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, insisted he be placed in the abbey's Poets' Corner. A compromise was reached whereby his heart was buried at Stinsford with Emma, and his ashes in Poets' Corner. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy)
yucky!
Quote from: The Poopy Flying Monkey on October 30, 2007, 11:04:08 AM
yucky!
Paganini was not buried for years after his death,he was enbalmed (they had just invented the process) and then carted around Europe by his son who begged the Catholic Church to allow the violinist to
be interred in consecrated ground.
Quote from: Cato on October 30, 2007, 08:46:44 AM
There is a "homey" feel to CBC 2, as it tries to unify classical listeners from Pacific to Atlantic. I picked it up in Toledo quite often: the music tends toward conservatism and lesser-known British composers (Parry, Harty, etc.), but there are a few times where more experimental are things are heard. Obviously Canadian composers get some air time!
Jurgen Gothe's afternoon show is one of the best, strangest things under the sun! I listened daily while I lived in Detroit. I still remember his challenge to Canadian composers to write a "Canadian Four Seasons", where Spring, Summer, and Fall are all exceptionally sweet, beautiful, and evocative, but only a minute long each, and then Winter comes along and spends twenty minutes making you want to shoot yourself.
Brian, that's a challenge I'd take up, only I'm a Southron 8)
Quote from: Mark on October 28, 2007, 04:29:30 PM
Good old Corey. I'd have never spotted that.
Well, I'm not as old as I sometimes feel. :)
ChamberNut - German-speaking composers ;)
MN Dave - Schumann & Purcell together
;D
Monsieur Croche - DeBussy
Sarabande - DeBussy
Quote from: ChamberNut on June 18, 2008, 09:37:56 AM
ChamberNut - German-speaking composers ;)
MN Dave - Schumann & Purcell together
;D
Schumann + Purcell = 0:) 0:)
Quote from: Mark on October 29, 2007, 09:38:48 AM
Actually, vandermolen, tjguitar or Dundonell (spelling?) probably deserve Rubbra.
I think it's interesting that Mark associated me with Rubbra, because I'm not really that familiar with his work!
I'm also sad to see that Mark has disappeared. :(
Stravinsky: '
Karl Henning with himself.
Hey, me, too!
Uh, Daniel with Mahler?
In fact, if I ever met Daniel in person, I wouldn't believe it was him if he didn't look like his avatar.
Yah, I'll bet he's not even half mad in real life . . . .
James with John Cage.
Gurn with George Crumb?
Quote from: karlhenning on February 01, 2013, 09:00:17 AM
James with John Cage.
Gurn with Wagner and Henning with Telemann...
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on February 01, 2013, 09:01:22 AM
He might argue that.
He wouldn't argue, but he'd suggest, if you read carefully and think about it a little . . . .
Don with JS Bach!
Cato with . . . Toch or Bruckner?
Luke with Janáček!
MI with Koechlin....no, Ravel...no, Vaughan Williams...no, Villa Lobos....no, Shostakovich...no, Delius! ....no, Koechlin....no, Ravel...no, Vaughan Williams....
MI makes me dizzy ;D
Sarge
Karl with Stravinsky
Monkey Greg with Glass
Johan with you-know-who
Ilaria with
Karajan wait he's not a composer
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 01, 2013, 09:20:30 AM
MI with Koechlin....no, Ravel...no, Vaughan Williams...no, Villa Lobos....no, Shostakovich...no, Delius! ....no, Koechlin....no, Ravel...no, Vaughan Williams....
MI makes me dizzy ;D
Sarge
Actually I associate MI with three-day long spurts/marathons. I also associate MI with many of our forum's little waves where everybody decides to listen to the same thing. If I open the listening thread and see that everyone has Prokofiev on, or Delius, or Martinu, I assume MI is responsible.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 01, 2013, 09:20:30 AM
MI with Koechlin....no, Ravel...no, Vaughan Williams...no, Villa Lobos....no, Shostakovich...no, Delius! ....no, Koechlin....no, Ravel...no, Vaughan Williams....
MI makes me dizzy ;D
Sarge
As accurate as that is, that's not even considering the jazz or prog...
Scots John with Rott.
Sarge
Quote from: sanantonio on February 01, 2013, 09:32:52 AM
Although, I tend to link James with Daniel Asia instead.
James reminds of
Pfffffffokhausen. ;D
Interesting thing about this old thread (Florestan really went spelunking today, into the depths of GMG :D ) is the discovery that we used to have a member called Lady Chatterley :o
Sarge
Quote from: Brian on February 01, 2013, 09:22:53 AM
Monkey Greg with Glass
I'll take that as huge compliment. ;D 8)
Quote from: sanantonio on February 01, 2013, 09:32:52 AM
Although, I tend to link James with Daniel Asia instead.
(* chortle *)
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 01, 2013, 09:39:00 AM
Florestan really went spelunking today
You don't even suspect how right you are. :D "Speluncă" in Romanian means "tavern", even "ill-famed tavern", and honestly I've had a few shots... ;D
Anime Greg with Penderecki, Prokofiev
Monkey Greg with Haydn
Sarge with Mahler, Bruckner, Haydn
Brian with Dvorak, Beethoven, Shostakovich
Karl with Wuorinen, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Rakhmaninov
Ilaria with Wagner, Strauss family, Mahler
Daniel with Mahler, R Strauss, Debussy
Quote from: karlhenning on February 01, 2013, 09:06:31 AM
Cato with . . . Toch or Bruckner?
I also started
Taneyev's Tent of Twirbling Tones ??? 8) and the incredible
Stockhausen's Spaceship which has been boarded and commandeered by
James a la Captain Kidd 0:).
Another Russian composer, whose name also begins with T, is connected to me.
Quote from: karlhenning on February 01, 2013, 09:05:40 AM
James and John Cage
Somebody 0:) is just aching to cause trouble! ;D
I ought to have remembered you for a twirbler, Cato! ; )
Cato with Tcherepnin, Schoenberg, Boulez, Henning, Ottevanger
Quote from: North Star on February 01, 2013, 10:10:33 AM
Cato with Tcherepnin, Schoenberg,Boulez, Henning, Ottevanger
North Star wins a kewpie doll! 8)
Quote from: North Star on February 01, 2013, 09:48:59 AM
Brian with Dvorak, Beethoven, Shostakovich
And a substantial amount of my association with Beethoven is a direct result of our resident (or not?) Beethovenian-in-chief: Todd.
Lol...guys! This is funny stuff. Okay my turn....
Karl - Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Haydn, Schoenberg
Karlo - Janacek, Bartok, Sibelius
Daniel (this one is easy) - Mahler, R. Strauss, Elgar
Ilaria (another easy one) - Wagner (!!!), Liszt, Beethoven, The Stauss Family (aka Waltz Kings :))
Ray - Brahms, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Penderecki
Sarge - Mahler, Wagner, Bruckner, RVW
Gurn (the easiest one of them all) - HAYDN!!! :D
Monkey Greg - Haydn, R. Strauss, Elgar, Britten, Bach
Brian - Dvorak, Janacek, Beethoven, Sibelius
Anime Greg - Mahler, Xenakis
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 01, 2013, 09:20:30 AM
MI with Koechlin....no, Ravel...no, Vaughan Williams...no, Villa Lobos....no, Shostakovich...no, Delius! ....no, Koechlin....no, Ravel...no, Vaughan Williams....
MI makes me dizzy ;D
Sarge
Lol....now I'm dizzy! :D
Daniel with Mahler, R. Strauss, Elgar
Karlo with Ravel, Janacek, Sibelius
Karl with Haydn, Shostakovich, Stravinsky
Sarge with Mahler, Bruckner, Wagner
Ray with Brahms, Beethoven
Brian with Dvorak, Beethoven
James with Stockhausen
John (MI) with.....well, there could be so many composers he could be associated with! :)
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on February 01, 2013, 12:39:30 PM
John (MI) with.....well, there could be so many composers he could be associated with! :)
That's what I was afraid of! :D
I forgot three more:
Luke - Janacek, Tippett, Berlioz
Johan - Brian, Delius
Colin - Brian, RVW, Rubbra (his avatar actually)
One more:
Jeffrey Smith - Mahler, Bach
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 12:57:22 PM
One more:
Jeffrey Smith - Mahler, Bach
for me it's
Jeffrey Smith - telling me the CDs I bought are great choices
Quote from: Brian on February 01, 2013, 01:00:43 PM
for me it's
Jeffrey Smith - telling me the CDs I bought are great choices
Hmmm...those aren't composers. ::) :D
Joe "Concord" Barron: Ives, Carter
Elgarian: hmm, don't know...any ideas?
Vandermolen: any British or Nordic composer who is so obscure I haven't heard of him
Edward: pretty much any composer I like, he likes too
Coopmv: any Baroque composer, collected in gigantic volume
I've got another one:
Dancing Divertimentian - Prokofiev, Schoenberg, Martinu
Marc - Bach
Premont - Bach
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on February 01, 2013, 12:39:30 PM
Karlo with Ravel, Janacek, Sibelius
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 12:28:32 PM
Lol...guys! This is funny stuff. Okay my turn....
Karlo - Janacek, Bartok, Sibelius
Bartók? Really? (I guess you're just pulling my leg because I'm not crazy about
Daphnis ;D - or you're trying to point out to me that I forgot him from the top 25 list... :-[ :-X)
I do of course love his music, but I'd never have thought that anyone would associate me with him.. But then again, perhaps he isn't really huge with most of the GMG folk.
Quote from: North Star on February 01, 2013, 01:26:27 PM
Bartók? Really? (I guess you're just pulling my leg because I'm not crazy about Daphnis ;D - or you're trying to point out to me that I forgot him from the top 25 list... :-[ :-X)
I do of course love his music, but I'd never have thought that anyone would associate me with him.. But then again, perhaps he isn't really huge with most of the GMG folk.
Bartok is in my top five favorite composers along with Shostakovich, Delius, RVW, and Ravel. Yes, I associate Bartok with you because when you first joined the forum or at least some time after that, you went on and on about Bartok, so it just kind of stuck with me. There's nothing wrong with being associated with Bartok, be glad I don't associate you with Dittersdorf. ;) :D
John - Delius (some kind of platitude), Villa-Lobos, De Falla
Greg (easy one) - Mahler (platitude again?), Prokofiev
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 02:01:25 PM
Bartok is in my top five favorite composers along with Shostakovich, Delius, RVW, and Ravel. Yes, I associate Bartok with you because when you first joined the forum or at least some time after that, you went on and on about Bartok, so it just kind of stuck with me. There's nothing wrong with being associated with Bartok, be glad I don't associate you with Dittersdorf. ;) :D
:D
I went on and on about Bartok? Watch it, mister! ;D I checked the records, and there was a slight peak a little over a year ago, and then I bought a recording of the quartets last summer, but I didn't really see much more than that, apart from him being no. 2 in a favourite composer list
in alphabetic order. 8)
I'm not complaining, though.
