Classical Composers - It's A Knockout (Winner: Johann Sebastian Bach)

[Bela_theDo]

Rachmaninoff

 

Bach

 

[Majsju]

Beethoven, Bach

[Krakalakachkn]

Beethoven, Bach

 

Yep

[el Nynaeve]

Beethoven and Mozart.

 

I watched Marriage of Figaro on the BBC last night, so I suppose that makes me biased. :D

[Corki]

Beethoven and Bach

 

[Jeannaisais]

Rachmaninoff

 

Bach

 

 

Agreed

[dapianoplay3r]

Beethoven

Mozart

[Talya]

Beethoven

 

Bach

[Thorum]

Rachmaninov

 

Mozart

[Jeannaisais]

Bach defeats Mozart 6-3

 

Beethoven also defeats Rachmaninoff at a 6-3 victory!

 

Grand final and 3rd/4th play-offs will arrive momentarily!

[Jeannaisais]

3rd/4th Play-Offs

 

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. He was considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, very nearly the last great representative of Russian late Romanticism in classical music. His initial style was similar to Tchaikovsky, but he developed his own. These involved brutal gestures and uncompromising power of expression, flexible rhythms, sweeping lyricism and stringent economy of thematic material were all features he kept and refined in subsequent works.

Links:

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

First of all, it's Mozart? Why wouldn't you nominate one of the most prominent and well known composers? And he didn't just do piano compositions, he often created symphonic compositions as well, including some of the great operas. Mozart's versatility as a composer allowed him to advanced the technical sophistication and emotional reach of the different genres he composed.

Links: Piano Concerto No. 5 and Mozart's Requiem

 

 

Voting ends 7th June 2010 at 8 a.m. CST

[Jeannaisais]

Grand Final

 

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Beethoven was a German composer and pianist, and is one of the great names of the world of Classical music. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. He gained the reputation of being a virtuoso pianist. His deafness is well known to the world, but he still  continued to compose, conduct, and perform. His work spanned a broad range of genres, and a variety of instruments. His main works were for the piano and string instruments.

Links:

and

 

 

vs.

 

Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist, whose ecclesiastical and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. He has a wide range of music known to the world, which are renowned for their intellectual depth, technical command and artistic beauty. During his lifetime, he was  respected as an organist.

Links: Air on a G String and

 

Voting ends 7th June 2010 at 8 a.m. CST

[Krakalakachkn]

Mozart, Bach

[Majsju]

Mozart, Beethoven

[Bela_theDo]

Mozart, Bach

[Corki]

Again, thanks for finishing this off!

 

Mozart and Bach

[Jeannaisais]

It's alright Corki, I got it taken care of ;)

 

Rachmaninoff, Bach

[Corki]

I am wrapping this up to allow me to move onto the next theme for the Band and music.

 

In the 3rd/4th Play-off, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart scored a resounding 4-1 win over Sergei Rachmaninoff.

 

And in the Grand Final, Johann Sebastian Bach beat Ludwig Van Beethoven by 4 votes to 1 to be crowned the Band's and DM's favourite Classical Composer.

[Krakalakachkn]

JOHANN!!