Anyone else listen to classical music?

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   cydroposted 13 years ago

   Classical meaning baroque, classical, romantic...

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      KK Trainorposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Absolutely, Vivaldi's Four Seasons! And my favorite piece ever is Bach's Sleepers Awake, gorgeous.

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      kerrygposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      All of the above! Plus opera.
      
      My mom rarely listens to anything written after 1900... some of it rubbed off!

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      rebekahELLEposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      yes, all of it. I especially love baroque.. so calming and beautiful.
      
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mURZQNpK … re=related

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      Freegoldmanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      definitely...One day 1 of my indian friend started listng to Rabindra sangeet.I didnt undrstnmd a single line of it bt i oved the rhytm...It ws awesome.

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      ladyguitarpickerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Has anyone played any of the music of Elias Barreriro?  I received some of his music and I was wondering if anyone else knows this composer? I have never played any of his music sadly I do not know it.

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      Silverspeederposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I listen to and play classical music on guitar. Bach translates very well to guitar as do many other 18th and 19th century composers amongst others.

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         ladyguitarpickerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         I like Bach, along with Beethoven. I like Paul Henry's "Air". Glad someone else likes classical guitar.

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   AliciaCposted 13 years ago

   I love classical music. My favorite composer is Prokofiev, although I enjoy the music created by many other classical music composers too.

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   klarawieckposted 13 years ago

   Aw! I play it too (classical piano).
   
   The Germans: Brahms (my favorite), Robert and Clara Schumann(his wife), Bach, Beethoven, Handel
   
   The Russians: Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov
   
   That MAD Austrian from Salzburg: Mozart
   
   The Americans: Joplin, Gershwin, Copland 
   
   And then... there is OPERA... Rossini, Verdi, Bizet, Puccini...
   
   The most beautiful art form - MUSIC!

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      cydroposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I'm glad deep down on the inside that you didn't say Wagner.  I can't really stand him haha

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         klarawieckposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         There is only one piece of music that I love written by Wagner. "Liebestod" from Tristan and Isolde. The chromaticism is fascinating and then that final chord! Ah!!! Other than that, I am not thrilled about the Walkyries or anything else he wrote.

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            RedElfposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            My mother played that piece and I loved it. I enjoy writing to classical music - best when there are no words, otherwise my brain gets distracted. Even in an instrumental version, if the piece does have words my brain puts them in. Distracting... 
            I find I write differently to different composers - for instance, while listening to Bach, I tend to begin much more formally, and be a bit wordier than normal So I have to go back and edit.
            Once I get going, though, you could set off a bomb and I probably wouldn't notice much.

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               klarawieckposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               That's funny how the brain works with music. In my case, I can't listen to music while I'm writing, reading, trying to go to sleep, or having a conversation. I have perfect pitch, so I'm constantly analyzing the music (chord progression, melody, countermelody, key changes, patterns, etc.) Music doesn't allow me to concentrate on anything else, so I could be looking at the person who's talking to me, and I'll be nodding and all, yet, I'm not listening. Same thing when I attend meetings or someone talks forever... I don't hear the words, just the voice fluctuation. So, yes, I go into "the twilight zone" very often.

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   WriteAngledposted 13 years ago

   Obviously I listen to classical music.
   
   I also listen to world and folk music.
   
   I do not listen to pop music because I find it inane and irritating.

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   Emile Rposted 13 years ago

   I listen to classical most of the time. It's the only music I play. But, when I'm in an energetic and happy mood, I always revert to rock.

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   SomewayOuttaHereposted 13 years ago

   ...sure...i luv it...sometimes i'd spin some Vivaldi while doing housework...weird, huh? 

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