Is this truly only 'classical', or are there some romantic artists in any of these collections? If not, do any of you have any links to some collections of romantic artists you enjoy?
Nolan Perry
Most the links are varied. "classical" is used here as a general term because "Western art music"is longer and makes people mad.
Christopher Smith
With that in mind, do you have any artists to suggest? Basics and favorites, both are of interest to me.
you're not wrong. this is stuff you could program a computer to write for you. as the matter of fact, sometimes pieces like this are written according to an algorithm.
It's barely even deserving of the title "music". just because it's art and it uses musical instruments doesn't mean it's music.
Landon Peterson
it's an abstract sort of feel
Jaxon Sanchez
actually I liked it and I think you're a pleb, its just that I don't see how it suggests the death of /classical/ or disappointment. Not like this for instance
art like this concerns itself too much with feelings and emotions. it tries so hard to evoke a specific range family of emotions that it forgets that it's supposed to be enjoyable to listen to.
I'll put it like this. If you replace every instrument with just a square tone and it is still enjoyable, it's good music. it's the notes that matter, not the texture. Sure, you can spice it up and use symbolism and texture, but there's gotta be a balance, man. music is supposed to come in uninvited and just rape the musical part of your brain. It's not you who has to listen to it, it's supposed to MAKE you listen to it.
Music that requires a specific mindset, knowledge, context, or way of thought to be enjoyable is like a needy house guest that requires every comfort before they decide to strike up a conversation. good music needs to be like a guy who you like talking to no matter where you are or how you're feeling.
Isaac Taylor
Hauer's very mission statement was to expunge emotion from music.
Liam Rogers
and that's a good thing?
Nathan Mitchell
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They always say how much Russians influenced French impressionism but was there anything that happened slightly after Russian Romanticism but before the modernism of Stravinsky and Prokofiev. I know Scriabin will be mentioned here but he died young and besides he was a loathsome man.
tl;dr Russian Impressionism that's not Scriabin? Preferably symphonic.
Landon Barnes
I disagree. Orchestration matter matters just as much as pitch and rhythm. Orchestration is an extension of that. Timbres and textures do affect the conveyance of emotions as well as listen-ability.
Gavin Lee
I think they mostly skipped impressionism in music and jumped straight to avant garde until that was squashed by the state. Reinhold Glière is the only really famous semi-impressionist or maybe Khachaturian but they are just as likely to be called late, late romanticists
Yes better to hear the famous parts in context.
Angel Walker
whatchya think of my sonata exposition /classical/?
Full disclaimer: I'm almost exclusively into piano music so this might not be of much use if you're primarily looking for other stuff.
I think Catoire is the first name that jumps out when I think of a Russian Impressionist, the specific example being Hamelin's recording of his piano music. It's kind of samey sounding to be frank, and I feel like his lack of fame can be attributed to him never really developing his 'voice' beyond a certain point, but it's still full of cool ideas and somewhat interesting in that it's not at all what you'd expect from a Russian trained composer, not even one with French heritage.
It really does depend on how you define Impressionism, though. I agree that it's a very unique soundscape when speaking of its best known examples, but I still feel like just calling it late Romantic music wouldn't be too much of a stretch in most cases. Medtner, Tcherepnin, Roslavets, Feinberg, Lourie, some early Ornstein, etc. are probably the closest thing to a bridge between traditional Russian Romanticism and Modernism. They're not much like the typical Liszt/Wagner/Brahms that we associate with Romantic music, but not quite Debussy/Ravel either.
amazing ! i find those type of pianos really horrible to play on, the keys are too heavy and i dislike the sound compared to a nice grand piano.
Adrian Howard
Mussorgsky, they were influenced by Mussorgsky - Ravel, Debussy, Satie and more moderate composers. Mussorgsky saved Debussy's career when he was extremely depressed, stuck in a dead end of late German Wagnerism. He would play his pieces for months and months, and try to emulate certain elements of his style. That's how he came up with some of his earlier famous pieces. Later, Satie urged fellow artists to get rid of mussorgskyisms in French music as out-of-fashion.
Anthony Harris
That is girl is pretty cute though.
Noah Brown
does anyone else here sing in a choir? if so now advent has just been is there any Christmas anthems you're looking forward to singing?
Yes thanks for posting a picture of violists to further illustrate my point.
Aiden King
the comparison fails not because violas are shit, but because you never hear them while the oboe is one of the most ear-piercing instruments of all fucking time. The equivalent to the viola would be some middle-voice instrument that no one hears except when a composer takes pity and gives them a melody
David Cooper
I'm in my mid twenties. Is it too late to learn composition? I don't know how to play a single instrument. All I have in my favor really is some knowledge of theory and a taste for tonally ambitious music.
I'm not surprised, on the quiet classical music has always been a bit pervy.
If you aren't a QT (or can't be blatantly photoshopped into one) you are never going to make it as a young female instrumental soloist. I have no idea how they still get away with it actually, its like the last refuge of soft-focus photography.
why the fuck would you just arbitrarily decide "oh I want to compose music now"
Dominic Miller
Oh I agree, I mean not normally a male feminist or anything but I'm on their side really. The album covers are frequently ridiculous for retouching (last hold out of it really, they aren't so blatant in pop) and that end of the market doesn't really hide its glee (by which I mean throbbing erection) at like some virginal 16-year old prodigy from Poland in a ball gown. Its just creepy and outdated, classical music marketing is not really any higher minded than pop music and it feels shadier somehow. I dare say there are a lot of old goats helping some doe-eyed ingenue with her fingering.
If you look at Anne Sophie Mutter albums you can basically see the point someone decided MILFs were a thing. Eek.
Asher Lee
>Hi user welcome to my masterclass
Jack Martin
what? The end product of Gabetta's playing might sound fine but as a cellist I fucking cringe watching the finger joints in her left hand every time she plays
