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Late Romantic Period Composers
Borondir:
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--- Quote from: Borondir ---I love Strauss (Richard that is)
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Gott sei dank. For a second there, I thought I might have to never take your opinion seriously ever again.
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Haha...I just saw Susan Graham in Der Rosenkavalier at the Chicago Lyric a few months ago, which was an incredible experience to say the least. One of the foremost mezzo's of our day in one of her signature roles at one of the best opera houses in the country=really amazing!
E. Spaceman:
--- Quote from: JLM ---You can't even talk about late romantic without mentioning Debussy. He IS the transition between late romantic and modern.
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I love Debussy, although I love Ravel a bit more.
FeralCats:
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--- Quote from: JLM ---You can't even talk about late romantic without mentioning Debussy. He IS the transition between late romantic and modern.
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I love Debussy, although I love Ravel a bit more.
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The problem with this is that neither of them did much REAL innovation. It was all done by one man before them, much more radically.
Yes, I speak of Erik Satie. A true genius. Debussy gets all the credit Satie deserves-Ravel and Debussy (admittedly grudgingly) agree.
Granted, when you name your pieces "Dried-Up Human Embryos" and "The Dance of The Naked Spartans" (Embryon Desseches and Gymnopedies, respectivley) people are going to over look your work. Very similar to Zappa.
Go look for his work. He blows everyone else out of the water. Big influence on Cage, and pretty much every single modern composer, whether they know it or not. (He wrote the first atonal piece, though it doesn't sound very atonal)
His music is generally either Somber or incredibly hilarious. GO buy the two cd set of his piano music by Aldo Cicclionni. You'll be glad you did!
Kai:
I've never heard of him, but with song titles like Dryed up Human Embryos and The Dance of the Naked Spartans, as well as being mentioned alongside Zappa, I'm TOTALLY looking him up.
jariku:
Jean Sibelius.
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