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Offline fuel925

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What Would You Say If:
on: April 22, 2005, 11:01:53 AM
Someone knew to classical piano music wanted to hear some? which pieces would you recommend?

Offline stormx

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #1 on: April 22, 2005, 01:29:41 PM
I would suggest him:

- Beethoven piano sonatas
- Chopin Nocturnes and Polonaises

Is there any human being not loving them??
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Offline etudes

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #2 on: April 22, 2005, 01:32:12 PM
i think to begin i would start with Chopin Noctures (as mentioned) and waltz more and polonaise
and maybe some of chopin etudes
and Liszt etudes (of course La campanella)
mozart and beethoven also great
do not recommend 20th century music for beginner
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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #3 on: April 22, 2005, 02:27:25 PM
You know, there is a reason why Fuer Elise and the Moonlight Sonata are so popular. Those are probably still the most recognizable Classical pieces along with some themes from various Beethoven symphonies (ta ta ta taaaaa.) That should get most people hooked somewhat. One can then go from there.

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #4 on: April 22, 2005, 02:51:07 PM
second movement from Chopin e minor Concerto
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Offline steinwayguy

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #5 on: April 22, 2005, 10:38:51 PM
Beethoven 5 or 7
Mozart 40 or 41
Bach Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor

Offline aquariuswb

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #6 on: April 22, 2005, 10:46:41 PM
Beethoven 5 or 7
Mozart 40 or 41
Bach Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor

Agreed (as usual), but the question asks about specifically piano music.

I'd say that Bach is a good start (if organ counts). Also, Bach's famous Minuet in G from Magdalena's notebook... simple but CATCHY!

Mozart -- Rondo alla Turca, Sonata Facile in C (1st movement)

Beethoven -- 1st movement of Moonlight, 2nd movement of Pathetique

Liszt -- HR #2

Chopin -- Nocturne Op. 9/2

I think it best to first recommend these pieces that they are probably already familiar with. Afterwards, ask which they prefer, and give them more pieces that are similar.
Favorite pianists include Pollini, Casadesus, Mendl (from the Vienna Piano Trio), Hungerford, Gilels, Argerich, Iturbi, Horowitz, Kempff, and I suppose Barenboim (gotta love the CSO). Too many others.

Offline rebel1ns

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #7 on: April 22, 2005, 11:37:48 PM
liszt trascendental etude in F

Offline Ludwig Van Rachabji

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #8 on: April 23, 2005, 01:31:40 AM
Opus Clavicembalisticum.
Music... can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. Leonard Bernstein

Offline galonia

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #9 on: April 23, 2005, 02:20:34 AM
Well, it just depends on which piece has just been ripped off by a pop musician - e.g. right now, I'd pick the F minor Prelude from Bach's WTK, because pop music stations are all playing "They" by Jem, which just uses that music.

Why do the marketing if someone else has done it for you?

Offline abe

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #10 on: April 23, 2005, 03:49:24 AM
Haha, speaking on a similar note, I was working today at my school's annual carnival/fair, and was sitting at the kareokee (I know that's not how its spelled) booth, and was surprised to hear various pop songs built of Pacabel's Canon, and a rap song that repeated a slightly contorted version of Fur Elise. Such originality in popular music these days....
--Abe

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #11 on: April 23, 2005, 08:47:23 AM

Offline Waldszenen

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #12 on: April 23, 2005, 09:24:13 AM
Chopin's Etudes :)
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Offline galonia

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #13 on: April 23, 2005, 03:08:08 PM
Such originality in popular music these days....

There's never been much originality in pop ever - not just these days - in the 60s, a lot of the pop songs were really Italian songs.  Just with English words put in.

Offline pocorina

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #14 on: April 23, 2005, 03:18:39 PM
On the subject of La Campanella (one of the nicest pieces in my opinion), what difficulty rating would you give it on a scale of 1-10 (1 being easy and ten being diabolically hard)?
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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #15 on: April 23, 2005, 05:01:01 PM
Opus Clavicembalisticum.

LOL, i really laughed out loud when i saw that... hah, you say it like you truly MEAN it!  :P

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #16 on: April 23, 2005, 06:59:14 PM
Tchaikovsky PC 1.

Shostakovich symphony 5 0r 15

Offline Etude

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #17 on: April 23, 2005, 07:00:35 PM
2nd movement of Rach 2

If they don't like that, try some early Penderecki.  ;)

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #18 on: April 23, 2005, 11:14:38 PM
Bolliver, you might aswell add shostakovich #1 and #9 :)
I am also a big Shostakovich fan... me and my friend were obcessed by him during our "upper secondary school"-time. We talked about what symphonies we listned to each break, people must have though we were nuts.

Chopin Waltzes and Mazurkas

Mozart The Magic Flute, although I hated a greater portion of it for a long time.

Rachmaninov Piano Concertos (My mother says this was the first music I liked)

Bach Concertos

First thing I liked was some Mahler symphony, perhaps #5... then I got #1 "Titan" , I must have listned to it a hundred times...my first record :)

Then I listned like crazy to Beethoven symphonies #1, #6

Tchaikovsky piano concerto is a good starter also.

Offline Bob

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #19 on: April 23, 2005, 11:34:49 PM
A variety.  Who knows what their tastes are? 

You could also take their personality and find pieces that might resonant with them.
Favorite new teacher quote -- "You found the only possible wrong answer."

Offline pianomann1984

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #20 on: April 23, 2005, 11:38:09 PM
On the subject of La Campanella (one of the nicest pieces in my opinion), what difficulty rating would you give it on a scale of 1-10 (1 being easy and ten being diabolically hard)?

I would put it at about a 9.  Is very very hard!
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Offline etudes

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #21 on: April 23, 2005, 11:44:04 PM
On the subject of La Campanella (one of the nicest pieces in my opinion), what difficulty rating would you give it on a scale of 1-10 (1 being easy and ten being diabolically hard)?
could u give some examples of diabolically hard?
La Campanella is both highly technical and musical demanding i would give it 8 or 9 in the level of difficulty
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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #22 on: April 24, 2005, 05:19:49 AM
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, The Bluebird and Florine

Offline pianomann1984

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Re: What Would You Say If:
Reply #23 on: April 24, 2005, 10:31:20 AM
Someone knew to classical piano music wanted to hear some? which pieces would you recommend?

I would recommend listening to every piece of music you can get your hands on and making up your own mind on what you like, developing your musical personality as you go :)
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