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Rocio S.
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK,
United States
82 posts
Member since: 04/10/2011
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I'm an aspiring classical musician, so naturally I love classical music. Especially music from the romantic, modern, and contemporary period (1700-present).
My current obsession is Philip Glass, often noted as the father of contemporary minimalist music. :)
Follow me at conslancio.tumblr.com/ It's all about music and fashion, and I just posted up a movement from Philip Glass' Glassworks, it's really beautiful.
So, what about you guys? What's your take on classical music, be it baroque (1600-1750), classical (1700-1800), romantic (1800-1910), contemporary (1950-present), or in general?
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Ellis D.
S'TOON,
Canada
7606 posts
OG since: 12/13/2008
I'm somewhat fond of it...there was a point in my life where I ONLY listened to classical like some sort of elitist snob(when I was 12 or 13)....I still have a bunch of classical on vinyl.
Philip Glass is awesome...I'm actually quite a fan of avant-garde minimalist & microtonal music.....especially the stuff involving non classical insturmentation(synthesizers, sequencers, detuned guitars) while this might not be seen by classical music purists as legitmate...fuck what they think....I could overpower the volume levels of an entire orchestra with my guitar, amps & pedal collection....and so could this guy....
posted Aug 24, 2011
S ..
Mexico
139 posts
Member since: 04/07/2011
If I ever make a tumblr you will be the first person I follow, promise!
posted Aug 24, 2011
Helen D.
SMALL TOWN NEAR RIVER,
Russian Federation
702 posts
Member since: 07/21/2011
I luv and also play the piano
Beethoven's my fav<3
posted Aug 29, 2011
Jennie E.
DRIPPING SPRINGS,
United States
7 posts
OG since: 08/13/2009
I don't listen to it for fun, but I like playing it -- especially when part of an orchestra -- it makes me feel so fancy! Baroque is my favorite, & I really like Bach and Vivaldi. (I play cello.)
posted Aug 29, 2011
JamieEloise ..
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
United States
17 posts
Member since: 07/30/2011
I'm really fond of classical pieces
a few of composers I like: rachmaninoff, beethoven, chopin,haydn, bach
posted Sep 2, 2011
Danie G.
1932,
United States
447 posts
Member since: 09/06/2010
Love love love it
posted Sep 2, 2011
Lucy D.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
446 posts
Member since: 08/04/2011
Love it :-)
posted Sep 2, 2011
Elise :.
SYDNEY,
Australia
932 posts
Member since: 03/20/2011
I like it but don't listen often.
posted Sep 2, 2011
Sophie F.
CAMBRIDGE,
United Kingdom
18 posts
Member since: 09/09/2010
dvorak i love. massive fan of baroque and romantic music in particular.
posted Sep 3, 2011
Mika P.
DOWNTOWN MANILA,
Philippines
1908 posts
OG since: 05/21/2009
i like it. i dont listen to it regularly though; i like it best when doing certain things, like studying, reading or trying to fall asleep. my dad used to listen to it all the time, especially when driving (at full blast at that). i like to listen to piano solos and 'classic' classical music like mozart and vivaldi.
posted Sep 3, 2011
Elise :.
SYDNEY,
Australia
932 posts
Member since: 03/20/2011
I know it's pretty mainstream (lol!) but Bolero by Maurice Ravel is SOOOOOO AMAZING and I listen to it like every day :)
posted Sep 3, 2011
Karmen D.
Croatia
911 posts
Member since: 01/26/2011
I like it. :)
posted Sep 3, 2011
Rebecca N.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
555 posts
Member since: 10/30/2010
It's like saying Rock music or Electronica. There are many types. So I guess I'd say I like some of it. Some compostitions by Wagner, Handoll, beethoven, Bach, Mozart. MANY MANY people, but I think the best stuff is by people with incomprehensable names.
PS I wake up to Classic FM every morning and I <3 it.
posted Sep 6, 2011
Samira K.
AUSTRALIA,
Australia
260 posts
OG since: 12/16/2009
Classical music is awesome.
Whoever doesn't like it or appreciate it is fucked.
posted Sep 7, 2011
AURORA B.
SWEDENS HONOLULU,
Sweden
15 posts
Member since: 09/08/2010
Since im a classical guitarist, i have to say that classical music on guitar is my favourite kind of music.
posted Dec 29, 2011
Levi Philip K.
ENGLAND (THE CITY OF YORK),
United Kingdom
931 posts
OG since: 12/07/2009
Classsical is fantastic, My personal favorites are...
