I’m probably the only one lol

But seriously, I also love the classical music from the Soviet Union (and I don’t mean just household names like Shostakovich).

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    You are definitely not the only one. It’s literally what I do for a living and I’m extremely lucky for that! What a privilege I have, that I get up in the morning excited and happy to go to work. I love the stuff!

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      I just started with /r/classical and then branched off from there.

      Also, all the compositions for a composer are out there.

      My suggestion? Do some exploration and don’t just go by the household names; the obscure composers are the best, in my honest opinion.

      Also, the Soviet Union was famous for its classical music. You can start there and listen to some songs and compositions while you do work on your computer or something.

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    I would love more suggestions from y’all! I love classical but I find it to be difficult to explore as a genre. I am not a musician.

    However, I love Michael Schäffer’s lute music. it has such a contemplative and intimate feeling. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6qJVz1zsmhI

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      You don’t approach classical the same way you approach other music. And, anyway, I would suggest maybe going over sounds, tones, rhythms, etc. that you like and asking around what music genres replicate them.

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        I didn’t mean I don’t know how to approach it. I mean that I don’t know how to find more music besides what I happen to come across. But my lack of musicianship has limited my knowledge on how to find new classical artists. So I wouldn’t know what tones or rhythms are or what are the different kinds that classical music uses, but i guess i could start by using the vocabulary you have presented to me. Thanks!

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          https://www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/new/

          You can also try last.fm.

          But I would kinda just type in stuff in Google like “most underrated classical composers” and then look at the complete composition list for each composer. For example: “Gustav Holst list of compositions” brings up several resources with the composition list. From there? You mostly just use YouTube or maybe Spotify.

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          Youtube mixes of the different music time periods (classical, baroque, romantic, impressionism, 20th century, jazz), then find your favorite composers out of those, and do more mixes.

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    I like a bit of classical music.

    I’m no connoisseur.

    But I listen to Philip Glass, Ludovico Einaudi, and Beethoven now and again when I’m writing.

    Also, if it counts, a little Nobuo Uematsu.

    I’ve not knowingly listened to any Soviet composers, though. Any recommendations?

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      I actually don’t listen to the first one and I don’t know who the second one is. Interesting. I know Nobuo Uematsu, though.

      Have you listened to Shostakovich or Prokofiev’s work?

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        I haven’t heard of either, but I will find and listen to some of their music this week. Thank you.

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          No problem. Let me know if you need anything else.

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    Have to have a lil’ nerd out here…Two of my favorite composers are also anti-fascists:

    Shostakovich (of course, but really he is a genius) and Hungarian anti-fascist Béla Bartók. Bartók is considered one of the fathers of ethnomusicology and a lot of his music is based upon the folk melodies and harmonies that he collected and expanded upon. He was unafraid of using a lot of tritones and ending works on a V chord. He really knew how to use dissonance to excite the ear and still sound pretty. If you only check out one work of his it’s got to be his Concerto for Orchestra.

    Here’s a link of my favorite recording of the final movement, but I highly recommend listening to the entire piece!

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      I love Béla Bartók.

      Also, will do!

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      Bartok is such an insane genius. Completely unpredictable and mind expanding.

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      You mean the way the names are constructed?

      Yeah. Usually, they’re just “Sonata in F minor” with “opus 28” thrown in (just a random example off the top of my head), though more modern composers like Charles Ives used more “modern” names or at least names that are memorable.

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    I like listening to Gustav Holst’s “The Planets,” and Edvard Grieg’s “Peer Gynt,” and other Romantic Period composers

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    I am not typically in the mood for classical music, but I do enjoy it from time to time. It can be something ominous, like Passacaglia and Prince Igor, Act I, Scene I: Chorus, or something triumphant, like Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo (excuse the violence in that video). It really depends on my mood.

    Occasionally when I’m feeling cynical, I’ll even listen to ultranationalist crap like removedätzer Marsch or Giovinezza, if only to indulge in my morbid fascination with anticommunism.

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      Ah, you too.

      I’ll listen to 'em, but I’m trying to get into more “modern” classical music. Any recommendations?

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    Anyone here know about Reinhold Glière? I particularly like his melodicism in his symphonies and other pieces lol.

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      Damn, I wish I knew all these music theory terms lol