Favorite time period?

[Vulgivagus hagiographus]

Let's see if I can figure out this poll thingy...

It's a tough call, but I think I'll settle with Baroque.

 

[JesseRaymondBassett]

I voted Classical. Because I like their music back then.

 

[nicodemus]

I voted contemporary. Before everybody runs scared in the opposite direction, there are plenty of modern composers that compose deeply religious music in a tonal style!

 

[ps139]

I need some education here....
I do not know the difference, musically. I can tell the difference with art but with music I am lost.
Can you give some examples of music from each period?
Grazie

 

[nicodemus]

I need some education here....
I do not know the difference, musically. I can tell the difference with art but with music I am lost.
Can you give some examples of music from each period?
Grazie

baroque: Bach, Vivaldi
classical: Haydn, Mozart
romantic: late Beethoven, Tchaikovsky
"contemporary" (which really needs to be renamed because it seems to cover about the last 100 years or so): Stravinsky, Debussy, Part, Tavener, Reich, Glass

 

[Vulgivagus hagiographus]

I was thinking the Impressionist period would sort of divide up the Contemporary category. Some people put them together, some don't. I way I was thinking, Debussy would be under Impressionist.

 

[nicodemus]

I was thinking the Impressionist period would sort of divide up the Contemporary category. Some people put them together, some don't. I way I was thinking, Debussy would be under Impressionist.

You're right, I didn't see that they were seperated. I tend to put them all together, because most people only consider there to be a few impressionists composers (Debussy & Satie), sometimes Ravel gets put in with them, but I think it's mainly because he's french. a lot of what Toru Takemitsu did is more impressionistic than Ravel to me.

 

[datan]

I like Romantic music. I can't stand for Baroque or classical. too formulaic and repetitive for my taste. I admire Beethoven for his genius. No one and no one comes close to what he did. Indeed, we can almost divide classical music into pre-and post- Beethoven.

 

[datan]

I need some education here....
I do not know the difference, musically. I can tell the difference with art but with music I am lost.
Can you give some examples of music from each period?
Grazie

baroque music -- small orchestra, harpsicord, relatively free form, relatively thin texture, mainly strings, usually related to sacred music
classical music-- larger and richer orchestra, more strings, piano takes over, more structured and stricter forms (sonatas, themes and variation etc.)
romantic music--beethoven mainly threw all the rules out the window. more complex pieces with themes interlinked between movements, form begins to break down (rondo? sonata ronda?).


for example, Mozart's music is usually relatively 'light' and easy to listen to. there's very little emotions involved (but I like his requiem though). Usually he's trying to get across how brilliant he is with his witty music and the musical jokes he plays on you (when you think the music is going in some direction he pulls it out from under you and catches you unaware). Hadyn is more serious but jokes in a different way.

romantic music -- here's where we really start getting into emotive pieces ie. pieces that can really evoke the emotions. Beethoven's Violin concerto; Beethoven's Triple Concerto; Beethoven's Emperor (piano) concerto.
then there are the 'grand' pieces--Beethoven's symphonies 3 (eroica), 5 (da-da-da-dum), 6 (pastoral), 9th (too famous), Mahler's symphonies.

Oh also the piano sonatas. way more complex than those in the baroque/classical era. For piano music you have Schumann, Debussy, Schubert, Chopin.

well, the bottom line is you have to hear it to recognise it.
Go listen to Mozart's symphonies and one of the great symphonies from Beethoven. Compare their piano concertos. It's a world apart.

 

[datan]

I voted contemporary. Before everybody runs scared in the opposite direction, there are plenty of modern composers that compose deeply religious music in a tonal style!

only proplem is that often really good composers are truly ahead of their time. No one appreciates them until they are dead and gone.

 

[nicodemus]

only proplem is that often really good composers are truly ahead of their time. No one appreciates them until they are dead and gone.

I guess I'm a listener ahead of his time

 

[ps139]

Thanks for those explanations guys!
I guess its good that I voted for Romantic cause thats what I like best.

I also like Nickolai Rimsky Korsakov, especially the Schehezerade. I saw the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra perform this and I fell in love with it. Best orchestral piece I've heard live so far. (Except maybe Ride of the Valkyries )
What period would Rimsky Korsakov be in?
Thanks.

 

[nicodemus]

Rimsky-Korsakov would be in the romantic period. Check out his symphony no. 2 "Antar." It's an incredible piece of music, also look into the "Russian Easter Festival Overture" if you haven't heard it.

Glad to see I'm not the only person on CF that likes Phish!

 

[datan]

yeah ride of the valkyries is solidly romantic.

 

[ps139]

Rimsky-Korsakov would be in the romantic period. Check out his symphony no. 2 "Antar." It's an incredible piece of music, also look into the "Russian Easter Festival Overture" if you haven't heard it.

I will try to get both of them.

Glad to see I'm not the only person on CF that likes Phish!

Always glad to meet a fellow phan! Hey, if you haven't voted yet, vote Phish in the battle of the bands we are holding. http://www.christianforums.com/t154257

 

[LynneClomina]

what time period would Bellini or Donizetti fall into? THAT"S the sound i like!

 

[chaelsworld0o]

Renaissance and comtemporary are my favorite!

 

[UberLutheran]

My favorite period is medieval/early Renaissance, so that would include composers such as Hildegard of Bingen, Philip de Vitry, Alfonso X, Gilles Binchois, John Dunstaple, and Guillaume Dufay. Anybody who says that music was "naive" really ought to take a look at a score from that period: those folks knew EXACTLY what they were doing, and came up with some really remarkable achievements!

As far as pieces of music -- I have favorite pieces of music all the way from 1100 C.E. to the late 20th century, and everything in between. I may love the "Canciones de la Virgen Maria" by Alfonso X; but I also love the late Beethoven piano sonatas, the chamber music of Brahms, the piano music of Ravel, and the choral works of Arvo Pärt.

 

[jazzbird]

I have favorites from all different periods, but I voted for the Romantics since Brahms is my all time favorite composer.

 

[the Colonel]

Baroque is definitely my favorite type of Classical music. Simple and elegant. I absolutely love the trumpet concertos and the classical guitar from that era as well.

Mozart is my favorite composer.