Greatest musical work ever written

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I know, that's a broad and sweeping statement, but just pick your favorite or reply if it's not on this list. I believe that classical music and rock music can be compared to each other as they sometimes have similarities.

[kwassa]

1. you forgot the "other" category

a couple of brazilian other contenders for best alltime.

Tis the season to be playing and singing Handel's Messiah, and I have been doing so.

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2. Since this d*** software only allows 10 choices, I always use all 10, and encourage

people to add a reply even if I don't include an "Other..." option. I wish they would change it to 20 or even 50 choices for a poll. What would be your choice?

[jobycom]

69. If you've got some Brazillian works that beat Beethoven's 9th

please educate me on them. That's not sarcasm, I'd like to know about them. My musical education has large gaps.

BTW, Donald Rumsfeld was holding his weekly presidential... Never mind.

[AllegroRondo]

3. Mozart's Requiem

but if I have to choose from the list, I'll take Stravinski

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4. I was trying to pick a Mozart piece, but I gave up.

Thank you for adding it. I guess I could have replaced the Grieg one with Mozart.

[AllegroRondo]

5. Either that or the Magic Flute, both are his finest work

I guess I just lean more toward the morbid in music, though.

[Aristus]

46. If you're trying to pick a Mozart piece, you could do a lot worse than his

Mass in C minor. It is simply incredible. Breathtakingly, heartbreakingly beautiful.

It's like God is saying: "Don't worry, I've got everything under control. Everything's cool."

[hickman]

38. Agree, Mozart's Requiem.

I think Beethoven requested it for his own funeral.

[RedStateShame]

6. So, we're just assuming "Pet Sounds" stands above all of these, right?

Brian is my co-pilot.

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10. that was actually on my list, along with "Dark Side of the Moon" but both were cut

damn this software that only allows 10 choices...

[chaska]

7. Wow, I was thinking the 9th before I even opened this.

[graywarrior]

8. The 9th all the way, baby.

[LynneSin]

9. Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti

:D

[jobycom]

71. Half the reason I clicked on this poll

Was to see how far down your Zep reference would be! :rofl:

[ironflange]

11. Beethoven's Third Symphony

Beats them all, even the Ninth.

[chaska]

13. I can't recall the 3rd....

Hum it.

[ironflange]

22. OK

Bum!
Bum!
La dee dah, de dah dah dah daah, dee deeeeee

You may better recognize the part that goes

Dah dee daah dee dee dum, dee dee daah dee dah dee dum

Or maybe the 3rd movt Scherzo:

da da da da da da da da da da da da da dit dit dit dit dit dit dit deedlelele loo dah da da da da da da doooo

[chaska]

24. Oh yeah, that one!

[bleedingheart]

26. That sounds like Strauss

I think you are confused...

:evilgrin:

[ironflange]

64. No, this is the piece you're probably thinking of

daa daa daa daaa de de dum da dummm daa daa daa daaa de de dum da dummm

Hope this helps.

[jobycom]

72. I wish we could K&R a post! LOL! nt

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20. I am also a big fan of his 5th and 7th symphonies. The II. Allegretto part of the 7th is incredible

[Bear down under]

106. You're in very good company,

The story goes that Beethove's friend Christian Kuffner (who wrote the words of the Master's Choral Fantasy) once asked him which of his symphonies was his own favourite.

"Why, the Eroica."

"I would have guessed the C minor."

"No," Beethoven insisted, the Eroica."

[underpants]

12. "Caring is creepy" by the Shins

It WILL change your life.

[musiclawyer]

29. I love that song

Listened to it a thousand times. I sing an acoustic guitar version of it to my kids almost every night at bedtime. My older daughter turned me on to it. I would never have found it otherwise. Those guys must have listened to the Kinks and Elliot Smith

[terrya]

14. I'm partial to Mahler's Ninth.

What a gorgeous piece of music. Imo.

[ironflange]

23. It's great

So sad though.

[DemoTex]

52. Mahler's "Kindertotenlieder." (Songs to dead children)

Sung by Kathleen Ferrier.

[barb162]

61. Mahler's First is wonderful too

[Richardo]

79. "Mahler's music is better than it sounds."

:hi:

[Hugin]

15. What?!?! No Mozart?

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16. I couldn't pick one Mozart piece, so I just gave up. What would be your choice?

[Xipe Totec]

40. The Magic Flute

Added link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urgANx5WV8E

[Beaverhausen]

17. Bernstein's "West Side Story"

[Democrats_win]

41. Yes! Especially "Somewhere."

[carlydenise]

18. Brian Wilson-Surf's Up

but I voted for Hendrix....
Carly

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Mahler's Symphony Number 2, followed closely by Penderecki's Polish Requiem

[benny05]

102. You Rock!

I just said the same thing and failed to read your message ahead!

