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Ask me some questions about Western classical music

I am a quasi-freshman, and I am definitely not as professional as them!

In fact, during the Renaissance, almost no one listened to it. There was something called "Gregorian Chant", which was probably It sounds like a Buddhist scripture from this period~

The Baroque period was around the 1600s, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Scarlatti... there are many, but most people just listen to the previous ones Three people~

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor,

Handel: Hallelujah (a aria from the oratorio "Messiah"),

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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

You should have heard of these before, and you have a way of knowing the other "heavyweight" ones. Feelings... It’s really hard to say, ‘This thing is very subjective

The classical period is the period of the 1700s. Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were the “giants” of this period~

Haydn has never been heard before, and his symphonies seem to be very strong~ There is also a trumpet concerto that is very nice

Mozart, Turkish March (the third movement of the Eleventh Piano Sonata), No. You must have heard the Forty Symphony (that is, "Don't Want to Grow Up") and the String Serenade in G major. Maybe you have also heard the Twenty-fifth Symphony and other ~ symphonies are best numbered 39, 40, 41. The best piano concertos should be 20~24and27, as well as the Requiem (this is the name of the genre, not the title) and so on. In fact, Mozart is basically a high-quality product, so he is a genius~

< p>Beethoven’s strongest symphonies and piano sonatas are Symphonies 3 “Hero”, 5 “Destiny”, 6 “Pastoral”, 7 and 9 “Chorus” (Ode to Joy is the 4th movement, but it is smaller than usual) The theme I heard was much longer (more than 20 minutes) and was a strong-medium-strong one; some of the sonatas can’t remember which number they were in. The famous ones are “Pathetique”, “Moonlight”, “Passion”, “Farewell” and “Dawn”. There are also his Fifth Piano Concerto "Emperor" and Violin Concerto which are also very good. I feel this person: Vigorous + Passion

The next period is the Romantic period: Weber, Schubert, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, Liszt , Wagner, Tchaikovsky...

Schubert: I don’t know much about it. ``The Eighth Symphony, "Trout" Piano Quintet, "Death and the Maiden" Quartet, known as " "The King of Songs" I have never heard those songs... I have only heard "The Linden Tree" (this is a collection of songs)

Berlioz, I have only heard the Symphonie Fantastique, which is great!< /p>

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, 3 "Scottish", 4 "Italian" symphonies, soundtrack for Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", created a genre called "Songs without Words" The most famous should be "Spring Song"

Schumann, Symphony No. 1 "Spring", "Childhood Scenes" Piano Suite (probably this genre)

Chopin: all of them It’s a good thing. Nocturne (this is a genre) is considered a “special specialty”! You will usually encounter: Nocturne in E flat major, Etude in E major, Etude in C minor (the nickname is “Revolution”), Etude in A flat major Polonaise (should also be called Polonaise)

Brahms: This is good stuff! Brahms was a student of Schumann, and everyone said that he liked Schumann’s wife. This kind of thing can easily cause people problems, and it is not mainstream, so his stuff seems to be more depressing than Beethoven's. Symphonies are all good, especially 1 and 4! Violin Concerto, Two Piano Concertos, Hungarian Dance Collection, Clarinet Quintet

Liszt: It is said that he played the piano extremely well and created the "symphonic poetry" genre. Symphonic poem "Prelude" 1, 2, Piano Concerto Hungarian Rhapsody (the second one seems to be very good, the sixth one is also quite...)

Wagner: Wagner and Brahms are mortal enemies, Liss Herbert's son-in-law and the ex-husband of Liszt's daughter seemed to be a Brahmsian. Wagner was generally a reformist, and Brahms was generally a conservative. However, the later radicals-modernism seemed to have a strong influence on Brahms. A little better.

Wagner is all about opera, which is not very good. I would rather watch a movie, but I still listen to the overture ~ "Tannh?user (this is the male protagonist's name, transliterated)", "Rienzi" and "The Flying Dutchman" "The overture of "The Ring of the Nibelungs" is quite good. There is also a aria called "The Flying Valkyrie" in the episode "The Ring of the Nibelungs", and the prelude to "Tristan and Isolde" + "Death of Love" is a widely spread aria, especially "Valkyrie". Now both of them are conservatives, I prefer Brahms

Tchaikovsky: Some people say he is gay, probably because he is jealous because he is supported by a rich woman. Some people say he died of cholera, while others say he committed suicide. He is suspected of having a mental disorder... Symphonies 4, 5, and 6 are better than the last, and more negative than the last. I don't know whether to be happy when I listen to the Violin Concerto. It's still sad. I don't like the First Piano Concerto very much anymore, but it's a classic.

