You have 10 seconds to name a better composition than Holst's

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>>737077291
ok, sure, you got me

What about the classic song 'Nigger' by some nigger.

>Niggah Nigga Nigger Nig
>Nigger Nigger Nigger

Then repeat for the rest of the 2 minute track.

>>737077291
The gears of War 3 soundtrack in its entirety.
I'm not joking actually.

>>737077291
Baby, by Justin Bieber.

>>737077291
Dies Irae-Mozart
Misere Mei Deus
All Star-smash mouth
SSBB opening and final destination song
Alabama nigger-johnny rebel

>>737077780
Dies Irae and Misere Mei Deus are good pieces, but they still can't compare.

>>737077291
Doctor Who Theme, 8th Doctor version.

>>737077688
While it isn't bad, I think you'd have to have played the game for it to have more meaning. Thus, it isn't better.
>>737078031
Not too bad, but still not even close.

>>737078000
Dude miserere mei deus was kept secret by the church for over a hundred years because it was so beautiful.

>>737077291
Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries", or pretty much anything from either Siegfreid or Die Valkyrien.

>>737077291
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU

Moonlight Sonata


But I'll give your little space jam a listen because Mars: Bringer of War sounds pretty badass.

>>737078448
They still can't compete with Holst, sorry.
>>737079340
Moonlight Sonata is a good piece (though I really only like Mvt. 3) but it doesn't compete with Holst's piece.

Verklärte Nacht by Schoenberg
La Mer by Debussy
Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Guitar Trio by Rhys Chatham
Sibelius 7th Symphony
C major Prelude from WTC by J.S. Bach
Piano Sonata no7 "white mass" by Skryabin
Gurrelider finale "Behold the Sun" Schoenberg

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>>737078358
Thou mayest not defy the Trips.

Tchaikovsky - Overture 1821

Shostakovich's Leningrad symphony is bomb
>I think it's no 8 but not sure

>>737077291
Overture to Tannhauser

>>737079706
Fuck, I'm half asleep. Is 1812. Felt like a retard

>>737079560
>>737079706
>>737079831
These are all fantastic, but I don't think they compete.

>>737077291
Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov especially Movement 3

>>737079943
Countepoint.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-KayEaK-es

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>>737079962
Nope

>>737080230
Clearly, an unthinking, ill considered rejection.

>>737080230
Alright fine OP
Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez also (Las cuatro estaciones)
Strange Humors by John Mackey
Polovtsian Dances by Borodin
Tragic Overture Op.81 by Brahms
Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussogorsky (especially 9 &10)

>>737080815
Lol John Mackey is contemporary for babies (not op btw)

>>737077291
>Holst's 'The Planet

Just listened to Mars: Bringer of War, it was pretty good, nicely recommended anon, you cultured faggot.

>>737077291
Hindemith Symphony in Bb
Bernstein's Mass

>>737077291
fucking pleb opinion. it's a good piece but it's entry-level classical at best.

>>737080957
You're subject to your own opinion, I happen to enjoy his pieces

>>737077291
here's an easy one: the 4th movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony. Don't even try to argue against it.

>>737081177
Große Fugue is better

>>737080815
>>737081177
OP here. While most of these come close (some may even tie) I don't think any of these are 'better' than Holst's The Planets. Nice try.

>>737077291
Jupiter is better than Mars just saying

>>737081256
Grosse Fuge is great but the 4th movement of the 9th is arguably the greatest piece of music ever composed. The Great Fugue is angry, complex, intense. 4th movement of the 9th is equally intense, but in a overwhelmingly joyous manner. I don't even think the 2 pieces are even comporable, they're so different in tone and mood and purpose.

>>737077291
Literally anything by Mahler
Paul Creston's Sonata for saxophone
Anything by Iannis Xenakis
A Love Supreme and/or Interstellar Space

This is easy my guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdH1hSWGFGU

There is zero argument to this.

>>737081488
>anything by Iannis Xenakis
Xenakis is good but come on dude. I'm not even OP but that's a pretty absurd statement.

>>737081416
And Mozart's Jupiter Symphony (No. 41) is better than Holst.

>>737081431
Yeah but Beethoven is overrated anyway, like there was music written after 1890

>>737077291
Part 8 Of Philip Glass' Music in 12 Parts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5AoiETiUBA

>>737081632
Beethoven is probably overplayed but definitely not overrated. Anybody who studies classical music will tell you this, he's known as the Master for a reason.

>>737081571
You cannot compare a piece of music to the slow part in Jupiter. Listen to it again.

