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Post by asianorange on Dec 6, 2011 13:04:37 GMT -6
Other than Erik of course...haha.
Who's your favorite composer and why?
I always loved Mozart although he either hated his sopranos or loved them because...dude wrote parts that were way high...
His operas are amazing, and as a singer, I suppose to have the technical prowess to sing the Queen of the Night's aria always blows me away.
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Post by briggspower on Dec 6, 2011 13:44:53 GMT -6
Giuseppe Verdi. His operas inspired by Shakespeare's plays, like "Macbeth" or "Otello" are amazing. I love the strength of his music, I love the violence of his music. I love the Requiem he composed for Alessandro Manzoni's Funeral! That "Dies Irae" is so great ---> www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jBLyIQvNf0I like "La traviata" too, but my favorite is always "Macbeth"! I love Lady Macbeth's arias! *Sighs* They performed "Macbeth" at Rome's Opera House on 27th November, but I couldn't come T____T |
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Post by asianorange on Dec 6, 2011 13:50:54 GMT -6
Giuseppe Verdi. His operas inspired by Shakespeare's plays, like "Macbeth" or "Otello" are amazing. I love the strength of his music, I love the violence of his music. I love the Requiem he composed for Alessandro Manzoni's Funeral! That "Dies Irae" is so great ---> www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jBLyIQvNf0I like "La traviata" too, but my favorite is always "Macbeth"! I love Lady Macbeth's arias! *Sighs* They performed "Macbeth" at Rome's Opera House on 27th November, but I couldn't come T____T You're totally right! There is a violence in his music and I really love it. And I'm sort of just sitting with the beat in my head as I'm at work...haha. I really need to see more of Verdi's work. |
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Post by briggspower on Dec 6, 2011 13:58:47 GMT -6
Well, when I studied "History of Music" at middle school, I read Verdi's story. He lost his whole family for a fever. Lonely and desperate, music became his only companion, wherein he could express his pain.
Doesn't he remember someone we know?
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Post by asianorange on Dec 6, 2011 14:01:19 GMT -6
Cough...who could that be? Haha. Yes he does remind me of a certain someone. I love his swooping phrases and how the voices cascade in and out. I'm listening to his "Lacrimosa" right now actually.
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Post by leonore on Dec 6, 2011 15:34:48 GMT -6
Beethoven, Beethoven, and Beethoven. Seriously, guys. I love this dude. I love how his music can turn from sheer insanity to reflective and contemplating in a matter of seconds. I love how he restrained nothing, I love how his later work especially doesn't even seem of this world. I love all the boundaries he pushed and how well he did it. The range of all the different technical and emotional layers of his work just astounds me. It's great. His life really interests me as well, and I challenge your Verdi-to-Erik comparison with a Beethoven-to-Erik comparison!  He had a solitary nature sort of forced upon him as a kid, and that along with his future deafness caused him to remain largely in isolation for the larger chunk of his life. He had a temper bordering on insanity and never really had a successful relationship. Maybe because he'd randomly start tearing the sheet music in half during lessons and throwing eggs at cooks' heads during meals... "He is ugly and half mad," quoth one woman! Oh, and Mozart. Mozart just rocks. |
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Post by asianorange on Dec 6, 2011 15:39:22 GMT -6
Oh, and Mozart. Mozart just rocks. You are my new best friend... ;D And Beethoven is amazing. Of course. There's such a passion and emotive aspect in every piece of his music. And in his life...he does quite sound like Erik...hahaha, throwing eggs?? |
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Post by leonore on Dec 6, 2011 15:51:12 GMT -6
And in his life...he does quite sound like Erik...hahaha, throwing eggs?? Yup. He'd smell them, and if they were bad, he'd chuck 'em at the back of the cook's head. Once threw a plate of food at a waiter on one occasion, too. And shoved past the royal family on the street. Gentleman! |
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Post by asianorange on Dec 6, 2011 16:03:28 GMT -6
And in his life...he does quite sound like Erik...hahaha, throwing eggs?? Yup. He'd smell them, and if they were bad, he'd chuck 'em at the back of the cook's head. Once threw a plate of food at a waiter on one occasion, too. And shoved past the royal family on the street. Gentleman! I see! Wow, he was quite the charmer wasn't he? He truly had the "artist's temperament". |
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Post by nessundorma345 on Dec 6, 2011 16:38:25 GMT -6
 so very many choices.... Mozart, Puccini, and Gonoud are all tied for me. I love 'the Magic Flute' and 'Faust' so much it hurts!!!! But Puccini just seems to somehow show up in a lot of the music I like, like Nessun Dorma and Madama Butterfly. (Well, Miss Saigon mainly, which is a retelling) Gonoud seems to be coming out on top right now, since i'm on a crazy 'Faust' thing currently. (yeah, i reread the Leroux book)
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Post by asianorange on Dec 15, 2011 16:20:24 GMT -6
so very many choices.... Mozart, Puccini, and Gonoud are all tied for me. I love 'the Magic Flute' and 'Faust' so much it hurts!!!! But Puccini just seems to somehow show up in a lot of the music I like, like Nessun Dorma and Madama Butterfly. (Well, Miss Saigon mainly, which is a retelling) Gonoud seems to be coming out on top right now, since i'm on a crazy 'Faust' thing currently. (yeah, i reread the Leroux book) I love the Jewel Song from Faust. It's so pretty...and difficult to sing...gah. |
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Post by salierisantfarm on Dec 16, 2011 23:58:48 GMT -6
Favorite composer=Nicolo Paganini.
