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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on this date January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
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He was a master. I liked the movie too.
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Why the term "throwing pearls before swine" come to mind?
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Aw come on - just because a lot of red-necks hang out here - doesn't mean we can't appreciate Mozart.
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I always preferred Wagner myself especially the "Ride of the Valkyries".
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And that was BEFORE the movie "Apocalypse Now"!!!
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Mozart had 14 children - his organ didn't have any stops.
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Mozart had 14 children - his organ didn't have any stops. Gives new meaning to "rock me Amadeus"
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Always preferred Beethoven, myself. Not that's I'd leave if someone was playing Mozart.
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now that this thread has seemingly broken loose from it's moorings, i find that i like the Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. watch out for the Nutcracker. who in today's time is even close to what once was? Yani, maybe?
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Mozart was no doubt a musical genius and could write music notes before he could write words.
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I'm a hopeless Romantic, Chopin through Rachmaninoff.
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I'm a hopeless Romantic, Chopin through Rachmaninoff. and quite possibly, this piece is Rachmanioff's best ever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_BArG3ollw
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Sam, thanks for the link. That particular passage is from Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. It was used as the theme song for the movie, Somewhere in Time.
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Ah....Bach!
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. The opening to the movie classic "Rollerball".
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Sam, here's one for you. Korean pianist Hae-Sun Paik playing the third movement to Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto. She demonstrates flawless technique; this is one of my favorite videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH7WjgCW2ZM&feature=related
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Always preferred Beethoven, myself. Not that's I'd leave if someone was playing Mozart. +1 Beethoven was the Led Zeppelin of the classical age.
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Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture's a masterpiece.
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~ To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, But that an equally great one is to know when to stop.
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Interesting to read the comments here on folks "favorite" composers - almost all of them tend to mention just one 'best" composition in connection with that composer. All a matter of perspective, I suppose. Maybe it depends if one is a listener, or a listener and performer.
Have been listening and performing Mozart (and many, many others) in some form or another for more than 60 years. Don't know how I could reduce any of them to one or two best compositions. Maybe worth a try? Nah !!!
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