Quote from: North Star on February 01, 2013, 02:25:34 PM
:D
I went on and on about Bartok? Watch it, mister! ;D I checked the records, and there was a slight peak a little over a year ago, and then I bought a recording of the quartets last summer, but I didn't really see much more than that, apart from him being no. 2 in a favourite composer list in alphabetic order. 8)
I'm not complaining, though.
If you're not complaining then why are we having this discussion? :) Anyway, I associate Bartok with you based on high praise you were giving the composer during your Boulez DG box set craze.
Quote from: Henk on February 01, 2013, 02:08:42 PM
John - Delius (some kind of platitude), Villa-Lobos, De Falla
I'm honored to be associated with these composers, so no qualms from me.
By the way, Henk, who should we associate you with? Who's your top 5 favorite composers?
Top 5 in no specific order:
Beethoven
Chopin
Rossini
Donatoni
Aperghis
I mention Beethoven, but find his music the least interesting to listen to. I like to listen more to Mozart or Villa-Lobos by example.
John (M.I.) - forever Koechlin
Karl - Stravinsky, probably because I know it's his (possible) favorite composer?
Ray (ChamberNut) - Brahms
Brian - Faure
Gurn - Haydn
Sarge - Haydn
Anime Greg - Prokofiev
Coopmv - Bach, more specifically, Art of Fugue
71db - Elgar
more to come...
Quote from: Henk on February 01, 2013, 02:34:18 PM
Top 5 in no specific order:
Beethoven
Chopin
Rossini
Donatoni
Aperghis
I mention Beethoven, but find his music the least interesting to listen to. I like to listen more to Mozart or Villa-Lobos by example.
Thanks for this, Henk. I can't say I'm familiar with Donatoni or Aperghis. Do you think I would enjoy their music based on what you know I like?
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 02:27:55 PM
If you're not complaining then why are we having this discussion? :) Anyway, I associate Bartok with you based on high praise you were giving the composer during your Boulez DG box set craze.
Because I just found it odd, and I didn't even remember first that I did have that slight Bartók craze last year. People can have discussions without feeling negative about something, you know...
Anyway, Bartók is definitely in my top 15.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on February 01, 2013, 02:35:05 PM
John (M.I.) - forever Koechlin
I can certainly understand this because I think Koechlin's picture is the longest running avatar I had on GMG. Could I be wrong here? I do know that my "Koechlin phase" was well-documented.
Quote from: North Star on February 01, 2013, 02:42:15 PM
Because I just found it odd, and I didn't even remember first that I did have that slight Bartók craze last year. People can have discussions without feeling negative about something, you know...
Anyway, Bartók is definitely in my top 15.
Don't feel bad I'm forever associated with Koechlin. :D By the way, Koechlin isn't even in my top 25.
I've got another one:
Sara (Lethe) - Pettersson
You know what, Karlo, you're right. You did express praise for Bartok's music but not the over-the-top praise I thought I remembered you giving him, so let's take Bartok off your list and insert Ravel instead. :)
So, now yours will look like...
Karlo (North Star) - Janacek, Ravel, Sibelius
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 02:53:52 PM
You know what, Karlo, you're right. You did express praise for Bartok's music but not the over-the-top praise I thought I remembered you giving him, so let's take Bartok off your list and insert Ravel instead. :)
So, now yours will look like...
Karlo (North Star) - Janacek, Ravel, Sibelius
I'm glad I made you see sense ;)
Divertimento for string orchestra, Sz. 113 is one fantastic piece, though :)
Quote from: North Star on February 01, 2013, 02:55:47 PM
I'm glad I made you see sense ;)
Divertimento for string orchestra, Sz. 113 is one fantastic piece, though :)
Well, I don't agree with the Koechlin tag Greg has associated with me. I hardly ever listen to his music anymore. I've been listening to Delius since I started seriously listening to classical music four years ago. I had a Koechlin phase, but I've been in a Delius phase since the beginning. The same with my other top five composers.
Yes,
Divertimento is a fine work. Probably one of the most intense works for string orchestra that I know with exception of Schoenberg's
Verklarte Nacht. I mean that's truly an epic work all the way across the board.
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 03:00:05 PM
Well, I don't agree with the Koechlin tag Greg has associated with me. I hardly ever listen to his music anymore. I've been listening to Delius since I started seriously listening to classical music four years ago. I had a Koechlin phase, but I've been in a Delius phase since the beginning. The same with my other top five composers.
Yes, Divertimento is a fine work. Probably one of the most intense works for string orchestra that I know with exception of Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht. I mean that's truly an epic work all the way across the board.
My reasons for picking Koechlin is because that was your avatar when i joined GMG.
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on February 01, 2013, 03:43:12 PM
My reasons for picking Koechlin is because that was your avatar when i joined GMG.
It's all good, Greg. :)
Member: Vanessa------Mahler
Non-member: Kimi-----Mahler
Member: myself--------open to question right now...
John: Delius
Harry: Tchaikovsky (No, I know not his favorite, but one day Kimi saw Tchaikovsky's portrait and said: Uncle Harry!)
Karl: Wuorinen
I pick R. Strauss for you, Paul. I remember when I was getting into his operas, you had some pretty firm recommendations for me and you seemed like you were quite passionate about his music.
So here's a recap:
Paul - R. Strauss, Mahler (because Kimi and Vanessa said so!)
Monkey Greg - Britten, R. Strauss, Elgar, Bach, Dowland (I just added this one :))
Karlo - Janacek, Bartok Ravel (:)), Sibelius
Karl - Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Haydn
Gurn - Haydn
Daniel (Madaboutmahler) - Mahler, R. Strauss, Elgar
Ilaria - Wagner, Liszt, Beethoven, The Strauss Family
Ray - Brahms, Shostakovich, Beethoven, Penderecki
Sarge - Mahler, Bruckner, RVW, Wagner
Brian - Dvorak, Janacek, Beethoven, Sibelius
Anime Greg - Mahler, Xenakis
Johan - Brian, Delius
Colin - RVW, Rubbra, Brian
I have too many but Mahler, Bach and Feldman probably goes into the top three. Cage has moved into the top ... uh... 15, maybe even 10.
Quote from: springrite on February 01, 2013, 04:17:21 PM
I have too many but Mahler, Bach and Feldman probably goes into the top three. Cage has moved into the top ... uh... 15, maybe even 10.
Feldman. He's quite interesting. Only own
Rothko Chapel. I can't really connect to his idiom, but I'll admit I enjoyed this work.
Ten Thumbs - Kirchner
:)
Quote from: springrite on February 01, 2013, 03:49:41 PM
Member: Vanessa------Mahler
Non-member: Kimi-----Mahler
Member: myself--------open to question right now...
You have an awesome family. ;D
Quote from: Greg on February 01, 2013, 09:35:02 PM
You have an awesome family. ;D
Emotionally screwed up?
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 02:40:44 PM
Thanks for this, Henk. I can't say I'm familiar with Donatoni or Aperghis. Do you think I would enjoy their music based on what you know I like?
Well you like Varese, so give them a try. It really is outstanding music if you like it or not.
I associate myself mostly with
Dvorak
Tchaikovsky
Most would know that who came from Classical Insites, and especially the Tchaikovsky 5
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 02:44:07 PM
Don't feel bad I'm forever associated with Koechlin. :D By the way, Koechlin isn't even in my top 25.
Really? REALLY??? After months and months of bullying people into buying and listening to Koechlin, now he isn't even in your top 25? You're right, John, you are one sick puppy! ;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 30, 2011, 08:26:05 AMPeople don't need to analyze it to death. It is music that one simply lets wash over them. Music they can escape with. Not many composers have left me with this kind of feeling, which is why Koechlin has become one of my absolute favorite composers. It took a year or so to come back to his music and I'm glad I did. Now, I'm just one sick puppy. :)
Sarge
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 03:00:05 PM
Well, I don't agree with the Koechlin tag Greg has associated with me.
WTF?! >:( You even had Santa avatar for Christmas! (Albeit for a short while.)
Thread duty:
Well, someone has to account for this omission...
Ray - Bruckner... and then, of course, the others mentioned.
Quote from: Opus106 on February 02, 2013, 09:33:32 AM
WTF?! >:( You even had Santa avatar for Christmas! (Albeit for a short while.)
Thread duty:
Well, someone has to account for this omission...
Ray - Bruckner... and then, of course, the others mentioned.
I don't have this kind of thing. For example, if Brian appears, for some reason the image I get is Kalevi Aho playing the piano. Quietly. When Opus 106 steps in, I think of a bespectacled and intense Satyendra Nath Bose, who was not a professional musician but a brilliant physicist. When Sarge is on, I have an image of a military man, now retired and enjoying the good things in life - no composer comes to mind other than Beethoven. Harry - Tchaikovsky of course comes to mind. MI - I cannot disassociate you in any way with Shostakovich. TheGSMoeller has transformed into Ture Rangstrom recently also. Florestan comes to me like a progressive Enescu (must be something to do with Romania ;D). Ray is in fact Brahms when he is on, Karl is Haydn and Gurn is Haydns Dad! Daniel is without question the incarnate of Mahler, Bruckner is looked after by Cato, and Ilaria was born 130 years later than she herself expected.
This kind of thing. I hope I have not offended anyone. And if I missed you out and you're not happy, I will happily add 'how you come to me' also.
I myself am a troubled character, constantly in a state of redemption, ever fearful that I'm not good enough, even though I am better than I think I am. Therefore I ally myself most strongly with Bruckner, though I am happy Sarge brought up Hans Rott, who is my sickly alter ego. Well, I don't know about offending others here, I may even have offended myself! ;)
Quote from: Opus106 on February 02, 2013, 09:33:32 AM
WTF?! >:( You even had Santa avatar for Christmas! (Albeit for a short while.)
Yes and I stated it was making feel depressed. :D
Quote from: Henk on February 01, 2013, 11:39:46 PM
Well you like Varese, so give them a try. It really is outstanding music if you like it or not.
Will do, Henk. Thanks!
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 02, 2013, 09:21:15 AM
Really? REALLY??? After months and months of bullying people into buying and listening to Koechlin, now he isn't even in your top 25? You're right, John, you are one sick puppy! ;D
Sarge
Lol...:D
I get very excited about new discoveries and, yes, I do tend to go a
bit over-the-top. The reality is that I've loved Delius' music a lot longer than Koechlin and his music means much more to me. Yeah, I'm a sick puppy for sure. :)
John, me being associated with Shostakovich is a great thing, especially since, next to Delius, he's my favorite composer.