Radetzky March - Johann Strauss Sr
Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major - Bach
Franz Schubert - Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774
The moonlight sonata - Beethoven
Richard Wagner - Ride Of The Valkyries
Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel
The Blue danube waltz
the thieving magpie - Rossini
And many many more.
posted Dec 29, 2011
Natasha Elouise C.
MANILA,
Philippines
9 posts
Member since: 12/21/2011
Levi K, all of them are my favorite too. Classical Music? I loooove it. Am a fan of Antonio Vivaldi(His Four seasons: Summer, Autumn, Winter & Spring), Beethoven(All of his works), Handel (His "Messiah"), Shubert(His "Serenade"), Mozart's Marriage Of Figaro, Chopin's Nocturne(s).. and many more <3 :)
posted Dec 29, 2011
Kevin C.
CALIFORNIA,
United States
282 posts
Member since: 11/03/2010
I love classical, baroque, romantic and allll of that stuff :)
however the on piece I hate that irritates me when I listen to it is the Baroque piece, Pachelbel's Canon in D.
it's just, it's just really annoying ._. and what's worse is you'll hear it in pop music too.
posted Dec 29, 2011
May A.
EUROPE,
Spain
825 posts
OG since: 09/20/2009
I love to hear classical music, but I am utterly ignorant about it.
posted Dec 29, 2011
Julia A.
THE SUMMER OF LOVE,
United States
251 posts
Member since: 08/29/2011
I also love Philip Glass, and love almost everything you posted here!! The work Glass does for films is spectacular. His compositions from the movie The Hours are incredible. I also love Steve Reich, perhaps even more than Glass; he might be a little 'out there' for many people, and he's a harder sell, but his Different Trains series and the album based on parts of the Bible are just so haunting... the Trains one especially so because it was based on WWII and the Holocaust, with the three parts representing pre-war, during-war, and post-war.
I love classical music. I was brought up on it, and even though my family was poor, I was taught to distinguish between Saint-Saens and Tchaikovsky before the age of 8. I remember playing the "guess the composer" game in the car (I've only recently begun to win at the game, haha). Although as a kid I loved the romantics and anything 19th century (I also played piano for many years), during and after college I got extremely into more abstract stuff like Schoenberg and Scriabin, although unfortunately it's way harder to find concerts for either of those two compared to the more beloved romantics. I would probably kill to see Pierrot Lunaire performed.
posted Dec 29, 2011
Reiel L.
JAPAN BUT LIVING IN MANILA,
Philippines
302 posts
Member since: 12/13/2011
i love it. it's relaxing :D
posted Jan 11, 2012
Mandi S.
WINDSOR,
Canada
322 posts
OG since: 02/28/2010
I don't see how anyone could -hate- classical music. Even if you don't listen to classical regularly in your spare time, you have to respect it for what it is. That said, I too am utterly ignorant about it.
posted Jan 11, 2012
Kate D.
DALLAS, TEXAS,
United States
49 posts
Member since: 04/02/2011
I love it... Any of Bach's Suite for Solo Cello makes me want to die because it's so beautiful.
posted Jan 11, 2012
Zahira O.
JAKARTA,
Indonesia
420 posts
OG since: 01/30/2010
i appreciate people who is into classical music and can play an instrument with a classical piece but you'll rarely see me hearing them or going to a classical music concert
posted Jan 11, 2012
MaryAlice M.
WONDERLAND,
United States
812 posts
Member since: 09/14/2011
I adore classical music. My favorite composers are Sergi Rachmaninoff and Enio Morricone.
posted Jan 11, 2012
Levi Philip K.
ENGLAND (THE CITY OF YORK),
United Kingdom
931 posts
OG since: 12/07/2009
Damn, how did I forget to add Morricone to my list of composers. He put together some amazing peices of music.
posted Jan 11, 2012
MaryAlice M.
WONDERLAND,
United States
812 posts
Member since: 09/14/2011
No kidding!!
I adore his music. There is such a passion in it; similar to that of Rachmaninoff.
Have you seen the movie Legend of 1900? Enio composed all the music for that beautiful movie.
posted Jan 11, 2012
Tok V.
Germany
413 posts
Member since: 12/03/2011
I love classical music as well. I am in the Symphony Orchestra of my city and visited Japan and Columbia already :)
I love Antonin Dvorak, Beethoven, Schubert, Tchaikovsky. I also think that Chopin is awesome, and J.S. Bach.
But my all-time favourite is Beethoven's 9th =)
posted Jan 12, 2012
Therese Isabelle D.
