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Old 08-23-2010, 07:42 PM   #1 (permalink)
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My piano teacher at my school is considering having our class of 10 as a collective play the Goldberg variations for our winter recital, with 3 variations a piece.
I hope to god he doesn't do it, I hate playing Bach, and Gould's rendition of them has scared me out of my wits.
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Old 01-25-2011, 04:11 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Paganini
Pachelbel
Mozart
Bach
Steve Reich (not that sure he fits in)
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Old 01-25-2011, 06:21 PM   #3 (permalink)
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God, in no particular order probably Händel, Rossini, Stravinsky, Copland and Brahms.
But I'm never really sure. It differs
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Old 01-31-2011, 11:26 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Bach
Weiss
Mozart
Bethoven
Chopin
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Old 02-09-2011, 12:40 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Schnittke
Bach
Mozart
Shostakovich
Beethoven


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Old 02-10-2011, 09:02 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Felix Mendelssohn
Bach
Mozart
Beethoven
Chopin
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Old 02-13-2011, 04:20 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Bach
Mozart
Beethoven
C.P.E Bach (Bach's son)
Tchaikovsky
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Old 02-13-2011, 04:04 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I honestly don't understand history's obsession with preserving Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, and Bach over all other composers. None of them are bad composer. Bach, especially, is really fun to listen to. I just don't feel they are truly amazing in the face of composers later which have evolved the sound of orchestral composition by lightyears.

Not to dis those guys, I just feel people need to dig a little bit deeper in the genre. I honestly am not that well versed in it. But, I think a lot of people are cheated out by it. It's almost as if you made a time capsule, and chose only to put Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson, and Eric Clapton on the list expecting it to represent the entire plethora of stylistic quirks that consist of modern guitar for the past two centuries.

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Special Mentions: Domenico Scarlatti, Edgard Varese, Igor Stravinsky, Harry Partch, Tchaikovsky, and Ravel.
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Old 02-27-2011, 09:22 PM   #9 (permalink)
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1. Tchaikovsky
2. Beethoven
3. Bach
4. Rachmaninov
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Old 02-28-2011, 04:43 AM   #10 (permalink)
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you can add Gustav Holst as an optional No 6 to my list
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