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 01, 2013, 01:11:19 PM
I've got another one:
Dancing Divertimentian - Prokofiev, Schoenberg, Martinu
Right on, MI. Thanks.
And honestly my first thought about you was Koechlin, too! :o ;D
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on February 02, 2013, 08:27:12 PM
Right on, MI. Thanks.
And honestly my first thought about you was Koechlin, too! :o ;D
Ha! No problem, DD. Many people here think of me as the Koechlin man, but my Delius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG. I'm going to become known as the "Delius pest." ;) :D
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 02, 2013, 08:30:11 PM
[My] Delius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG. I'm going to become known as the "Delius pest." ;) :D
::)
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 02, 2013, 08:30:11 PM
Ha! No problem, DD. Many people here think of me as the Koechlin man, but my Delius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG. I'm going to become known as the "Delius pest." ;) :D
Oh, the Bookies are scrambling around on this one. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 02, 2013, 08:30:11 PM
Ha! No problem, DD. Many people here think of me as the Koechlin man, but my Delius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG. I'm going to become known as the "Delius pest." ;) :D
Be careful, John. Your sweeping statements have a way of coming back and biting you in the ass ;) I believe you will continue to change your avatar every few days...each time your enthusiasm for one composer wanes and another takes his place as the love of your life :D Delius too will pass.
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 03, 2013, 03:28:49 AM
Be careful, John. Your sweeping statements have a way of coming back and biting you in the ass ;) I believe you will continue to change your avatar every few days...each time your enthusiasm for one composer wanes and another takes his place as the love of your life :D Delius too will pass.
Sarge
:D
Not this time, my friend. Since Johan is not on here much, I have to keep the Delian flame alive and will continue to do so. My enthusiasm for Delius has lasted for four years now, so I doubt it will ever wane. The more I listen to his music, read about his own life, etc. the more I begin to understand this man's genius.
It's true I do go in cycles and have different phases. That I would never deny. How could I? Everybody knows it here. :) But, Delius, like Shostakovich, Ravel, Bartok, and Vaughan Williams are my musical soul mates. Even if I don't listen to any of them for months, they remain my absolute favorites. This will never change.
Navneeth - Fugues (especially Bach!) :)
John, thanks for mentioning Penderecki. Yes, he has made quite a good impression on me! :)
John - Any late 19th Century, early 20th Century English composer who I thought was French or French composer who I thought was English! ;D (Yes, I thought Delius was French until I read his bio! :o
David Ross - Sibelius
Cato, Don & ChamberNut - Co-founders of the Taneyev historical society. ;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on February 03, 2013, 07:18:00 AMJohn, thanks for mentioning Penderecki. Yes, he has made quite a good impression on me! :)
John - Any late 19th Century, early 20th Century English composer who I thought was French or French composer who I thought was English! ;D (Yes, I thought Delius was French until I read his bio! :o
No problem, Ray. :)
Quote from: Leo K. on February 01, 2013, 08:54:33 PM
Ten Thumbs - Kirchner
:)
Indeed, although it must be said that Kirchner, like Heller, wrote nothing for the orchestra. Nevertheless, his contribution to the piano literature is extensive and original. To write a history without mentioning this shows a lack of scholarship that is both astonishing and shocking.
Quote from: Ten thumbs on February 05, 2013, 02:01:06 AM
Indeed, although it must be said that Kirchner, like Heller, wrote nothing for the orchestra. Nevertheless, his contribution to the piano literature is extensive and original. To write a history without mentioning this shows a lack of scholarship that is both astonishing and shocking.
Kirchner, indeed, wrote for orchestra. Here's what he wrote:
The Forbidden (2008) - 15 minute(s)
Orchestration 2.2+ca.2.2/4.3.3.1/tmp.3perc/pf(cel)/str
Music for Orchestra (1969) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.4[=5]perc/pf[=cel]/str
Orchestra Piece (Music for Orchestra II) (1990) - 10 minute(s)
Orchestration 3(pic)2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.2perc/pf(cel)/str
Sinfonia (1951) - 22 minute(s)
Orchestration 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/cel.hp.pf/str
Toccata (1955) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration 0.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/cel/str
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 05, 2013, 08:58:31 AM
Kirchner, indeed, wrote for orchestra. Here's what he wrote:
The Forbidden (2008) - 15 minute(s)
Orchestration 2.2+ca.2.2/4.3.3.1/tmp.3perc/pf(cel)/str
Music for Orchestra (1969) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.4[=5]perc/pf[=cel]/str
Orchestra Piece (Music for Orchestra II) (1990) - 10 minute(s)
Orchestration 3(pic)2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.2perc/pf(cel)/str
Sinfonia (1951) - 22 minute(s)
Orchestration 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/cel.hp.pf/str
Toccata (1955) - 14 minute(s)
Orchestration 0.1.1.1/1.1.1.0/perc/cel/str
You are of course quite correct but we are speaking of Theodor Kirchner.
Quote from: Ten thumbs on February 05, 2013, 12:01:13 PM
You are of course quite correct but we are speaking of Theodor Kirchner.
Oh, whoops! :-[
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 02, 2013, 08:30:11 PM
...my Delius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG.
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531553/avatar_2646_1364321109.png)
As Siegfried would probably say: "Das ist kein Delius!"
;)
Quote from: Fafner on March 26, 2013, 10:37:38 AM
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531553/avatar_2646_1364321109.png)
As Siegfried would probably say: "Das ist kein Delius!"
;)
I almost posted that somewhere else, a while ago ;D
Quote from: Fafner on March 26, 2013, 10:37:38 AM
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/531553/avatar_2646_1364321109.png)
As Siegfried would probably say: "Das ist kein Delius!"
;)
HA! Yeah, I'm done advocating Delius for awhile. I'm turning my attention towards some other favorites like Honegger.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 10:41:40 AM
HA! Yeah, I'm done advocating Delius for awhile. I'm turning my attention towards some other favorites like Honegger.
Oh, I didn't realise you were working in the PR department.
Quote from: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 10:46:02 AM
Oh, I didn't realise you were working in the PR department.
If I worked in the PR department then I would have been fired already because people still hate Delius. :) But, anyway, who cares. Now onto Honegger.
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 02, 2013, 08:30:11 PM
Ha! No problem, DD. Many people here think of me as the Koechlin man, but my Delius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG. I'm going to become known as the "Delius pest." ;) :D
Ein mann, ein Wort!
Quote from: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 11:33:27 AM
And we're back to Sleepy D.
Figured I would continue to be the Delius pest after all. The fact that you have to insult Delius is purely a reflection on your lack of understanding of his music and nothing else.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 11:35:45 AM
The fact that you have to insult Delius is purely a reflection on your lack of understanding of his music and nothing else.
When did I insult him? Look at the photo! ;D
Quote from: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 11:37:56 AM
When did I insult him? Look at the photo! ;D
In this picture, he was blind. A poor joke IMHO.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 11:40:43 AM
In this picture, he was blind. A poor joke IMHO.
Oh, I didn't know that. In any case, it's easy to mistake that pose to someone being in a restful moment, and perhaps also catching a few Zs.
Quote from: Opus106 on March 26, 2013, 11:43:57 AM
Oh, I didn't know that. In any case, it's easy to mistake that pose to someone being in a restful moment.
Yes, Opus, the last years of Delius' life were plagued by blindness and paralysis, but he was able to compose a few late works through the help of Eric Fenby.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 11:40:43 AM
In this picture, he was blind. A poor joke IMHO.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 11:35:45 AM
Figured I would continue to be the Delius pest after all. The fact that you have to insult Delius is purely a reflection on your lack of understanding of his music and nothing else.
So not, then, a result of poor understanding of his music, but rather an amazing bit of ignorance about a man with his eyes closed being blind rather than asleep. That actually IS something else, rather than "nothing else".
Despite that fact that I prefer Haydn, who shits down from a great height on most other composers, I never take it personally and make an
ad hominem attack on someone who just makes a casual remark about him. If you would learn that simple lesson, your life would suddenly become so much easier. It would be amazingly akin to taking that target off the back of your shirt. :)
8)
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 11:47:58 AM
So not, then, a result of poor understanding of his music, but rather an amazing bit of ignorance about a man with his eyes closed being blind rather than asleep. That actually IS something else, rather than "nothing else".
Despite that fact that I prefer Haydn, who shits down from a great height on most other composers, I never take it personally and make an ad hominem attack on someone who just makes a casual remark about him. If you would learn that simple lesson, your life would suddenly become so much easier. It would be amazingly akin to taking that target off the back of your shirt. :)
8)
But it seems to be not okay for me to talk negatively about Bach or Beethoven or any other composer I want? Que is the one who told me to not talk negatively about other composers, but now you're coming in and telling something different? Perhaps you guys need to have a moderator meeting or something? I thought Opus calling Delius Sleepy D was an attack on his music since it seems people around here seem to get a kick out of ridiculing poor old Frederick. I apologize to Opus for taking his comment the wrong way.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 11:55:32 AM
I apologize to Opus for taking his comment the wrong way.
No offence taken. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 11:55:32 AM
I thought Opus calling Delius Sleepy D was an attack on his music since it seems people around here seem to get a kick out of ridiculing poor old Frederick.
No no no. Delius was a decent enough chap. Even Kate Bush likes Delius. We just ridicule those who think him the greatest composer ever (as opposed to liking his music a lot). A subtle, but important, difference.
Quote from: The new erato on March 26, 2013, 12:13:33 PM
No no no. Delius was a decent enough chap. Even Kate Bush likes Delius. We just ridicule those who think him the greatest composer ever (as opposed to liking his music a lot). A subtle, but important, difference.
I think you don't understand my position either. I think he's
one of the greatest not
the greatest.
Quote from: The new erato on March 26, 2013, 12:13:33 PM
No no no. Delius was a decent enough chap. Even Kate Bush likes Delius. We just ridicule those who think him the one of the greatest composers ever (as opposed to liking his music a lot). A subtle, but important, difference.
Fixed.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 11:55:32 AM
But it seems to be not okay for me to talk negatively about Bach or Beethoven or any other composer I want? Que is the one who told me to not talk negatively about other composers, but now you're coming in and telling something different? Perhaps you guys need to have a moderator meeting or something? I thought Opus calling Delius Sleepy D was an attack on his music since it seems people around here seem to get a kick out of ridiculing poor old Frederick. I apologize to Opus for taking his comment the wrong way.
Don't misunderstand me, MI. I am saying nothing more nor less than that if someone makes some trifling joke about one of your faves, it is not cause for saying that "The fact that you have to insult Delius is purely a reflection on your lack of understanding of his music and nothing else."
If someone makes a little joke, it doesn't mean he knows nothing about music; it may in fact mean that he feels like making a little joke. Relax. Have a Mai Tai.... :)
8)
Like I mentioned already, Gurn, it was a misunderstanding on my part, which I already apologized for. Let's move on.