Now, allow me to tell you all a peculiar little story: Nicolo Paganini was a famous violinist who was born in 1782 and died in 1840. He was reportedly very ugly, having skin with a yellowish hue. It is believed that he had Marfan's syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the connective tissue and makes every part of one's body generally very long and very thin. It also messes with the joints. Now, because of his medical problems, Paganini had enormous hands and very flexible wrists, and his fingers were so long that he could play three octaves across four strings in one handspan.
So, musical genius, long and skinny. Another thing to note about Paganini is his way with women. As the composer himself once said: "I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet." So the guy got around, and possibly sired some illegitimate children.
Now, here's where the story gets really interesting. The events of Phantom take place some time around 1880, when Erik is supposedly around 50, meaning he would have been conceived some point in the 1830's, the very time when Paganini was at the height of his career as a traveling virtuoso. It is a DOCUMENTED FACT that Paganini toured through Paris, where in all probability he had sexual relations with multiple women, making it ENTIRELY POSSIBLE that Paganini is, in fact, Erik's father.
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Post by asianorange on Dec 17, 2011 0:12:16 GMT -6
Favorite composer=Nicolo Paganini. Now, allow me to tell you all a peculiar little story: Nicolo Paganini was a famous violinist who was born in 1782 and died in 1840. He was reportedly very ugly, having skin with a yellowish hue. It is believed that he had Marfan's syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the connective tissue and makes every part of one's body generally very long and very thin. It also messes with the joints. Now, because of his medical problems, Paganini had enormous hands and very flexible wrists, and his fingers were so long that he could play three octaves across four strings in one handspan. So, musical genius, long and skinny. Another thing to note about Paganini is his way with women. As the composer himself once said: "I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet." So the guy got around, and possibly sired some illegitimate children. Now, here's where the story gets really interesting. The events of Phantom take place some time around 1880, when Erik is supposedly around 50, meaning he would have been conceived some point in the 1830's, the very time when Paganini was at the height of his career as a traveling virtuoso. It is a DOCUMENTED FACT that Paganini toured through Paris, where in all probability he had sexual relations with multiple women, making it ENTIRELY POSSIBLE that Paganini is, in fact, Erik's father. OH MAN. THIS IS SO INTERESTING. Seriously. I love this forum. It helps me learn all kinds of things. |
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Post by salierisantfarm on Dec 17, 2011 0:20:43 GMT -6
I love it, too! I've had this theory for a while, but when ever I try to tell people, they generally have no idea what I'm talking about or just don't care. Thank goodness for the internet.
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Post by asianorange on Dec 18, 2011 17:19:41 GMT -6
I love it, too! I've had this theory for a while, but when ever I try to tell people, they generally have no idea what I'm talking about or just don't care. Thank goodness for the internet. Exactly! I love the Phantom of the Opera but no one in my life really understands...except for this forum. |
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He had a solitary nature sort of forced upon him as a kid, and that along with his future deafness caused him to remain largely in isolation for the larger chunk of his life. He had a temper bordering on insanity and never really had a successful relationship. Maybe because he'd randomly start tearing the sheet music in half during lessons and throwing eggs at cooks' heads during meals...
so very many choices....