ElwoodBlues · M
supersnipe · 61-69, M
@ElwoodBlues Talking of jazz, how about Jacques Loussier's take on Bach?
supersnipe · 61-69, M
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A Swingle Singers Bach rendition followed by Arvo Part's Credo, he'd like that a lot I think.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Twenty minutes is very short. I wonder what he'd make of Romantic era music?
Or the symphonic British Light Music of the 1940-60s, much of it in suite form so individual movements will stand on their own crochets? (Some of those are familiar to us now as signature-tunes for various radio programmes.)
And of course, the orchestral music now being composed for films and video-games. (We might see this as the 21C descendant of, e.g., Felix Mendelssohn's incidental-music suite for performances of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream).
Those styles emphasise rich melody more than rather arithmetical structure, but I do think of the secular music from the Baroque (Bach's era) by the 'B'-words: big, bright, brassy, bouncy. Though I am not so keen on the harpsichord pieces from then: cascades of demi-semi-quavers on a piano are limpid, their structure clear; but on the harpsichord can become a muddy jingle-jangle to my ears. The instrument is better suited to simpler combinations of longer notes.
J.S. Bach might like Arvo Pert's Spiegel im Spiegel, or the vocalese passages from Max Richter's Sleep, for being a bit nearer to his beloved fugues.
He'd be impressed by the modern pianoforte and pipe-organ, and other instruments known to him but improved over the years since; though I'm not sure what he'd think about the cheaper synthesisers.
The most avant-garde of today's avant-garde would likely leave him cold, as it does me! He'd probably regard sampling as cheating - as do I.
Or the symphonic British Light Music of the 1940-60s, much of it in suite form so individual movements will stand on their own crochets? (Some of those are familiar to us now as signature-tunes for various radio programmes.)
And of course, the orchestral music now being composed for films and video-games. (We might see this as the 21C descendant of, e.g., Felix Mendelssohn's incidental-music suite for performances of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream).
Those styles emphasise rich melody more than rather arithmetical structure, but I do think of the secular music from the Baroque (Bach's era) by the 'B'-words: big, bright, brassy, bouncy. Though I am not so keen on the harpsichord pieces from then: cascades of demi-semi-quavers on a piano are limpid, their structure clear; but on the harpsichord can become a muddy jingle-jangle to my ears. The instrument is better suited to simpler combinations of longer notes.
J.S. Bach might like Arvo Pert's Spiegel im Spiegel, or the vocalese passages from Max Richter's Sleep, for being a bit nearer to his beloved fugues.
He'd be impressed by the modern pianoforte and pipe-organ, and other instruments known to him but improved over the years since; though I'm not sure what he'd think about the cheaper synthesisers.
The most avant-garde of today's avant-garde would likely leave him cold, as it does me! He'd probably regard sampling as cheating - as do I.
Deserthiker · 61-69, M
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Toccata and Fugue in D minor; is a favorite. And even on a glass harp instrument.
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What I would suggest?
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Yes play them together.
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What I would suggest?
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Yes play them together.
greensnacks · F
supersnipe · 61-69, M
20 minutes is not long, so il'll have to be snatches. Here's what I'd go for: Beethoven's Eroica, Camille Saint-Saens' Organ symphony, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Prokofiev's 5th Symphony. These would show how music changed over the 19th and 20th centuries as well as anything I can think of.
1490wayb · 56-60, M
chuck berry!!
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
Any kind of speed metal. I'm fully convinced those old classical geniuses would be fascinated with how fast people can play the guitar.
tenente · 36-40, M
a river in a secluded forest. it's always different but still the same. like his music.
val70 · 56-60
@ProfessorPlum77 Not very humble a reaction. I beg to differ to the man's character. But then again in this age of Trump who knows still the meaning of words. Like in red et al.
JRVanguard · 26-30, M
I was getting Bach and Beethoven confused so this was a very funny prompt
Hey Ladies by Beastie Boys is always my answer for this kinda question
And with the rest of the time with the Legendary Theme from Gitaroo Man
Hey Ladies by Beastie Boys is always my answer for this kinda question
And with the rest of the time with the Legendary Theme from Gitaroo Man
GoFish ·
i wouldn't impose
ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP
@GoFish 🤓
YMITheWayIM · 46-50, M
thepeculiarpanda · 36-40, M
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Bruja · F
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