<p>Who composed Peter and the Wolf? Stravinsky?</p>
<p>Sergei Prokofiev.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>yah i listen to classical music.
and watch spongebob.
and do my homework. at the same time.
did i mention im crazy? 8d btw, the reason im using the 8 in my smilie face is b/c i hate when they turn it into a big colorful face that looks really weird and ugly...so yea.
gosh im such a spammer. im just hyper cuz i passed sat ii. so heh...</p>
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Virtuoso...what's the most recent "classical music" you listen to?
There's some really interesting music that I think you're missing out on virtusos735... Radiohead, Bjork, Aphex Twin for starters?</p>
<p>And by the way...the whole Mozart makes you smarter? It's a scam...there's no conclusive evidence that it makes you smarter. "Is it a coincidence that a larger percentage of "intelligent" people listen to classical music?"
I think if you replace "intelligent" with "more affluent" it would be a more apt statement. Simply put it...classical music is a historically elitist genre. I hate that. It shouldn't be, but it is.
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<p>Not all people who listen to classical music are affluent. I listen to classical music and come from a family with a very modest income. I don't have the money to go to world-class concerts though. :( Anyways, there's no real proof for the Mozart effect, but it seems like those who listen to classical music tend to do better in school.</p>
<p>I haven't listened to those composers (?) you listed above, as there is already TOO much to listen to in classical music. But I might give them a try.</p>
<p>Radiohead, Bjork, Aphex Twin...they're not classical composers. Radiohead is a band. I guess Bjork's a composer...but mostly an Icelandic vocalist. Aphex Twin is a electronica artist. I brought up their names because someone stated that they don't listen to anything BUT classical music.</p>
<p>John Adams, Steve Reich, Ligeti etc. ARE contemporary composers coming from the classical tradition.</p>
<p>Handel, Bach, Beethoven, and Vivaldi are good.</p>
<p>It is all I listen to as well. I like most composers, particularly Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, Shostakovich (especially the fifth symphony...), Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Mozart, Sibelius, and Chopin.</p>
<p>I <em>heart</em> Bach! If I could only listen to one composer for the rest of my life, it would be him.
I also like Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Kreisler, Vivaldi, Copland and Bartok.</p>
<p>Handel, Bach, Tchaikovsky are all lovely, but Rachmaninov is my personal favorite with Mahler as a second.</p>
<p>Absurdly complex piano is good - any recs?</p>
<p>Ah, Bach... (drool) I sit at home with my book of his sonatas and partitas for violin and play for extended periods of time... His music = extreme awesomeness.</p>
<p>No, but if it helps me with math I'd be willing to give it a shot.</p>
<p>Music jumped the shark after Beethoven...</p>
<p>/was raised listening to *Le petit m</p>
<p>Wagner!!!!</p>
<p>Ja voll. Of course.</p>