Baroque Music Appreciation[views:4066][posts:30]_____________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 11:46am - arilliusbm ""] Nerd thread... but to me, this era was the best and most fundamental movement in the history of western music. Granted, given the fact that this era lies between the early 1600s to mid 1700s, mostly everything was sponsered by the church or pushed in that direction - something which never sits well with me. But moving beyond that, the music cemented the fundamentals for future classical music. Beethoven and Mozart nearly worshipped Bach before their prominent pieces. Composers like Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Purcell, Weiss and others ist krieg. Other than Conservationist, I hope someone else appreciates this kind of elite music that one can drink tea to and talk with a faux accent whilst staring down delightful dames on the dance floor. Post Baroque songs or GTFO |
| ____________________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 11:52am - FuckIsMySignature ""] i appreciate it but wouldnt find in enjoyment by listening to much of it. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 11:55am - arilliusbm ""] bennyhillifier PASS THE GREY POUPON OR U IS A PUSSY |
| ________________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 11:58am - hauptpflucker ""] Appreeshed and enjoyed on a regular basis |
| __________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 12:07pm - Martins ""] What the fuck is a Baroque thread doing here without a mention of Monteverdi? Bach isn't a good example of Baroque because he was also very Classical. Monteverdi's Orfeo is where it's at. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 12:19pm - arilliusbm ""] There's dozens of composers that could be mentioned. I somewhat disgree with Bach being "very classical" other than his music having a major influence on the classical era. Bach partially paved the way for the Classical era, much like how Beethoven paved the way for transitioning into the Romantic era. Monteverdi was an earlier Baroque composer, much like Carissimi. I can see what you're saying but by classifying Bach as a hybrid classical/Baroque composer is simply false. Granted most of Bach's music was written in the early 1700s, almost 100 years after Monteverdi; but his style is and never was what music asshole/experts consider "Classical" . Bach is to the Classical Era as early Black Sabbath is to modern metal. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 12:26pm - arktouros ""] so i'm a drummer and what is this? |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 12:28pm - arilliusbm ""] I am disappoint. As a history buff, you should be well read on classcal music's history :'( |
| __________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 12:29pm - Martins ""] Well I guess at most, I would say that Bach is the culmination of the Baroque era. I'm a huge fan of the simplicity and freedom of earlier Baroque music. The way music was presented to an instrumentalist encouraged freestyling. Plus, all that shit was catchy. Again my favorite piece is Monteverdi's Orfeo. The Overture is one of the catchiest things I've ever heard. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 12:31pm - Martins ""] bennyhillifier |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 12:47pm - arktouros ""] [img] |
| ________________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 12:48pm - boblovesmusic ""] If it's Baroque, don't fix it! |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 1:11pm - arilliusbm ""] bennyhillifier anyone got a lute I can borrow? |
| ___________________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 1:24pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] boblovesmusic said:If it's Baroque, don't fix it! BAH DUM TSH! |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 1:26pm - boblovesmusic ""] I was hoping to buy some more Beethoven, but I'm a little Baroque at the moment. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 1:36pm - Alx_Casket ""] bennyhillifier /thread |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 1:43pm - arilliusbm ""] Wren, if you dyed your curly hair white and dress in 1700s attire, you could easily pass as a struggling Baroque artist. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 1:46pm - arilliusbm ""] ITT: Wren 40 years from now [img] |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 2:02pm - boblovesmusic ""] arilliusbm said:Wren, if you dyed your curly hair white and dress in 1700s attire, you could easily pass as a struggling Baroque artist. Funny should say that... [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 2:08pm - arilliusbm ""] fap fap fap |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 5:06pm - aril nli ""] hi guys i need to stop listening to crap music and start listening to melodic grindcore |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 5:09pm - goatcatalyst ""] This thread is a metaphysical glory hole. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 6:23pm - The Ancient Ways ""] When it comes to Baroque, think wops! http://www.last.fm/music/Arcangelo+Corelli http://www.last.fm/music/Pietro+Antonio+Locatelli |
| __________________________________ [Jun 23,2010 8:37pm - ShadowSD ""] Yes - Bach's Fugues are proof metal existed long, long ago. It is metal on violins and a harpsicord instead of guitars and bass or keyboards, and I'd recommend anybody who likes melodic metal but doubts their interest in Baroque music to listen to any Bach Fugue in a minor key - and prepare to enjoy it. It's quite literally the same thing. All the metal we listen to today ultimately stems from those first beginnings, and metal composition has far more in common with those pieces than with anything in blues or rock n' roll, which its lineage is far more commonly associated with in common parlance. I also agree that Baroque was the best historical era of music by far, Classical and Romantic got too manically ambitious and just tried too damn hard sometimes, and it seeped through the composition; the feeling of geniuses in a panic trying madly to outdo themselves, a rigidity that went to new heights, and intended subtle changes that became quickly biting and formulaic in the least flattering sense. There was a lot of good stuff in the Classical era but it falls way short of Baroque for those reasons, and the limits set by their presence. Baroque understood that melody and good chord progressions with familiarity and repetition used appropriately in a give and take of tension and resolution were the heart of great music, and that you didn't have to go nuts unsatisfied with the above equation to come up with a beautiful piece - by nuts I don't mean fast or technical, but rather provoking an odd combination of spastic and predictable in the composition style at times, as Classical and Romantic sometimes did. Predictable is not always a bad thing of course with music, it can either mean familiar in a positive way or predictable in a roll your eyes too obvious feeling way; Baroque always seemed more the former, and Classical/Romantic more prone to the latter. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 24,2010 7:19am - ShadowSD ""] arktouros said:so i'm a drummer and what is this? Imagine all the annoying guitar players you've jammed with who like throwing in clean parts, solos, and melodies all the time, except they're now playing violins, cellos, and a harpsicord, and you're not invited to band practice. Welcome to Baroque. |
| ______________________________ [Jun 24,2010 7:45am - Yeti ""] Baroque. When you are out of Monet. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 24,2010 8:28am - ouchdrummer ""] I go to the symphony probably 4-5 times a year. I love classical music, but i really prefer the darker, strangeness of the Romantic era. I've seen some Bach performed, some Antonio Vivaldi, and have seen two different Heinrich Shultz pieces.... and i loved it. BUT like i said, i'd take Bela Bartok/Dimitri Shostakovitz any day. (and yes i know Shostakovitz was at the end of the Romantic era, but that's why he's so great. He really bridges the gap between the whimsicle/lilting, and the driving/hypnotic.) |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 10,2010 2:13am - arilliusbm ""] Going to the Syphony Hall tomorrow. Going to yell "REPOST" after they play a 200 year old song. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 10,2010 5:22am - Slag ""] only sleeping is real. |
| ____________________________________________ [May 9,2012 12:21pm - arillius_the_white ""] Barump |
| ________________________________ [May 9,2012 12:30pm - Mark_R ""] Here's one I like (the piece, the vid is just the first youtube result that came up in search). I learned this on marimba when I was younger. bennyhillifier |