>>737081567
Holst is Pretty Okay as far as English composers go. Not enough substance for me. Xenakis is meaty

>>737081641
The best of Phillip Glass will always be Concerto for saxophone quartet Mvmt 4

J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suite No 1. So much life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF0WzQQY55g

Beethoven Symphony 7, Movement 2

>>737081742
If you're comparing slow pieces, listen to the build up in the Tannhauser Overture again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9OBf8f55tU

I think everyone here can agree on this.

>>737081868
Glass' larger scale works are all great but I find his most compelling music to be written for the Philip Glass Ensemble. Music in 12 Parts, Einstein on the Beach, Koyaanisqatsi. best parts from those pieces are Part 8, Train, and the Grid, respectively.

>>737081868
Agree 100%, or Einstein

>>737081740
He's good, but to 99% of the public he's just the Ode to Joy, and they've never heard most of the pieces in this thread. So I'd agree he's overrated. While he's one of the best, he's not the only one.

>>737082106
Einstein is excellent. Night Train, Train, Spaceship, all perfect. Hard for me to choose my favorite section, although it's probably Train

>>737082186
I don't disagree with anything you've said. He's overrated by the general public in that the general public probably only knows him, Bach, and Mozart, and maybe Tchaikovsky because they've heard the Nutcracker.

Shostakovich quartet 8
Babadjanian piano trio
Mahler Symphony 1 (or really any of his symphonies)
Brahms Symphony 3
Mendelssohn violin concerto
Beethoveen 5 mvmt 2
Dvorak New World Symphony
Dvorak Cello concerto

>>737082193
I love the opening of EotB.
The counting and droning organ.

>>737082370
>Shostakovich quartet 8

yes, probably, especially the 2nd movement

>>737082276
Bach is a real morherfucking G though, like please hit me with some single line polyphony

>>737082370

>>737082088
I love new world but personally think the 2nd movement is the best part

>>737079943
I disagree, but you are indeed entitled to your opinion.

>>737077291
Now, don't get me wrong, Holst's Planets Suite Op. 52 is easily too 5 of any compositional list, but I think Shastakovich's Symphony No. 7: Leningrad, and Stravinsky's Firebird Suite should have some bearing in the race ahead.

>>737082463
When it's all said and done Bach probably is the greatest of all time, with Beethoven not far behind

>>737082088
Yes, I can agree. every movement is brilliant but this is probably the best.

>>737082415
if you like quartet 8 you should listen to the babadjanian piano trio

>>737077291
Why don't you faggots make more classical music threads :'(

>>737077291
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8BWBn26bX0

Done. Now what?

>>737082594
i agree, this is fun

>>737082594
too busy playing to post

>>737082276
They might not know the names, but there are a few pieces by other composers that are probably widely recognized, like Pachelbel's Canon, or Ravel's Bolero.

>>737082515
I love Firebird Suite, but I think it's far too overrated, especially among the general public. There are just better pieces imho

>>737082533
Bach is perhaps the most intellectual composer, though.

>>737082594
I try to make a couple everyday. Unfortunately, the majority of /b/ are dolts who listen to rap and hip hop.

>>737078712
I've one here if you'd like to check it out.

>>737082636
What do you play? Saxfag here but I also play flute, clarinet, and ocarina

>>737082702
and Rossini for William Tell Overture & the Barber of Seville. and Elgar for Pomp & Circumstance. but they wouldn't know any of the names of course

>>737082878
Not the anon youre talking to but I'm a saxfag as well, I focus on my classical playing though

>>737077291
Tartini Violin Sonata Devil's Trill Sonata

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Tannhäuser Overture by Wagner BITCHES. Heavy metal classical music

>>737082878
I play cello

>>737082888
And Beethoven's 5th in C minor, Carmen Overture, Ride of the Valkyries

>>737083110
all true. the general public is probably familiar with a lot of classical, or at least a lot of famous classical melodies, while not necassarily being able to identify the name of the piece or the composer.

Shostakovich 10, Copland's more atonal works, Brandenburg, Artunian trumpet concerto

>>737077291
Beethoven's 5th & 7th

>>737083198
no love for the 6th?

>>737082950
Always glad to meet a sax player. I love both jazz and classical playing, I'm probably better at Jazz though.

How long you anons been playing, (those that play an instrument)?

4'33"

>>737083196
>Skostakovich 10
>Artunian trumpet concerto

Are you me?

>>737083265
Saxfag, been playing for 10 years now

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>>737077291
Mozart's Requiem in D - Introit and Lacrimosa
Also Sprach Zarathustra
The Slavonic March
Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor
Wagner - Götterdämmerung - siegfried trauermarsch/Siegfried's Funeral

>>737077291
Abbey Road medley

>>737083265
Pianofag here. Been playing for 12 years. Favorite piece is Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu.

