Reflets dans l'eau, for piano, by Debussey
Reflets dans l'eau, for piano, by Debussey
To inflict her company upon another is a crime most odious.
My favorite musical composers are Johann Brahms and Frederic Chopin.
(Note: I am an essayist/writer on classical antiquity, Byzantine times, aesthetic philosophy of Schiller in his discourses/letters and Platonism as well as Machiavellianism in general. [I study the Realist, Rational and Revolutionary traditions, or the Hobbesian, Grotian and Kantian traditions.] as well as being a Latinist [studying Classical Latin during the Age of Cicero and I am not a musician and thus my understanding of musical compositions is not well developed.)
I like Johann Brahms for the sense of joy and sentimentality in his compositions as well as the underlying theme of sadness, melancholy and great despair. For example, the composition Nanie as based on Friedrich Schiller's poem, is accompanied by chorus, however, it laments the loss of aesthetic beauty and apolaustics or the dedication to beauty such as noble art, poetry, music, etc.
I like Frederic Chopin for the exuberant pathos of his works and at the same time the atrabilious or gloomy depths to which his compositions descend to. His Etude No 1. Opus 25 called the 'Aeolian Harp' is cheerful and calm; it is harmonious and melodious. However, the Revolutionary composition is in controlled chaos, frenzied action and depicts the despair of the failed rebellion in Poland against the deprivation and despotism of Czarist Russia in which the Polish people desired a return of its autonomy that was taken away during the Partitions of 1772, 1793, 1795 C.E. Frederic Chopin blends vivacious passions and emotions with his musical compositions and evokes deeper human understanding and noble virtue.
I would have to say Chopin is my favorite Classical composer/pianist. His life was also rather interesting. If we move along to opera i would have to go with Wagner. Fantastic work.
"A wise man speaks because he has something to say.
A fool speaks because he has to say something" - Plato
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Ha! I can play or could play the revolutionary etude.
I don't really like the Aeolian harp, though.
Brahms is okay too, actually.
One of my favorite Chopin pieces is the fantasie-impromptu. I suggest you guys listen to it, especially Li YunDi's interpretation. Unfortuanately Chopin hated this piece.
One of the reasons I like chopin is because he is primarily a piano composer. All of his works are either piano solos, or piano with accompaniment.
Also, when I listen to Chopin, I just get this feeling of connection, of serenity. It calms my mind down, and it feels so harmonious and emotional. For example the Ocean etude (op.25 no.12) imitates the rough waves of the ocean. The Winterwind Etude (op.25 no.11) imitates the harshness of the winterwinds. The fantasie-impromptu has exciting parts as well as calm parts, almost as if it was describing life. Prelude No.16 is extremely exciting and fast, the energy really just flows to you.
Last edited by DieForelle; 06-30-2009 at 04:03 PM.
Chopin's "Nocturnes" are an all time favorite.
We're Romantics,just as he (Chopin) was. You a Puccini fan too?
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