learsfool
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| Jazz for aficionados Hello again, O-10. Now to explain more about the doublers. Let's take the first four woodwind books in your Phantom list. Woodwind 1 is Flute and Piccolo. Yes, this is technically two instruments, so it is a double. However, all piccolo playe... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10: here is your question: "If this music was written out, do you think the classical musicians could play it, and make the music sound as though it wasn't faked?" I must admit to being a little puzzled here, especially by the second half ... | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only oops - if we are talking American composers since 1940, Lou Harrison and Elliot Carter should not be left out - their works can be found on vinyl as well. | |
| Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only A few other American composers you could add to that list would be Roy Harris, Walter Piston, Carl Ruggles. The quintessential American composer for me, however, is Charles Ives. The Concord Sonata is 1939, if that is close enough. If not, then... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi Schubert - as Frogman said, the progress the Asian countries in general have made with Western music is very impressive over the past few decades - it is not specific to Korea in particular (though my Korean sister-in-law would say they are the... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10. Well, I am sorry that I took a jest so seriously, then, though I confess I still am not sure what you were referring to. To answer your question on pit musicians being unbelievable: really the only thing very different about some of th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hi O-10 - I must say, that is a very interesting definition of jazz, and I would like to hear what the Frogman thinks of it. The definition of music is a very basic and good one, too. I am constantly telling my private horn students that music i... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Uh, wow! There have been some very bizarre posts here today, to say the least. Frogman has done a pretty good job rebutting Rok's oddball post of his five points - one out of five ain't bad, as he said. Numbers 1 and 2 are both completely ridic... | |
| What is your favorite Mozart symphony? Yes, sometimes it is very difficult for professional musicians to turn off the critical side of themselves when listening to music. Fortunately, I can usually do this when I am sitting down to listen for pleasure, in the sense that I don't necessa... | |
| What is your favorite Mozart symphony? Hi Schubert - let me clarify something I said. I did not mean that Schubert's Piano Sonatas are not great - they are! I meant that they do not show that seeming ease of composition we are speaking of with Mozart, and with Schubert's own songs. Sch... | |
| What is your favorite Mozart symphony? Hi Schubert - Brahms is an interesting case. Unlike most composers, one must remember that he literally tore up half of what he wrote. So yes, what is left is the very well crafted stuff. He was very careful to destroy anything he did which he fel... | |
| What is your favorite Mozart symphony? Hi Schubert - I guess what I meant to ask, but didn't, is what is your personal criteria for genius that only Mozart and Schubert fit? Or fit all of, as the case probably is? | |
| What is your favorite Mozart symphony? Hi Schubert - yes, I also love those early Haydn symphonies you mentioned. Your post about geniuses, on the other hand....OK, I agree with Mozart, and perhaps Schubert. But Mendelssohn?? Child prodigy, yes. However, his later output never quite ma... | |
| What is your favorite Mozart symphony? Interesting that no one has so far mentioned the "Little" G Minor symphony, #25. Definitely one of my favorites, along with the last six. A favorite Haydn symphony thread would be interesting. I'll start that discussion off with #48, the Maria The... | |
| Diminishing hearing ability? Al is correct - I also have had wax removed by a doctor a couple of times over the last three years. One thing you do NOT want to do, though, is try to remove it yourself with a Q-tip. Look up remedies for "swimmer's ear" if you want to find out a... |