Come on. Most of us enjoy Classical music to some degree, but there has to be someone who writes 'art music' who you personally don't care much for. Talk about them here, perhaps? 

For me, one name immediately comes to mind: Johann Strauss II. Seriously. His music really irritates me. I don't understand why pieces such as The Blue Danube and Tales from the Vienna Woods are so popular and successful. I realize he focuses on 'light music' mainly, but I enjoy waltzes and the like. But I honestly can't take Strauss. In fact, I always have to mute that part of A Space Odyssey, it grates so much on my nerves.

So, anybody else who bothers you as much as good ol' Strauss does me? 

As for the other guys, I haven't listened to them, I don't believe. But if you and I see eye-to-eye on Strauss, then I'd be afraid to even try them out. 

Thanks for taking the time to post in my thread. I appreciate it. 

Well, granted. But I wasn't really trying to compare them, I was just saying which guy's music I personally like listening to more. 

 I deleted that post after all, as you can see. 

Come on Jim! You know the forum better than that!

 

Gustav Mahler or Antonio Vivaldi  e.g. aren´t my cup of tea too. But this is only a peak of glacier, spectrum of classical music is very, very wide...

 

The music is not anti- semetic and he is not banned from Israel music halls.

And to describe his music as bombastic without adding that his music is also serene, ethereal and beautiful is a mistake.

I love Morse.

If I were talking about Thus Spake Zarathustra, I would have called it that. Nice attempt at calling me out, though. Actually, no, it was pretty weak. 

lol, yup! I created this thread to vent your opinions, nothing more.

I think you were mocking me in that initial post, though. But it doesn't really matter, since I never said I had any good reason to hate Strauss other than personal taste. That;s kind of the point of the thread. 

Come on people.......pay attention!

Well, that's GOOD to KNOW!

Sorry, but you made a very ridiculous assumption, so I called you out on it. Most of the time, I'm laying it on thick intentionally to try and be humorous, but hardly anybody here seems to understand that, and I make enemies. 

The fact that you care enough about what I say to even bother attempting to cut me down shows me how much you actually invest in internet conversation. Yes, you could say I'm doing the same thing, but remember, you spoke out first. You attempted to correct me over a 'mistake' that I didn't even make. So yes, I'm going to make sure everybody knows what a ridiculous post you made, but not in an intentionally antagonizing way. I'm dumber than most people on here, no doubt. I'm sure my worst mistakes on here are yet to come. So, try not to take what I say so personally.

 My suggestion to you would be to lighten up, realize this is just for fun, and take it all in stride. Once I figured that out, I became a lot less of a hot-head on here. (Although granted, sometimes I still get angry for real, but those instances become fewer and fewer all the time.)

Hope you're having a good day.

And oh yeah, Johann Strauss II still sucks. In my opinion.  I couldn't say what i think of Richard Strauss, since I don't believe I've ever heard his work. But perhaps I'll give him a try someday.

Richard Strauss composed Also Sprach Zarathustra.

Both appear in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Also Sprach Zarathustra is sometimes referred to as 2001: A Space Odyssey.

2001 is the greatest movie ever made.

END OF STORY

Not by anyone I've spoken too.

Normally its "that music in 2001"

 

As you imply I get straussed out by the whole of the 19th century Strauss clan's music (the 20th century Richard Strauss, is the exception), waltzes and all.

 

 

Mozart I've persisted with but find little to grab me, especially compared with other majors such as  Beethoven - but Haydn  is also one I avoid, so perhaps this is an end of the 18th century thing, rather than the beginning of the 19th.

 

 

WRT 2001, Blue Danube works on the big cinema screen as that PanAm spacecraft docking with the space wheel, but on the small screen the fact that  wheel "waltzing" through space is greatly diminished. Perhaps  the Ligeti seems far more appropriate  and intergral music for adding some tension to the hyperspace ride, especially  having viewed the film several times on the smaller screen.

Do you understand why commercial music today is so popular and successful?  Might actually be for similar reasons.

I'm not so much into classical music, but I can agree here...

It's also sometimes referred to as Xenosaga III.

Well, that shows my novice Classical knowledge, then. I had no idea that other piece was Richard Strauss. Now it makes a little more sense why there was confusion on trademark's part. 

I guess that means I like Richard Strauss, then. 

No thanks.

Please don't  presume people haven't heard a good version its extremely patronizing.

Now you're patronizing me....again!
 

I never said anything of the sort. I simply said I can't stand Johann Strauss II as a composer. Why is everybody assuming that there must be some other factor? Why aren't I allowed to think that Johann Strauss II wrote crappy music? Is Classical music some kind of sacred thing that nobody is allowed to criticize on certain points?

I love Rock music, but that doesn't mean I have to adore every Rock band that ever existed. Sheesh. 

Bach

Beethoven

Mozart

Wagner

By the way, please stop saying Also Sprach Zarathustra is "also known" as 2001:Space Odyssey. The work's ral and only name is Also Sprach Zarathustra, a tone poem composed by Richard Strauss. 2001: A Space Odyssey is a movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. Whoever knows a little about cinema and/or music will never refer to the music that opens the symphonic poem as "2001". 

Thank you.

Much obliged. 

 

accuracy is impotent? 

 

wow, that's a profound statement.

Agreed on Schoenberg. Also, I don't get Bartok. Usually I like eastern European folk composers, but I just can't get into his pieces. 

Just bantering