Mozart Turns 250

[broncosteven]

With Wolfgang Turning 250 on 1/27/06 I was wondering what you guys thought about the longevity of the NFL. Do you see the NFL or other organized sports lasting another 100 or 200 years? Just curious.

Other than the tempered scale, introduction of valved instruments, & guys like Stockhausen & Berio in 20th century Classical Music has not changed much in last 300 or so years. I turned to Beethoven, Strauss, & Mozart as well as Beatles, Stones to help forget the last loss.

Any of you guys have a Fav Composition by Mozart that you would like to share with the class & expand the experience of the Mane Members?

Check out the Wind Serenades As well as Symphonies 29, 33, 39, 41, Hunt String Quartet, Clarinet Concerto (2nd movement if you really want to get laid), Masonic Funeral music,
I could go on but hope others have enough balls to post some of their favorites. I hope we are not one dimensional here. It is not every week that a great womanizer turns 250 years old.

[Rohirrim]

Act IV, The Marriage of Figaro, Ah Tutti Contenti. The most beautiful music I've ever heard.

Went and saw the D
SO playing the Requiem a few years back. Bring a tissue. Emotionally overwhelming.

Always liked the Chorus of the Janissaries. For some reason it just cracks me up (definitely a precursor to Gilbert and Sullivan).

Happy B'Day, Wolfie.

[Bronx33]

He doesn't look a day over 200....

[No1BroncoFan]

Classical is awesome! Mozart, Beethoven, Back, Wagner... It's all good. My personal favorite though is not Mozart, but Beethoven's 9th. In fact, the glorious ninth is in my top ten compositions of all time.

It's really depressing when I hear people talk about this group or that group and when you ask them about music outside of the specific genre their favorite band is in they get this blank look on their face. They just don't understand that you can be a fan of multiple types of music. I get really wierd looks at music stores. I'll buy three or four completely different types of music all at the same time.

There's TONS of different music out there, you just need to listen.

Ben

[Taco John]

I listen to Mozart several times a week... Mostly at nights when I'm doing web work...

[alkemical]

I listen to anything -

if you like india/hindu music, check out aloke dutta

[broncosteven]

Classical is awesome! Mozart, Beethoven, Back, Wagner... It's all good. My personal favorite though is not Mozart, but Beethoven's 9th. In fact, the glorious ninth is in my top ten compositions of all time.

It's really depressing when I hear people talk about this group or that group and when you ask them about music outside of the specific genre their favorite band is in they get this blank look on their face. They just don't understand that you can be a fan of multiple types of music. I get really wierd looks at music stores. I'll buy three or four completely different types of music all at the same time.

There's TONS of different music out there, you just need to listen.

Ben


Beethoven's 9th ROCKS! I love the disonance he sprinkled althrought the piece but the chord to open the last movement is awesome. Followed up with a little march leading into the Chorus is Amazing & considering he was Deaf is something else. But this is a Mozart thread so back to Mozart!

I am glad this thread has gotten a positve reception so far. I expected to get bashed. I sure hope we turn on some one to Mozart, you know other than QuiteTiger we can all go down to our Library & check out CD's for free with a library card. Just a thought...

[Victor]

I like beer.

[XXXII&III]

Oh god I have a 7-foot semi-concert grand piano sitting in my living room that I've neglected since August. Wonder if it's still there. I play classical. Last time I was into the piano I was into Schubert & Chopin & Beethoven. Hmmmm now I know what to do during the offseason! Thanks for reminding me, broncosteven!

[broncocalijohn]

It must be the off season to talk about classical music. Isnt there another place to include this thread? For the record, I love beer and burp to classical music. It brings out the white trash pig in me.

[Popps]

Great call on Beethoven's 9th. Always been my favorite. Brilliant opening movement.

[broncosteven]

Oh god I have a 7-foot semi-concert grand piano sitting in my living room that I've neglected since August. Wonder if it's still there. I play classical. Last time I was into the piano I was into Schubert & Chopin & Beethoven. Hmmmm now I know what to do during the offseason! Thanks for reminding me, broncosteven!