[Deja Q]

21. Other - me humming in the shower.

O8)

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47. So, are you selling tickets to it?

[Book Lover]

25. Verdi's Dies Irae from his Requiem

I feel his Requiem as a whole needs tightening up in the soloists' pieces, but for my money, his Dies Irae stands tall as the greatest choral work ever written.

[AwakeAtLast]

60. Great choice

and a BITCH to sing! :D

:hi:

[LynzM]

107. That's a phenomenal piece....

I'd love to get to sing it as part of a true choir someday... I sang it with a community choir, and even then, it was chilling.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Well somebody has to include J. S. Bach...

So I'll say the St. Matthew Passion.

I think the late, great, Duke Ellington had it right. He objected to his music being categorized, because that's what leads to narrow-minded listening. It's all just music. :-)

[ChoralScholar]

28. The passion is very nice -

I also like the Bach Magnificat.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. My favorite aria from the Magnificat is

Quia Fecit Mihi Magna
I want to be a bass in my next life. :D

[Bear down under]

108. Another vote for the St Matthew Passion

"There are of course very great individual beauties in this score, but its impact is greatest when heard in its entirety. Take the four hours it needs. You will never be the same again." (Martin Mayer)

[musiclawyer]

30. "Oracle and Odyssey"

by the Zombies. By definition most underappreciated rock album of all time

[CTyankee]

32. Brahms German Requiem or Mozart's Mass

We often play them in our house. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto.

I think prolly Beethoven's 9th because of its impact on music but, boy, it is hard to choose!

[tigereye]

33. what, no Bach?

or Satie?

etc?


:)

[Ian_rd]

57. Here, here! Toccata and Fugue in D minor! Can I get an "amen?"

And no Dylan?

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62. Great piece. As far as Dylan, what would you choose?

[Ian_rd]

77. The TimesThey Are A-Changin' is the obvious choice

... because of it's popularity. There were dozens of great songs during this counter-culture explosion, but if only one work could be considered it's theme song, this is probably it. Of course, I could also be too young to know what the hell I'm talking about hehe.

Anyway, I've always been more partial to When The Ship Comes In. The imagery Dylan creates is joyful and powerful.

[yellowdogintexas]

99. Tocatta and Fugue, definitely ranks high, it is my husband's

favorite

[Bake]

34. What! No "Louie Louie"??????????

Whoah, baby now I said a;dslfkjwqprotiubvnktu-254.............

Bake

[Ariana Celeste]

35. the theme song to 'Hey Dude'

brilliance.

[jmowreader]

36. ELP's "Karn Evil 9"

[MISSDem]

37. Where's Chopin's Etudes?

No list is complete without.

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48. Let's take up a petition to increase the number of choices in a poll to 25.

[Paladin]

39. Shostakovitch's Fifth Symphony

n/t

[Sugar Smack]

42. Either Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" or the second movement of

Beethooven's Seventh Symphony. :bounce:

[Democrats_win]

43. Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring."

[Starbucks Anarchist]

44. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

[SPKrazy]

45. Interesting

A good piece

:hi:

[Little Wing]

49. Popozao mothafukas!

[SKKY]

91. Why do I think Popozao is turning into the new "Brazillion"???

[WritingIsMyReligion]

50. I like a lot of these, so I just gave my cat Miles a vote.

He was languishing in vote-less hell. :D

[Lilith Velkor]

83. Miles is teh cool

"Bitches Brew" is my fave. B-)

[DemoTex]

51. The Bach cantata "Actus Tragicus."

Breathtaking in its simplicity (recorder) and beauty.

[DemoTex]

53. The contra-bassist in me says Beethoven's 5th Scherzo

The oboist in me says Bach's Brandenberg Concertos. Know whut I mean?

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54. 5th and 7th are two of my favorites. The Allegretto in the 7th is almost always

playing in my head.

[DemoTex]

55. But have you ever PLAYED them in the symphony?

That is the ultimate gass!

[begin_within]

58. No, but I have played "Fur Elise" and the first section of "Moonlight Sonata"

all alone though!

[nytemare]

56. Debussy's "Claire de Lune", Holst's "Planets".

and "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" by Genesis.

:D

[Squeech]

75. If you like that

you should probably include "La Mer," which prefigured most of the orchestral bravura of the Planets (except of course for the 5/4 ostinado in the Mars movement, which is what suckered most of us in).

[nytemare]

84. I love Debussy.

1st Arabesque, La Mer, etc.

My favorite Planet would have to be Neptune, at least in Holst's planets. Actual planets are a bit different.

:)

[begin_within]

87. Also the "Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun" - a dreamy, beautiful piece.

[bmbmd]

59. Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini

Rachmaninoff. Hauntingly beautiful.

