[Waehnen]

Alma Deutscher´s Bubbles Symphony Controversially Ranked With The Best Recordings In a Stupid Thread (Beethoven)

 

[Philidor]

If the Leipzig council had granted a training on time management to Bach, would he have become as prolific as Telemann?

 

[Waehnen]

If the Leipzig council had granted a training on time management to Bach, would he have become as prolific as Telemann?

That´s the question on everyone´s lips, but I guess we will never know? One of the true mysteries of our time.

 

[Luchesi]

If the Leipzig council had granted a training on time management to Bach, would he have become as prolific as Telemann?

Those guys wrote some well-crafted pieces every week. What kind of a life would that be? You start every composition with the same bucket of ideas from your experience and they usually turn out to be special, with a few hours work. It was a different time. Were they working for future listeners? Once a work was codified onto paper it could last a long time (longer than they even imagined). Was that in their minds, or just making a living?

 

[Philidor]

Those guys wrote some well-crafted pieces every week. What kind of a life would that be? You start every composition with the same bucket of ideas from your experience and they usually turn out to be special, with a few hours work. It was a different time. Were they working for future listeners? Once a work was codified onto paper it could last a long time (longer than they even imagined). Was that in their minds, or just making a living?

Which one of your statements describes your contribution to "Ideas for Stupid Threads" best?

 

[Luchesi]

Which one of your statements describes your contribution to "Ideas for Stupid Threads" best?

Actually, Kjetil and I are the same person.

sannheten kommer frem!

 

[Philidor]

sannheten kommer frem!

krake søker make.

 

[Roger Knox]

Challenging, indeed! It is a challenge to step outside of our comfort zones, and stop ranking homogeneous items and start ranking heterogeneous items instead! Though, in the end -- and to answer your question -- it is probably pointless. 😕

My question was pointless too. But "ranking heterogeneous items" may be worth investigating. I shall ponder it in a mindful trance ...

 

[Luchesi]

krake søker make.

I think krake is a crow?

 

[Philidor]

I think krake is a crow?

Yep. "Crow is looking for a partner." Norvegian proverb. I think "Birds of a feather flock together" is an adequate translation.

 

[Kjetil Heggelund]

Kråke søker make
Kråke=crow
søker=searching
make=spouse

 

[Kjetil Heggelund]

I came here to count symphonies at half speed, meaning slowly.

 

[Roger Knox]

I came here to count symphonies at half speed, meaning slowly.

Are you looking for a symphony that sounds better at half speed? Or are you heading for a "mindful trance" like me? (post #7,948)

 

[Philidor]

Is there a HIP ranking of the Mahler symphonies and their recordings?

 

[Kjetil Heggelund]

Are you looking for a symphony that sounds better at half speed? Or are you heading for a "mindful trance" like me? (post #7,948)

I think "mindful trance" is something else, like "hypnotic electronic music". So-called "HEM!" with a Hebrew H.

 

[Roger Knox]

I think "mindful trance" is something else, like "hypnotic electronic music". So-called "HEM!" with a Hebrew H.

HEM! sounds about right. As for counting symphonies at half speed, my half-witted brain is slowly getting around to accepting the idea ...
Speaking of counting, has anyone noticed that there will soon be 8,000 posts on Ideas for Stupid Threads? I don't know about you but ...

 

[Roger Knox]

Alma Deutscher´s Bubbles Symphony Controversially Ranked With The Best Recordings In a Stupid Thread (Beethoven)

Oh, the pain in my neck ... is there any music that might stop a head from spinning?

 

[Monsalvat]

Oh, the pain in my neck ... is there any music that might stop a head from spinning?

With pleasure.

 

[Luchesi]

I think "mindful trance" is something else, like "hypnotic electronic music". So-called "HEM!" with a Hebrew H.

Yes, we need a light-hearted thread about Minimalism, Electronic Music and therapeutic Mesmerism.

 

[Luchesi]

With pleasure.

You know what they said about the Rite;

It is truly written that a man has five times as many fingers as ears, BUT only twice as many ears as noses..