Of course not. At least not in my world.
Well, the teenagers my age don't seem to enjoy classical music that much. They tend to play it if they listen to instruments, but normally I don't think they would listen to it.
But I like classical music D: . I've listened to a lot of composers and they are all good!
And......If I may brag......I am pretty interested in the backgrounds of the music.
Don't get me wrong. I like modern music too, but I just wanna talk about classical music first.
Generally, there is no real specific style that I like.
Okay. I might start by talking about the songs of specific composers.
WARNING. THIS IS VERY LIKELY TO BE SUPER LONG.
So please bear with me?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Do I like Mozart?
Honestly? No. I have to admit, he is a musical genius. I respect him and his talent of being able to compose music at the age of 5. The music blood runs in the family. His passion towards music is truly impressive, considering that he composed over 600 melodies in total. And I like how he likes travelling. He is very fortunate that he was able to reach his full potential in music because his family is generally wealthy enough to sustain a living. His family also provided tons of inspiration through travelling through Europe. Without the contribution of his family, he wouldn't have achieved such a massive success.
I have a close friend who basically WORSHIPS Mozart. And she hates me for saying that I don't like Mozart. The truth is, his songs are not my type. I know it is elaborate the stuff, his symphony are very very intricate...but I just cannot seem to find myself to absolutely love it.
His style of music is too happy for me. It's always extremely joyous with a lot of embellishment.
Some examples:
Marriage of Figaro.
Piano Sonata.
Magic Flute.
Violin Concertos.
Eine Kleine Nachutmusik K.525
Divertimento K.136
Everytime I listen to those songs. I can imagine a girl on plain running and laughing. His music is a little bit too classical for me, I guess.
His style is similar with Haydn. Very happy. But Haydn's music is less 'ornated'.
But there is one exception. I like Mozart's Requiem. That kind of opera sounds very magnificent and dramatic. It is not his usual style (at least what I know), so I very much enjoyed it.
Joseph Maurice Ravel
One of my favourite composers.
His style is absolutely beautiful. I fell in love with his music that even my mom can hum out the songs because I play them too much with my flute.
I seem to favour impressionists more than classics because I like Debussy and Saint-Saëns a lot as well.
He seem to have attachment to Spain, because he was born near Spain, and that attachment inspired many of his melodies.Rapsodie espagnole being only one example.
He like pizzicato a lot :D. Usually not many violin songs include so many pizzicatos.
One of his famous songs :Pavane pour une infante défunte is my favourite song that is composed by him. He is brilliant for creating this. The protrait of Margarita Teresa really relates to this song. This song is not for grieve. It tells a story of how there used to be a young little girl who danced in the castles. It's beautiful styles links perfectly to the sadness in the song.
Other than that, I really love his String Quartet too. Its magnificent usage of pizzicato of the two violins, viola and cello creats a unique harmony to the ear.
Concerto pour la main gauche as well as Concerto pour piano et orchestre, sol majeur, are not the usual style of his work. It makes a somehow evil and devil-ish atmosphere. Playing it requires high technique, like it almost has an effect of a demon's lure or Pandora's Box.
Some of the other songs I like are:
Ma mere l'Oye- absolute masterpiece~all the movements have the theme of a fairy-tale~~
Gaspard de la Nuit
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
DANSE MACABRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am kind of crazy about Danse Macabre. I gives me a mixed feeling of danger and excitement of this omnious feeling at night. I am so enchanted. You know it is dangerous but you are too charmed to resist this sweet temptation. You cannot help but to dance with the devil, and it is almost like you want to indulge in this pleasure and sell your soul to the devil.
Oh my god I love it I love it I love it so much >_
And Saint Saens is a music genius too, starting to play piano at 2 years old!!! And performed with Bach, Mozart and Beethoven at 10!!!
His other music are not as brilliant as this one. So it doesn't leave me much impression of his other songs....i was too amazed at Danse Macabre.
I'll add more to it next time. So much more I want to talk about.
