May 09, 2007
Beethoven No. 9 - 'Ode to Joy'
Introduction by Leonard "I'm a moonbat, but I conduct a mean Philharmonic" Bernstein, followed by a soul-stirring performance from the last movement. Enjoy a quick hit of towering, tear-jerking musical genius. Score one for Western Civ! .
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This guy is a arrogant assgoblin who is nothing but a prick. Play some REAL music you old fuck. Lets see he can get a audience of a couple thousand max of elitist snobs while SLAYER can get over 300K to come to their concert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfg1VqXNEVE
Sorry I just hate classical. Nothing but pussy music as far as I see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfg1VqXNEVE
Sorry I just hate classical. Nothing but pussy music as far as I see it.
Posted by: Legrand at May 09, 2007 08:53 PM (/etUv)
Posted by: Good Lt at May 09, 2007 09:00 PM (yMbfY)
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au contraire Legrand . . .I enjoyed this immensely. All music is welcome, be it Beethoven, a child's rendition of Für Elise, Slayer or Stuck MoJo. Appreciate it and enjoy it - simply because you can.
Posted by: heroyalwhyness at May 09, 2007 10:44 PM (MAPKL)
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He Legrand: My crap has a higher IQ than you and all of the "members" of Slayer combined. Not only that, but I do about four ninety minute Bowflex sessions per week and could kick your ass clear through the next several decades. I compose classical music, BB brain.
/hyperbole
Ahem... Where was I? Oh, yeah...
Bernstein was actually quite conservative in some ways. Compositionally, he never abandoned tonality as did the vast majority of his peers. When asked about that in an interview once, he replied, "There's this thing called the overtone series." Since my book is about the musical implications of the overtone series, I use that quotation at the very beginning of it.
As far as his personality is concerned, well, I know some of his students personally, and he had some... ah... pecadillos.
/hyperbole
Ahem... Where was I? Oh, yeah...
Bernstein was actually quite conservative in some ways. Compositionally, he never abandoned tonality as did the vast majority of his peers. When asked about that in an interview once, he replied, "There's this thing called the overtone series." Since my book is about the musical implications of the overtone series, I use that quotation at the very beginning of it.
As far as his personality is concerned, well, I know some of his students personally, and he had some... ah... pecadillos.
Posted by: Hucbald at May 10, 2007 09:40 AM (fvz9M)
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I never dug atonal music. That and free-form jazz. I "get it" conceptually and musically. Its just boring, though. Its OK if you're studying it in a class, but it simply is not pleasing to the ear. The mind, yes. The ear, no.
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, etc. are pleasing to the ear and mind, making them more "accessible" and "durable," as Bernstein put it about Beethoven. Atonalism was a pseudo-rebellion against the traditional framework of overall tonalism in Western Music (and is fairly contemporary, reaching popularity throughout the mid-late 20th century). An someone like Ligeti, for example, might create an interesting experiment in atonal vocal music, creating shapes and textures with the SSAATTBB orchestrations, all with little or no emphasis on melody or tonality.
One of the cooler exceptions? Ives. That guy was awesome.
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, etc. are pleasing to the ear and mind, making them more "accessible" and "durable," as Bernstein put it about Beethoven. Atonalism was a pseudo-rebellion against the traditional framework of overall tonalism in Western Music (and is fairly contemporary, reaching popularity throughout the mid-late 20th century). An someone like Ligeti, for example, might create an interesting experiment in atonal vocal music, creating shapes and textures with the SSAATTBB orchestrations, all with little or no emphasis on melody or tonality.
One of the cooler exceptions? Ives. That guy was awesome.
Posted by: Good Lt at May 10, 2007 10:09 AM (yMbfY)
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My mom's Choral and Philharmonic Orchestra just did a great rendition of Beethovan No.9. It is a great piece of music and is one of the best written music pieces in history
Posted by: Stix at May 10, 2007 02:11 PM (KmQWN)
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