submitted by Dindu to music21 hoursMay 3, 2025 18:25:26 ago (+16/-0) (music)
Out of all of them, I find Mozart made the least amount of things that I listen to. But he made the Requiem mass which I rank above most music. It all happened in the span of about a hundred years.
Over the following century people played Beethoven on many instruments, on many drugs. If any of them was a drunk guitarist, believe me he created nightly every type of music that blacks take credit for. And there were many of that man all over the world trying to play Beethoven drunk on a guitar. Jazz, heavy metal, you name it. It existed long before the Civil War
I don't know how to explain it or even describe the quality that I find so ethereally beautiful in Bach's work, but the closest I can come is "symmetry". There is tremendous balance in his work, which finds is greatest expression in his counterpoint. Every voice, every theme, every melody works in close cooperation with every other part. One part never overwhelms or dominates the rest, even in his concerti that feature a particular instrument such as a violin or harpsichord. His music is as balanced as a clock, with nothing superfluous or out of place.
Lost_In_The_Thinking 1 points 5 hours ago
I don't know how to explain it or even describe the quality that I find so ethereally beautiful in Bach's work, but the closest I can come is "symmetry". There is tremendous balance in his work, which finds is greatest expression in his counterpoint. Every voice, every theme, every melody works in close cooperation with every other part. One part never overwhelms or dominates the rest, even in his concerti that feature a particular instrument such as a violin or harpsichord. His music is as balanced as a clock, with nothing superfluous or out of place.