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Poll Question: Wich is your favorite era of classical music?
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Points: 8628 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2011 at 21:40
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Whichever era you plug Debussy in.  He was Medieval, right? Tongue  I don't know if they are generally accepted as classical but I really like Reich and Glass.  Hackett's done some good stuff, more will come to mind.  Rypdal... I'll cast the first vote for 21st.
Debussy's music was written in the late 19th and early 20th Century-he has been called a "Musical Impressionist", his music coinciding with the movement in painting known as Impressionism. Also  could be seen as an early Modern composer-kind of a connection between the late Romantics from the tale end of the 19th Century, and music that was written after Debussy (I think he died around 1919)
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Alan Hovhaness and Edgard Varese are my most listened to "Classical Music" followed by Stravinsky.  So I have to say 20th century.  I like the earlier periods but some times they sound a little too.... I don't know...like they're predictable and bland. Sometimes they even sound like exercises for practice. (This is opinion, don't yell at me)
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Points: 8138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2011 at 16:11
Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Whichever era you plug Debussy in.  He was Medieval, right? Tongue  I don't know if they are generally accepted as classical but I really like Reich and Glass.  Hackett's done some good stuff, more will come to mind.  Rypdal... I'll cast the first vote for 21st.
Debussy's music was written in the late 19th and early 20th Century-he has been called a "Musical Impressionist", his music coinciding with the movement in painting known as Impressionism. Also  could be seen as an early Modern composer-kind of a connection between the late Romantics from the tale end of the 19th Century, and music that was written after Debussy (I think he died around 1919)
 
did you notice that the overture of Renaissance's song "at the harbour" is borrowed from Debussy's "la cathédrale engloutie" ?
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Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Whichever era you plug Debussy in.  He was Medieval, right? Tongue  I don't know if they are generally accepted as classical but I really like Reich and Glass.  Hackett's done some good stuff, more will come to mind.  Rypdal... I'll cast the first vote for 21st.
Debussy's music was written in the late 19th and early 20th Century-he has been called a "Musical Impressionist", his music coinciding with the movement in painting known as Impressionism. Also  could be seen as an early Modern composer-kind of a connection between the late Romantics from the tale end of the 19th Century, and music that was written after Debussy (I think he died around 1919)
 
did you notice that the overture of Renaissance's song "at the harbour" is borrowed from Debussy's "la cathédrale engloutie" ?

So many things are being borrowed in prog. The beginning  and some other parts of "The Three Tongues" from Mother Gong's album "Fairy Tales" is taken from Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro For Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet", for example.  Here the Ravel tune:

And here the Mother Gong tune, in two parts:



An album which I fully recommend. It is way too little known, but it should be in everyone's collection, in my honest opinion.


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The french school (Ravel, Debussy, Chausson) has my preference, however
i don't dislike a little english romantism from time to time:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbcuteYm-EA

Edited by oliverstoned - March 31 2011 at 04:58
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