tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post5779579401063809578..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: The Greatest Composers Before BachBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-85928685656716773902019-12-09T10:04:27.917-06:002019-12-09T10:04:27.917-06:00!!!!!!!!!!Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03103314103347932240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-79291060411776239052019-01-04T17:41:42.521-06:002019-01-04T17:41:42.521-06:00What about Hildegard von Bingen? Born 1098 - Died ...What about Hildegard von Bingen? Born 1098 - Died on: 1179.<br />It is hard not to be drawn to her music once heard. Mystical, fluid, captivating. Yes, before Bach, by a lot!<br />If you're a student, definitely a must!<br />Great for any classical music lover.VanAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689804199537204367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-37485770896113194482014-08-14T07:14:11.579-05:002014-08-14T07:14:11.579-05:00After these great suggestions I am going to say to...After these great suggestions I am going to say to heck with the top ten list and go ahead with as many great pre-Bach composers as seem justifiable.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-8942799041854169522014-08-13T21:19:56.478-05:002014-08-13T21:19:56.478-05:00Ockeghem has been mentioned and so has "maste...Ockeghem has been mentioned and so has "masterpiece of polyphony"...<br /><br />Missa Prolationum.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680625603206089113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-11817022405880234912014-08-13T19:06:30.682-05:002014-08-13T19:06:30.682-05:00These lists always pass over Claudio Monteverdi fo...These lists always pass over Claudio Monteverdi for some reason which is strange as he is basically the Haydn of the baroque and both the vespers of 1610 and selva morale contain fantastically awesome and radical music for its time.<br /><br />I have a real soft spot for Henry Purcell too - especially as a composer of vocal music as his ability to set text exceeds all in my opinion (followed pretty closely by Handel).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680625603206089113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-88010869370610130392014-08-13T13:27:16.998-05:002014-08-13T13:27:16.998-05:00Looks like Mr. Anonymous has already commented.
...Looks like Mr. Anonymous has already commented. <br /><br />Will this be a top 10 list? I don't see any Machaut, Palestrina or Des Prez for instance.<br /><br />Yes that mass is pretty wild. I know I've linked the mass by Machaut several times before (´https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1O-BcZQwY) and one thing to be noted about it is the way it's sung in that recording. As someone commented on the video clip there are ornaments/voice inflections added which make it sound more like arabic music. I don't know how accurate it is to perform it that way but it's certainly interesting and more "wild" or even "modern". As another commentor mentioned somewhere on a Youtube video with medieval music (paraphrasing): Even though medieval music is very old, it is very modern to our ears.<br />So the comparison with Ligeti is probably suiting. In a sense to our ears it's like we first had a modern period, then the baroque, classical etc. and then a modern period again.<br /><br />Anyways, always refreshing to hear some medieval music. It's interesting to think about what the future will hold. We certainly can't go modernist forever (the boundaries were already broken by Cage etc.). We could however use modernist techniques like microtonality to actually compose good music. We could take Arabic or Turkish systems and develop those far beyond their current state for instance. However, chromatic and diatonic music still offers an incredible amount of possibilities and only our imaginations set the limit. I can certainly see a return to more solid aesthetic values rather than relying on ideological values.Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084578675339015204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-17133986479056488312014-08-13T12:11:01.468-05:002014-08-13T12:11:01.468-05:00Josquin? Ockeghem?Josquin? Ockeghem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-4891060353094005862014-08-13T09:57:49.986-05:002014-08-13T09:57:49.986-05:00A small voice in the wilderness: "Don't f...A small voice in the wilderness: "Don't forget about Buxtehude and Telemann." (The latter, more a contemporary than a predecessor, I suppose.)Davidnoreply@blogger.com