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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:49 PM Original message |
Poll question: Your favorite Beethoven composition |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. String Quartet Op 95 |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Definitely Moonlight Sonata... |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Have you heard Gilels' interpretation? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I do not believe I have... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. "Moonlight" for me, too! |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. It's too bad his doctor killed him...I'm sure he still had a few masterpieces left in him, too. |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. The Tempest (Kempff) |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Symphony #7, II: Allegretto, is hauntingly beautiful |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Ninth, movements 2, 3 and 4 |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. What's wrong with the first movement? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Ninth Symphony, 2nd Movement |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I concur. nt |
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MANative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. Always loved the Pathetique... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. The last 3 piano sonatas, Opus 109, 110 and 111. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Take The Skinheads Bowling" |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. Whenever I hear fur Elise, I think about the time.... |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. Beethoven's 7th, second movement. |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Niiiiice! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 02:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. I'm a violinist, not a pianist. :) Although I did teach myself to play the first couple of pages |
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deepthought42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. You want me to pick one??? |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. I love the Choral Fantasy |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I've done it, in the chorus |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. the piano concerto known as "The Emperor" |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The 5th |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. i agree with that. second movement is one of the most beautiful pieces i've ever heard... |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
40. I'm with you - his 5th Piano Concerto is his best work. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. Which one is called the "Dance" Symphony? That's my favorite. |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. That would be the Seventh |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. {{Scrambling to look up the word...}} Thanks! I couldn't remember. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. In the 1950s, my father did this pastel painting of Beethoven. (PHOTO) |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Very nice. Dark and foreboding. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Appreciate your comment, BrentSpeak! I was sad to sell it, but -- |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. I bought a lovely music box in Solvang that plays "Ode to Joy" |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. Hard to choose, I love so many of them |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Some music critics say that about Beethoven's late string quartets |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
28. "Take the Skinheads Bowling" |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. "Wellington's Victory" - a rather odd composition that appeals to me |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm fond of Piano Concerto No. 3. |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. my husband is practicing 'fur-elise' at this very second |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. My mother used to play that piece. I always think of her when I hear it now. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Boston's classical station's listeners chose the 9th Symphony as #1 in top 100 pieces of music. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-14-07 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's cliche to say, but Symphony No. 9 is freakin' sick... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
36. Late String Quartets |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
37. I love Moonlight Sonata. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
38. 10th Symphony. |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Have you been listening to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra? |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. The Pastorale |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
43. I have to agree with Dark Tirade -- 7th Symphony, 2nd (slow) movement |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
49. last kick |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
50. Pathetique is my favorite |
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MikeH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
51. Very hard to think of just one favorite |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-17-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
52. Picking the 9th is probably like admitting you like "Stairway to Heaven"... |
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