Current Events > It's weird how I hate Baroque music but can't get enough Bach

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frxT2qB1POQ&ab_channel=Rousseau

The prelude of Well-Tempered Clavier

One of the most brilliantly simple but mind-crushingly beautiful pieces of music ever put to paper

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I know it's cliche but Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is still the best bach

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My local classical station has a baroque Sunday block and it rocks.
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Tyranthraxus posted...

I know it's cliche but Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is still the best bach

It legit is amazing.


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https://youtu.be/y3AiGw8mkq0?t=136

Power Solo circa 1700s

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I used to not listen to anything earlier than Mozart because I was convinced it was weird chamber music BS.

But my friend kept pestering the shit out of me that "you can't appreciate classic music without listening to Bach" and you know what? He's right.

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Forgettable posted...

Are you talking shit about mah boi Vivaldi?

I can't because Vivaldi was legitimately an amazing person who did so much good for orphaned girls.


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How do I learn more about classical music? I enjoy listening to classical radio but I couldn't tell you the difference between baroque and romantic music or whatever.

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sutree posted...

How do I learn more about classical music? I enjoy listening to classical radio but I couldn't tell you the difference between baroque and romantic music or whatever.

Well first you can simply read the wikipedia articles on Baroque, Classical and Romantic and how they progressed.

Bach was considered the pinnacle and end of the Baroque era, Classical was sort of a golden age of campy BS highlighted by Mozart, who could basically be considered the Michael Jackson of his era. Beethoven injected his own feelings and story into his music, which transformed the Classical era into the Romantic era, where music became epic, sweeping and grandiose.


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I won't deny that:

1) Mozart was a genius
2) His music is catchy as fuck

I still think Classical was overrated as an era
Romance is where it's at

Although you could easily argue that Romantic was heavily influenced by Bach even in ways that Classical wasn't.

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