The late 1800s was "post-romanticism", the "post" feeling of "post" and "post-modern" It seems to be different, with more elements of inheritance. Rachmaninov, Bruckner, Mahler, and Richard Strauss can be considered representatives

, characterized by: "nihilism" began to rise, and the spiritual crisis of Westerners began during this period The emergence of philosophers such as Kierkegaard and Nietzsche is an obvious sign. They heralded the rise of "existentialism" in Europe in the 20th century.

Rachmaninov: Rachmaninoff is considered a student of Tchaikovsky. His works are more tragic...but also full of vitality, maybe because he suffered from mental illness` 2. 3 Piano Concerto, "Island of the Dead" symphonic poem, Symphonies 2 and 3, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Mahler: Mahler had neurosis (not crazy yet, probably at the level of depression) ) `seems to know something about Nietzsche` as if Freud had been his doctor`. The nine symphonies and some art song collections are representative works. Mahler is almost my favorite!

Bruckner: Symphonies 4, 7, 8 and 9 are representative works

Mahler No one appreciated the works of Le and Bruckner during their lifetimes, they are a bit like Nietzsche and Kierkegaard in the music world

Richard Strauss (doesn’t seem to have much to do with waltzes): Symphonic poem "Zarathustra" (Nietzsche's book) (You should have heard the "Sunrise" at the beginning of this symphonic poem) "Don Quixote", "Don Juan", "Legend of Heroes", "Death and Purification" 》

Post-Romanticism is more concerned about death than Romanticism`

In the 1800s, there were also some musicians called "nationalism". They mainly drew from the music of their own nation. It must be related to the rise of colonialism and the beginning of imperialism at that time. Musicians include Denmark's Carl Nielsen, Norway's Grieg, Finland's Sibelius, Russia's "Five Powerful Group" - Glinka, Riem Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Balakiev, Guy (this one is not famous) and Borodin, Czech Dvo?ák, Smetana... Nationalism is actually It has a wide influence. It should be said that wherever there is national music, there is also the classical music national music school.

Nielsen: Maybe not many people know this person, but he is quite good ~ 3, 4, 5, 6 Symphony The song is representative, right?

Greeg: The name is not "famous", but the song is often heard. "Morning Song" was composed for the soundtrack of Ibsen's play "Pier Gynt" Temple of the Mountain" "Song of Solvay". ...I have heard the beginning of his Piano Concerto No. 1 in a TV series starring Angela Chang and Huo Jianhua

Sibelius: The most famous is Ode to Finland and his symphonies are all Tingbang`seems to be a national revolutionary in itself`

Dvo?ák: Symphonies No. 8 and 9, especially the Cello Concerto No. 9~

Smetana: " "My Motherland", the most famous of which is "Vvotava"

Five-member ensemble: Glinka's opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila" (the original work was written by Pushkin) Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov's "Shehrazada (or Arabian Nights)" and "Spanish Caprice", Mussorgsky's "Picture Exhibition", Balakiyev and Gu I don't know that Borodin has a symphony painting "On the Grasslands of Central Asia".

I can only talk about so many works. They should also be excellent, but in my case they are only surpassed by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.

In the late 1800s, there was another Impressionism It seems that many people associate those distorted images with "Impressionism". Although Impressionist painting is a pioneer in challenging realism, the pictures are still basically realistic pictures and full of poetry. Impressionist music is also quite easy to accept. The feeling of paintings by painters like Nye and Renoir is very close~

Debussy: Debussy is the founder of Impressionist music. His representative works are "The Sea", "Nocturne" (this is the title) and "The Faun". Afternoon Overture". (Uh... I don't remember "La Mer" and "Nocturne". There seems to be something called "Symphonic Sketch")

Ravel: Ravel's representative work is "Boleiro" (you have definitely heard of it) !) The soundtrack of the "Waltz" ballet "Daphne and Chloe"

I feel that Debussy is closer to Monet and Ravel is closer to Renoir.

