Your Favorite Era of Classical Music

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   For all the numerous classical fans out there. Sorry for the mess between ''the best'' and ''your favorite''.

Edited by The_Jester - March 05 2011 at 22:25

Poll Question: Wich is your favorite era of classical music?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Medieval	2	[5.56%]
Renaissance	1	[2.78%]
Baroque	5	[13.89%]
Classical	3	[8.33%]
Romantic	10	[27.78%]
20th Century	11	[30.56%]
Contemporary	3	[8.33%]
21st Century	1	[2.78%]
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The_Jester Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 29 2010 Status: Offline Points: 741	Topic: Your Favorite Era of Classical Music Posted: March 02 2011 at 09:14
	For all the numerous classical fans out there. Sorry for the mess between ''the best'' and ''your favorite''. Edited by The_Jester - March 05 2011 at 22:25
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Moogtron III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616	Posted: March 02 2011 at 10:38
	The best: I voted classical, because that gave us Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn and Schubert, four of the best composers, Bach and Händel do make the baroque an important period. Still, it's hard to tell, bacause Wagner, Brahms, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and all the numerous well known romantic composers do give the romantic period a lot of importance. But my favourite period is the romantic period.

Vompatti Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: October 22 2005 Location: elsewhere Status: Offline Points: 67407	Posted: March 02 2011 at 10:48
	I don't know about the "best", but most of my favourites are from the early 20th century.

thellama73 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 29 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8368	Posted: March 02 2011 at 10:48
	There is no "best" period; they all contain wonderful music. My favorite period, however, is the romantic period, because it contains such inspiring visionaries as Franz Liszt, Hector Berlioz, Richard Wagner and Felix Mendelssohn.


Prog Geo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 09 2010 Location: Athens (Greece) Status: Offline Points: 2555	Posted: March 02 2011 at 11:06
	I voted Baroque because maybe is my favorite kind of classical music.But I like very much sound-mass music.
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Henry Plainview Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 26 2008 Location: Declined Status: Offline Points: 16715	Posted: March 02 2011 at 12:12
	What is the difference between contemporary and 21st century music? :S I have to say Romantic/20th century for me, although I haven't heard enough 20th century classical to really vote for it.
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The T Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493	Posted: March 02 2011 at 12:35
	There is no "best" era. In fact, without the previous eras none of them would have happened. Music history is one of constant development. It seems to have halted a little in the 21st century but it's still changing. My favorite era should be the romantic or post-romantic era (including Beethoven, Bruckner, Brahms, etc) plus post-romantic in nationalist schools (like Mussorgsky o Tchaikovsky or Dvorak or Sibelius) plus post-romantics who composed in the 20th century (Shostakovich), but one glance at my cd collection tells me I should go for baroque. I have around 180 cds between just Bach and Handel. Vivaldi, Telemann, Scarlatti, Purcell and others add a little to the collection. I should choose baroque but it's mostly based on two composers. The music, though, is great. Though the magnificent structures and thematic odysseys of later music make me doubt. What's clear is that, Bach and Handel aside, the symphony is my favorite form. Though I like everything. Totally unclear post


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	Contemporary for me. Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Kryzstof Penderecki and Zoe Keating are my favorite composers.
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spookytooth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 06 2008 Location: Atlanta, Ga Status: Offline Points: 438	Posted: March 02 2011 at 13:01
	Romantic Era music is my favorite, followed by 20th century classical (which contains my favorite composer, Dmitri Shostakovitch).
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presdoug Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8628	Posted: March 02 2011 at 22:36
	My favourite period is the romantic, or to be more precise, the Late Romantics like Bruckner, Richard Strauss, Elgar, Brahms, Mahler

Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65271	Posted: March 02 2011 at 22:52
	one friggin vote for 20th century? Ives, Schoenberg, Honegger, Webern, Prokofiev, Bartok, Gershwin .. c'mon!

Noak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 04 2009 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 544	Posted: March 03 2011 at 00:46
	Voted 20th Century because that is where my interest in classical music starts, and then it moves forward for the most part. But of course there are great composers from the other eras too.

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	20th century for me. Romantic damn close second.
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	Can't decide but thanks for the names of those eras.
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	19th and 20th Century is my fav period

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The Dark Elf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: February 01 2011 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 13065	Posted: March 03 2011 at 05:10
	Vivaldi and Bach for me.
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	Romantic, in particular close to turn of the century Romantic, and Russian. Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff. But Dvorak is great too. I tend to like the wistful composition of the Russians and eastern Europeans. The Germans, Austrians, Hungarians and all are good but it doesn't mean as much to me. We play a lot of John Dowland in my guitar ensemble. It's awwright, but gets old by the 4th piece for sure.
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The T Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493	Posted: March 03 2011 at 11:48
	Renaissance and earlier music tends to get old quickly...


BaldJean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 28 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10387	Posted: March 03 2011 at 13:55
	I don't really have a favorite era; there is good music from all eras. Johann Sebastian Bach is my favorite composer, and I also very much like the music of Barbara Strozzi who is sadly way too little known; she deserves a lot more attention. but that does not make the Baroque my favorite era. for those to whom the name Barbara Strozzi means nothing, listen to these examples: her melody lines were extraordinary and ahead of her time Edited by BaldJean - March 03 2011 at 16:09
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