Let me just point something out there, Gurn. Let's say somebody says that "Haydn was one of the most lousy, unoriginal, derivative composers that ever lived," you wouldn't feel a least bit upset?
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 12:27:49 PM
Let me just point something out there, Gurn. Let's say somebody says that "Haydn was one of the most lousy, unoriginal, derivative composers that ever lived," you wouldn't feel a least bit upset?
You test this regularly with the Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach lovers on GMG $:)
Quote from: Brian on March 26, 2013, 12:47:52 PM
You test this regularly with the Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach lovers on GMG $:)
Right and I get blasted for it repeatedly. In fact, I even get messages from moderators telling me not to insult Bach. ???
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 12:27:49 PM
Like I mentioned already, Gurn, it was a misunderstanding on my part, which I already apologized for. Let's move on.
Let me just point something out there, Gurn. Let's say somebody says that "Haydn was one of the most lousy, unoriginal, derivative composers that ever lived," you wouldn't feel a least bit upset?
Not at all. I would simply laugh at you and put on another symphony. It's not personal with me. I am secure in the knowledge that Haydn was one of the greatest composers of all time, by any standard. I don't need you to validate that for me. And if you feel that way about Delius, then you should be secure in your own judgement too. So what if someone else thinks he is "(one of the most) lousy, unoriginal, derivative composers that ever lived"? You should trust yourself more. "Sticks and stones..." as we said when we were 8.... :)
8)
Quote from: Gurn Blanston on March 26, 2013, 01:18:45 PM
Not at all. I would simply laugh at you and put on another symphony. It's not personal with me. I am secure in the knowledge that Haydn was one of the greatest composers of all time, by any standard. I don't need you to validate that for me. And if you feel that way about Delius, then you should be secure in your own judgement too. So what if someone else thinks he is "(one of the most) lousy, unoriginal, derivative composers that ever lived"? You should trust yourself more. "Sticks and stones..." as we said when we were 8.... :)
8)
Good points. I'm secure with my opinion about Delius being one of the greatest, because of the knowledge I have gained.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 12:53:11 PM
Right and I get blasted for it repeatedly. In fact, I even get messages from moderators telling me not to insult Bach. ???
If I understood those messages correctly (and I usually do) they were actually telling you to not go out of your way to make trouble just for the sake of taking a shot at Bach, and then complaining when someone else takes a shot at Delius. If you don't like Bach, then why go in a Bach thread and say "I don't like Bach"? So really, you should have taken that as good advice in the kindly spirit in which it was given, rather than try to engage me about in in public where you have to know I am going to be plainspoken.
8)
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 01:27:06 PM
Good points. I'm secure with my opinion about Delius being one of the greatest, because of the knowledge I have gained.
There you go. Who can argue with that? :)
8)
Quote from: Brian on March 26, 2013, 12:47:52 PM
You test this regularly with the Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach lovers on GMG $:)
That is exactly my point and what irks me. Particularly when your hand only has Delius and some other minor cards.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 01:27:06 PM
Good points. I'm secure with my opinion about Delius being one of the greatest, because of the knowledge I have gained.
I wouldn't be so sure about knowledge, particularly when you disapprove of academia. Personal preferences however, noone can argue about.
Quote from: The new erato on March 26, 2013, 01:31:52 PM
I wouldn't be so sure about knowledge, particularly when you disapprove of academia. Personal preferences however, noone can argue about.
Erato, I'm done arguing with you about this. You clearly did not bother to read what I wrote about academia when I said I disagree with these institution's approach to music history. This is the only aspect of academia I disagree with. Interesting story I asked my Grandfather, who holds a Masters degree in Music Education and Composition, why Delius isn't given more exposure in colleges and he said "Politics and high and mighty opinions at large." He went on further and told me he had heard of Delius when he was a band director during WWII and he chose to perform a wind band arrangement a band member made of
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and he said he just loved that particular work and he still talks about it. My Grandfather isn't a really big fan of Delius like I am, but he does admit that his music is inventive and well orchestrated. Thought I would share this little sliver of information with you.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 03:03:50 PM
I disagree with these institution's approach to music history.
Perhaps someone could make an argument for the importance of Delius in the history of Western music. As music lovers we are free to ignore the main narrative of music history and explore the byways and back roads as we please.
Speaking for myself, I've enjoyed
Appalachia, but the shorter orchestral works tend to sound too static for my taste. I much prefer Bax is this genre.
Quote from: Daverz on March 26, 2013, 03:23:04 PMAs music lovers we are free to ignore the main narrative of music history and explore the byways and back roads as we please.
Very true and I've most certainly done this.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 26, 2013, 03:29:16 PM
Very true and I've most certainly done this.
That's what I do too, and some of my greatest joys are discovering what has been footnotes in musical history. There's no doubt that the waywardness of history (not scholarship necessarily) has left tons of good stuff in the wayside. But things I enjoy doesn't need to be proclaimed the greatest in the world. I frankly enjoy some stuff I have no problem admitting is second- and thirdrate.
And I am in no doubt whatsoever, that even though many really good composers are seriously overlooked and underexposed, that that doesn't work the other way. All the greats are great for a reason. Listening to Beethovens contemporaries turns up some seriously good music (and tons of duds or near duds), but it also leads to another level of appreciation for Beethoven's genius and leaves one in no doubt why Beethoven is the towering genius he is. That some composers deserve more exposure (and
how I wish orchestras and ensembles were more adventurous, a diet of Beethoven doesn't draw me to the concert hall however highly I value him) doesn't mean the great ones are less great. That's where I think you are very seriously wrong, and let's leave it at that.
Quote from: The new erato on March 26, 2013, 11:43:02 PM
That's what I do too, and some of my greatest joys are discovering what has been footnotes in musical history. There's no doubt that the waywardness of history (not scholarship necessarily) has left tons of good stuff in the wayside. But things I enjoy doesn't need to be proclaimed the greatest in the world. I frankly enjoy some stuff I have no problem admitting is second- and thirdrate.
Excellent good sense.
Finding a good footnote doesn't mean that the footnote should really be five main paragraphs, of course.
I associate Karl Henning with Karl Henning.
(This penetrating observation was also made, I see, by Florestan five or six years ago. But if a thing's worth saying once, it must be worth saying twice. Surely?)
This is the sort of consistency I strive for!
Quote from: The new erato on March 26, 2013, 11:43:02 PM
some of my greatest joys are discovering what has been footnotes in musical history. There's no doubt that the waywardness of history (not scholarship necessarily) has left tons of good stuff in the wayside. But things I enjoy doesn't need to be proclaimed the greatest in the world. I frankly enjoy some stuff I have no problem admitting is second- and thirdrate.
And I am in no doubt whatsoever, that even though many really good composers are seriously overlooked and underexposed, that that doesn't work the other way. All the greats are great for a reason. Listening to Beethovens contemporaries turns up some seriously good music (and tons of duds or near duds), but it also leads to another level of appreciation for Beethoven's genius and leaves one in no doubt why Beethoven is the towering genius he is. That some composers deserve more exposure (and how I wish orchestras and ensembles were more adventurous, a diet of Beethoven doesn't draw me to the concert hall however highly I value him) doesn't mean the great ones are less great.
Post of the month.
Quote from: Florestan on February 01, 2013, 09:48:34 AM
You don't even suspect how right you are. :D "Speluncă" in Romanian means "tavern", even "ill-famed tavern", and honestly I've had a few shots... ;D
I didn't know when I first read your reply, but Mrs. Rock just informed me a few minutes ago that
Spelunke has the same meaning in German :D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 27, 2013, 02:18:27 PM
I didn't know when I first read your reply, but Mrs. Rock just informed me a few minutes ago that Spelunke has the same meaning in German :D
The interesting fact is that in French, Spanish or Italian it retained only the original Latin meaning of "cave", while in Romanian and in German it lost it for good. Perhaps Romanians and Germans back in the old days used to drink in caves. :D :D :D
Just noticed this thread which links me with 'any obscure British or Nordic composers'. Hopefully my taste is a bit wider - what about Miaskovsky and Braga Santos, not to mention Honegger, David Diamond VW and Bruckner? Anyone would think that all I did was sit around listening to the music of Klaus Egge all day. ;D
Quote from: vandermolen on March 29, 2013, 02:52:57 PM
Just noticed this thread which links me with 'any obscure British or Nordic composers'. Hopefully my taste is a bit wider - what about Miaskovsky and Braga Santos, not to mention Honegger, David Diamond VW and Bruckner? Anyone would think that all I did was sit around listening to the music of Klaus Egge all day. ;D
Don't worry Jeffrey, I have always associated you with Braga Santos and Myaskovsky.
Quote from: Florestan on March 28, 2013, 02:45:03 AM
The interesting fact is that in French, Spanish or Italian it retained only the original Latin meaning of "cave", while in Romanian and in German it lost it for good. Perhaps Romanians and Germans back in the old days used to drink in caves. :D :D :D
If I may add to this, in portuguese the word is
espelunca and the most common meaning is a dirty, poorly kept place, typically a house.
Let's not forget about the english verb spelunking, close to the original latin meaning.
Petrarch will forever be Luigi Nono to me. :) I mean this has been his avatar for how long now?
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 29, 2013, 07:13:35 PM
Well, perhaps some people just have forgotten 'how to change an avatar', so have never bothered.
Perhaps, but I believe Petrarch is quite Internet savvy, so he shouldn't have any problems.
Late Nono is some of my favorite music and program, so a photo of the composer from that period is a perfect fit. It has been my avatar since I joined and I haven't felt the urge to change (contrary to other people who don't keep their promises ;)).
Quote from: petrarch on March 29, 2013, 07:26:07 PM
Late Nono is some of my favorite music and program, so a photo of the composer from that period is a perfect fit. It has been my avatar since I joined and I haven't felt the urge to change (contrary to other people who don't keep their promises ;)).
Ooch... :-\ :P
I can only remember going through four avatars here myself, but two featured Dvorak.
Quote from: Brian on March 29, 2013, 08:14:32 PM
I can only remember going through four avatars here myself, but two featured Dvorak.
Yes, I remember one of them "And suddenly a wild Dvorak appeared..." You had one around the time you were living in London maybe of something you saw in Spain. I can't remember.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 29, 2013, 08:18:39 PM
Yes, I remember one of them "And suddenly a wild Dvorak appeared..." You had one around the time you were living in London maybe of something you saw in Spain. I can't remember.
Sara made the "wild Dvorak" one, in fact. And the picture from Spain was of a very colorful organ. :)
I associate Sammy/Bulldog with Bach and Gurn with Haydn - I think just about all of the members here have pretty diverse interests so I dont classify them with just one Composer.
