Originally posted by Shallow Blue
Oh, I dunno. I don't hate him, really, he just leaves me puzzled and mostly cold. As for Wagner, I subscribe to Signor Rossini's opinion of him.
No, if you want a composer I really cannot stand, look no further than that underachiever Mozart. Bloke had talent by the bucketfuls, but only wrote one piece of real music in his life, and that when he was about to pop off.
Richard
Oh, I dunno. I don't hate him, really, he just leaves me puzzled and mostly cold. As for Wagner, I subscribe to Signor Rossini's opinion of him.
Interesting. For example, The Adagietto from the 5th Symphony leaves you
"cold " ?
What did Rossini say ? I know a few other comments.
No, if you want a composer I really cannot stand, look no further than that underachiever Mozart. Bloke had talent by the bucketfuls, but only wrote one piece of real music in his life, and that when he was about to pop off.
Cracks about Mozart usually don't bother me. Someone may take the bait though. That is not because I don't like Mozart. Probably its because he's given so much attention, it is useless to think of him as not having succeeded as a composer.
Besides, being a composer myself, I am ALWAYS on the side of the composer. If there is a composer whose music I DON'T like, it often causes me to listen even more closely.
For example, I have not heard anything by Havergall Brian which I thought was really good. That makes me return to his works periodically to hear more. I even ask why this music doesn't do anything for me.
Now there are a few composers that took me years to appreciate. Here's a short list of composers who took me about 20 years or more to appreciate:
Hector Berlioz
Benjamin Britten
Bach (maybe ten years)
The keyboard playing of Glenn Gould won me over to Bach.