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[tomato]

Van Islander, it took me a moment to realize you were talking about Dvorak.

I have noticed that the New World Symphony, the American Quartet, the violin sonatina, and the Biblical Songs for unison chorus and piano all abound with pentatonic (using only do, re, mi, so, and la) melodies. Dvorak composed all of those works at about the time he was in the United States.

Could he have perceived of us as a primitive people? At that time, we probably were.

I used to take pride for playing the violin sonatina so beautifully, until I learned that Dvorak wrote that work for his son, who was 10 years old at the time.

[VanIslander]

[tomato]

QUESTION: Why did the little moron get kicked out of the string orchestra?
ANSWER: He couldn't play the second movement of the Third Brandenburg Concerto.
EXPLANATION: The second movement of the Third Brandenburg Concerto is onloy two notes long.

QUESTION: Why did the little moron get kicked out of the church choir?
ANSWER: He couldn't learn the words to Randall Thompson's "Allelujah."
EXPLANATION: Randall Thompson's "Allelujah" is all on the word "allelujah."

QUESTION: Why did the little moron get kicked out of the symphonic choir?
ANSWER: He couldn't enunciate the words to "Daphnes and Chloe" clearly enough.
EXPLANATION: The choral part to "Daphnes and Chloe" is all on "ah."

QUESTION: Why did the little moron get kicked out of the symphony orchestra?
ANSWER: He couldn't get the bowing right on the third movement of Tschaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.
EXPLANATION: The third movementof Tschaikovsky's Fourth Symphony is all pizzicato.

QUESTION: Why did the little moron flunk applied music theory class?
ANSWER: He couldn't identify the chords in the prelude to "Das Rheingold."
EXPLANATION: The prelude to "Das Rheingold" is all on an Eb major chord.

QUESTION: Why did the little moron flunk opera literature class?
ANSWER: He couldn't understand the words to Carmen's castanet dance.
EXPLANATION: Carmen's castanet dance is all on the syllable "la."

QUESTION: Why did the little moron flunk applied piano class?
ANSWER: He couldn't play 4''33" by John Cage.
EXPLANATION: 4'33" is all rests.

QUESTION: Why did the little moron flunk applied violin class?
ANSWER: He couldn't learn both parts to theTelemann duets.
EXPLANATION: The Telemann duets are written as canons, so the two parts are the same.

QUESTION: Why did the little moron flunk orchestration class?
ANSWER: He couldn't learn how to transpose for the double bass.
EXPLANATION: The double bass plays an octave lower than written.

QUESTION: Why did the little moron flunk ear-training class?
ANSWER: He couldn't write down 고네 and 따로 from melodic dictation.
EXPLANATION: See http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=27867&highlight=

[Antrugha]

Rondo Alla Turka... I like chirpy music!

[n3ptne]

Stravinsky

Anton Webern

[tomato]

If I remember correctly, the compositions which are played at transfer points on the subway are:

the Handel harp concerto on the Incheon line
the Vivaldi A minor violin concerto on the #7 line
the minuet from Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" on the #3 line

On the Saemaul line, I have heard "Voi che sapete" from "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart.

What other goodies have you recognized?

[djsmnc]

I like whatever the dentist doesn't play while removing teeth

[ChopChaeJoe]

I just want to thank you for starting this thread. I will be investigating the likes of others.


Although "classical music" is a much loaded term. Is Cage or Webern classical? I say ... maybe. But then are possibly the works of Buddy Holly, Muddy Waters, Hank Williams, Amadeo Rold�n, Miles Davis, and Lennon-McCartnery.

My faves (in a more traditional sense) are Bach works adapted to guitar by Andre Segovia and John Williams.

[Poemer]

How about Berlioz? The Symphonie Fantastique has always been a favorite of mine.

[Delirium's Brother]

Medieval = love it
Renaissance = love it
Baroque = hate it if there's a harpsichord, otherwise boring
Clasical = it's okay, kinda boring
Romantic = love it
Post-Romantic = love it
Modern = love it

Anything by Sergei Prokofiev!

All-time favourite = Prokofiev Violin Concerto #1.
The first movement is very scary--don't listen to it in the dark, with candles burning, on a windy autumn night. And definitely don't start thinking about Baba Yaga and her dancing hut; or swirling leaves dancing around bonfires with meanacing field-mice and dancing pumpkin-headed scarecrows; or marching trees; or anything like that!


I also like Dvorak, Chopin, Bartok and a handful of Russians. And anything written for oboe.

[safeblad]

Miserere by Allegri

The story goes that this music was exclusively performed in the vatican, the pope not giving out the music to anybody. This was until Mozart when he was a child touring europe went to a service, remembered the music and wrote it down . amazing.

[pskull]

"Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin. Specifically the version on the 5 Browns' "No Boundaries" CD. I think it may be the music used in Delta Airlines commercials, too.

[larrysheinfeldstein]

For anyone interested in checking out unheard works of famous composers, I would highly recommend the Brahms Clarinet Quinttet. This is such an obvious masterpiece and is so interesting because it's basically part of the last small body of works he ever wrote after coming out of a semi-retirement. It also probably the best thing he ever wrote!

[potin14p]

Pachelbel's Canon. Every time i listen to it, I notice something new.

[Big_Bird]