ASKIM,
Norway
209 posts
Member since: 11/03/2011
Love it! Specialy love Beethoven. :) I play his plays alot on my piano.
posted Jan 12, 2012
Emma E.
LITHUANIA,
Lithuania
372 posts
OG since: 04/29/2010
I love Bach. I am fond of classical music but it's really difficult to find something I can listen to on a daily basis.
posted Jan 12, 2012
Steph B.
YORK,
United Kingdom
230 posts
Member since: 06/13/2011
its nice, just not something I would play myself but If its on im happy to listen to it
posted Jan 14, 2012
Marissa B.
CALIFORNIA,
United States
14 posts
Member since: 01/05/2012
I love classical music! Especially when it has more of a melancholy tone....it's so soothing to listen to...
posted Jan 14, 2012
Morgan B.
TORONTO,
Canada
159 posts
Member since: 12/03/2011
It's brilliant. It's why I play the double bass. I love Bach.
posted Jan 14, 2012
Ekaterina K.
UKRAINE,
Ukraine
105 posts
OG since: 07/15/2010
like it
posted Jan 15, 2012
Tim G.
OUDENAARDE,
Belgium
225 posts
Member since: 05/21/2011
I can't imagine that anyone can HATE classical music.
It's like hating puppies or fluffy bunnies wtf.
My favourite composer is Lully, thus Le Roi Danse is one of my favourite movies.
His music is so majestic and every single piece of him is a masterpiece.
But if you aren't a fan of baroque, I don't think you'll enjoy it as much as I do.
posted Jan 15, 2012
Jacob B.
NEW MEXICO,
United States
2 posts
Member since: 09/16/2010
Puppies and bunnies are great. I can't get into the baroque that I've heard. I love minimalist artists. Wim Mertens is an idol of mine.
posted Jan 17, 2012
Maddy P.
SOMEWHERE,
United Kingdom
44 posts
Member since: 06/10/2011
I love classic music, it's absolutely beautiful!
posted Jan 18, 2012
Mél E.
RAINCOUVER,
Canada
21 posts
Member since: 10/11/2010
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE classical music. I think it is one of the most purest, rawest, revealing and moving genres out there. When it is used with movies, even better. My personal fave will always be Rachmaninoff. I get really sentimental whenever I listen to one of his Opus'.
posted Jan 18, 2012
Erin K.
BRISBANE,
Australia
319 posts
OG since: 04/11/2010
Absolutely LOVE!!!
posted Jan 19, 2012
Rocio S.
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK,
United States
82 posts
Member since: 04/10/2011
I completely agree! I'm so glad there are so many people out there who appreciate this music as much as I do!
:)
posted Jan 25, 2012
Min-Li W.
LAS VEGAS,
United States
11 posts
Member since: 01/17/2012
I know I really should absolutely love classical music because there's no other way I could've endured violin without doing so, but I'm mostly indifferent to most classical music. :/ It just doesn't do it for me. I can only stand listening to it if I've played/studied the piece before and I have that emotional attachment and inside knowledge in place.
posted Jan 25, 2012
Maisy V.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
27 posts
Member since: 12/31/2010
I love it! So much more emotion comes through than in the stupid pop rubbish they make these days...For example, Ryuichi Sakamoto's 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' always gets me, unlike a bit of 'sad' Rihanna music or something like that...
posted Jan 25, 2012
Rocio S.
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK,
United States
82 posts
Member since: 04/10/2011
I understand that feeling. I get it with certain pieces.
posted Jan 26, 2012
MADMalice X.
SARAJEVO,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
15 posts
OG since: 04/01/2010
Since I'm a piano player I fell in love with classical music right that moment when I started playing. I especially like piano and cello music (wanted to learn cello) and lately classical guitar.
I can't really name my favorite composers but I really like Erik Satie, Kapustin, Maxence Cyrin, Philip Glass, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yann Tiersen, George Winston, Henri Dutilleux and Wim Mertens.
Of course there are all the time classics such as Beethowen, Bach, Chopin, Debussy.
I also really like works of Wagner, Brahms, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and some other (can't remember now) but I'm sure I forgot someone.
I can listen to classical music all day long. It's the only music on the world that never gives you headache (except silent, voice or meditation music). I mean...I can listen to all kind of music from industrial and hard rock to pop but my educated taste in music always search for exceptional lyrics and the beat that can pull out some kind of emotion. I guess classical music taught me to appreciate the beast from any other music genre. I've learned that all classical music educated people have the same ability to pick really exceptional now days music. And our taste is also pretty much the same.
