Originally posted by st00p1dfac3i wouldn't say he was the exact opposite...
You don't have to click the post button three times, Einstein.
Edit: No I'm not calling you by your username, I'm using it in the sarcastic way - the way you do when something does something that is the exact opposite of genius.
personally, of the great greats, i like JS Bach. Of the stuff that i listen to normally i think rory gallagher is, musically, streets ahead of every other musician of his era (personal opinion! but yes, even eric), although i saw Brian Kellock (pianist for the great James Morrison) at the weekend and was blown away! He's pretty darn awesome...
Originally posted by JusuhSo you saw "A Prarie Home Companion" Richard Altman directed, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Woody Harrilson and Garrison Keeler.
Lindsay Lohan.
My personal fav would be Joaquin Rodrigo, Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre, and Concerto de Aranjuez both played by Andre Segovia and others like John Williams, Julian Bream, Christopher Parkening among others but you have to give the performance trophy to Andre of course.
Others on my list: Finlandia, The Moldau, Stravinski's Rite of Spring,
Shaharazade, Jesu, Joy of man's desiring, done by Christopher Parkening, incredible rendition. Rory Block on The Last Leviathan, pierces the heart. I will halt it there for brevity but the list would go on for several more pages.
Originally posted by sonhouseI agree, Segovia would top my list.
So you saw "A Prarie Home Companion" Richard Altman directed, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Woody Harrilson and Garrison Keeler.
My personal fav would be Joaquin Rodrigo, Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre, and Concerto de Aranjuez both played by Andre Segovia and others like John Williams, Julian Bream, Christopher Parkening among others but you have to giv ...[text shortened]... the heart. I will halt it there for brevity but the list would go on for several more pages.
nobody can know if the classical composers could play worth anything, in theory they could've been just average. great composers, sure, but musicians? how many contemporary composers can get even close to the top musicians? not many. I don't see how it would've been any different back then.
as for the best musician, I'll go with stanley jordan. there probably are better ones, but I just can't think of one right now.
Originally posted by wormwoodSeconded. Because although composers like Mozart, Bach et al were accomplished performers in their own right it's not as if we have ever heard them or are likely to hear them.
nobody can know if the classical composers could play worth anything, in theory they could've been just average. great composers, sure, but musicians? how many contemporary composers can get even close to the top musicians? not many. I don't see how it would've been any different back then.
as for the best musician, I'll go with stanley jordan. there probably are better ones, but I just can't think of one right now.
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Originally posted by demonseedYou know, I saw a short piece on tv about this teenage girl, wish I could remember her name, a prodigy on both the piano and composition, like 16 yo. She did a demonstration of composition where she had notes drawn on maybe 3X5 cards, just A, B, C, C#, D, etc. The MC's job was to jumble them up and place them in some more or less random order, whatever the MC liked, then hand the stack to the girl who laid them out in that order on the piano, thought for about 10 seconds and proceeded to improvise an incredible little concerto on the spot. Now THAT takes an incredible amount of talent. Imagine, a prodigy that strong on both performance AND composition. Dang, wish I could remember her name. Anyone out there remember that demonsration?
Seconded. Because although composers like Mozart, Bach et al were accomplished performers in their own right it's not as if we have ever heard them or are likely to hear them.
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Originally posted by demonseedI mixed it a bit with musicians vs. players/singers though. but I guess you got my point. I've just never thought of composers as musicians, except in the broadest sense. don't know why, but possibly because composers usually seem so distant. sheet music. and the 'musicians', in my mind, are the ones who actually perform the music.
Seconded. Because although composers like Mozart, Bach et al were accomplished performers in their own right it's not as if we have ever heard them or are likely to hear them.
If by 'musician' you mean a person who's talent is the composition, manipulation, performance and advancement of music then Bach and Zappa, no constest. If you just mean a person who plays a musical instrument, then who cares? Probably some technique 1nker like Steve Vai, or somesuch.