[yellowdogintexas]

100. Oh. God. Yes. ..and the Big Concerto, too. nt

[AwakeAtLast]

63. Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana"

I've sung it at least three times and every time I forget how fun it is.

I'm certified to teach the Orff method. My students love it! :D

[AllegroRondo]

65. I worked with a musician who collected recordings of it

he had at least 30 different CD recordings of Carmina Burana, and enjoyed pointing out the subtle differences in each.

[MissMillie]

66. Bach's Cello concertos

And how the hell did The Who Make this list?

[UndertheOcean]

67. Other : Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" n/t

--

[RetroLounge]

68. No Oasis on the list?

:shrug:

RL

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70. What's an Oasis...?

[Robb]

73. Girl from Ipanema!!

Doo-doo doo doo doo-dee doo doo-doo... :D

[kwassa]

74. I keep coming back to Bach, over and over

through the years, still love the Brandenburg Concertos,

and as we are currently singing a choral version of Cantata 140, that is my favorite.

[Squeech]

76. Question

For the rest of you who chose Rite of Spring, are there any orchestral works that, in your opinion, follow up on its innovations, especially in the areas of orchestral color and rhythm?

I ask in part because I have a vague recollection of hearing something on the radio and thinking how much it sounded like Son of Sacre, but I never found out what it was.

It wasn't Edgard Varese's "Ameriques," although I would suggest that as a candidate.

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88. Stravinsky's "Petrouchka" and "Firebird Suite" are also outstanding works.

They are more conventional than "Rite of Spring," but still with many great moments. "Firebird" is packed with beauty and drama, including the chaotic "Infernal Dance of King Katschei" which is still dizzying to listen to.

[Leftist78]

78. Springsteen's album Nebraska or...

this guy's stuff http://myspace.com/cdgeorge :evilgrin:

[youthere]

80. I'm going to say the Wiggle's "Quack Quack Cock a Doodle" song..

because I haven't been able to get the thing out of my head for the last two years.

[AwakeAtLast]

90. For me it's "Hot Potato" and "Fruit Salad"

YUMMY YUMMY! :crazy:

:hi:

[grasswire]

81. what? no Joplin?

His "American Beauty" when properly played is a glorious piece. And his "Real Slow Drag" from his opera "Tremonisha" is stunning.

And my personal choice for the "greatest" Gershwin is "Rhapsody in Blue" and I think that would be my first choice overall.

Hell, I even appreciate W.C. Handy's "Memphis Blues" in a big, big way. Just call me an American who loves American music.

[speedoo]

82. Sibelius' Finlandia and Dylan's Modern Times.

Ask me tomorrow and I'll probably choose different stuff. But Dylan will always make my short list.

[noonwitch]

85. Dvorak's "Romance for Violin and Orchestra"

Such a beautiful and romantic piece of music.

[Chemical Bill]

86. Little Wing - Hendrix n/t

[SmokingJacket]

89. Debussy's Claire de Lune.

At least that's my pick this week.

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93. I love it.

[SKKY]

92. "Joshua Tree" by U2. No doubt about it. Top to bottom the...

...greatest album of all time. IMHO.

[undeterred]

94. Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge over the River Kwai"

I mean, over Troubled Water...

[xchrom]

95. i love the brandenburg concerto -- but i love hayden's water music.

i don't know why -- but i prefer bach to beethoven.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

96. Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni is the best opera ever. Marriage of Figaro and Magic Flute are right behind it.

[Redstone]

97. "Newfoundland" from "Brendan's Voyage."

Who'd have ever thought that Uillean pipes and a symphony orchestra would work together?

Bar none, hands down, the best 4 minutes 33 second in musical history. I would DARE anyone who ever listened to it to disagree.

Problem is, maybe 2,000 people have ever heard it.

Redstone

[greendog]

98. Keith Emerson and The Nice covering Dylans "Country Pie"

:evilgrin::hide::evilgrin:

[benny05]

101. I would have liked an other category

I chose Who's Next because I love the Who.

But if I had to pick apples to apples...

1) Mahler's #2 Symphony (Resurrection)..for classical
2) Dvorak's #9 From the New World

Rock, in which all are thematic and songs depend on one other--aka concept:

5) Tommy or Quadraphrenia by the Who
4) Aqualung or Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull
3) Days of Future Passed--Moody Blues
2) Led Zepplin IV by Led Zepplin

and 1) Dark Side of the Moon or the Wall by Pink Floyd

[pokerfan]

103. 'Lick My Love Pump' by Spinal Tap

It's a Mozart/Bach fusion, you know...

Seriously, I love all the odd numbered Beethovens, but mostly the ninth.

[Blue-Jay]

104. Coltrane - "A Love Supreme"

[enigmatic]

105. "Maggot Brain"- Funkadelic

Listening to Eddie Hazel write a gripping novel w/ his guitar is better than just about anything for me..