>>737077291
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Bach's Mass in B Minor. Yes, I went there. similarly, Bach's St. Matthew Passion.

>>737077291
Scherezade. a lot sexier, gives me multiple boners. 4 seconds.

>>737083171
I think we've hit most of the short list the general public might immediately recognize they'd heard before. They've heard more certainly, but only a few pieces really seem to have widely stuck.

>>737077291
Carmina Burana or Night on Bald Mountain
Led Zep
Hendrix
Some Peter Gabriel shit is really good but only appreciated by wrinkled folk.

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>>737083270
Get out

>>737083300
Only if you also love the Hayden, then yes I am you

>>737083534
I agree. I love minimalist classical (Glass, Reich, Riley, Young) but 4'33 is a fucking joke. in fact, most of John Cage is utter shite. pretentious nonsense, the lot of it

I've been hesitant because of the obvious association, but Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice is really great piece even without the mouse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkj2QeogAsU

>>737083245
I like them all but he asked for better

>>737083625
Are you talking about the d major trumpet concerto? I like it, but i like the cello concertos better

>>737083672
The original Fantasia has some of the actual greatest classical pieces of all time. sure, they condensed them, but the pieces themselves are masterpieces

>>737083492
He already rejected Scheherazade, Anon

>>737083245
The Pastoral is one of my favorite pieces from Beethoven.

>>737083653
Have you heard Cage's Four5? Really meditative, good shit

>>737083691
I'd argue the 6th is better then both those other Beethoven symphonies.
>>737083764
same, my second favorite symphony of his after the 9th. probably my 3rd favorite piece after the 9th and the Grosse Fuge

>>737083750
Cello stuff is great but I have a place in my heart for the trumpet concerto

>>737083757
Yes, but Dukas in particular is really, really, really hard to separate from Fantasia. Not only is it the single most iconic segment of the movie, but few people who saw it have heard anything else of his.

>>737077291

Barber - Adagio for Strings

>>737077291
Tonality is for white-hairs and piss babies

>>737083653
Yeah, I agree that there's something interesting about those "artsy" or "philosophy" pieces, but I can't take it seriously as music for listening.

It's the musical equivalent of modern art pieces that get sold for 40 million when it's like a scribble or just a blue colour on a canvas.

>>737080815
Im in no way a huge fan of classical music or compositions (until maybe after going through this thread) but I like two steps from hell which my friend introduced me to a while back (not certain if this is the right category but what the hell let's try)
https://youtu.be/utujHPkjfwI

>>737083952
too edgy 4 me

>>737083653
I agree, Cage is so caught up in theory as opposed to actually creating music.

>>737083952
"I finished my first year as a music performance major and my m8 in the sax studio showed me Anthony Braxton once"

>>737083957
That's my exact problem with Cage, it's just not enjoyable to listen to. I'm sure it has artistic value but if it's unbearable to listen to what's the fucking point. Like, Steve Reich is one of my favorite composers, but even I can acknowledge that Four Organs is basically unlistenable. having artistic and creative value does not a good piece make
>>737083794
yes i have. at least it's not overwhelmingly, abrasively annoying like most of Cage's works. I just can't get into him.

>>737077291
everything by Giuseppe Verdi

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>>737084013
I absolutely think that two steps from hell fits in here. They write epic trailer music which doesn't count as classical, but trailer, film, and games music really are the only way that orchestra live on today in a grand sense.
In the same way that classical musicians wrote for opera and theatre, todays film musicians provide a modern day equivalent

>>737084132
Exactly. A lot of my favorite pieces are focused on demonstrating new music theories, but Cage just completely disregards the idea that music should be enjoyed

>>737080230
fuck off, Holst is a fucking robot in comparison to the feeling, the depth, and the sensuality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfi1pAOFUaA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibbfaz4582o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abEQ3ZRewBU
Check out some of the pieces from the game Destiny. Absolutely phenomenal.

300 violin orchestra is a great piece I actually listen to it whenever I need to get pumped up
https://youtu.be/fCebJodm0lY

>>737081488
>Creston
My nigga
Glazounov is A tier as well

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>>737084013
>>737084320
>>737084485
While we are discussing modern scores/trailer music
God of War music is some of the best i've ever heard from a game. Bonus points for the choir speaking in Greek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ2fxrchQmI

I think we can all agree that the interstellar soundtrack was amazing

https://youtu.be/m3zvVGJrTP8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5hYjWfPNYE

>>737085891
Thank you for this channel

>>737077291

can't you faggot put a link in your post?