Come on, you guys. We have hip-hop, we have screamo and punk. Where is the love for symphonies? You know, those ancient compositions from the times of Beethoven that were the great-great-great-grandfathers of anything you love today.
I have always been in love with the merging of so many parts into a coherent musical tune. Anyone who can get multiple pieces to work as one in a way that still transfixes audiences hundreds of years later is worthy of at least a thread in the Music Section of Wrestlezone Forums.
Maybe it's the flawed idea that only uppity, rich, old people like symphonies. I dunno. But I'm going to work towards changing that idea with this thread. I'll probably end up becoming a post ****e that Xfear needs to carpet bomb with infractions, but it's for a bigger idea, dammit.
So. I'm going to start everyone off with a relatively famous symphony master. Beethoven.
Beethoven is regarded as one of the most influential composers of Western Classical music. His compositional career can be broken apart into three different periods; Early, Middle, and Late.
The Early period had Beethoven being strongly influenced Mozart. He wrote many different pieces; including piano sonatas and concertos, six string quartets, and his first and second symphonies.
Now onto Beethoven's Middle, or Heroic, period. Beethoven went all deaf during this period, but he was probably one of those 1 in 2000 people that have perfect pitch. At any rate, he conducted many large scale works that depict struggle. That makes sense, considering he's fucking going deaf while he's writing them.
At any rate, he writes Symphonies 3-8 during this period, along with his last three piano concertos, his Triple and Violin concerto, String Concertos number 7-11, several piano sonatas, the Kreutzer violin sonata, and his only Opera; Fidelio. His Midnight sonata is one of the most famous pieces written by Beethoven.
Now on to his period known as Beethoven's Late period. His works from this period are known for a highly personal expression, their depth, and the innovations through out his works.
He wrote his Ninth Symphony, his last three piano sonatas, the last quartets, and the Diabelli Variations during this period.
So. How do you feel about Beethoven? Any artists you think deserve some love from the Razorback next go around? Stake your claim.
I have always been in love with the merging of so many parts into a coherent musical tune. Anyone who can get multiple pieces to work as one in a way that still transfixes audiences hundreds of years later is worthy of at least a thread in the Music Section of Wrestlezone Forums.
Maybe it's the flawed idea that only uppity, rich, old people like symphonies. I dunno. But I'm going to work towards changing that idea with this thread. I'll probably end up becoming a post ****e that Xfear needs to carpet bomb with infractions, but it's for a bigger idea, dammit.
So. I'm going to start everyone off with a relatively famous symphony master. Beethoven.
Beethoven is regarded as one of the most influential composers of Western Classical music. His compositional career can be broken apart into three different periods; Early, Middle, and Late.
The Early period had Beethoven being strongly influenced Mozart. He wrote many different pieces; including piano sonatas and concertos, six string quartets, and his first and second symphonies.
Beethoven's 2nd Symphony
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[youtube]CZTNoYugUWQ[/youtube]
Now onto Beethoven's Middle, or Heroic, period. Beethoven went all deaf during this period, but he was probably one of those 1 in 2000 people that have perfect pitch. At any rate, he conducted many large scale works that depict struggle. That makes sense, considering he's fucking going deaf while he's writing them.
At any rate, he writes Symphonies 3-8 during this period, along with his last three piano concertos, his Triple and Violin concerto, String Concertos number 7-11, several piano sonatas, the Kreutzer violin sonata, and his only Opera; Fidelio. His Midnight sonata is one of the most famous pieces written by Beethoven.
Beethoven's Midnight Sonata
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[youtube]vQVeaIHWWck[/youtube]
Now on to his period known as Beethoven's Late period. His works from this period are known for a highly personal expression, their depth, and the innovations through out his works.
He wrote his Ninth Symphony, his last three piano sonatas, the last quartets, and the Diabelli Variations during this period.
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
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[youtube]YAOTCtW9v0M[/youtube]
So. How do you feel about Beethoven? Any artists you think deserve some love from the Razorback next go around? Stake your claim.