Quote from: Brian on March 29, 2013, 09:20:03 PM
And the picture from Spain was of a very colorful organ. :)
Ah yes, the organ from the Sagrada Familia. Took a very similar picture myself :).
Here's the avatar in context, just out of curiosity. I scanned the cover of the CD and cropped the image. This particular edition is OOP.
(http://content.answcdn.com/main/content/img/amg/classical_albums/cov200/cl200/l275/l275335892o.jpg)
Quote from: petrarch on March 29, 2013, 06:09:42 PM
Let's not forget about the english verb spelunking, close to the original latin meaning.
We didn't forget. In fact, my use of the word is what started this minor off-topic diversion two months ago when I commented on the revival of this thread:
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on February 01, 2013, 09:39:00 AM
Interesting thing about this old thread (Florestan really went spelunking today, into the depths of GMG :D ) is the discovery that we used to have a member called Lady Chatterley :o
Sarge
Sarge
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 29, 2013, 07:28:42 PM
Ooch... :-\ :P
John! ....geez, dude, you changed your avatar
three times today! Trying to beat MN Dave's record? ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 30, 2013, 04:44:38 AM
John! ....geez, dude, you changed your avatar three times today! Trying to beat MN Dave's record? ;D
HEY!!
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 30, 2013, 04:42:06 AM
We didn't forget. In fact, my use of the word is what started this minor off-topic diversion two months ago when I commented on the revival of this thread:
Of course, I imagined something like that would have been at the origin of this particular tangent, but was too lazy to check earlier posts :).
Quote from: Brian on March 29, 2013, 09:20:03 PM
Sara made the "wild Dvorak" one, in fact. And the picture from Spain was of a very colorful organ. :)
That's right. Thanks for refreshing my memory.
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 30, 2013, 04:44:38 AM
John! ....geez, dude, you changed your avatar three times today! Trying to beat MN Dave's record? ;D
Sarge
Ooch...again.... :P
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 30, 2013, 05:47:13 AM
Ooch...again.... :P
I'd love to see avatars stay fixed with the posts made with them. That way, you could the changes made by members. However, that would be a memory clog problem for Rob, I'm sure.
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 30, 2013, 05:49:20 AM
I'd love to see avatars stay fixed with the posts made with them. That way, you could the changes made by members. However, that would be a memory clog problem for Rob, I'm sure.
Yeah, I imagine that would clog the system up, especially with as rapidly I change my avatars. I'm settled on Hindemith for awhile right now.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 30, 2013, 05:52:34 AM
Yeah, it imagine that would clog the system up, especially with as rapidly I change my avatars. I'm settled on Hindemith for awhile right now.
The over/under betting has already started on this. 50% of proceeds go to winner, the other 50% goes to Rob in support of GMG. Thank you (and MN Dave) for supporting GMG! ;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 29, 2013, 04:27:19 PM
Don't worry Jeffrey, I have always associated you with Braga Santos and Myaskovsky.
:)
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 30, 2013, 05:58:31 AM
The over/under betting has already started on this. 50% of proceeds go to winner, the other 50% goes to Rob in support of GMG. Thank you (and MN Dave) for supporting GMG! ;D
;D
Quote from: ChamberNut on March 30, 2013, 05:58:31 AM
The over/under betting has already started on this. 50% of proceeds go to winner, the other 50% goes to Rob in support of GMG. Thank you (and MN Dave) for supporting GMG! ;D
You are not taking your 12% service charge? What a dude!
Quote from: springrite on March 30, 2013, 06:28:22 AM
You are not taking your 12% service charge? What a dude!
I should, as that is the combined Manitoba/Canadian Federal goods and services tax. ;D
5% GST
7% Manitoba Provincial tax
I have always associated myself with only the finest of classical composers. 0:)
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on March 30, 2013, 10:21:41 AM
I have always associated myself with only the finest of classical composers. 0:)
Philip Glass?
I suppose in hindsight I can't be associated with any composer. I like too many of them! ;D
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 02, 2013, 06:55:53 PM
I suppose in hindsight I can't be associated with any composer. I like too many of them! ;D
Yes Dimitri, I always thought that too. I am surprised that you are still living though, as I'd heard you left this World in 1975.
:P
Quote from: Scots John on April 02, 2013, 07:03:43 PM
Yes Dimitri, I always thought that too. I am surprised that you are still living though, as I'd heard you left this World in 1975.
:P
:P
Time to resurrect this fun thread! What composers do you associate me with? And don't just say all the unsungs! :D
Quote from: kyjo on September 22, 2013, 03:04:35 PM
Time to resurrect this fun thread! What composers do you associate me with? And don't just say all the unsungs! :D
Well, looking at your avatar,
un nom francais comes to mind... :)
Quote from: jochanaan on September 22, 2013, 03:33:55 PM
Well, looking at your avatar, un nom francais comes to mind... :)
Yes, Ravel is one of my favorites. :) He usually ranks around seventh or eighth place in my top ten composers.
Quote from: kyjo on September 22, 2013, 03:38:10 PM
Yes, Ravel is one of my favorites. :) He usually ranks around seventh or eighth place in my top ten composers.
Hmm, you should dig up one of the top 30 (or whatever number it is) composers threads and post there :)
Quote from: North Star on September 22, 2013, 03:44:20 PM
Hmm, you should dig up one of the top 30 (or whatever number it is) composers threads and post there :)
That sounds like fun! :D I'll try to find a thread of that sort.
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 03, 2013, 06:59:30 AM
But, Delius, like Shostakovich, Ravel, Bartok, and Vaughan Williams are my musical soul mates. Even if I don't listen to any of them for months, they remain my absolute favorites. This will never change.
Couldn't help but crack a wry grin when I saw this post (hence the bolding and underlining). :laugh:
Quote from: kyjo on September 22, 2013, 04:45:18 PM
Couldn't help but crack a wry grin when I saw this post (hence the bolding and underlining). :laugh:
:P
Yeah, I was on some heavy medication during that time in my listening. :)
KenB -- Nyman
snyprrr -- Xenakis
North Star -- Janacek
...Now I'm curious about me...
So I looked back and saw I was voted as Xenakis more than anyone else... :P
I can understand that, though snyprrr definitely fits that more than I do. Pushing aside what composers are favorites of a person, I'd possibly choose Liszt for myself: someone who is interested in exploring new territory, writing in very different styles from piece to piece and has ambitions that are way too big (and is also a virtuoso at their instrument). The fame, etc. no...
If the rule is you don't have to like the composer, snyprrr might really be more like a Boulez, Carter or Lachenmann... something pointillistic, anyways, because of his writing style. Perhaps even a serialist composer if we find out that his posts contain some sort of hidden messages.
Quote from: EigenUser on May 23, 2014, 07:24:16 PM
KenB -- Nyman
snyprrr -- Xenakis
North Star -- Janacek
...Now I'm curious about me...
EigenUser -- any Hungarian! (Is your family from Hungary originally?) 8)
Sarge Wagner
Todd Beethoven
Gurn Schnittke
ChamberNut Brahms
Moonfish Weiss
Mirror Images none alas
Kark Karl
Okay, kidding about Gurn
Quote from: Ken B on May 23, 2014, 07:46:54 PM
EigenUser -- any Hungarian! (Is your family from Hungary originally?) 8)
Haha, no, but I definitely have an affinity for Hungarian composers (Bartok, Ligeti, now Haydn, Kodaly -- I need to hear more of, btw). I also used to like playing the gypsy-type violin music (e.g. Sarasate), but not so much anymore.
My family is originally French-Canadian (three out of four grandparents). Maybe this explains the Ravel and Debussy...
Quote from: EigenUser on May 23, 2014, 07:51:52 PM
My family is originally French-Canadian (three out of four grandparents). Maybe this explains the Ravel and Debussy...
Explains the intelligence, but Ravelism can happen in even the best of families.
As for Kodaly his best piece by far is the solo cello sonata op 8.
Quote from: Ken B on May 23, 2014, 08:01:42 PM
Explains the intelligence, but Ravelism can happen in even only the best of families.
As for Kodaly his best piece by far is the solo cello sonata op 8.
Fixed your typo. :)
I don't know why but I have always associated Karlhenning with Brahms. And not merely in the sense that he likes Brahms's music, I mean really, his (excellent) sense of humor reminds me of Brahms etc. One important difference is that Karl is always polite but Brahms is kind of a grumpy bear.
I thank you, on both counts 8)
Strangely enough, I associate Karl Henning with Karl Henning!!!! :o
Time for some new associations:
Karl Henning and Stravinsky - I always seem to associate Karl with Stravinsky for some reason. I know he loves his music, but even in Karl's own music there's this sense of clarity that also brings to mind Webern in some instances.
Monkey Greg and Strauss - As much as Greg loves other composers (as I know he does) --- he still strikes me as this forum's supreme Straussian and, of course, I mean this in the most positive sense.
Jeffrey Smith and Mahler - There may be some other 'Mahlerians' on our board, but Jeffrey is the greatest one of them all.
Harry and (insert composer here) - Some Baroque composer that I've never heard of. :)
Brian and Dvorak - There's no separating the two. They're glued to each other.
Karlo (North Star) and Janacek - There may be some other Janacekians here but Karlo is the only one I know who'd actually have a screen name "Janacekian" (via his Flickr account).
71 dB and Elgar - Nothing more needs to be said.
Jeffrey (Vandermolen) and Vaughan Williams - As much as Jeffrey talks about Miaskovsky (who's his avatar), I still can't shake the impression that that he's actually the biggest RVW fan on the forum.
Ritter and Boulez - Just look at his posts in the Boulez thread. 'Nuff said. 8)
More to come...
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 10, 2016, 03:39:29 PM
Monkey Greg and Strauss - As much as Greg loves other composers (as I know he does) --- he still strikes me as this forum's supreme Straussian and, of course, I mean this in the most positive sense.
Nailed it. ;D
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on October 10, 2016, 09:08:31 PM
For Jessop, I'm leaning towards a modern Lou Harrison but I'm not sure whether we're talking about their personality or music?
I obviously associate myself with Xenakis, as he's my favorite composer.
:o just reading about him (I only know very little) and I have to say that I am flattered!!!
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 10, 2016, 03:39:29 PM
Time for some new associations:
Ritter and Boulez - Just look at his posts in the Boulez thread. 'Nuff said. 8)
I can't figure out where you got that idea from... :D
No....nailed it! ;)
As for yourself,
John, if you permit me, the name that immdiately comes to mind (despite your varied musical allegiances) is....
Bohuslav Martinů...