Get r' done.

You might want to warm up with Chop sticks 1st. Schubert didn't write that much Piano stuff. Schumann on the other hand wrote quite a bit for Piano. Either way Rock on dude.

[XXXII&III]

Oh, Schubert wrote plenty for piano. I'll return to his Impromptus which I was working on until football. They are beautiful pieces but difficult. Will pass on chopsticks and warm up on Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata instead. Haven't played much of Schumann (either Robert or his wife Clara) but they're on my list. Oh and I prefer Mozart over Bach, at least for piano music. Bach strikes me as cold. Mozart is warm and sparkly.

Dude. I'm not a dude.

[broncosteven]

Oh, Schubert wrote plenty for piano. I'll return to his Impromptus which I was working on until football. They are beautiful pieces but difficult. Will pass on chopsticks and warm up on Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata instead. Haven't played much of Schumann (either Robert or his wife Clara) but they're on my list. Oh and I prefer Mozart over Bach, at least for piano music. Bach strikes me as cold. Mozart is warm and sparkly.

Dude. I'm not a dude.


I wasn't sure if you were pulling my chain or not. I would love to hear you play the Pathetique! Do you have any demo's? Agree about Bach.

[BMF Bronco]

wow does the offseason suck

[XXXII&III]

No prob! And no demos either... I'm just an amateur. One of my favorite piano pieces ever is Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.

Hey BMF Bronco if you're still reading, I took piano lessons from Lucille TeSelle in Belgrade when I was a kid. And you know that old white church on the "other" side of the tracks? Belgrade Federated Church? I was the church organist there from 6th grade through my senior year!

Football and classical piano are my two passions.

[broncosteven]

No prob! And no demos either... I'm just an amateur. One of my favorite piano pieces ever is Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.

Hey BMF Bronco if you're still reading, I took piano lessons from Lucille TeSelle in Belgrade when I was a kid. And you know that old white church on the "other" side of the tracks? Belgrade Federated Church? I was the church organist there from 6th grade through my senior year!

Football and classical piano are my two passions.


I am an Amateur Classical Guitar player. I got bored with rock & couldn't play all the Led Zep Jimmy Page solo's I wanted to plus I wanted to branch out & learn to play. Went to College to be a Music Teacher but bailed when I realized I couldn't keep kids in line & didn't want to deal with them every day. Ended up in Computer Networking & servers. Still love All kinds of music, so I called up an old teacher & have been taking lessons for 3 years, still a long way to go...

It is great to know other Bronco fans are not all one dimentional.

[PatsWin2002]

Know who else has a birthday tomorrow?

My son (7)...shares the same birthday with the one and only Taco John (31). !Booya!

[broncosteven]

Know who else has a birthday tomorrow?

My son (7)...shares the same birthday with the one and only Taco John (31). !Booya!


Very cool!

[Atlas]

With Wolfgang Turning 250 on 1/27/06 I was wondering what you guys thought about the longevity of the NFL. Do you see the NFL or other organized sports lasting another 100 or 200 years? Just curious.

Other than the tempered scale, introduction of valved instruments, & guys like Stockhausen & Berio in 20th century Classical Music has not changed much in last 300 or so years. I turned to Beethoven, Strauss, & Mozart as well as Beatles, Stones to help forget the last loss.

Any of you guys have a Fav Composition by Mozart that you would like to share with the class & expand the experience of the Mane Members?

Check out the Wind Serenades As well as Symphonies 29, 33, 39, 41, Hunt String Quartet, Clarinet Concerto (2nd movement if you really want to get laid), Masonic Funeral music,
I could go on but hope others have enough balls to post some of their favorites. I hope we are not one dimensional here. It is not every week that a great womanizer turns 250 years old.


Happy Birthday to Mozart. Hell, I thought he died a long time ago.

[broncosteven]

Happy Birthday to Mozart. Hell, I thought he died a long time ago.


