Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> Chopin, I'm actually hard-pressed to come up with a song off the top of
> my head - most of his works were piano IIRC, and I didn't play piano.

Chopin did not write songs:  mazurkas, valses, nocturnes, etudes and sonatas
were his main output.  You probably heard a lot of them, as well as the famous
funeral march movement from his second Sonata.

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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:18:51 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>>> So, what's in *your* CD collection?
>> 
>> Wagner's Ring (all four operas)
>> Mozart early symphonies
>> Beethoven symphonies
>> Queen
>> Enya
>> The Eagles
>> Mannheim Steamroller
>> George Carlin
>> Clannad
>> A large number of movie soundtracks (Dracula, High Fidelity, LoTR) The
>> Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (all 5 radio series) Enigma
>> Howard Hansen Symphonies
>> Shostakovich
>> 
>> Quite a lot of other stuff as well, that's just a sample...
> 
> Predictably, I haven't heard of most of those. (My mum is very keen on
> Queen though. I like a few of their tracks, but overall it's just not my
> personal taste.)

Most of them are classical composers.

> Wait - there's a person on Earth apart from me who listens to Enigma?
> Woah...

My brother introduced me.  I quite like it, though I haven't listened to 
it a lot.

Jim

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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:06:49 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Well, no, *obviously* I've heard their music.
> 
> good.  Now I don't know what amuses me the most:  that you can't
> distinguish their  styles or that even being aquainted to Bach you're
> still listening to that much crap from the recording industry...

In fairness, early Mozart has a lot of the same elements that Bach does 
in terms of style, even though they're from different time periods.  Now 
to someone who doesn't listen to classical music a lot, those differences 
are going to be fairly difficult to spot.

Just like I couldn't tell you the stylistic differences between, say, 
Metallica and AC/DC.

Jim

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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:34:57 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> Chopin, I'm actually hard-pressed to come up with a song off the top of
>> my head - most of his works were piano IIRC, and I didn't play piano.
> 
> Chopin did not write songs:  mazurkas, valses, nocturnes, etudes and
> sonatas were his main output.  

Well, yes, but you know what I mean. ;-)

> You probably heard a lot of them, as well
> as the famous funeral march movement from his second Sonata.

Ah, yes, I probably have.  Though I prefer the one from Gotterdammerung 
or something like Saint-Saens' Danse Macabe. :-)

Jim

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>> Predictably, I haven't heard of most of those.
> 
> Most of them are classical composers.

I do enjoy certain forms of orchestral music. However, from what I can 
tell, most classical music isn't really to my taste.

>> Wait - there's a person on Earth apart from me who listens to Enigma?
>> Woah...
> 
> My brother introduced me.  I quite like it, though I haven't listened to 
> it a lot.

My best friend introduced me. Before she stopped talking to me...

Every time I listen, I end up wanting to turn off the light, take a deep 
breath, and light candles. Actually, last time I *did* light candles... 
hmm. LOL!

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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> > Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> Well, no, *obviously* I've heard their music.
> >
> > good.  Now I don't know what amuses me the most:  that you can't
> > distinguish their  styles or that even being aquainted to Bach you're
> > still listening to that much crap from the recording industry...
>
> In fairness, early Mozart has a lot of the same elements that Bach does
> in terms of style, even though they're from different time periods.

oh, wait!  The Bach were talking about is the father, right?  But yes, early
Mozart owes a lot to Christian.  And early Beethoven to Mozart.  Influences,
admiration, the search of their own style, it's always the same thing for all.

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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> Ah, yes, I probably have.  Though I prefer the one from Gotterdammerung

I heard that from opera excerpts.  It's ok, but it lacks Chopin's characteristic
melancholy.

> or something like Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre. :-)

that's better off as Halloween music... ;)

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I'm assuming a piano arrangement thereof rather than the original organ 
version requiring foot pedals?


Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
> 
>> Yes, that's roughly the response I was expecting. :-P
> 
> I can play a large section of Bach's Toccata and Fuge in D minor from 
> memory, if that makes it any better?
>

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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:16:22 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> > Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> >> Well, no, *obviously* I've heard their music.
>> >
>> > good.  Now I don't know what amuses me the most:  that you can't
>> > distinguish their  styles or that even being aquainted to Bach you're
>> > still listening to that much crap from the recording industry...
>>
>> In fairness, early Mozart has a lot of the same elements that Bach does
>> in terms of style, even though they're from different time periods.
> 
> oh, wait!  The Bach were talking about is the father, right?  

Well, J. S., but we could also be talking about C. P. E. Bach or even PDQ 
Bach (which is also in my collection <g>)

> But yes,
> early Mozart owes a lot to Christian.  And early Beethoven to Mozart. 
> Influences, admiration, the search of their own style, it's always the
> same thing for all.

Yep.  To the untrained ear, it can be hard to tell the difference.  I 
played violin for some 15 years, so I have a bit more musical education 
than Andy does, I imagine.  I imagine the case is similar for you.

Jim

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Kevin Wampler wrote:
> I'm assuming a piano arrangement thereof rather than the original organ 
> version requiring foot pedals?

>> I can play a large section of Bach's Toccata and Fuge in D minor from 
>> memory, if that makes it any better?

Er... well, you know, move the octaves around a little. ;-)

Actually, my synthesizer does have a quite good pipe organ preset. 
Obviously it doesn't shake the floor around like the real thing, but it 
sounds quite pleasing.

I also have a Moog synthesizer recording round here somewhere. It's 
really quite good. Although the tape is quite chewed up by now. As was 
the LP I recorded it from. Damn, if only the thing was still on sale...

Every time I try to play that thing, I find myself trying to figure out 
if Bach was a madman or a genius. Seriously - how the hell did he 
*think* of this stuff??

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