Cheers,
Quote from: jessop on October 10, 2016, 01:30:05 PM
Strangely enough, I associate Karl Henning with Karl Henning!!!! :o
That's not an
association; that is
identity 8)
For John (MI) its...Bergravelmartinunielsenelgarbartokvaughan Williams ;D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 11, 2016, 06:02:51 AM
For John (MI) its...Bergravelmartinunielsenelgarbartokvaughan Williams ;D
You misspelled
Delius 0:)
Quote from: ritter on October 11, 2016, 12:16:25 AM
I can't figure out where you got that idea from... :D
No....nailed it! ;)
As for yourself, John, if you permit me, the name that immdiately comes to mind (despite your varied musical allegiances) is....Bohuslav Martinů...
Cheers,
I'm certainly not going to complain if you associate me with Martinů. ;) 8) He's an absolute favorite of mine, so....nailed it. ;D
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on October 11, 2016, 06:02:51 AM
For John (MI) its...Bergravelmartinunielsenelgarbartokvaughan Williams ;D
Hah! I love it, Greg. ;D
For a long time I associated John with Pettersson but then he posted the other day that he doesn't like Pettersson at all...
I just searched through all of his posts about Pettersson, and it seems like he loved the composer from 2009-2011, even saying in 2010 that the CPO complete symphonies box was "one of my most prized possessions," but in spring 2012 he changed his mind and decided that only the Seventh Symphony was worth that praise. Weird and scary to think that I've not only been on GMG for 4 years, and talking to MI on GMG for 4 years, but been completely wrong about whether MI likes a composer for 4 entire years!
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 10, 2016, 03:39:29 PM
Brian and Dvorak - There's no separating the two. They're glued to each other.
There's no higher compliment 0:)
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 10, 2016, 03:39:29 PM
Jeffrey Smith and Mahler - There may be some other 'Mahlerians' on our board, but Jeffrey is the greatest one of them all.
>:( >:( >:(
Sarge, a Mahlerian since 1966...owning 17 symphony cycles and 373 Mahler recordings on CD.
You are a Mahlerian since before it was hip!
Quote from: Brian on October 11, 2016, 10:20:29 AMFor a long time I associated John with Pettersson but then he posted the other day that he doesn't like Pettersson at all...
I just searched through all of his posts about Pettersson, and it seems like he loved the composer from 2009-2011, even saying in 2010 that the CPO complete symphonies box was "one of my most prized possessions," but in spring 2012 he changed his mind and decided that only the Seventh Symphony was worth that praise. Weird and scary to think that I've not only been on GMG for 4 years, and talking to MI on GMG for 4 years, but been completely wrong about whether MI likes a composer for 4 entire years!
Hah! Thankfully, tastes change for the better. ;) ;D
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on October 11, 2016, 10:30:22 AM
>:( >:( >:(
Sarge, a Mahlerian since 1966...owning 17 symphony cycles and 373 Mahler recordings on CD.
:) I always fancied you a Brucknerian for some reason, Sarge.
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 11, 2016, 06:55:50 PM
:) I always fancied you a Brucknerian for some reason, Sarge.
Sarge -- Havergal Brian
I won't believe anyone who says otherwise. Not even Sarge! ;) $:)
I also seem to associate him with Havergal Brian....
Quote from: Ken B on October 11, 2016, 07:44:20 PM
Sarge -- Havergal Brian
I won't believe anyone who says otherwise. Not even Sarge! ;) $:)
You may very well be right about that, Ken. He does seem to be one of the few gung-ho Brian supporters here. :)
Them Havergal Brian Nutters....
Quote from: jessop on October 11, 2016, 07:56:03 PM
Them Havergal Brian Nutters....
Yeah, those guys are C-R-A-Z-Y! ;D
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on October 11, 2016, 08:10:59 PM
So is this thread on personality or what we actually compose? That would help
It's really more of an observational thing I would think. Basically, this is the I've interpreted this thread: over the course x amount of months/years, what composer would you say this or that member has the strongest connection to?
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on October 11, 2016, 08:27:25 PM
Have I been here long enough for an assessment?
The only person here who I know could give a fair assessment at this point, would be my pal Jessop.
I really cannot say who you've observed or who you haven't and whether you've been here long enough, but this is merely a 'fun' thread. I don't think the intention was to be that of something serious.
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on October 11, 2016, 08:27:25 PM
Have I been here long enough for an assessment?
John Adams.
sorry. couldn't resist.
My wife and Kimi: Mahler
I don't even know which compose I am supposed to be associated with!
Quote from: springrite on October 11, 2016, 11:13:25 PM
My wife and Kimi: Mahler
I don't even know which compose I am supposed to be associated with!
Henning
Quote from: Mirror Image on October 11, 2016, 06:55:50 PM
:) I always fancied you a Brucknerian for some reason, Sarge.
You aren't wrong. Wagner, Mahler, Bruckner...my trinity.
Quote from: Ken B on October 11, 2016, 07:44:20 PM
Sarge -- Havergal Brian
I can live with that 8)
Sarge
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on October 12, 2016, 04:02:32 AM
Henning
How did you guess?
Vanessa is going to Boston again early next year and she wants me and Kimi to go along. I will if health allows. Maybe I can finally meet my hero.
Quote from: springrite on October 12, 2016, 09:53:49 PM
How did you guess?
Vanessa is going to Boston again early next year and she wants me and Kimi to go along. I will if health allows. Maybe I can finally meet my hero.
And I, mine.
I'm beginning to associate Sorabji with Thatfabulousalien
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on October 13, 2016, 02:55:11 AM
I'm beginning to see why, while I'm influenced largely by contemporary music and contemporary compositional techniques; I share quite a few obtained practices relating to polyphony, harmony and development etc.
There is a bit of a connection between our personalities too, but I would differentiate myself as a more humoursome person.
I admire his work greatly, even though a large amount has gone unperformed (for two obvious reasons).
Thanks Jessop, it's oddly inspiring :)
Or he could just mean that you can go on and on and on and on... ;D
I think your ambitious quirk in your self drive to create complex works that cross between a very traditional classical approach and experimentalism is where I see the link to Sorabji. And you do go on and on, but I like that. :D
FWIW, I associate (poco) Sforzando with Beethoven.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on October 13, 2016, 03:41:41 AM
FWIW, I associate (poco) Sforzando with Beethoven.
Taken ad notam. :-)
Quote from: Thatfabulousalien on October 13, 2016, 03:12:36 PM
Interesting, I admit I probably think a little too much? :laugh:
Well i don't know, I don't think much at all.......
A friend of mine said he associated me with Martinů and Rafael (ritter) also associated me with this composer, so I'll take it! Guilty as charged. As for a member I might not have mentioned, I associate Madiel with Holmboe. He seems to know so much about the composer that I can't help but think of him as 'the Holmboe guy'. Not that there's anything wrong with it. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 12, 2020, 07:13:30 AM
A friend of mine said he associated me with Martinů and Rafael (ritter) also associated me with this composer, so I'll take it! Guilty as charged. As for a member I might not have mentioned, I associate Madiel with Holmboe. He seems to know so much about the composer that I can't help but think of him as 'the Holmboe guy'. Not that there's anything wrong with it. :)
I would certainly associate you with Martinu John, not least because you have introduced me to so much of his music.
:)
This is quite a fun thread which I've just enjoyed reading through. I laughed at being associated with 'any British or Nordic composer that you've never heard of'.
Quote from: vandermolen on May 12, 2020, 10:05:37 AM
I would certainly associate you with Martinu John, not least because you have introduced me to so much of his music.
:)
This is quite a fun thread which I've just enjoyed reading through. I laughed at being associated with 'any British or Nordic composer that you've never heard of'.
:D Jeffrey, you will always be associated with Vaughan Williams for me. Your knowledge of his own music, his history and the composer's discography is awe-inspiring. Thanks for the Martinů association --- I'll definitely take it! ;)
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 12, 2020, 10:13:33 AM
:D Jeffrey, you will always be associated with Vaughan Williams for me. Your knowledge of his own music, his history and the composer's discography is awe-inspiring. Thanks for the Martinů association --- I'll definitely take it! ;)
My pleasure John :)
I have some associations:
pjme with exotic composers
Madiel with Fauré
ritter with Boulez
John (MI) with Debussy
Jeffrey (vandermolen) with VW and Myaskovsky (no surprises here)
Karl Henning with Stravinsky and Schonberg
aligreto with Strauss
Christo with VW and Arnold
André with Reger and Bruckner
Andrei (Florestan) with Schubert and Mozart
Todd with Beethoven
J. Z. Herrenberg with Brian
71dB with Elgar (and Dittersdorf) 8)
Mahlerian with Mahler and Schonberg
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on May 12, 2020, 03:13:56 PM
I have some associations:
pjme with exotic composers
Madiel with Fauré
ritter with Boulez
John (MI) with Debussy
Jeffrey (vandermolen) with VW and Myaskovsky (no surprises here)
Karl Henning with Stravinsky and Schonberg
aligreto with Strauss
Christo with VW and Arnold
André with Reger and Bruckner
Andrei (Florestan) with Schubert and Mozart
Todd with Beethoven
J. Z. Herrenberg with Brian
71dB with Elgar (and Dittersdorf) 8)
No argument here since Debussy's portrait is hanging on my wall. ;) I'm thinking of one for you...
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 12, 2020, 03:19:52 PM
No argument here since Debussy's portrait is hanging on my wall. ;) I'm thinking of one for you...
Oh, think well, please. 8)
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on May 12, 2020, 03:13:56 PMMahlerian with Mahler and Schonberg
'Tis fair, for certain.
I don't know if anyone else has made the association, but I think of
Karl Henning as linking to Hindemith...
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on May 12, 2020, 03:21:01 PM
Oh, think well, please. 8)
After mulling over possible candidates, I chose Tubin for you. It seems he's right up your alley (well...mine, too) and it seems his music does resonate deeply with you. Would this be a wrong association?
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 12, 2020, 04:34:44 PM
After mulling over possible candidates, I chose Tubin for you. It seems he's right up your alley (well...mine, too) and it seems his music does resonate deeply with you. Would this be a wrong association?
Haha yes, a great choice, he's one of my favorite symphonists ever. Over the years I've found immense pleasure in most of his music.
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on May 12, 2020, 07:14:58 PM
Haha yes, a great choice, he's one of my favorite symphonists ever. Over the years I've found immense pleasure in most of his music.
8) I like his music a lot as well. I should really plan some kind of Tubin-a-thon in the near future.
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 12, 2020, 03:19:52 PM
No argument here since Debussy's portrait is hanging on my wall. ;) I'm thinking of one for you...
I have a framed drawing of VW on my wall (done by my dad) and a framed photo of NYM (Miaskovsky).
:)
I'd also associate you with the great Nielsen.
