Favorite Classical Music Period

[Odin2005]

Mine is late Baroque, especially Bach and Vivaldi

[Bicoastal]

1. People who like Baroque tend to LOVE Baroque...

...to the point that they'll listen to nothing else

Baroque people are weird.

[Odin2005]

2. Well, I'm not THAT nuts, but...

I am definitely weird! :evilgrin: It was hearing Bach for the fist time in jr. high that made me fall in love with classical music. Teh Fugue for Teh Win!

[Brickbat]

3. I saw this title and got annoyed because Classical is a specific period.

But I see you've got it covered in the poll.

[That Is Quite Enough]

4. Caveman drumming. But seriously, modern.

Let me jump in front of the cognoscenti by stating that I am, indeed, a musical simpleton as far as my tastes go.

The only composer I really, really like is Stravinsky. So yeah.

[Lionel Mandrake]

5. I like them all, especially the ones in the middle.

Some early music and some late 20th C music I can do without.

I like most Baroque music, especially JS Bach, Handel, Telemann, and D Scarlatti. Vivaldi doesn't do much for me.

For classical music in the strict sense: I like Haydn quartets (but not Haydn symphonies), Mozart (except for operas), and Beethoven, although he falls into the crack between classical and romantic.

Romantic music is among the greatest. Most pianists agree that Chopin was the greatest composer for the piano. Mendelssohn was another prodigy, like Mozart. Brahms and Tchaikovski are canonical. I also like Bruckner, Mahler, Faure, and many others.

Modern music is a hodge podge: early 20th century yes, mid 20th century maybe. Late 20th century IMO was a period of decline for classical music: there is good stuff and crap in roughly equal proportions.

Stylistically, much of the music composed for movies was really romantic, despite the dates.

[Zomby Woof]

6. 20th century

I enjoy classical music from ALL periods, but the experimentalism and expansiveness of the 20th century masters, from Stravinsky to Shostakovich, and from Adams to Zappa, is the most interesting to me.

That being said, Beethoven and Mozart are near the top of my pantheon.

[DevonRex]

7. Definitely Baroque. nt