Who is the greatest composer and why?
Who is the greatest composer and why?
Tyler Jones
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Jose Martin
Bach.
Ethan Ross
There is a reason everyone answers Bach to this question.
Kayden Fisher
They've never heard of Beethoven?
Julian Baker
Take your pick of Bach/Mozart/Beethoven. I'd say Mozart, personally.
Brody Moore
Bach is by far the most popular pic.
Brandon Hall
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Jaxon Ortiz
Justin Coolidge
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Jayden Carter
What about Vivaldi, Lully, Handel?
What about later composers like Brahms, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Smetana, Grieg, Williams?
Why though?
Easton Perez
FUCK. I try to be all cool and I go and post the wrong fucking picture.
Adrian Lopez
Go watch the Samuel Andreyev video on Bach and it might give you a start of an idea
His passions, masses, big works etc are still unmatched in terms of beauty and scale, and he was hardly even trying
Jacob Martinez
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Matthew Wilson
>and he was hardly even trying
oh fuck off
Gavin Gray
Greatness is rarely defined by how well liked you are and it's more about people will agree on your greatness. No one denies the greatness of Bach or Mozart or Beethoven. There are even fewer detractors. Wagner you can make complaints about being too overlong, Brahms you might complain about his hemiola spam; Debussy there's a lot to argue on that one. And then there's the early 20th century wave where any sort of agreement falls apart.
Beethoven? Hard to make any real arguments against him, or Mozart, or Bach.
Colton Campbell
Wagner cuz hes redpilled
Jose Edwards
The cantatas are stunning. Hell, the chorale settings for SATB chorus are stunning. He was churning them out because for him it was daily work - he had to produce a cantata a month. It was very, very busy work.
Zachary Green
He made some very pleasing sounding pieces sure but so did Mozart and Beethoven
I would argue that Mozart's Requiem (the parts he composed) is more hauntingly beautiful than anything by Bach
Nolan Bailey
Are you actually implying that he wasn't trying just because it was regular work? You still have to try to do well at your job.
Isaiah Gonzalez
>it was work
So just like every other major composer of the time
Christian James
I wouldn't necessarily say that, but there's definitely a lot of pieces that are just "sit down, write this because it's your job" rather than "sit down, write this because you have an amazing idea for a work".
Pretty much, he was just the best. Actually, that applies to just about every composer, and if you look at it from a Romanticist viewpoint it makes sense and falls apart if looked at any other angle.
John Lopez
>there's definitely a lot of pieces that are just "sit down, write this because it's your job" rather than "sit down, write this because you have an amazing idea for a work".
He was still trying though. He still put forth large amounts of effort.
Kevin Diaz
HOLY FUCK WITNESSED
Anyway, yeah, that idea of "trying" only works in a Romanticist viewpoint (which I don't particularly subscribe to), but it's the most widespread view of music, so you can see where it originates.