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on May 12, 2020, 03:13:56 PM
I have some associations:
pjme with exotic composers
Madiel with Fauré
ritter with Boulez
John (MI) with Debussy
Jeffrey (vandermolen) with VW and Myaskovsky (no surprises here)
Karl Henning with Stravinsky and Schonberg
aligreto with Strauss
Christo with VW and Arnold
André with Reger and Bruckner
Andrei (Florestan) with Schubert and Mozart
Todd with Beethoven
J. Z. Herrenberg with Brian
71dB with Elgar (and Dittersdorf) 8)
Mahlerian with Mahler and Schonberg
Agree with this although I'd also associate Christo with Vagn Holmboe, Vasks and Hendrik Andriessen (but not Sibelius) 8)
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on May 12, 2020, 03:13:56 PM
I have some associations:
pjme with exotic composers
Madiel with Fauré
ritter with Boulez
John (MI) with Debussy
Jeffrey (vandermolen) with VW and Myaskovsky (no surprises here)
Karl Henning with Stravinsky and Schonberg
aligreto with Strauss
Christo with VW and Arnold
André with Reger and Bruckner
Andrei (Florestan) with Schubert and Mozart
Todd with Beethoven
J. Z. Herrenberg with Brian
71dB with Elgar (and Dittersdorf) 8)
Mahlerian with Mahler and Schonberg
Nice list, spon on in each and every case. :D
Quote from: Mahlerian on May 12, 2020, 04:26:37 PM
I don't know if anyone else has made the association, but I think of Karl Henning as linking to Hindemith...
For me,
Karl Henning ---
Charles Wuoirinen I don't think anyone here associate me with any particular composer, though.
Quote from: Mirror Image on May 12, 2020, 10:13:33 AM
Thanks for the Martinů association --- I'll definitely take it! ;)
I might say Stravinsky, if only because like you, he is also a chameleon!!! :D
Quote from: vandermolen on May 12, 2020, 09:48:20 PM
I have a framed drawing of VW on my wall (done by my dad) and a framed photo of NYM (Miaskovsky).
:)
I'd also associate you with the great Nielsen.
Very nice, indeed, Jeffrey. I love Myaskovsky as well (and RVW of course). Nielsen, eh? I'll take him, too! Certainly amongst my favorites.
Quote from: springrite on May 13, 2020, 04:12:25 AM
I might say Stravinsky, if only because like you, he is also a chameleon!!! :D
:P I don't listen to Stravinsky a whole lot, but I certainly can understand the association. ;D
pjme with exotic composers from... Belgium and the Netherlands!
:)
Quote from: pjme on May 13, 2020, 06:52:20 AM
pjme with exotic composers from... Belgium and the Netherlands!
:)
... as well as the francophone world, isn't it? :)
One-post members: Decaux
Quote from: Christo on May 13, 2020, 08:47:14 AM
... as well as the francophone world, isn't it? :)
C'est vrai!
I'll give this a try...
(In on particular order) -
Karl: Stravinsky (although Schoenberg and Shostakovich aren't too far behind)
Jeffrey (Vandermolen): Vaughan Williams
Jeffrey (JBS): Mahler
Karlo (North Star): Janáček
Brian: Dvořák
Madiel: Holmboe (Fauré would certainly be a second pick)
Rafael: Boulez
André: Reger
SymphonicAddict: Beethoven (even after all of the music he listened to, this is still the composer I associate with him the most)
Florestan: Schubert
Christo: Vaughan Williams
steve ridgway: Birtwistle
Mandryka: a cow :P
Whom do you associate whit me?
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 10, 2021, 06:22:47 PM
I'll give this a try...
(In on particular order) -
Karl: Stravinsky (although Schoenberg and Shostakovich aren't too far behind)
Jeffrey (Vandermolen): Vaughan Williams
Jeffrey (JBS): Mahler
Karlo (North Star): Janáček
Brian: Dvořák
Madiel: Holmboe (Fauré would certainly be a second pick)
Rafael: Boulez
André: Reger
SymphonicAddict: Beethoven (even after all of the music he listened to, this is still the composer I associate with him the most)
Florestan: Schubert
Christo: Vaughan Williams
steve ridgway: Birtwistle
Mandryka: a cow :P
I must confess I'm a bit surprised by the association with Beethoven. He's one of my favorites, but I don't regularly listen to his music lately. I feel I can be associated with Nielsen the most, or even Langgaard. An odd choice, I know haha. I have a strong affinity toward these two composers.
Quote from: deprofundis on February 10, 2021, 06:51:06 PM
Whom do you associate whit me?
Gesualdo, but I may be off the mark. :)
Quote from: Old San Antone on February 10, 2021, 07:27:08 PM
I agree with Mirror Image's list, a bit miffed I was left out. This will be presumptuous, but I'll go ahead: If I had to associate myself with a composer(s) it would either be Bernstein or Cage or maybe Feldman.
Sorry, San Antone. You don't post here much these days and I certainly can't remember your own listening habits.
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on February 10, 2021, 07:11:55 PM
I must confess I'm a bit surprised by the association with Beethoven. He's one of my favorites, but I don't regularly listen to his music lately. I feel I can be associated with Nielsen the most, or even Langgaard. An odd choice, I know haha. I have a strong affinity toward these two composers.
One doesn't have to listen to a composer regularly to be associated with him. I recall seeing many of your 'Top 10 Favorite Composers' or 'Top 20 Favorite Composers" lists and Beethoven is always in your 'Top 5'. There are probably some members here who would still associate me with Koechlin and, now that I think about it, that's fine if they do. When I first joined the forum, I believe I was right in the midst of a Koechlin phrase as it hadn't been too long since I had discovered his music. Anyway, I probably would associate myself the most with Debussy if I was going to be honest about it.
Some I remember right now:
André: Reger
Andrei: Chopin
Christo: Vaughan Williams
Irons: Delius
Jeffrey (vandermolen): Myaskovsky
John: Debussy (or a chameleon) hahaha ;)
Kyle: Atterberg
Rafael: Wagner
Roasted Swan: Bax
Traverso: Delius
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on February 10, 2021, 07:36:50 PM
Some I remember right now:
André: Reger
Andrei: Chopin
Christo: Vaughan Williams
Irons: Delius
Jeffrey (vandermolen): Myaskovsky
John: Debussy (or a chameleon) hahaha ;)
Kyle: Atterberg
Rafael: Wagner
Roasted Swan: Bax
Traverso: Delius
I think you got many of these right on the money. I particularly like how I could be a chameleon. ;D You brought in some members I simply forgot about, so I may have to update my own list. :)
Time for an update:
Karl: Stravinsky (although Schoenberg and Shostakovich aren't too far behind)
Jeffrey (Vandermolen): Vaughan Williams
Jeffrey (JBS): Mahler
Karlo (North Star): Janáček
Brian: Dvořák
Madiel: Holmboe (Fauré would certainly be a second pick)
Rafael (ritter): Boulez
André: Reger
Cesar (SymphonicAddict): Beethoven (even after all of the music he listened to, this is still the composer I associate with him the most)
Andrei (Florestan): Schubert
Johan (Christo): Vaughan Williams
steve ridgway: Birtwistle
Mandryka: a cow :P
Old San Antone: Bernstein (his blog on this composer's Mass tells this whole tale rather well)
Jan (Traverso): Messiaen
Todd: Beethoven
Olivier (Papy Oli): Bax
GSMoeller (Monkey Greg): R. Strauss
Dancing Divertimentian: Martinů
Luke: Janáček
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 10, 2021, 07:41:27 PM
I think you got many of these right on the money. I particularly like how I could be a chameleon. ;D You brought in some members I simply forgot about, so I may have to update my own list. :)
Please sir!! You have forgotten me (twice). $:) And while we are at it,
PD ::)
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on February 10, 2021, 07:36:50 PM
Some I remember right now:
André: Reger
Andrei: Chopin
Christo: Vaughan Williams
Irons: Delius
Jeffrey (vandermolen): Myaskovsky
John: Debussy (or a chameleon) hahaha ;)
Kyle: Atterberg
Rafael: Wagner
Roasted Swan: Bax
Traverso: Delius
Can't argue with that!
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 10, 2021, 06:22:47 PM
Mandryka: a cow :P
That's very perceptive of you
https://www.youtube.com/v/MNG8VDTY-uo&ab_channel=Heringman-Topic
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 10, 2021, 06:22:47 PM
Florestan: Schubert
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on February 10, 2021, 07:36:50 PM
Andrei: Chopin
You got it right, gentlemen.
TD, some yet unmentioned
Gurn: Haydn
Que: name a Baroque composer
Harry: Tchaikovsky
Steve Ridgway: Xenakis
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 10, 2021, 07:46:37 PM
GSMoeller (Monkey Greg): R. Strauss
I would have said Glass for Monkey Greg, but Strauss is another obvious one.
For Jeffrey (vandermolen), all English and all Russian composers that ever penned a note of music. :D
Sargent Rock:
BWV. BMW
Half of GMG membership: Havergal Brian
Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 11, 2021, 04:31:48 AM
I would have said Glass for Monkey Greg, but Strauss is another obvious one.
For Jeffrey (vandermolen), all English and all Russian composers that ever penned a note of music. :D
Sargent Rock: BWV
Half of GMG membership: Havergal Brian
Made me laugh ;D
I'm very fond of the music of many 20th Century American composers as well as Scandinavian ones.
Quote from: Irons on February 11, 2021, 02:18:53 AM
Please sir!! You have forgotten me (twice). $:) And while we are at it, PD ::)
I'm really not too familiar with your own listening habits and what composers you favor and the same goes for Pohjola's Daughter.
John / MI :
9.00 - 11.00 : Koechlin
11.01 : changes avatar
11.02 - 13.00 : Ravel
13.01 - changes avatar
13.02 - 15.00 : Bartok
15.01 : changes avatar
15.02 - 17.00 : Lutoslawski
17.01 : changes avatar
17.02 - 19.00 : Debussy
19.01 : Changes avatar
19.02 - changes avatar again
19.03 - 21.00 : Fauré
21.02 - 21.03 : Schulhoff
21.04 - 21.05 : buys 19 Schulhoff CD's and browse google images for B&W pictures of said composer
21.07 - changes avatar
21.08 - Good heavens, nearly completely forgets his absolute love for Takemitsu !!!!
21.10 - buys 17 more Schulhoff CDs
21.12 - cancel the order for 21 off those CD's...
21.14 - Feels burnt out on Classical music.
21.16 - Digs up his Steve Hackett CD's until late at night
...
07.45 - wakes up in a sweat for having neglected Schnittke...
:P ;D
Quote from: vandermolen on February 11, 2021, 05:45:15 AM
Made me laugh ;D
I'm very fond of the music of many 20th Century American composers as well as Scandinavian ones.
