| ▲ | reactordev 7 hours ago |
| That’s debatable. Mozart was good too. But my real OG is Camille Saint-Saens. You want dark and moody? Light and fluffy? Dazzles and sparkles? He’s your man. |
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| ▲ | kulahan 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I think from a technical perspective, this is basically still true about Bach. It's not to say he has the most enjoyable music to listen to, but rather his music is built in a way that shows he was basically metagaming his music harder than anyone else ever has. |
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| ▲ | stevage 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Why do you say metagaming? Did he really advance the art so far? I think he was just incredibly good at producing music within his specific parameters. (Said as a huge fan of his work. I spent a year playing essentially nothing but one of his fugues.) | | |
| ▲ | Ericson2314 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yeah he did hugely advance it. This didn't really get noticed in his own day, as they were busy dumbing things down into the classical period, but he was hugely influencial through rediscovery. Except for Italian humanists rediscovering Greek and Roman writings, I'm having a hard time thinking of an earlier instance of a chiefly posthumous legacy. |
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| ▲ | cons0le 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Nah Bach shits on Mozart. Mozart make extremely catchy music like Justin Beiber. I seriously do love mozart, but he merely wrote music. Bach weaved math into his music more than anyone before or after. His music sounds dense and more multi dimensional than mozart or saint saens. It really doesn't sound like he was trying to write beautiful music ( even though it is ) , it sounds like he was solving an equation and just writing out the answers as a harmonic sequence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmsNH8t25ck - This guy is like 95 and still shredding on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1xJoVzoIQg |
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| ▲ | reactordev 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | See, music isn’t just math, it’s feel. I guess that’s why I dislike him the way I do. It’s too robotic. Truth is, they were ALL Justin Bieber. It’s all pop music of the time. | | |
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| ▲ | cons0le 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Ahh yes, so robotic https://youtu.be/_1xJoVzoIQg?list=RD_1xJoVzoIQg Also they were not all justin beiber. Bach was a working church musician when mozart was out touring europe getting drunk and shitting on women. Only one of them was in it for the fame. In fact you could say that mozart and liszt were 2 of the first "pop stars" because that archetype didn't exist before them. There was basically no "beatlesmania" over bach. He had a steady job, but he didn't die wealthy or famous. | | |
| ▲ | cybrox 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Did not expect one of the most unhinged discussions on HN to start over classical music but aight. | | |
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| ▲ | dabluecaboose 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Danse macabre is a true masterpiece. Incredible composer. |
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| ▲ | stevage 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I don't care for Mozart but Saint Saens yes. The second movement of the organ symphony is utterly sublime. By a ridiculous stroke of luck I got to perform that piece as soloist once. Unforgettable. |
