Who is the world's greatest waltz writer?

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Who is the world's greatest waltz writer?

Johann Strauss II
Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky
Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich
Maurice Ravel
Pee Wee King
Juanita Banana
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Fafner

March 27, 2013, 10:58:29 AM
May the best waltzer win!

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Lisztianwagner

#1
March 27, 2013, 11:00:30 AM
Johann Strauss for me, no doubt! ;D
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Karl Henning

#3
March 27, 2013, 11:13:15 AM
I cannot believe that Prokofiev is not one of the vote options!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

North Star

#4
March 27, 2013, 11:17:04 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 27, 2013, 11:13:15 AM
I cannot believe that Prokofiev is not one of the vote options!
Agreed - and what about Chopin ???
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Karl Henning

#5
March 27, 2013, 11:18:08 AM
Yikes!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Florestan

#6
March 27, 2013, 11:31:44 AM
No Joseph Lanner? No Emile Waldteufel?  ;D
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part. ." — Claude Debussy

Mirror Image

#7
March 27, 2013, 11:36:27 AM
Shostakovich. Screw those other people.

mc ukrneal

#8
March 27, 2013, 01:27:58 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 27, 2013, 11:36:27 AM
Shostakovich. Screw those other people.
I could have sworn that you wrote you wouldn't change your avatar...
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

Mirror Image

#9
March 27, 2013, 01:28:57 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 27, 2013, 01:27:58 PM
I could have sworn that you wrote you wouldn't change your avatar...

Oh well, things change don't they?

Sergeant Rock

#10
March 27, 2013, 02:08:15 PM
Nielsen!...for that 60 seconds in the development, that climactic moment of the Espansiva's first movement  8)


Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

madaboutmahler

#11
March 27, 2013, 02:09:50 PM
Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite!! :D
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— Ludwig van Beethoven

Sergeant Rock

#12
March 27, 2013, 02:27:54 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on March 27, 2013, 01:27:58 PM
I could have sworn that you wrote you wouldn't change your avatar...

Quote from: Mirror Image on March 27, 2013, 01:28:57 PM
Oh well, things change don't they?

Quote from: Mirror Image on February 02, 2013, 08:30:11 PMDelius avatar is going to be my permanent avatar now. I'll never change it again as long as I'm on GMG.

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   ;)


Quote from: TheGSMoeller on February 03, 2013, 02:57:17 AM
Oh, the Bookies are scrambling around on this one.  :)

:D ;D :D  So who won? I didn't. I thought he would change it much sooner...but I knew he would change it  ;)

Sarge

the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Mirror Image

#13
March 27, 2013, 02:30:50 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 27, 2013, 02:27:54 PM

:D ;D :D  So who won? I didn't. I thought he would change it much sooner...but I knew he would change it  ;)

Sarge

The sad reality is I knew I would change it too. :-\

Karl Henning

#14
March 27, 2013, 03:54:01 PM
BTW, someone owes "Monkey Greg" a CD....
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Brahmsian

#15
March 27, 2013, 03:57:29 PM
As much as I would like to say Tchaikovsky or Shostakovich (and they did write some very fine waltz ditties), I most certainly pick Johann Strauss II.

The Blue Danube, alone, would make him my choice.  It is one of the first pieces of classical music I adored (before I even started exploring classical music, including Beethoven).

Karl Henning

#16
March 27, 2013, 03:59:31 PM
This thread has had me humming the grand waltz from Prokofiev's Cinderella all day!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

mc ukrneal

#17
March 27, 2013, 04:02:23 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 27, 2013, 03:59:31 PM
This thread has had me humming the grand waltz from Prokofiev's Cinderella all day!
Does Prokofiev have any 'waltz movements' in his symphonies like Tchaikovsky?
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

Karl Henning

#18
March 27, 2013, 04:04:30 PM
The Seventh ... a movement IIRC which originated in the Onegin melodrama.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Mirror Image

#19
March 27, 2013, 04:08:50 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on March 27, 2013, 03:54:01 PM
BTW, someone owes "Monkey Greg" a CD....

>:( Karl if you're ignoring me, then why do you continue to allude to me in your posts?
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