You can't deny the fact that classical music (or to be more technical, baroque music) is awesome. Who do you think is the greatest classical musician ever, and why?
Who is the greatest?
You can't deny the fact that classical music (or to be more technical, baroque music) is awesome. Who do you think is the greatest classical musician ever, and why?
Greatest classical musician?
There've been so many, it's hard to say. However, the late cellist Jacqueline du Pre was pretty amazing.
The greatest composer, of course, is Mozart, though Beethoven and J. S. Bach aren't far behind. Mozart had an amazing level of talent, and produced a vast quantity of fine music during his short life. His compositions are always lively, usually uplifting. They may sometimes lack some of the dark grandeur or deeper meaning found in other composers' works, but the sheer quality more than makes up for it.
sorry about that, i meant composer. everyone else, just ignore the fact that i said musician. my mistake.Originally Posted by Big D
Whoops, I goofed as well
If I'd actually noticed the poll, I probably would've figured you meant 'composers'.
Virtually every famous composers has many great works. Vivaldi, Dvorak, Mussorgsky, Berlioz, Elgar, Bruckner... however, all of Mozart's music is of a consistent, unfaltering standard. Every work stands out in some way.
Though I enjoy Bach, Mozart Beethoven's music for it's originaliy, I just can't get enough of Gershwin.
I can listen to Rhaspody in Blue over and over and over agian.
Though I have enjoyed many classical pieces from all of them, my favorite would have to be Mozart.
Janus
I like Satie and Chopin myself. OH and Nobuo Uematsu if that counts.
Last edited by Casey; 08-01-2004 at 07:44 PM.
I'd say Uematsu's too eclectic to be just considered classical.
I'm torn between J.S. Bach and W.A. Mozart. There's just SO MUCH musical intricacy in Bach's fugues and other compositions. The point-counterpoint echoes, the perpetual Well-Tempered Clavier, and other stuff has just so many repercussions not just in music, but extends to mathematics and Escher's art as well. Mozart is creative genius - coming up with so many compositions at such a young age, and able to improve on others works just by listening to them once. And did I mention Don Giovanni? Holy crap that's good. I'd liken Bach to Indian raga-players, who have to work creatively within rigid constructs, and Mozart to a creative composer who broke from those constructs. I don't know which is more amazing - the ability to bend rules to your will, or the ability to break them to your will. I probably lean towards Mozart just because I like his pieces more (esp. Don Giovanni). Always count on sentiment to break the tie between two logical choices.
Can't beat Beethoven for his talent and his music's emotional charge.
When fighting monsters, be wary not to become one yourself... when gazing into the abyss, bear in mind that the abyss also gazes into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Beethoven's 9th symphony was featured in an Evangelion angel fight, thus he is trully great.
Albinoni Tomasso... it's the best!
Debussy.
*starts Bruckner hailing*
Greensleeves did rock
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