Anyone listen to classical music?

[Martha]

<p>Who composed Peter and the Wolf? Stravinsky?</p>

[WindCloudUltra]

<p>Sergei Prokofiev.</p>

[Martha]

<p>Thank you</p>

[wendyling]

<p>yah i listen to classical music.
and watch spongebob.
and do my homework. at the same time.
did i mention im crazy? 8d btw, the reason im using the 8 in my smilie face is b/c i hate when they turn it into a big colorful face that looks really weird and ugly…so yea.
gosh im such a spammer. im just hyper cuz i passed sat ii. so heh…</p>

[virtuoso_735]

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Virtuoso…what’s the most recent “classical music” you listen to?
There’s some really interesting music that I think you’re missing out on virtusos735… Radiohead, Bjork, Aphex Twin for starters?</p>

<p>And by the way…the whole Mozart makes you smarter? It’s a scam…there’s no conclusive evidence that it makes you smarter. “Is it a coincidence that a larger percentage of “intelligent” people listen to classical music?”
I think if you replace “intelligent” with “more affluent” it would be a more apt statement. Simply put it…classical music is a historically elitist genre. I hate that. It shouldn’t be, but it is.

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<p>Not all people who listen to classical music are affluent. I listen to classical music and come from a family with a very modest income. I don’t have the money to go to world-class concerts though. Anyways, there’s no real proof for the Mozart effect, but it seems like those who listen to classical music tend to do better in school.</p>

<p>I haven’t listened to those composers (?) you listed above, as there is already TOO much to listen to in classical music. But I might give them a try.</p>

[WindCloudUltra]

<p>Radiohead, Bjork, Aphex Twin…they’re not classical composers. Radiohead is a band. I guess Bjork’s a composer…but mostly an Icelandic vocalist. Aphex Twin is a electronica artist. I brought up their names because someone stated that they don’t listen to anything BUT classical music.</p>

<p>John Adams, Steve Reich, Ligeti etc. ARE contemporary composers coming from the classical tradition.</p>

[iloveagoodbrew]

<p>Handel, Bach, Beethoven, and Vivaldi are good.</p>

[Clemenciae]

<p>It is all I listen to as well. I like most composers, particularly Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, Shostakovich (especially the fifth symphony…), Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Mozart, Sibelius, and Chopin.</p>

[HelloKiki]

<p>I <em>heart</em> Bach! If I could only listen to one composer for the rest of my life, it would be him.
I also like Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Kreisler, Vivaldi, Copland and Bartok.</p>

[silentsailor]

<p>Handel, Bach, Tchaikovsky are all lovely, but Rachmaninov is my personal favorite with Mahler as a second.</p>

<p>Absurdly complex piano is good - any recs?</p>

[Clemenciae]

<p>Ah, Bach… (drool) I sit at home with my book of his sonatas and partitas for violin and play for extended periods of time… His music = extreme awesomeness.</p>

[ICrisis]

<p>No, but if it helps me with math I’d be willing to give it a shot.</p>

[Blobof]

<p>Music jumped the shark after Beethoven…</p>

<p>/was raised listening to *Le petit m</p>

[iloveagoodbrew]

<p>Wagner!!!</p>

[naturefreak525]

<p>Ja voll. Of course.</p>