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| From | JBrenneman@macdermid.com |
| Subject | Re: classical music recommendations? |
| Date | Tue, 9 Mar 2004 09:28:54 -0800 |
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>Which leads to my real point, which is that the original request from Jeff
>was a little too vague to respond to in any meaningful way. You say you
>love to listen to the Brandenburg Concertos every couple years but
otherwise
>give no hint as to what you like in the classical realm. Obviously, since
>you're coming at this from a self-professed state of relative naivete, I
>wouldn't expect you'd know how to describe what you like even if you had
any
>notions of what that was.
relative naivety? more like flat out ignorance! i don't even know WHAT to
ask for, but all of the suggestions have provided a wonderful starting
point i'm thinking. apologies for the vagueness. the analogy to elvis made
me realize how ridiculous the original request actually was.
>I do NOT mean to sound snotty, so if I do, I apologize. I'm definitely
game
>to help out if I can in any way, but I'd like to know more about where
>you're coming from. What is it you like about Bach? The
near-mathematical
>precision of his musical structures? The sound of the particular
>instruments -- non-vibrato strings, plucky harpsichord, mellow and reedy
>recorders?
geez, i can't even say what i actually like about hearing the brandenburg
concertos, and actually it's only certain 'movements?' i like (I and IV).
what do i like about 'em? d'uh i dunno they just sound cool.
>And how would you envision listening to the music? More as aural
wallpaper
>or a more active kind of listening? I find that some composers really
take
>a lot more attention than others to appreciate well.
i envision listening in both settings, but primarily as an 'aural
wallpaper'. i'm all for devoting more time as needed though.
>I guess I'm trying to figure out if you have a strong predisposition to
>Baroque music (e.g. Bach, Handel -- 17th Century), or if you have any
>inkling about other eras of music -- Renaissance (Palestrina, Monteverdi
--
>15th, 16th Centuries), Classical (Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn -- 18th to 19th
>Centuries), Romantic (Brahms, Mahler, Debussy, Tchaikovsky -- late 19th to
>early 20th), and the mish-mash that is 20th Century music (Britten, Ives,
>Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Bartok, Cage, Reich, Adams). Each era has plenty
to
>offer, obviously, and each has its own particular joys and challenges for
>modern ears.
see i didn't even realize the vastness of the genre.
wow, but what a great list to get me started!
thanks one and all for your input and helping to get a list together for
me. off to the library.....
-jeff brenneman
np: dukes of the stratosphear
p.s. while i'm here, anyone heard the new grant lee phillips disc?
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