Greatest Musicians or Composers before 1900?
01-09-20, 11:51 PM
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Greatest Musicians or Composers before 1900?
With the turn of the decade, seeing many "best of 2000s" lists and opinions, I thought this might be interesting. Maybe your opinion will have someone give your favorite a listen. The 1800's will have the most to draw upon...Maybe it's a stupid thread 
1. Mozart
2. Beethoven
3. Tchaikovskyi
4. Bach
5. Arthur Sullivan
6. Richard Wagner
7. Chopin
8. Haydn
9. Brahms
10. Bizet
1. Mozart
2. Beethoven
3. Tchaikovskyi
4. Bach
5. Arthur Sullivan
6. Richard Wagner
7. Chopin
8. Haydn
9. Brahms
10. Bizet
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Hokeyboy (01-10-20)
01-10-20, 12:18 PM
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Sounds like a credit score app.
01-10-20, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by JackoOnHisBacko
I'm partial to Chopin and Liszt.
01-10-20, 03:30 PM
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I'm far from an authority on classical music even though I grew up surrounded by it, but I'm very fond of the two Schus, Schubert and Schumann, particularly the former. Schubert is responsible for a number of the most moving piano sonatas ever composed.
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01-10-20, 04:57 PM
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Re: Greatest Musicians or Composers before 1900?
My first thought was Rachmaninoff as a double-threat composer and pianist, but the bulk of his work was after 1900. 
01-10-20, 09:47 PM
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I can't deny any of the big name masters, but Berlioz, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff are essential to me. For some reason, I'm drawn to both the Baroque and Romantic periods. I love my sturm and drang, but damn Vivaldi and Bach are undeniably exquisite.
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01-10-20, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by davidh777
My first thought was Rachmaninoff as a double-threat composer and pianist, but the bulk of his work was after 1900.
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01-11-20, 07:02 PM
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You can't forget Johan Strauss II and his waltzes. The Strauss musical dynasty dominated popular 19th Century music halls in Europe.
01-12-20, 10:47 AM
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Re: Greatest Musicians or Composers before 1900?
Originally Posted by Norm de Plume
I'm far from an authority on classical music even though I grew up surrounded by it, but I'm very fond of the two Schus, Schubert and Schumann, particularly the former. Schubert is responsible for a number of the most moving piano sonatas ever composed.
Liszt would fit the Rachmaninoff profile of composer and virtuoso performer, but I know only a few of his compositions.
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Originally Posted by Three Day Delay
I'm ao happy there aome other listeners! I don't disagree with any comments.
04-01-20, 02:37 PM
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Re: Greatest Musicians or Composers before 1900?
Originally Posted by Norm de Plume
I'm far from an authority on classical music even though I grew up surrounded by it, but I'm very fond of the two Schus, Schubert and Schumann, particularly the former. Schubert is responsible for a number of the most moving piano sonatas ever composed.
04-12-20, 12:48 AM
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Re: Greatest Musicians or Composers before 1900?
Richard Wagner (pronounced vaugner)
Favorite:
Siegfried's Funeral Music from the Opera Gotterdammerung
As used in the 1981 John Boorman film Excalibur
Favorite:
Siegfried's Funeral Music from the Opera Gotterdammerung
As used in the 1981 John Boorman film Excalibur
Last edited by Eye Candy; 04-28-20 at 09:30 PM.
04-12-20, 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Norm de Plume
I'm far from an authority on classical music even though I grew up surrounded by it, but I'm very fond of the two Schus, Schubert and Schumann, particularly the former. Schubert is responsible for a number of the most moving piano sonatas ever composed.
If the YouTube description is accurate, Schumann wrote all of these (and then some) in a few days. I'll can't imagine how someone can write these pieces, at all, and doing so, in a few days, is unfathomable.
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04-12-20, 04:09 PM
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^I love Kinderszenen, and Horowitz is such a delight. The sincerity and concentration of his performance is deeply moving to me.
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04-12-20, 08:34 PM
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Before 1900 probably means no Holst or Stravinsky...
1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Ludwig von Beethoven
3. Niccolo Paganini
4. Johann Sebastian Bach
5. Sergei Rachmanimoff
6. Antonio Vivaldi
7. Giacomo Puccini
8. Giuseppe Verdi
9. Pyotr Tchaikovsky
10. Franz Liszt
1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Ludwig von Beethoven
3. Niccolo Paganini
4. Johann Sebastian Bach
5. Sergei Rachmanimoff
6. Antonio Vivaldi
7. Giacomo Puccini
8. Giuseppe Verdi
9. Pyotr Tchaikovsky
10. Franz Liszt