Well one thing is for sure classical music can be listen to any time of day at any place and even any occasion. My parties sometimes begin and and with classical and ppl really get surprised how good it sounds.
posted Jan 26, 2012
Chelle G.
ORANGE COUNTY,
United States
151 posts
Member since: 01/18/2012
I can't say I am a huge fan of classical music, but I do enjoy it. It's nice to hear all the instruments create symphonies.
posted Jan 27, 2012
Charlotte S.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
655 posts
OG since: 05/16/2010
I liked it when I was revising.
posted Jan 27, 2012
J T.
FREEDONIA,
United Kingdom
23 posts
OG since: 07/15/2010
I really cannot get my head around Glass or Reich or minimalism in general. I love Gershwin and Chopin so maybe my ear is just too used to accessible, tonal music to enjoy anything more experimental.
posted Mar 3, 2012
Helen C.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
1211 posts
OG since: 07/02/2010
I love to play and listen to classical music. My favourite composers are Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Beethoven and Clementi. I know some of those are from the Baroque era, but I thought I'd include them. I'm working on increasing my repertoire of pieces. I'd love to be able to play the Goldberg variations and all of Mozart's sonatas one day :)
posted Mar 4, 2012
Helen C.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
1211 posts
OG since: 07/02/2010
How does listening to only classical music make you an elitist snob..?
posted Mar 4, 2012
Monica D.
Bulgaria
241 posts
Member since: 01/25/2012
Not that I'm crazy about classical music but I do like it. Especially Bach.
posted Mar 4, 2012
Ü Keilah Q.
SUNNY, BIPOLAR PHILIPPINES,
Philippines
25 posts
Member since: 08/15/2011
Totally. Absolutely love it :-) ♥
posted Mar 4, 2012
Joss K.
SCOTLAND,
United Kingdom
1040 posts
OG since: 04/18/2010
My Mum told me it's nice to drive to so when I first passed my test I tried it and nearly crashed into my neighbours trampoline.
posted Mar 4, 2012
Ellis D.
S'TOON,
Canada
7606 posts
OG since: 12/13/2008
I'm not saying that listening to classical makes one an elitist snob....I'm just saying that that is how others, especially people who listen to gentrified, top 40, 4/4 time signature shitty pop music(the kind of music with a bass drum line going "DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH-DOUCH") might feel about it.
I am merely basing this off of my own experiences when I was in elementary school and listened almost exclusively to classical.....which considering the kind of music that was popular with youth in the late 1990s/ early 2000's(shitty pop punk, shitty electro pop)...its probably good that I formulated my own musical taste instead of hopping onto all of the different mediocre musical bandwagons that have appeared in the last few years. I don't view my musical choices as 'snobby' per say, but I can say with quite a bit of certainty that I have taken alot of shit from people who think that its wrong that I'm not listening to the same rubbish they are....I'm not the only one who has experienced this...my one bandmate ironically used to almost exclusively listen to classical music when he was in elementary school, my other bandmate is a classically trained violinist & double bassist.....I am more than certain that if my associates or I hadn't listened to classical during our formative years; that we would be making the same kind of generic, shitty sounding 4/4 music that damn near everyone else makes.
At this point in my life.....I couldn't imagine listening to ONLY classical music...that would be just sad considering all of the sludge metal & psych rock that is being played, being made. It might have something to do with not being in the Baroque or Romantic era...we are in a new era, with new music that needs to be made & heard in order to have full effect.
At least we're not talking about Gabber or Happy Hardcore *shudders* if that were the case, I would likely find it impossible to shield or mask my disgust.
posted Mar 4, 2012
Helen C.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
1211 posts
OG since: 07/02/2010
That's funny I was kind of the opposite. I didn't really 'get' classical music until I was about fourteen, when I started listening to Mozart sonatas. It was listening to this: youtube.com/watch?v=XOuv-e2X7vo, when something just clicked in my brain. I just felt a connection with the music, and I've loved Mozart ever since. I do enjoy other genres of music though, but I don't feel the need to compare them to classical. I just acknowledge their differences.
posted Mar 5, 2012
Laura M.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA,
Australia
54 posts
Member since: 02/15/2012
I cant say I don't like it because its in quite a few movies that I love and it sounds pretty amazing.
posted Mar 5, 2012
Katie S.
THE MID-ATLANTIC,
United States
83 posts
Member since: 11/07/2011
I am very very fond of classical music. I'm always listening to it when I'm studying or driving long distances. I'm also in awe of those who play classical music! I'm actually off to the symphony this weekend to listen to some Beethoven!
Sidenote: Does anyone else love the movie Amadeus?? :D
posted Mar 6, 2012