Only the craggy ones that is :laugh: 0:)
Karl : The ones you can write in Cyrillic alphabet ;)
Rafael/Ritter : Boulez & Hahn
Sarge : Bruckner, Franz Schmidt.
Roasted Swan & Irons : All the British & Irish ones
John / MI :
16.02 pm (now) - Sod Schnittke, I am on a Stravinsky phase now :laugh:
And then Premont = Bach. Feonor = his hifi instead of a composer. :laugh:
Erato : all the composers to enjoy wine to 8)
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 11, 2021, 06:55:15 AM
John / MI :
9.00 - 11.00 : Koechlin
11.01 : changes avatar
11.02 - 13.00 : Ravel
13.01 - changes avatar
13.02 - 15.00 : Bartok
15.01 : changes avatar
15.02 - 17.00 : Lutoslawski
17.01 : changes avatar
17.02 - 19.00 : Debussy
19.01 : Changes avatar
19.02 - changes avatar again
19.03 - 21.00 : Fauré
21.02 - 21.03 : Schulhoff
21.04 - 21.05 : buys 19 Schulhoff CD's and browse google images for B&W pictures of said composer
21.07 - changes avatar
21.08 - Good heavens, nearly completely forgets his absolute love for Takemitsu !!!!
21.10 - buys 17 more Schulhoff CDs
21.12 - cancel the order for 21 off those CD's...
21.14 - Feels burnt out on Classical music.
21.16 - Digs up his Steve Hackett CD's until late at night
...
07.45 - wakes up in a sweat for having neglected Schnittke...
:P ;D
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 11, 2021, 07:03:34 AM
John / MI :
16.02 pm (now) - Sod Schnittke, I am on a Stravinsky phase now :laugh:
Perfecto! You nailed it! Haha! ;D
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 11, 2021, 06:55:55 AM
Only the craggy ones that is :laugh: 0:)
And: must be life-affirming and have a redemptive conclusion. A touch of doom and gloom to spice things up, too. :D
Quote from: André on February 11, 2021, 07:59:25 AM
And: must be life-affirming and have a redemptive conclusion. A touch of doom and gloom to spice things up, too. :D
and emotionally touching ;)
Some Guy - Every composer who has lived, is living and will live. :)
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on February 10, 2021, 07:36:50 PM
Some I remember right now:
André: Reger
Andrei: Chopin
Christo: Vaughan Williams
Irons: Delius
Jeffrey (vandermolen): Myaskovsky
John: Debussy (or a chameleon) hahaha ;)
Kyle: Atterberg
Rafael: Wagner
Roasted Swan: Bax
Traverso: Delius
All fine ;D
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 11, 2021, 07:00:42 AM
Karl : The ones you can write in Cyrillic alphabet ;)
one *can* write all Names in Cyrillic, just look at old Soviet record covers. ;)
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 11, 2021, 06:55:15 AM
John / MI :
9.00 - 11.00 : Koechlin
11.01 : changes avatar
11.02 - 13.00 : Ravel
13.01 - changes avatar
13.02 - 15.00 : Bartok
15.01 : changes avatar
15.02 - 17.00 : Lutoslawski
17.01 : changes avatar
17.02 - 19.00 : Debussy
19.01 : Changes avatar
19.02 - changes avatar again
19.03 - 21.00 : Fauré
21.02 - 21.03 : Schulhoff
21.04 - 21.05 : buys 19 Schulhoff CD's and browse google images for B&W pictures of said composer
21.07 - changes avatar
21.08 - Good heavens, nearly completely forgets his absolute love for Takemitsu !!!!
21.10 - buys 17 more Schulhoff CDs
21.12 - cancel the order for 21 off those CD's...
21.14 - Feels burnt out on Classical music.
21.16 - Digs up his Steve Hackett CD's until late at night
...
07.45 - wakes up in a sweat for having neglected Schnittke...
:P ;D
Excellent, Olivier! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Papy Oli on February 11, 2021, 06:55:15 AM
John / MI :
9.00 - 11.00 : Koechlin
11.01 : changes avatar
11.02 - 13.00 : Ravel
13.01 - changes avatar
13.02 - 15.00 : Bartok
15.01 : changes avatar
15.02 - 17.00 : Lutoslawski
17.01 : changes avatar
17.02 - 19.00 : Debussy
19.01 : Changes avatar
19.02 - changes avatar again
19.03 - 21.00 : Fauré
21.02 - 21.03 : Schulhoff
21.04 - 21.05 : buys 19 Schulhoff CD's and browse google images for B&W pictures of said composer
21.07 - changes avatar
21.08 - Good heavens, nearly completely forgets his absolute love for Takemitsu !!!!
21.10 - buys 17 more Schulhoff CDs
21.12 - cancel the order for 21 off those CD's...
21.14 - Feels burnt out on Classical music.
21.16 - Digs up his Steve Hackett CD's until late at night
...
07.45 - wakes up in a sweat for having neglected Schnittke...
:P ;D
So funny! ;D
Quote from: André on February 11, 2021, 07:59:25 AM
And: must be life-affirming and have a redemptive conclusion. A touch of doom and gloom to spice things up, too. :D
Yes, I agree. They must also be 'undeservedly neglected' and their music must convey a strong sense of looming catastrophe, culminating in a hopelessly defiant, yet paradoxically redemptive, conclusion.
8)
Quote from: vandermolen on February 11, 2021, 09:55:48 AM
Yes, I agree. They must also be 'undeservedly neglected' and their music must convey a strong sense of looming catastrophe, culminating in a hopelessly defiant, yet paradoxically redemptive, conclusion.
8)
Don't we all love those qualities in symphonic music ? It pushes all the right buttons :).
Quote from: André on February 11, 2021, 01:15:44 PM
Don't we all love those qualities in symphonic music ? It pushes all the right buttons :).
Well, for me they do!
Despair turning into defiance especially (Walton's First Symphony?)
Quote from: Jo498 on February 11, 2021, 08:12:25 AM
one *can* write all Names in Cyrillic, just look at old Soviet record covers. ;)
I didn't really think that one through, did I... :laugh:
Harry - Any ballet or operetta composer. *
Even though most people may associate Harry with Tchaikovsky, I have found it odd that I cannot remember one time where Harry actually listed a Tchaikovsky piece he was listening to in the "What are you listening to?" thread!?
* Or any composer who has released anything on the CPO label. :D
Harry seems like never the same thing twice.
I always associate Harry with Adolphe Adam. Seems natural, somehow.... ;)
8)
Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 11, 2021, 01:51:00 PM
Harry - Any ballet or operetta composer. *
Even though most people may associate Harry with Tchaikovsky, I have found it odd that I cannot remember one time where Harry actually listed a Tchaikovsky piece he was listening to in the "What are you listening to?" thread!?
* Or any composer who has released anything on the CPO label. :D
Must be the beard... :D
Now I come to think of it, I don't listen to Brahms that often anymore.... 8)
I did when I joined the forum, though....
Time for a new avatar? :D
Quote from: OrchestralNut on February 11, 2021, 01:51:00 PM
Even though most people may associate Harry with Tchaikovsky, I have found it odd that I cannot remember one time where Harry actually listed a Tchaikovsky piece he was listening to in the "What are you listening to?" thread!?
That is true but I remember him stating that Tchaikovsky is his soulmate composer.
Quote from: Que on February 11, 2021, 10:22:16 PM
Must be the beard... :D
Now I come to think of it, I don't listen to Brahms that often anymore.... 8)
I did when I joined the forum, though....
Time for a new avatar? :D
Actually, I've been wondering for years why your avatar is Brahms, because you seem to never listen to his music. :)
Quote from: Florestan on February 11, 2021, 03:19:21 AM
Steve Ridgway: Xenakis
Oh yes, I found a load of Xenakis downloads last year and enjoyed them a lot more than I expected to. 8)
what about me whom do you associate me whit , what composer?
;D
Quote from: Florestan on February 11, 2021, 10:46:52 PM
Actually, I've been wondering for years why your avatar is Brahms, because you seem to never listen to his music. :)
Yeah I've been wondering that the entire time I've been on the forum! Que must listen to french baroque a thousand times more often than Brahms!
Quote from: deprofundis on February 12, 2021, 04:52:02 AM
what about me whom do you associate me whit , what composer?
;D
Gregorian, Medieval, Baroque music.
Jacques Buus, Zemlinsky (especially his wonderful 'Mermaid' work).
Quote from: vandermolen on February 12, 2021, 05:35:47 AM
Gregorian, Medieval, Baroque music.
Jacques Buus, Zemlinsky (especially his wonderful 'Mermaid' work).
cool! thanks buddy
Quote from: deprofundis on February 12, 2021, 04:52:02 AM
what about me whom do you associate me whit , what composer?
;D
Also: Charles Tessier, since you have so many fields of interest, including the music of his time, and have some French connections.
Btw, I have a Dumestre recording, Carnets de Voyage, taking in a music from many areas, through Tessier's approach.
Quote from: DavidW on February 12, 2021, 05:07:03 AM
Yeah I've been wondering that the entire time I've been on the forum! Que must listen to french baroque a thousand times more often than Brahms!
French Baroque it is.... :D
Quote from: Que on February 12, 2021, 10:45:05 AM
French Baroque it is.... :D
Ah, Le Roi Soleil. Nice choice. Although I have to say, I did like the Brahms pic, no matter how inappropriate to the user. :)
8)
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 11, 2021, 06:26:09 AM
I'm really not too familiar with your own listening habits and what composers you favor and the same goes for Pohjola's Daughter.
I would think Pohjola fairly obvious, unless she changes her screen name to Tapiola.
I have been correctly (above) linked with Beethoven, though I'd also take Shakespeare if he were a composer.
Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 12, 2021, 11:41:44 AM
I would think Pohjola fairly obvious, unless he changes his screen name to Tapiola.
I have been correctly (above) linked with Beethoven, though I'd also take Shakespeare if he were a composer.
The member Pohjola's Daughter is a woman. One of the rarer, regular women members that posts around here.
Quote from: Mirror Image on February 12, 2021, 07:16:52 PM
The member Pohjola's Daughter is a woman. One of the rarer, regular women members that posts around here.
Edited above.
I am probably associated with any composer or none, as I seem to listen to the widest possible range (sans mediaeval period).
Quote from: springrite on February 13, 2021, 08:44:10 AM
I am probably associated with any composer or none, as I seem to listen to the widest possible range (sans mediaeval period).
I associate you with Havergal Brian the most. Ditto J.Z. Herrenberg.
Quote from: springrite on February 13, 2021, 08:44:10 AM
I am probably associated with any composer or none, as I seem to listen to the widest possible range (sans mediaeval period).
I associate you with Mahler but I could've gone with Strauss. 8)
I guess Mahler, Brian and Feldman are the three most obvious ones for me, maybe Carter as well.