Why is Brahms esteemed?

[Muse]

I have played Beethoven, Bach and Mendelsohn on my radio show, but never Brahms or Mariah Carey.

Uh, actually, looking I see that's not true. Never Carey, but I played the 3rd movement of Brahms Violin Concerto and the beginning of the German Requiem some years ago.

 

[Torn Mind]

You've got a long way to go to reach Salty-level.

Well, at least I'm 25% of the way there.

The Jutsu-no-Salty(Technique of Salty) consists of
1. Question for the audience in a thread
2. Bold declaratory statements that enrages the crowd
3. A confident tone

I at least got the first two down.

 

[Torn Mind]

Uh, actually, looking I see that's not true. Never Carey, but I played the 3rd movement of Brahms Violin Concerto and the beginning of the German Requiem some years ago.

IMO, Emotions and You're So Cold are transcendental of the times and even a bit of a gateway into the past.

Kind of like the music version of steampunk...like there was ever a Mozart who tailored his "flow" to modern 90s synths and the like..., with just a touch of aggressive Romantic-styled long notes....those two songs have that quality....

 

[Torn Mind]

LoL people from the same professsion not liking others. More at eleven.


Also, you think Mariah is a great composer, that disqualifies you musically.

I enjoy his Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68

Well, I did try to listen to the 1st symphony. Tolerable, not exactly offensive. But it's like...no lyricism and then suddenly the last movement finally injects a lyrical theme into it. Of course he needed master Beethoven's help a bit.

It does take a different mindset. More stream-of-consciousness and just let the moment shine instead of trying to dissect and reverse-engineer the work in-and-out.

 

[sandorski]

Ask your Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandmom.

 

[Torn Mind]

Ask your Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandmom.

Grandma was born in 1919. So I only need to go back to the great or great-great-grandma.
A wealthy family from Suzhou isn't going to have access to listen to Brahms. The contempt for the de facto opium subjugation of the time would be so deep-seated that even my mother was taught the taboo of giving blood as a form of whoring out the body.

 

[Captante]

The Jutsu-no-Salty(Technique of Salty) consists of
1. Question for the audience in a thread
2. Bold declaratory statements that enrages the crowd
3. A confident tone

I at least got the first two ONE down.

fixed.


And you forgot about #4 a make-believe & potentially dangerous stunt!

 

[IronWing]

Bold would be digging up Brahms’ corpse and beating him to a second death with his own piano. Anything less is beta shit.