On the whole, I trend toward the Romantic composers. Beethoven (I blame reading Peanuts as a kid), Liszt, Tchaikovsky, I think Richard Strauss' Don Juan is sorely underappreciated.
I finally got to see Rhapsody in Blue performed live last year, and it was so worth it.
WSU has a really good Opera program (Burns and Ramey, bitches!!) and my roommate as an undergrad was a baritone, so I got to see Verdi's Falstaff and every damn thing Gilbert and Sullivan ever wrote live.
We went to Mozart's grave when we visited Vienna! There's a monument on the field where he was buried. For some reason it has a chubby angel with a club on it who looks really down, as if he clubbed Mozart to death the other day.
We went to Mozart's grave when we visited Vienna! There's a monument on the field where he was buried. For some reason it has a chubby angel with a club on it who looks really down, as if he clubbed Mozart to death the other day.
I've remembered a piece I thought was cool, I was thinking it was 'Seven Wonders' but I got frustrated trying to find it because none of the versions on youtube matched up with the song in my head. Then yesterday when organizing the music library someone mentioned the actual name of the piece.
I can see why I got it confused with Seven Wonders, it starts with music that you'd find in a old movie set in Ancient Egypt or Greece. I love that kind of stuff.
Celloist from Rasputina that put out a couple of her own solo albums. She plays a few measures while recording, then plays the recording. She plays over the recording and so on and so forth. There's no electronic sound to her music, but she's faking multiple cello players.
I've remembered a piece I thought was cool, I was thinking it was 'Seven Wonders' but I got frustrated trying to find it because none of the versions on youtube matched up with the song in my head. Then yesterday when organizing the music library someone mentioned the actual name of the piece.
I can see why I got it confused with Seven Wonders, it starts with music that you'd find in a old movie set in Ancient Egypt or Greece. I love that kind of stuff.
Thats one of those that you know but have no idea where its from!
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I like me some classical music on occasion and.. this is probably dumb of me but
I can't figure out why it is inherently so much quieter than other music. Like if I am at work trying to listen to music in the back with a speaker I have, or in the car or something, I have to jack the sound waaaaay up just to be able to hear it, and sometimes the speakers just don't go loud enough for me to actually really hear anything.
Also, modern music's p is classical music's mf. There's a lot more range in classical music. I have a little bit of trouble getting the sound level right when listening to classical music. The p's too quiet but if I turn it up the f's too loud.
If you listen to classical music that is supposed to be loud in a live setting and it is loud
Take, say, Handel's Coronation Anthem, Zadok the Priest. That's meant to be sung by two choirs, really, with a full orchestra. Sit in front of that when those choirs break into voice and it'll blow your socks off.
Also the dynamics in classical music tend to be more complex than in modern music, which retains a steady dynamic all the way through compared to the very quiet and VERY LOUD parts of classical stuff. So you set modern music as loud as you want it when it starts playing, and it mostly stays that way, with classical music that can often not be the case.
I like me some classical music on occasion and.. this is probably dumb of me but
I can't figure out why it is inherently so much quieter than other music. Like if I am at work trying to listen to music in the back with a speaker I have, or in the car or something, I have to jack the sound waaaaay up just to be able to hear it, and sometimes the speakers just don't go loud enough for me to actually really hear anything.
If you listen to classical music that is supposed to be loud in a live setting and it is loud
Take, say, Handel's Coronation Anthem, Zadok the Priest. That's meant to be sung by two choirs, really, with a full orchestra. Sit in front of that when those choirs break into voice and it'll blow your socks off.
Also the dynamics in classical music tend to be more complex than in modern music, which retains a steady dynamic all the way through compared to the very quiet and VERY LOUD parts of classical stuff. So you set modern music as loud as you want it when it starts playing, and it mostly stays that way, with classical music that can often not be the case.
This reminds me of a time when I sang Zadok the Priest with a tiny choir.
There were seriously maybe 25 people.
It's like, why would you even bother at that point?
this is one of my all time faves. I was studying classical music at a conservatory when I first heard it and it was so entirely alien - the harmonies and phrasing and progression were like something totally different to everything I'd been studying
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You lucky bugger.
though I can obviously only sing one part
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It is just the purest expression of regret. He also looks like he had too much drink the night before.
Yes!
"Aw man I think I dropped my fucking keys in that flower bush, SHIT"
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Truly a classic for the ages!
I had my heart set on getting a top notch hummer at my funeral, but alright.
So here's, Inspiration by Jan de Haan.
I can see why I got it confused with Seven Wonders, it starts with music that you'd find in a old movie set in Ancient Egypt or Greece. I love that kind of stuff.
Celloist from Rasputina that put out a couple of her own solo albums. She plays a few measures while recording, then plays the recording. She plays over the recording and so on and so forth. There's no electronic sound to her music, but she's faking multiple cello players.
Thats one of those that you know but have no idea where its from!
I love that Nuka, its so clever! Reminds me of:
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@Liiya if you want to enjoy more classical music then good choral stuff like this is a great place to start
No accompaniment, just beautifully simple harmonies
I can recommend more stuff in a similar vein if you like it!
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I know this sounds good in a church because I have sung it in a church! It's a really lovely sing too, not too hard, and a very nice melodic bass part
I can't figure out why it is inherently so much quieter than other music. Like if I am at work trying to listen to music in the back with a speaker I have, or in the car or something, I have to jack the sound waaaaay up just to be able to hear it, and sometimes the speakers just don't go loud enough for me to actually really hear anything.
Almost uniformly. It makes me sad
Take, say, Handel's Coronation Anthem, Zadok the Priest. That's meant to be sung by two choirs, really, with a full orchestra. Sit in front of that when those choirs break into voice and it'll blow your socks off.
Also the dynamics in classical music tend to be more complex than in modern music, which retains a steady dynamic all the way through compared to the very quiet and VERY LOUD parts of classical stuff. So you set modern music as loud as you want it when it starts playing, and it mostly stays that way, with classical music that can often not be the case.
This is to blame I would guess: Loudness War
edit: Which is basically what was already said by others. Should have read the rest of the page.
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i got a huge heifetz compilation so it has stuff from a bunch of different composers
This reminds me of a time when I sang Zadok the Priest with a tiny choir.
There were seriously maybe 25 people.
It's like, why would you even bother at that point?
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The guy's range is absolutely incredible
And here is a lovely recording of the same piece sung in a more classical manner by a (very good) choir
He's probably a counter tenor - his bass part really doesn't even get close to the bottom of baritone levels.
edit: Absolutely not to diminish how seriously beautifully done this is, though. It's a very smart choice of piece.
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He's almost certainly a proper counter tenor, yeah
I dunno how low the guy can go. Probably not proper bass notes, you're right. Still, that's a part a bass might sing, so very impressive regardless.
this is one of my all time faves. I was studying classical music at a conservatory when I first heard it and it was so entirely alien - the harmonies and phrasing and progression were like something totally different to everything I'd been studying
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