Re: old-time itch scratched by classical music

Date: 5 Feb 2003 08:44:30 -0800
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"Paul Stamler" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> I like a lot of other classical music too, but in different ways than I like
> old-time.
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I went through a period when I first went to college when I listened
to nothing but classical music, and I listened to lots of things that
greatly affected my musical appreciation, although those pieces were
obviously too hard to learn to play, especially for one who doesn't
read music except in the most rudimentary manner. Even after I was
spending most of my spare time listening to Old Time music, I still
enjoyed classical music, especially Brahms symphonies and Bartok
string quartets & Beethoven string quartets & Stravinsky "Rite of
Spring," and Mahler's First Symphony & Charles Ives & Julian Bream's
lute versions of Bach. As Paul says, though, the pleasure in listening to these is different
from (maybe involves a different part of the brain?) than listening to
OT music. Specifically, I love vocal OT music but mostly do not like
vocal classical music.
One of my classical favorites as of last couple decades is "The
Brendan Voyage," composed by Shaun Davey, for orchestra and Uillean
pipes. It speaks to the same part of me that appreciates OT music. My
copy is an LP, but it's been re-released as a CD by Tara Records.
Lyle