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thenewgreen · 4538 days ago · link · · parent · post: Best Classical composers -Who are yours? What's missing from the list?

I am in your debt. Your response is wonderful and as I write this, I am listening to Satie. I immediately understand the comparison to Eno. He says more in his simplicity than most do in their huge/lush arrangements. Thank you for this. I, like you, will start here and I will work my way through the same syllabus that you did. I am very excited about this journey.

I enjoy collecting vinyl records and until now I have not considered collecting classical music. Now I have some new names to search for.

Again, I really look forward to this journey you've laid out for me. I have no doubt it will take me in some new directions (as it did you) and I look forward to sharing my findings with you.

Thank you Owl. Thank you very much.

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Owl · 4538 days ago · link ·

Heh, collecting vinyls eh? I'm doing that as well, or rather, they just come to me. The cruel irony is that most of my collection is from the classical and romantic period, the two periods I'm not that crazy about. Oh well, I have them and I can enjoy them. It's very difficult to find vinyls of Satie or cotemporary classical, at least the way I'm looking for them, which is yard sales. I could spend a lot of money of ebay and the likes, or in record shops but I don't have a lot of money, heh.

If you really want to get into classical, here's an amazing wikipedia chart showing most notable western composers in chronological order.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_classical_music_compose...

This is seriously an amazing chart, and makes me glad Wikipedia exists. Just looking at this list reminds me of several other composers I really like (Charles Ives, for instance. Great American Composer).

With all this, you're pretty much set for finding all sorts of great composers and new tunes to have stuck in your heard.

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thenewgreen · 4537 days ago · link ·

We are going to our library this afternoon and I plan on checking out some music. Both my wife and I are excited to begin listening to your selections. Thank you for the wikipedia chart too. I will dive in to that once I have gotten through your selections.