tdc Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Anyone notice how Page throws a bit of Bourree in e minor by J.S. Bach into his guitar solo on Heartbreaker how the west was won version? Has anyone noticed that when questioned in an interview as to whether Page thinks of himself as a musical genius, he says something along the lines of 'that title should be reserved for the classical masters' (not an exact quote, but close). Or how Page has said he was influenced by the music of Gustav Mahler? Anyone ever noticed how Robert Plant once compared Page's musical contributions in rock as similar to those of Richard Wagner in classical? Or how Paul Mccartney has successfully composed in a classical style as well as Jon Lord from Deep Purple? Or that in his recent autobiography Eric Clapton says he listens to baroque, classical and opera music? Or how Randy Rhoads credited his inspiration for the 'Diary of a Madman' guitar riff to Leo Brouwer's simple study #6 for guitar? So that being said, any fans here? If so, who are your favorite composers? (Some of mine): J.S. Bach Joaquin Rodrigo Maurice Ravel Claude Debussy Gustav Mahler Antonio Vivaldi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeonblue Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 My favorites are: Sergei Rachmaninoff Pyotr Tchaikovsky Maurice Ravel Claude Debussy Franz Liszt Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven Hector Berlioz Béla Bartók... Well the list is very long.... Classical music is great, there are few music genres that have that power.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristan Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Modest Mussorgsky <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Beethoven Schubert Tchaikovsky Chopin I also love opera, especially Verdi and Wagner. But I don't buy into the belief that "classical" music is superior to other styles of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Hi tdc! Thank you for starting a thread on classical music! My mom actually got me into classical music! Some of my favourite composers are : Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leddy Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 My late Dad, Grandmother and my ex wife were all classical working musicians all their life, so have a love and appreciation of Orchestral music. Probably been to as many classical concerts as have Rock/metal/pop/ gigs. Mozart to me is probably the most beautiful of music, But having been to so many classical gigs in my youth I found a love and appreciation of Shostokovich. As a guitarist (primaraly electric) then old Bach and Pagganini are always a winner. But jeez they have all written epic stuff and Prokofiof (sorry bout spelling) and his version of Romeo and Juliet is epic stuff. Rock and Classical music can reach epic heights where as Jazz and pop have its good moments but never reach epic heights, they dont take you on journeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Dog_90 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Yes, of course. I love classical music. My favorite composers are: Ludwig Van Beethoven Johan Sebastian Bach Richard Wagner Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Frederic Chopin Johannes Brahms Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Franz Schubert George Frideric Handel Guiseppe Verdi Antonio Vivaldi Antonin Dvorak Joseph Haydn Richard Strauss Igor Stravinsky Edward Elgar Gustav Holst Sergei Rachmaninoff Carl Orff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ywyexv Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Beethoven,Grieg,Nietzsche to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austrian_zeppelin Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 any serious music lover who doesn't love/appreciate the genius of classical music is insane. People keep arguing about who the first rock star was - Elvis, Little Richard etc.....give me a break. People like Mozart and Paganini were going mental hundreds of years before that.... I love classical music and listen to it regularly...being austrian i was obviously at source for much of it (although a few years later) and things like the New Years Concert are part of my heritage and a fixture of my Jan 1st routine no matter where in the world I am.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betteremily Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Rock and Classical music can reach epic heights where as Jazz and pop have its good moments but never reach epic heights, they dont take you on journeys. So true. I think Zeppelin and Floyd came closest to those epic heights that Classical music has to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Dog_90 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I forgot to add Niccolo Paganini. One of the greatest violinists of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Rider Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Rimsky-Korsakov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenguitar Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 So true. I think Zeppelin and Floyd came closest to those epic heights that Classical music has to offer. Wrong, pop music can reach musical heights, and by pop music I mean the real pop music, not Madonna and Mickael Jackson, the "pop" you hear in the supermarkets.By pop music I mean A Day in the life , eleanor rigby, dear prudence, the Abbey Road medley by The Beatles; Elton John and Bernie Taupin in the seventies with albums such as Goodbye Yellow Brick road and Captain Fantastic(Someone saved my life tonight is a masterpiece). The songs below show you that pop music can reach musical heights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lXOuZgm_eY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR7a0Gm379E&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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