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To: Pharmboy

Sousa, Semper Fidelis or The Stars and Stripes Forever ( both great; I can’t choose between them ).

Joplin, The Maple Leaf Rag.

Chopin, Nocturne Opus 9 #2 or Fantasie Impromptu in C sharp Minor Opus 66 ( both are great!).

Any Mozart clarinet or flute concerto; sheer loveliness.

Beethoven Symphony #5.

Beethoven string quartet #16 in F major Opus 135 ( his last work before he died, and very unusual Beethoven ).

Bach Brandenburg concerto #5 ( #2, and #3 are great also ).

Bach keyboard concerto in D Minor; here’s an amazing performance of this great music by 9 year old virtuoso Alice Burla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwvWrKdXDVc

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, or if you prefer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker.

It’s hard not to pick a hundred more pieces of music...


298 posted on 11/05/2007 3:29:37 PM PST by devere
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To: devere; Pharmboy
No offense, but I liked Pharmboy's original ten better than yours. My preferences for classical music are heavily weighted towards the modern end - Igor Stravinsky, Edgard Varèse, Béla Bartók, etc.

In particular Beethoven's string quartet opus 131, from Pharmboy's list. I wrote a college paper on it. The piece was arguably an early peek at 20th century music.

304 posted on 11/05/2007 4:22:50 PM PST by NutCrackerBoy
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