Favorite Era of Classical Music

[mavsfan1000]

Medieval (500-1400)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Baroque (1600-1760)
Classical (1750-1830)
Romantic (1815-1910)
Post Romantic+Modern (1910-Now)
My favorite would be Baroque but I'm also a fan of Romantic Era. I just ordered this collection on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Top-100-Masterpieces-Classical-Music/dp/B000001VUG/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1319059234&sr=1-2 Will definitely learn more of other eras. Maybe some hints of the top 2 of each era if you know them.

[CubanSucks]

don't know shit about eras but I REALLY love the soundtrack for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. That soundtrack was one of the first things I had on my first ipod

[PakiDan]

Someone's taking a humanities course.

[mavsfan1000]

Yeah I took 2 years of Music Theory and Ear Training.

[DeadlyDynasty]

These aren't all necessarily classical ones (baroque and what not), but my 3 favorites, in order:

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[DeadlyDynasty]

and this one from a commercial I remember when I was a kid :lol:

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[Veterinarian.]

Baroque and romantic. Baroque sheet music is gay ass fuck with all the figured bass bs but it's fun to listen to. Romantic has some of my favorite pieces and things really started changing but not as extreme as modern

Lol contemporary and medieval

[Veterinarian.]

Bullsfan are you majoring in music tbh?

[Fpoonsie]

Mid-late 90's.

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[DMC]

lol shit trolls discussing classical music. The world has ended.

[Veterinarian.]

Lol chink^

[admiralsnackbar]

I'f we're picking eras instead of people, I'd have to go with the transition from Romantic to Post Romantic. It's not that Beethoven/Mozart/Haydn, etc weren't great, but music of that time was so formalized/formulaic.

The breadth of stylistic development in music from Schubert to, say, Stravinski catches my ear. Once conservatory music gets taken over by conceptualists in the 40's I mostly lose interest, but it's hard to hate on Mahler, Debussy, and Prokofiev -- muthafuckas was trill.

[Veterinarian.]

Stravinsky is alright but he is one of the few post romantic composers I can listen to. Copland is up there too

[Veterinarian.]

Mahler is great too but I may be a little biased towards him :lol

[4>0rings]

Going through all this in a shitty music appreciation class right now.

I would say classical, this had the best and most well known composers, Mozart, Beethoven, some Haydn.

Never heard of Frederic Chopin's music till today actually and I thought it was really, really good, he's in the Romantic era. Robert and Clara Schumann's work was also impressive.

[baseline bum]

Going through all this in a shitty music appreciation class right now.

I would say classical, this had the best and most well known composers, Mozart, Beethoven, some Haydn.

Never heard of Frederic Chopin's music till today actually and I thought it was really, really good, he's in the Romantic era. Robert and Clara Schumann's work was also impressive.

Vladimir Horowitz has some great renditions of Chopin pieces. This one is unreal

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[redzero]

Doesn't the term "classical" refer specifically to the classical era?

[admiralsnackbar]

Doesn't the term "classical" refer specifically to the classical era?

Sure, but not colloquially. Same way you could call hardcore "rock." Yay semantics.

[CubanSucks]

really starts at :30
best at 4:15-6:32
dat violen...mmmph
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[mavsfan1000]

To be more clear of the main eras in classical music, here are the composers for each era.
Medieval: Francesco Landini
Renaissance: John Dowland, William Byrd
Baroque: Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Pachelbel, Albinoni, Telemann
Classical: Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn
Romantic: Chopin, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Paganini, Mussorgsky, Rossini, Liszt, Verdi. Schumann, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Dvorak,
Post Romantic/Impressionism/Modern: Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Stravinsky, Holst, Reich, Glass

[Greg Oden]

I don't know what it is, but when I hear neo classical metal, I want more!

[mavsfan1000]

I don't know what it is, but when I hear neo classical metal, I want more!
That would be the Baroque Era.

[Greg Oden]

That would be the Baroque Era.

Do diminished arpeggios and running up and down scales give you a big rubbery one?

[mavsfan1000]

Do diminished arpeggios and running up and down scales give you a big rubbery one?
If it fits the song. Yngwie does get carried away though. But if used properly, can sound incredible. Check out this.
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[Greg Oden]

No, just no. There will never be a day when I listen to Malmsteen for pleasure. The furthest I go with guitar wank is Marty Friedman and he never goes overboard like that.

[mavsfan1000]

No, just no. There will never be a day when I listen to Malmsteen for pleasure. The furthest I go with guitar wank is Marty Friedman and he never goes overboard like that.
Malmsteen doesn't go overboard in that song. He used to be good. Now he is just doing a wank fest like you would say. He just wants to improv over everything with the same patterns and scales over similar progressions. Just listen to that one song.

