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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:04 PM Original message |
Poll question: Who is your favorite XX Century Composer? |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Frank Zappa |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I Like Zappa too, but help me out here |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Second! |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Frank Zappa, The Early Years |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Duke Ellington. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. ... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. My dear Xipe Totec... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Krzysztof Penderecki. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's just a hell of a great list. Penderecki's THRENODY FOR THE |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Found a link to Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima: |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Nicely put. You get some of the "throb" of Glass, but I agree with you -- |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. Love Penderecki |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. I voted for the Finn |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Prokofiev |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Good one! |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. Agreed! The 19th century boasted a great many musical geniuses... |
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GenDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-13-07 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. I love all of the Gershwin brothers compositions |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Monique Wilson just put me on a different mental plane |
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GenDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It's a beautiful montage |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. By far, George Gershwin... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I love Gershwin, but what about Copeland? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. The spirit.... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Copeland is Pastoral, while Gershwin is Urbane |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Good point.... |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. On the other hand, Leonard Bernstein... |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Grand Canyon Suite is by Ferdi Grofe´ and... |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
17. I like Hindemith, |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. Oooh! Another good one! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
18. I couldn't possibly pick only one; but here's a fun Barber composition.. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Beautiful composition |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It reminds me a little of Debussy, too... |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. You're probably familiar with his "Adagio" as well, but... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. My favorite XX composer? |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
24. Bernstein & Sondheim |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
52. Bernstein was fantastic; Sondheim is even more so. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-16-07 12:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
53. Seconded |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. I like John Adams... |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
27. I voted for Gershwin because you didn't offer Ellington |
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SecularMotion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
28. Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 08:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Korngold - one of the movie soundtrack pioneers |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
29. My faves |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
31. Copland, no question. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Where "Hoe-Down" from "Rodeo" came from.... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
32. Varese, Zappa, Penderecki, Glass, Reich, Stockhausen, Stravinsky, Gorecki, Tan Dun |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. guess i am old fashioned --- |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
34. I like Sergei Prokofiev, Samuel Barber, Ralph Vaughn Williams, |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
35. Mahler? Nah, he's too dark. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
36. Bob Dylan |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
38. I've heard a lot of critics claim that Cole Porter was one of the greatest American composers |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
40. Gene Simmons. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. A belated Sample of Copeland |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. The Elfman. No one else has done so much, in so many varied genres. nm |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-16-07 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
54. Frank Zappa. |
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