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XDawn
Canada4040 Posts
Just something peaceful to listen to thats only like 3 or 4 minutes long like a normal song. Something like this http://bakanbonko.imeem.com/music/dvKRImbT/secret_garden_fairy_tale/ I donno. It's exam time and these types of music actually help me study soooooooo.....  Suggestions? | ||
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Dave[9]
United States2365 Posts
Classical songs arent normal btw  | ||
thedeadhaji
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blagoonga123
United States2068 Posts
Also, you could try some of Yanni's stuff. | ||
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Mayson
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artofmagic
United States1951 Posts
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Dave[9]
United States2365 Posts
Alex Grant is a good example of this, google him! | ||
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Folca
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ilovejonn
Canada2548 Posts
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AmorVincitOmnia
Kenya3846 Posts
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jkillashark
United States5262 Posts
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme (The penultimate movement is so beautiful) Wieniawski Violin Concerto 2 Movement 2: Romance | ||
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nA.Inky
United States794 Posts
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SonuvBob
Aiur21549 Posts
On December 05 2007 11:53 AmorVincitOmnia wrote: classical songs = pieces btw. there's no such thing as a classical song. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_without_Words :p | ||
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Smokin_Squirrel
Korea (South)674 Posts
Or if you want something by piano, search for Yiruma. Well known. | ||
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TheMusiC
United States1054 Posts
i had the privilege of hearing yo-yo ma play it when he came to houston several years ago and it was amazing. | ||
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triangle
United States3803 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_without_Words The op is obviously looking for classical pieces, not lieder. If you are looking for lieder, I recommend Mahler. If you want actual " classical" not just easy listening, I'd try stuff longer than 3 minutes. 4 seasons is good, Dvorak Cello concerto, Mendelsson violin concerto etc. All of Mozart's late piano concertos are brilliant. For symphonies, Mahler 4, Brahms 4, Ralph Vaughan Williams 3, Mozart/ Haydn all are good bets. As someone earlier mentioned, Bach suites would be good and I'd also try Beethoven piano sonatas. Any chamber music by Brahms is quite good as well. Or you could just be hardcore and listen to the rite of spring :p | ||
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BlackStar
Netherlands3029 Posts
I recommend J.S.Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Mahler, Scriabin, Sorabji, Penderecki. Classical music if often longer than 12 minutes. I think that 18 to 24 minutes is the best length for a piece of music. | ||
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SonuvBob
Aiur21549 Posts
On December 06 2007 06:15 triangle wrote: The op is obviously looking for classical pieces, not lieder. If you are looking for lieder, I recommend Mahler. If you want actual " classical" not just easy listening, I'd try stuff longer than 3 minutes. 4 seasons is good, Dvorak Cello concerto, Mendelsson violin concerto etc. All of Mozart's late piano concertos are brilliant. For symphonies, Mahler 4, Brahms 4, Ralph Vaughan Williams 3, Mozart/ Haydn all are good bets. As someone earlier mentioned, Bach suites would be good and I'd also try Beethoven piano sonatas. Any chamber music by Brahms is quite good as well. Or you could just be hardcore and listen to the rite of spring :p Should be pretty obvious I was responding to the guy I quoted. The OP isn't asking for classical music anyway, just easy listening. | ||
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AmorVincitOmnia
Kenya3846 Posts
;D | ||
Aesop
Hungary11291 Posts
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Empyrean
16986 Posts
...unless you listen to them individually, in which case the point is lost. I'd recommend some Chopin Etudes. They're short and usually have pretty melodies | ||
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Eskii
Canada544 Posts
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404.Nintu
Canada1723 Posts
On December 06 2007 07:02 Aesop wrote: When studying I often simply listen to the well-tempered clavier. It consists of 2 x 24 preludes and fugues, mostly within the length you specified of 3-4 minutes. Somehow that kind of music really helps me as it is clearly structured and not meant to create too much tension - it just flows perfectly, without effort. I _love_ TWTC! I listen to it all the time. I have all of Glenn Goulds Bach piano works, weighing in at 350+ pieces. :D | ||
