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Lindsey Orcutt wrote:
>....I've been in love with Brahms' music for a long time... But it *did*
>take a long while for me to come to appreciate it.
I liked Brahm's music from the very first time I heard his violin concerto
at (about) age 15. I went on to listen to his 4th and 1st symphonies...
glorious! His 2nd and 3rd came my way a bit latter, while I was in
college; they made a favorable impression as well.
>My full appreciation for the 4th symphony, my favorite, came after I
>wrote a LONG research paper on it: I studied and analyzed it in depth,
>especially the finale (the chaconne) and read and read and read about
>Brahms and the set of letters from him to Clara Schumann (a fascinating
>read, if you haven't had a chance to read them!).
Having been a music major, I did some analysis of Brahms' works (I forget
which ones) but I loved his stuff way before any sort of analysis.
>It occurs to me that liking, or loving, Brahms may have something to do
>with one's appreciation or love of Bach. A former boyfriend of mine once
>said he thought Brahms too "bombastic" and he could never really get into
>Brahms' works. Incidentally, he wasn't a really big fan of Bach, either.
>I adore them both. Anyone else had this experience?
I like Bach as well. I did not like Mozart (except for his most important
symphonies, violin concertos, and a few piano concertos, everything sounded
so "same-old-same-old to me"). Haydn fared even worse, as I only liked a
couple of his symphonies. And, to me it was Tchaikovsky's music that was
'bombastic' - I hated that in music. Now at age 52, I am waaaay wiser (I
hope) and have come to appreciate all of the above.
GCC
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