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Yehh! Finally found a classical music thread! Some of my favourite composers are Bach, Pachelbel, E.Satie, and Rachmaninov 3nodding .

Bah, I hate playing Baroque but listening to it is fine. My favorite composers are Debussy, Beethoven and Rachmaninov. Some of Beethoven's pieces are good for stress relief. They're really fun to play.

I'm taking AP history this year and we have to type up outlines to every 30 page chapter in our hugeass text books, and my best friend started listening to classical music while she was working on hers. She says beethoven's 25th symphony is her favorite (or something like that)

"what are you talking about? i'm in orchestra. that's classical right there. the music i'm playing at least.

i love classical too, especially ones with oboe parts lol

I tend to agree, though his operas and clarinet concerto are fairly decent. I'm not a big fan of baroque or classical in general. Anything before 1600 and after 1800 is the best, really. Polyphony is greatly under-appriciated, as is most contemporary music. And to all of those who thing that classical music is boring, I implore you to watch this!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
The Pachelbel Rant, one of the greatest things to ever appear on youtube.

As for my favorites: Dvorak, Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly, John Coleridge Adams, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Rachmoninov, Sibelius, Debussy, Faure, Steve Reich, Puccini, Copland, Samuel Barber, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, Brahms, Mahler, Stravinsky, Shostikovich, Rimsky-Korsokov, Bizet, Chopin, Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughn-Williams.

Another question: Does anyone have a favorite conductor?
Mine is Marin Alsop... the woman is brilliant with a baton!

my favorite classical piece would have to be the NEW WORLD SYMPHONY by antonin dvorjak(did i spell that right)! i love playing it on my french horn!!!