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Interesting that Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 was voted to the number two spot . . .
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World's Greatest Music: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, voted # 1
by compound complex 24 Replies latest jw friends
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compound complex
In the top 100, the composers most represented were Beethoven, Mozart, Bach. No pieces by Haydn, Schumann or Liszt. Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" was bumped totally. Beethoven's 9th made the #1 spot twelve out of fourteen years of this contest's duration.
Massenet's "Meditation" [Thais] made the biggest jump, from #90 last year to #30 this year.
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Oubliette
My favorite is Bach's St. Matthew's Passion. It's very moving emotionally.
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compound complex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-miQ6_FTtN0
Thanks, Oubliette!
Ten minutes here, not 3 hours-plus.
CC
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It's never really wise guage anything by popular opinion...
“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”
― Albert Einstein
Revelation 14:18
All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.
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EMINEM has 80,744,467 million current fans on his Facebook page and his tune 'Monster' has had 63,742,969 million views in a single month. That's a population almost the size of France 'liking' his songs each month.
I doubt there is a classical tune on earth that can put a scratch let alone a dent in any of these stats.
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JeffT
I got to hear the Ninth at the Seattle Symphony two years ago at Christmas. What a great night.
I doubt there is a classical tune on earth that can put a scratch let alone a dent in any of these stats.
If people are still listening to Eminem two hundred years from now, you can have that debate with somebody.
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In sevreal hundred years I'm not sure we will be listening to Beehoven either.. the same way we are not listeing to popular Assyrian, Babylonian or Persian music. I'm sure they had their pop stars and genius composers too.
Even more recently.. do we even remember these folks?
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scotoma
Why the attack on classical music?
People who are willing to rank their favorite classical pieces probably have an appreciation for that music.
When I played in symphony orchestra I enjoyed Beethoven because I could experience the intricacies. But I get sleepy listening to it at a concert.
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Who is attacking? Do you see an alternate view as an attack? That's quite revealing. Residue from your past maybe?
The title of this thread is "Worlds Greatest Music", Not "Worlds Greatest Classical Music." Correct me if I am mistaken but the discussion is not what we listen to personally or what's out favourite music but what is the Worlds Greatest.
I adore classical music. I have a music collection of over 170,000 albums and have been collecting for over 30 years. About a 3rd of it is classical music. I have seen some of the greatest classical performances by some of the greatest musicians on earth. Bach and Mozart feature heavily at the top of my list.
I have also been a professional musician and teacher on and off going on 25 years now of every genre of music.
But sorry in terms of sheer popularity EMINEM kicks most of their behinds.