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I always liked classical music. I blame looney toons and other such cartoons for having classical music in em.

Interesting Fact: Tchaikovsky was a homosexual. He got married so he wouldn't be persecuted as one. I always thought that was pretty interesting.
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I never knew that - any links to confirm it?
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I listen to Wagner....at times.
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griegg is cool.
like mozart too
and bethoven (That can't be spelled like that.. Beth-Oven??)
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Mismatch wrote:griegg is cool.
like mozart too
and bethoven (That can't be spelled like that.. Beth-Oven??)
Yes, Mozart's Requiem is awesome as is most of his music; he was perhaps the most gifted of all composers. And the right spelling is Beethoven.
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It's true that Tchaikovsky was gay. In fact, he wrote a violin concerto (widely considered to be one of the best Romantic-Era pieces ever) for his lover, a violinist. And this was all while he was married. Anyway, I'll contest Corpse's claim that Mozart was the "most gifted" of all composers. He's up there, but he's certainly not unrivalled. Besides, it's rather difficult to compare composers who lived hundreds of years apart, because their composition style is so radically different from one another. For instance, Mozart is considered to be a genius in every form of classical composition, whereas Chopin is considered a genius only in piano works, though many consider his piano works to be the best ever.

So anyway, when it comes to choosing between the "elite" composers, it mainly all boils down to personal preference.
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I agree with you Schubert but don't forget Mozart was writing operas since he was a small child.
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Oh noes, personal preferences means hot discussion with emotions involved, prepare for flaming D:
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Corpse you fucking dyke, Mendelssohn was writing symphonies when he was FIVE. Yeah, that makes Mozart his bitch.
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Mr. Teatime wrote:I never knew that - any links to confirm it?
Besides Franz backing me up, I'm sure it'd be easy to find. Infact, I just found it acouple of times in a basic search. Here you go. I actually found out on the inside slip of my "Classical Music for Dummies" cd (It had abunch of good songs for 5 bucks).
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Franz Schubert wrote:Corpse you fucking dyke, Mendelssohn was writing symphonies when he was FIVE. Yeah, that makes Mozart his bitch.
Oh well, I didn't know that; now that's fucking impressive.
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