So did Bon Scott, 25 years (almost 26 now) seems like a long time to me.

[Alkazar]

I like beer.
It makes me a jolly good fellow!


I listen to classical music as well. I find it relaxing. I have several favorite pieces from Hall of the Mountain King, to Beethoven's 5th, and I also enjoy listening to Tchaichovsky's 1812.

[jonny1]

If I had to choose the proverbial "one thing to listen to" on a desert island, it would the Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, followed by the Third and the Ninth.

[Boogerboots]

I prefer "Filght of the Bumblebee" after about two pots of coffee while I'm running around the kitchen really fast trying to get ready for work.

[broncosteven]

If I had to choose the proverbial "one thing to listen to" on a desert island, it would the Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, followed by the Third and the Ninth.

What about the 7th, the 2nd movement is amazing?

Anyway People this is a Thread for MOZART not Beethoven! Personally, I cannot live with Beethoven or Beatles but today is Mozarts 250th's Birthday.

He wrote "Twinkle Twinkle little star". That rocks right?

Anyone else have any favorite MOZART pieces?

Eine Kleine Nact Musick? Anything non Beethoven today?

[Odysseus]

Most the Classical people know was shared with them on Bugs Bunny cartoons years ago.

People don't realize how familiar they are with this stuff until someone points it out to them. Classical music has been woven into pop culture.

How do you find the best arrangements of a composer's work? Hmmm. I bet this Internet thingy has something on it. If I could only find it.

I think people are familiar with Mozart. They just don't know they are.

[broncosteven]

Most the Classical people know was shared with them on Bugs Bunny cartoons years ago.

People don't realize how familiar they are with this stuff until someone points it out to them. Classical music has been woven into pop culture.

How do you find the best arrangements of a composer's work? Hmmm. I bet this Internet thingy has something on it. If I could only find it.

I think people are familiar with Mozart. They just don't know they are.

There were a bunch of Bugs Bunny cartoons that satired Barber of Sevile, & my all time fav Wagner's Ring Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods) I loved it as a kid & even more as an adult. Very funny stuff, Movies & Music steal a lot from Classical music.

Even the Kingon's theme in the ST movie series comes from Holtzs Planets, Mars.

Anyway I was in the car to get a quick sandwich & heard them ringing the Bells in Salzberg broadcast on WFMT here in Chicago. The Austrians know how to party.

[Alkazar]

Most the Classical people know was shared with them on Bugs Bunny cartoons years ago.

People don't realize how familiar they are with this stuff until someone points it out to them. Classical music has been woven into pop culture.

How do you find the best arrangements of a composer's work? Hmmm. I bet this Internet thingy has something on it. If I could only find it.

I think people are familiar with Mozart. They just don't know they are.
Actually most of the pieces used in Warner Bros. cartoons were from the William Tell Overture penned by Wagner(?). As for my favorite Mozart piece, probably Eine Kleine Nacht Musik. Although I thoroughly enjoy all his piano concertos.

[Rohirrim]

I hear they believe they've finally found Mozart's body. They're doing DNA tests now.

[Odysseus]

Actually most of the pieces used in Warner Bros. cartoons were from the William Tell Overture penned by Wagner(?). As for my favorite Mozart piece, probably Eine Kleine Nacht Musik. Although I thoroughly enjoy all his piano concertos.

You are saying the (Figaro) Barber of Seville is a Wagner piece? Hilarious! There was Chopin, Tchiachovsky, and a big splash of Beethoven whenever it suited them. They were very eclectic with what they chose to present. It's part of the humor for me.

If you look back at it and think about all those hand drawn pictures dedicated to presenting some of the more complicated musical pieces it's amazing the hours spent in comparison to what Pixar having a full storyboard by lunch.

[RaiderH8r]

"Kill Da Wabbit...KILL DA' WABBIT"

Classic piece.

[minibronco]

Classy city, class organization, classy forum.

Seriously though, I play a few Mozart pieces myself. I just can't bring myself to name them. :)