tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post2619075056598197153..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Friday MiscellaneaBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-70403658350672255172014-03-31T10:01:09.429-05:002014-03-31T10:01:09.429-05:00Now there's an idea! Quite a while back I did ...Now there's an idea! Quite a while back I did a list of great, but little-known, pieces of music that featured three guitar pieces:<br /><br />http://themusicsalon.blogspot.mx/2012/04/ten-little-known-but-great-pieces-of.html<br /><br />Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-34395001018294379312014-03-31T00:29:42.626-05:002014-03-31T00:29:42.626-05:00Since we are in the mood for lists nowadays, when ...Since we are in the mood for lists nowadays, when can we expect to see your list with top 10 guitar pieces?Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084578675339015204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-29830920356186517002014-03-29T10:16:04.260-05:002014-03-29T10:16:04.260-05:00It is not one of my favorites. But my point was ju...It is not one of my favorites. But my point was just that there are a lot of fairly obscure composers and compositions on the list. I had exactly the same thought you did. If you make a list of the top ten pieces for organ, the first eight or nine are going to be by Bach! Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, Fantasy and Fugue in G minor, not to mention a bunch of chorale preludes. Mind you, a list of the top ten pieces for guitar might provoke a similar comment! Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-53959324364634898882014-03-29T09:46:41.785-05:002014-03-29T09:46:41.785-05:00You don't like the Messiaen? Also, I think the...You don't like the Messiaen? Also, I think the list was perhaps a bit too obsessed with variety. One could easily fill the list only with Bach pieces. I'm not intimately familiar with his organ works yet, but the toccata and fugue in F major springs to mind immediately. Also, if pieces that contain organ yet are not organ pieces per se are allowed, I would nominate Holst's Planets as it has some of the best use of organ in an orchestral setting I've heard.<br /><br />I enjoyed the Lambert piece by the way, it's good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com