[mavsfan1000]

Btw the most popular composer during the Medieval Era is Hildegard Von Bingen. For Renaissance, I heard Josquin Des Prez was really good. I know it's a long shot that anyone on spurstalk would enjoy this music though.

[admiralsnackbar]

Btw the most popular composer during the Medieval Era is Hildegard Von Bingen. For Renaissance, I heard Josquin Des Prez was really good. I know it's a long shot that anyone on spurstalk would enjoy this music though. Neither Mozart nor Beethoven ever got the love they deserved. Schubert died on a couch and nobody really gave a shit. People thought Satie was a moron. Stravinski and Debussy got booed routinely. It's probably wise to not trust the tastes of ST, but trusting the tastes of history is probably an even worse gambit.

[Leetonidas]

I'll go with Baroque due to the sheer opulence and fanciness of the music. Shit makes me feel like a royal prince or something. If only people still used Harpsichords and wrote fugues :depressed

[BlackSwordsMan]

the 90's
pantera and alice in chains -- classical rock ftw

[phxspurfan]

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Frederick fuckin' Chopin

[Samuel Eto'o]

Baroque ended in 1750 with Bach you bullfucker

[mavsfan1000]

Baroque ended in 1750 with Bach you bullfucker
Telemann, CPE Bach, and Handel say hi. Alright it is more of a fusion of baroque and new classical ideas. And I probably deserve to be hated on. I've been a lazy and disrespectful poster.

[BlackSwordsMan]

les cyclopes is my favorite baroque song

[BlackSwordsMan]

piece?

[TDMVPDPOY]

seems like most classical music b4 the 1900s get played alot by instrumentalists, compared to whatever is compose after that.....is the quality gone down or lacking really good composers and instrumentalists?

i look at this thread http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=186806&highlight=guitar

any of them play classical music?

[CubanMustGo]

A good deal of 20th century music went in a different direction as time went on - atonal, minimalism, 12-tone, etc. none of which are terribly pleasing to the ear. Not pleasing = fewer people to attend concerts or buy recordings. Philip Glass is one of the few mid-late 20th century composers to get much buzz in the greater community but his stuff drives me drives me drives me up drives me up me up me up the me up the up the up the up the wall.

And while there is such a thing as classical guitar, I wouldn't expect Rolling Stone to have their pulse on any of the great classical guitarists (John Williams, NOT the composer, comes to mind). If you want more insight into this field, you might visit http://www.guitaralive.org/home.html .

[RaZon]

If you (anyone) were trying to sell classical music to someone who had never heard it before, what would be the best sampler?

[mavsfan1000]

If you (anyone) were trying to sell classical music to someone who had never heard it before, what would be the best sampler?
Vivaldi would be my top choice. Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Biondi. And for those not too big into Baroque and prefer the Romantic, Tchaikovsky would be my top choice. Of course Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin should be mentioned as well but not as a starter imo. Find a composer you like and there are ways on google to find composers similar to that one in style.

[angelbelow]

For me, its definitely the romantic era. Fans of this era know that the romantic era wasn't "romantic." Rather, this era of classical music produced some of the darkest, most creative, passionate, intense and complex brand of music.

The range of instruments that are potentially involved was awesome as well. From traditional folk instruments to the inclusion of today's commonplace instruments like piano, french horns, trumpets, etc.


and this one from a commercial I remember when I was a kid :lol:

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The better movement of the Palladio series:
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If you (anyone) were trying to sell classical music to someone who had never heard it before, what would be the best sampler?

I think Saint-Saens Danse Macabre is a great place to start. Its catchy, dark, layered, and relatively mainstream:

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[TheSkeptic]

Lots of good answers here. I like Baroque and Romantic. Sibelius is probably one of my favourite composers.

[TDMVPDPOY]

do you prefer it on a piano or classic guitar?

[angelbelow]

do you prefer it on a piano or classic guitar?

Is that question directed at me? Either way.. good question. But too difficult to answer. It depends on a lot of things.. genre, mood, style, theme, etc etc.

The piano is more versatile because you can literally plug it into any genre and make it work. The classical guitar is better suited for slow paced, romantic style songs. Although the death metal band Opeth is able to break tradition and incorporate it beautifully into their songs.

[TDMVPDPOY]

serenade

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[mavsfan1000]

For me, its definitely the romantic era. Fans of this era know that the romantic era wasn't "romantic." Rather, this era of classical music produced some of the darkest, most creative, passionate, intense and complex brand of music.

The range of instruments that are potentially involved was awesome as well. From traditional folk instruments to the inclusion of today's commonplace instruments like piano, french horns, trumpets, etc.



The better movement of the Palladio series:
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I think Saint-Saens Danse Macabre is a great place to start. Its catchy, dark, layered, and relatively mainstream:

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I agree. Great Era!