Which classical composer are you?

[deepred98]

Originally posted by: nkgreen

Originally posted by: Xylitol
Charles Ives
This iconoclastic New Englander crafted some of the most complex music ever conceived. It is still challengingly "modern" a century later.

Have no idea who he is though

 

[rise]

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
His tormented self-loathing was exceeded only by his creative gifts.


jeebus, that doesn't sound good

 

[m1ldslide1]

You are:



Giacomo Puccini

The philandering Italian who crafted some of the most unforgettable operas ever written.

 

[Dimmu]

You are:

Ludwig van Beethoven.

Bizarre and eccentric, he considered himself a supremely great genius, and was not mistaken. He turned music upside-down and blew all the powdered wigs out of the concert hall, even though he was deaf.

 

[Dacalo]

You are:

Antonio Vivaldi
"The Red Priest" was a brilliant and prolific Baroque composer, who founded and taught at a school for orphaned girls.

 

[mk]

You are:

Jean Sibelius
The master of Scandinavian gloom.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: mk
You are:

Jean Sibelius
The master of Scandinavian gloom.

I had that one too.

 

[crystal]

Igor Stravinsky
He revolutionized ballet with his powerful and visceral music, which brought popular audiences fully into the twentieth century.

 

[lyssword]

Kinda related to this topic, do you guys think top rock guitarists could learn to play a violin with minimal training? Just wondering.. I mean both are string instruments

 

[Chaotic42]

Philip Glass

This modern minimalist could fill hours with simple hypnotic patterns.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

I believe the guitarist from Sigur Ros plays electric guitar with a bow?

 

[PepePeru]

Sergei Prokofiev
This acerbic Russian wrote some of the most wryly funny music ever, and also some of the most passionate.

never heard of him.

 

[hypn0tik]

You are:

Rick James

You are Rick James, bitch.

 

[lil buttercup]

You are:

Johann Sebastian Bach

Only a hundred years after his death was he recognized as possibly the profoundest musical genius of all time.


Great minds think a like, i guess?!

 

[Jawo]

Sergei Prokofiev

This acerbic Russian wrote some of the most wryly funny music ever, and also some of the most passionate.

 

[IGBT]

You are:



Johann Sebastian Bach

Only a hundred years after his death was he recognized as possibly the profoundest musical genius of all time.

 

[imported_quasi]

Originally posted by: lyssword
Kinda related to this topic, do you guys think top rock guitarists could learn to play a violin with minimal training? Just wondering.. I mean both are string instruments

Seriously?

Guitars = fretted
Violins = fretless

And that's only the beginning of their differences.

 

[Sphexi]

You are:



Giuseppe Verdi

The king of Italian opera



Great, now I gotta look this guy up

 

[bGIveNs33]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Ludwig van Beethoven

Bizarre and eccentric, he considered himself a supremely great genius, and was not mistaken. He turned music upside-down and blew all the powdered wigs out of the concert hall, even though he was deaf.

 

[Pupdog5301]

Originally posted by: Anubis
You are:



Felix Mendelsohn

This master of delightful chamber music and ballet was also the rediscoverer of the genius of Bach.

 

[zinfamous]

lol at the wording of question 2

 

[zinfamous]

You are:

Richard Wagner
This German opera composer was unexcelled both in self-importance and in artistic ambition -- he worked on a bigger scale than anyone else dared to tackle.

Damn, I was hoping for Beethoven. Figures, though, cause I am way better than that no-talent ass clown, Ludwig...

 

[LongCoolMother]

Originally posted by: Pupdog5301

Originally posted by: Anubis
You are:



Felix Mendelsohn

This master of delightful chamber music and ballet was also the rediscoverer of the genius of Bach.

 

[Howard]

Mendelssohn.

Can't believe they misspelled it.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

You are:


Philip Glass
This modern minimalist could fill hours with simple hypnotic patterns.