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GOP posted:Since we are talking classical music, has anyone heard anything that is remotely similar to, or as simple and brilliant as the work of Eric Satie? Satie was a big influence on John Cage, and much of John Cage's keyboard music is very simple and graceful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbjNoG6UoRI&feature=related "In a Landscape" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExUosomc8Uc "Dream" He also composed a piece using the same rhythmic durations as Satie's "Socrate" named "Cheap Imitation" when Merce Cunningham was unable to get the rights to perform a dance choreographed to Satie's piece, and also organized the first performance of "Vexations."
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Speaking of long, quiet music and Cage, there's his associate Morton Feldman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIWqdEL4Npk "For John Cage"
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In what way were those foundations torn down? A later composer cannot negate an earlier composer's work by composing more music. And the 2nd Viennese School which inaugurated the projects of twelve-tone and serial music saw themselves as being in a lineage that stretched back to Haydn and came down to them through Mahler. AND it's not like the great music from the 20th century even gets played enough at concerts compared to music from the 19th.
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Abel Wingnut posted:Is there an online compendium detailing each recorded version of classical works? I'm trying to figure out the best version of Romeo and Juliet and I can't find any sort of consensus, and thought there might be some site that does this for all of classical music. On allmusic.com you can look up a composer and then see a listing of his works (or look up the work directly, although the search doesn't work that well for classical works), and from there get a list of recordings of that work. I don't think the lists are always complete, though. Books like the Penguin and NPR guides to classical music also specialize in giving advice as to which recordings of pieces to get. It should be pretty easy to find professional reviews of recordings, and sometimes amazon reviewers are even knowledgeable and informative in their reviews. Dr. Video Games 0081 fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Feb 6, 2011 |
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For Stravinsky ballets a nice one is Petrushka from a few years before Rite of Spring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkg_lJeHmjs Agon is a neat late ballet after he had adopted twelve-tone writing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz0mqFnZhLk He has some sick symphonies, the Symphony in C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUfjcqg07M8 and the Symphony in Three Movements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIrlgRt8Dg8 Lots of good religious choral music like the Symphony of Psalms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN__SpkeFEU or the Requiem Canticles, another twelve-tone piece from later in his life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=668QWMK-maQ Some Stravinsky links earlier in the thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3375303#post386881294 Speaking of religious choral music Szymanowski's Stabat Mater totally owns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ-wUTycX8Y
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I wouldn't really buy any of them because I think it's frustrating to listen to those collections that just compile a bunch of individual movements from larger works, which is what it seems these collections are. I'd much rather buy a recording that has the entire work on it. However, if you're just getting into classical it might be useful to hear collections like that to get a sense of pieces you might want to check out more. Collections like this are a dime a dozen though, I don't know that you'd need this specific set. Also, if you want to hear a lot of classical movements and just kind of see what you might like, there are a lot of other options, like Spotify, Pandora, Youtubes, the radio, your local library, etc.
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dromer posted:Also, I've been looking into non-minimalist modern composers. Does anyone have recommendations? I've been listening to Claude Vivier lately: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzvFJX7mR-4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK4VL6f9eAg French Canadian spectral composer, was murdered about 30 years ago
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firebad57 posted:Oh my god this thread exists. I'm not sure why I never thought of looking for it before, but as a professional classical musician (who plays exclusively newly composed music), I 'm loving THRILLED to have found this thread. AND the first thing I found people discussing was GODDAMNED ALVIN LUCIER WHO WAS MY PROFESSOR IN COLLEGE. Alvin is the best, and I'm super happy to see people enjoying his music. I've been reading his recent book collecting his lecture notes, Music 109 and listening along to the pieces he talks about in it. Pretty sweet and a great way to learn more about what specific pieces that might be kinda hard to get into are doing.
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What do you guys like for contemporary classical music? I love the chunky gritty tendencies in 20th century classical but I'm pretty ignorant about anything that's actually happening today. What do ya all like? Especially, do ya got any recordings you think are particularly awesome?
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