The world began to change in the 1900s. Those musicians in the late 1800s had a tendency - more and more dissonant tones appeared - nihilization. China seems to have never experienced such an environment. When people hear "nothingness", they seem to think it is a sign that their thinking is not optimistic enough. But the philosopher Karl Jaspers said this: As for ourselves, we can already judge the reality of things. Things are seen in context, and that's why the foundations of life shake beneath our feet. Artists are the first group to face nothingness head-on. Before existentialism began to flourish in the 1930s, there were all kinds of "modernist" art. Mahler should be the musician closest to modernism among non-modernists. Strauss should be in this regard. Not bad~

Expressionism can be regarded as the "predecessor" of modernism in both painting and music

Schoenberg and his two disciples, Webern and Berg, are The representative of Expressionism`

Schoenberg created atonal music, twelve-note sequence composition, etc., which sounds "weird" to us anyway, but if we abandon the "aesthetic stereotypes" "There are still some discoveries~

In fact, I don’t know whether Hungary’s Bartók and Kodály are considered ethnic music or modernists. At least Bartók is not too modern. In fact, I don’t know Kodak. Yi~

Bartók's representative works include "Concerto for Orchestra", "Music for Celesta, String Instruments and Percussion Instruments" and the dance drama "The Magic Mandarin". Bartók's status in modern music is also very important, and it is not surprising. He should be classified on the side of expressionism.

The one who is known as the "Picasso of music" is Stravinsky. He is the most powerful, and Picasso is not the most powerful, but he seems to be of any school. His representative works are the dance dramas "Firebird", "Petrushka" and "The Rite of Spring"

Speaking of Stella Wensky, we have to mention the modern music of the Soviet Union (not Russia) ~ it is the "neo-classical school". Stravinsky is also very important in this school. It doesn't sound too strange, but it is disharmonious. Sound~

Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 and 7, both of which seem to be good, are the most famous.

Prokofiev: The most famous is No. 1 Symphony "Classical" (this is typical neoclassical music), symphonic fairy tale "Peter and the Wolf", ballet "Romeo and Juliet" and "Cinderella"

Khatchaturian: I don’t recognize it, but there is a song Everyone has heard of "Saber Dance" from a drama. I don't know what kind of drama it is, and I don't know if it is neoclassical or not.

As I said before Except for Schoenberg, they are not weird, so modernism is not that difficult to accept~The really weird ones are called "avant-garde"

Várez: Varèse is standing up now, so it shouldn't be too difficult. Weird~ But he is considered a pioneer in things like "noise music" and "electronic music".

Representative works... Avant-garde musicians seem to have no fixed style, so it is not easy to "represent"... "American" seems to be the most famous, and "Ionization" seems to be the "most radical", all of which are percussion.< /p>

Ives: Ives should be considered a "pioneer". The Fourth Symphony and the "Concord Sonata" seem to be more famous. I have listened to the Second Symphony. That one is not weird at all. But the Concord Sonata... I haven’t heard it the fourth time.

John Cage: I don’t understand any of his other works except that “4 Minutes and 33 Seconds” is the most “interesting” ", in the first and third movements, the performer's "performance" is to open and close the piano lid, stand and sit down, which is actually "4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence". He said that all the sounds on the field are part of the music, so it is " with sound".

Messian: Schoenberg pioneered "sequential music". It seems that Messiaen extended "sequence" to rhythm, taking a step towards the future "total sequence". Messiaen's most famous is "The Doomsday Quartet", "The Birds Awakening" and "Tul?o Galilei Symphony" Messiaen seems to be easier to accept~ By grasping the three elements - love, faith and birdsong, Messiaen can distinguish many kinds of bird calls.

Stockhausen: Stockhausen's music is absolutely "abstract", and his music is mainly electronic music. Famous: "Helicopter Quartet" (helicopters are used as musical instruments) , "Song of Youth" died in 2007. < /p>

Berio: Is the "Symphony" the most famous?

Those avant-garde music are a bit...but if someone laughs at that music, it will seem too...ignorant. `Those There are many other musicians: Luigi Nono, Carter, Knudsen, Toru Takemitsu, Tan Dun (you should have heard of this), Glass, Henze... all kinds of different, but I think they include I have mentioned some "postmodernism". In fact, I can't tell the difference clearly, but it is obvious that people like Glass and Tan Dun are not nihilistic. I really don't understand the characteristics of "postmodernism". It seems to be "digestion". `I have exhausted all my talents!

Four major violin concertos: Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn

Three major requiems: Mozart, Verdi, Frei ( Look up this person yourself (French)

I forgot to mention Tchaikovsky’s “three major ballets”: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker

My important feelings~!: Music is for listening, not for comparing quality, temperament, knowledge... Music is not a tool! I'm so uneducated, I can still listen to classical music, and only classical music~!

If the above content is wrong, don't blame me~I'm just an amateur~