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Topic: HOW THE HELL IS DUSSEK NOT FAMOUS?  (Read 2605 times)

Offline mjames

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HOW THE HELL IS DUSSEK NOT FAMOUS?
on: May 20, 2015, 07:17:27 PM
holy sh*t

This guy's MUSIC

And you're telling me this guy was a contemporary of MOZART?!?!?!??!?!?! During the early 1800s this guy was writing music that sounded like it was from the late 1820s. holy CRAP. This guys style is just awesome. How is he not famous?!?!?!?!?!??!!??!?!




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Re: HOW THE HELL IS DUSSEK NOT FAMOUS?
Reply #1 on: May 20, 2015, 07:59:41 PM
dude! I know right!?!? i've been chiming about him here and there every chance i get for a while. I have an awesome book from the chech repub w/ some scores of his less played works (including a super groovy prelude)


exhibits from old replies of mine  ;D
Quote from: visitor on March 09, 2015, 01:16:48 PM
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or this? super cool piece on the suffering of the queen  of France, Dusik (or Dussek)  8)



Quote from: visitor on March 03, 2015, 10:36:37 AM
+1. I would also suggest not remembering them after Clementi for a while so you can enjoy Dussek
Good one to start w


Worth the effort so you can build to


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Offline chopinlover01

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Re: HOW THE HELL IS DUSSEK NOT FAMOUS?
Reply #2 on: May 20, 2015, 08:41:26 PM
It looks from the video like he's "of color" (black, but I have to learn how to be PC), which at the time was probably not accepted (slavery still being widely accepted).
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Re: HOW THE HELL IS DUSSEK NOT FAMOUS?
Reply #3 on: May 20, 2015, 08:59:46 PM
Quote from: chopinlover01 on May 20, 2015, 08:41:26 PM
It looks from the video like he's "of color" (black, but I have to learn how to be PC), which at the time was probably not accepted (slavery still being widely accepted).

That's just the portrait. He was Czech lol

If you want an example of a good black composer, here ya go

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Re: HOW THE HELL IS DUSSEK NOT FAMOUS?
Reply #4 on: May 20, 2015, 09:17:01 PM
Quote from: mjames on May 20, 2015, 08:59:46 PM
That's just the portrait. He was Czech lol

If you want an example of a good black composer, here ya go


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William Grant Still, was boss! Could totally write and transcribe well for piano, and did some to a good extent!!
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Re: HOW THE HELL IS DUSSEK NOT FAMOUS?
Reply #5 on: May 20, 2015, 09:20:11 PM
Quote from: mjames on May 20, 2015, 07:17:27 PM
...During the early 1800s this guy was writing music that sounded like it was from the late 1820s.... How is he not famous?!?!?!?!?!??!!??!?!

That's the problem: he was too ahead of his time. It was better for him to stay with Mozart and not rush forward too fast :)
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Re: HOW THE HELL IS DUSSEK NOT FAMOUS?
Reply #6 on: May 20, 2015, 10:16:57 PM
Quote from: mjames on May 20, 2015, 08:59:46 PM
That's just the portrait. He was Czech lol

If you want an example of a good black composer, here ya go
fair enough. Just an offhand guess, probably should've said that~
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Re: HOW THE HELL IS DUSSEK NOT FAMOUS?
Reply #7 on: May 21, 2015, 05:37:04 PM
His neglect is baffling, but his star does seem to be ascending. He greatly influenced Field, so his importance to the romantic movement is rather high.

Both Steibelt and even more so Tomasek composed music before the dawn of the 19th Century that paved the way for the romantics.

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