contrapunctus, is that you?
i've missed talking. was very busy at the end of the semester - and i think you were saying you were too, with practice.
how come you don't just come right out and say 'pick bach.' with a name like contrapunctus, i think you are hinting though. i tend to like pretty much every composer for whatever they offer.
it's really hard to choose - like if you had to go to a deserted island with only one composer's music - maybe then i would choose beethoven (takes a moment, votes beethoven)...but unless i am really pressed, they are all so important. unless a person plays a variety of music, they really miss out. of course, some pianists specialize. a fellow i heard on the radio the other day asked his prof's at a russian conservatory if he only learn chopin. he learned all the mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, and did quite well for himself (i personally don't like his interpretations on some) - but unfortunatly didn't get his name.
i was tempted to do the same in grad school, and specialize in only music that i like. but, then, my teacher plays all kinds of awesome music, and if he hadn't introduced me (by listening to him and his students) to the various other composer's out there, i would not know what i was missing. it's nice to hear a recital that you really don't know the composers and are surprised by the music.
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