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What Is the Greatest Musical Work of All Time?
3/1/2006 | Reaganesque

Posted on 03/01/2006 7:54:55 PM PST by Reaganesque

I was sitting here tonight listening to Mozart's Requiem and I got to thinking: what do I consider to be the best work of music ever? For my part, Mozart's work really does the trick for me when I need to be re-energized. Therefore, I believe that his Requiem is the greatest work of all time. There just isn't another work that is as powerful and passionate. When the chorus sings the final "Amen" at the end of "Lacrimosa" I get the feeling that he knew it was the last thing he would ever write. It gives me chills at times.

Other favorites are:

Handel's Messiah

The 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky


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To: Reaganesque

Mozart is great. I like a wide variety of music, from Johnny Cash to Zydeco.

Most favourite musical South Pacific. Gorgeous music there.


41 posted on 03/01/2006 8:05:44 PM PST by Soaring Feather (Wanted: Partners for Poets. LOL!)
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To: Reaganesque

I'd have to go with the Brandenburg Concertos by J. S. Bach, or else Palestrina's Missa Papae.


42 posted on 03/01/2006 8:05:52 PM PST by Antoninus (The only reason you're alive today is because your parents were pro-life.)
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To: Onelifetogive

Shut UP. Skynyrd sucks.

Nothing personal, mind you. It's just that Skynyrd sucks so much.


43 posted on 03/01/2006 8:06:04 PM PST by Xenalyte (Numba one in tha hood, G!)
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To: Reaganesque

James Brown - Night Train


44 posted on 03/01/2006 8:06:22 PM PST by Libertarian444
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To: Reaganesque
Led Zeppelin's "The Crunge" or "Kashmir". (My musical tastes are very limited).
45 posted on 03/01/2006 8:06:33 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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To: Reaganesque

"We had joy, we had fun,
We had seasons in the sun..."


46 posted on 03/01/2006 8:06:39 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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To: Keith in Iowa

RiB is very good but I think the Concerto in F is just a bit better.


47 posted on 03/01/2006 8:06:49 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Reaganesque

Nutcracker


48 posted on 03/01/2006 8:06:54 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Reaganesque

J.S. Bach, the Art of Fugue or the Rach 3.


49 posted on 03/01/2006 8:07:01 PM PST by 31R1O ("Everything with God and nothing without him")
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To: blinachka

Eeeks! I meant German Requiem by BRAHMS! (My Dad would smack me silly!)


50 posted on 03/01/2006 8:07:17 PM PST by blinachka (Vechnaya Pamyat Daddy... xoxo)
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To: Bubbatuck
Good choice. The fifth is marvelous too. Klemperer's rendition of Brahams 4th deeply affected in college. But the piece I heard in a concert hall, that most affected me was Britten's War Requiem. When the music evoked the moment of death of a young man on the killing fields of WW I, the chills going down my spine, I feel now thinking about it, almost as much as then.
51 posted on 03/01/2006 8:07:24 PM PST by Torie
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To: Reaganesque
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) -Bob Dylan
52 posted on 03/01/2006 8:07:54 PM PST by Lurking in Kansas (Nothing witty hereā€¦ move on.)
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To: Libertarian444

Ray Charles - What I Say?


54 posted on 03/01/2006 8:08:28 PM PST by Libertarian444
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To: Reaganesque

Mozart's Requiem - without a doubt, IMO.


55 posted on 03/01/2006 8:08:35 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: Reaganesque
After Beethoven's Ninth, the following:

Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Beethoven's Seventh
Handel Royal Fireworks
Wagner Ring Operas (or as I like to call it, the original Lord of the Rings)

56 posted on 03/01/2006 8:09:02 PM PST by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 1-9)
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To: Reaganesque

Yeah. I mean, I love Bach but when I'm sloppy drunk and skidding in the vomit on the high-school gym floor, I really can't pronounce "Das Wohltemperirte Klavier" but I can shout "BlaysssomeSkynnrdddmaaaaannnn..."


57 posted on 03/01/2006 8:09:07 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: bentfeather

Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals are always a good bet.


58 posted on 03/01/2006 8:09:23 PM PST by Reaganesque
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To: Xenalyte
Nothing personal, mind you. It's just that Skynyrd sucks so much.

I am no particular fan of Skynyrd.....it just that when that song comes on the radio down here, everybody stops, removes their hat and puts their hand over their heart. It's pathetic, really....

59 posted on 03/01/2006 8:09:23 PM PST by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: Reaganesque

"I hahv got too bee meeeeeeeeee..."


60 posted on 03/01/2006 8:09:35 PM PST by Revolting cat! ("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
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