Classical Music Is for Everyone

First Things ^ | August 18, 2023 | George Leef

[goodnesswins]

THANK You for posting this....love all the suggestions....I am sooooo tired of “country music” (I live in a small town)

[Mariner]

“I fell in love with classical (Longhair) music as a kid.”

Same here, maybe only 8 years old.

It opened my brain and made me look at the world, and history.

[sasquatch]

GREAT movie.

[KamperKen]

“I fell in love with classical (Longhair) music as a kid.”

I did as well though I don’t recall the exact circumstance. I do remember that my parents gave me a complete recording of the opera Carmen at age 11 which then I proceeded to listen to once a week in its entirety for two years. 50 years later I was commuting between Southern California and Nevada late at night and a 1938 French recording of the opera was playing on satellite radio and I found I remembered every single note as I hummed along.

The love of classical music also impelled me to learn the piano and that broadened my musical horizons further.

[Bookshelf]

Sat entranced yesterday and listed to radio broadcast of “Scheherazade” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff, performed by Dutch orchestra. Haven’t been that entranced in a long long time.

[OKSooner]

Tannheuser... :)

[crusty old prospector]

I’ve never matured enough to understand and appreciate the music of Wagner.

[cgbg]

Nobody on this thread mentioned that classical music is now considered racist.

You folks are so insensitive!

;-)

[crusty old prospector]

If this doesn’t move you, then you can’t be moved.

Mozart Mass in C Minor “Kyrie”

[crusty old prospector]

Cracker music. Used to keep the other folk down.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Try this

[crusty old prospector]

Dang, I hit a worm-burn off the tee box.

Mozart Mass in C Minor “Kyrie”

[OKSooner]

Tannhauser is a good place to start, if one is interested in Wagner.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

:)

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Classical Music Is for Everyone"

Everyone. Indeed.

[Hiddigeigei]

It is probably what you grew up with. When I was very young, my mother played the Metropolitan Opera on the radio nearly every Saturday, and I joined her in listening. She would tell me the plot. Our old one-sided windup Victrola records were mostly classical. A number of Gigli I remember plus instrumental. I never much cared for the popular singers of the day. Later I found some old-time American ballads that I liked, like “Oh Shenandoah.” The Norwegian singer Sissel has a nice version of it I like to listen with earphones to when my wife is on the phone or a conference call.

[minnesota_bound]

Aaron Copland 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo - III. Saturday Night Waltz (HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu_Q9ijKx8c

[LouAvul]

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[Polyxene]

Me, too! I especially love the Baroque Era. Bach is my favorite composer.
Soli Deo Gloria!

[Intolerant in NJ]

Or this....