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Diggity
United States806 Posts
Jurassic park is one of the best. | ||
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TheMusiC
United States1054 Posts
On December 06 2007 07:43 Diggity wrote: Some of the best classical style pieces are contained in modern movie scores. Jurassic park is one of the best. ...and some of the best modern movie scores are plagiarized almost directly from great composers of the past. Jurassic Park (and pretty much any other movie score by John Williams, actually) falls in this category. | ||
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SonuvBob
Aiur21549 Posts
On December 06 2007 06:57 AmorVincitOmnia wrote: yeah way to go bob, the op obviously isn't looking for any fucking lieder. ;D Haha yeah, I'm so confused, I think that guy only read half of the first line of the wiki article. SWW is just solo piano. =/ | ||
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Diggity
United States806 Posts
...and some of the best modern movie scores are plagiarized almost directly from great composers of the past. Jurassic Park (and pretty much any other movie score by John Williams, actually) falls in this category. Star wars was pretty much ripped from the planets, in particular Mars, however can you point out which piece Jurassic park rips off? | ||
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triangle
United States3803 Posts
And TheMusiC is 100% right, if you want to listen to John Williams you might as well just listen to the classical that he blatantly stole from. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
1864 Grieg: I Love You 1880 Dvorak: Songs My Mother Taught Me 1838 Schumann - Traumerei 1825 Schubert - Ave Maria 1810 Beethoven: Fur Elise Mendelssohn, Felix A Midsummer Night's Dream 1886 Grieg: The Last Spring rite of spring is do not want. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
Schubert- Impromptu: 7:23 I recommend the Rubinstein interpretation here. Schumann- Scherzo: 5:03 Here Brahms- Capriccio: 3:49 Here | ||
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TheMusiC
United States1054 Posts
On December 06 2007 08:14 Diggity wrote: Star wars was pretty much ripped from the planets, in particular Mars, however can you point out which piece Jurassic park rips off? star wars imo was actually a pretty original score. memoirs of a geisha supposedly was also pretty good, but i never heard that one. gladiator is the movie that has music ripped straight from the planets (mars), but that's hans zimmer, not john williams. john williams has definitely written loads of music that isn't original though. the jaws melody is pretty much exactly the opening chords of dvorak 9, and the score to saving private ryan references a lot to aaron copland. there's definitely more (and i know i've heard more), but those are the ones that really jump right out at me. i haven't heard the jurassic park score in long, long time, but i'm pretty sure it's the same deal as the rest of his scores. if you want a good movie score, listen to the lord of the rings. it has an overload of brass (especially french horn), but it's good nonetheless =P | ||
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Skye_MyO
Singapore107 Posts
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frie2
United States9 Posts
On December 06 2007 07:54 TheMusiC wrote: ...and some of the best modern movie scores are plagiarized almost directly from great composers of the past. Jurassic Park (and pretty much any other movie score by John Williams, actually) falls in this category. True the resemblance is something not to be ignored, but on the other hand composers have been doing this for hundreds of years. If anything John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, Jerry Goldsmith, and others are paying tribute to long passed away greats for a whole new generation. And, lets be honest yes the rhythms and timbres of Mars are very similar to the imperial march theme in Star Wars but by large Star Wars is a gorgeous original. Also, as a lover of orchestral music I am delighted to see many of my fellow StarCraft players enjoy it as well. May we all fell forever sorry for those who do not enjoy the depth and transcending properties of the Symphony! | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
La Campanella (omg gosu) Debussy; clair de lune 1st arabesque Orff; O Fortuna (if you get nothing else, get this) oh and Penerecki - Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima  | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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SonuvBob
Aiur21549 Posts
On December 06 2007 17:22 Plexa wrote: oh and Penderecki - Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima The musical equivalent of tubgirl? | ||
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