Re: Classical 101

Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 09:27:30 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
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"james" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> "Abelard2" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> | "Dave'n'Alias" davenalias*nospam*@yahoo.co.uk:
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> | >"Powell" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> | >> If I were to begin my classical music education, who would be the
> | >> quintessential artist. For example, jazz artist would be John
> Coltrane,
> | >> Dave Brubeck, or Ron Carter.
> | >>
> | >> curious
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> | >Beethoven.
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> | A good answer, but why not get a sense of the development of the art, by
> | starting with the man who, above all others, made Beethoven possible:
J.S.
> | Bach.
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> Bach wasn't classical.
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> james
no... not in the sense of the classical period. He was a Baroque composer...
I should not think there is anyone here who did not know that already :o)
Well... maybe one person (mentions no names...) But, obviously the OP is
talking about Classical in the generic sense of the word. As you are looking
at rec.classical.music I am assuming you were not thinking about just the
Classical Period in general. Or do you also get upset when you go into a
record store and see CDs of Bach, Vivaldi etc in the "Classical Music"
section :o)
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