DelGesu Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 LongHair "I consider Paganini the greatest violinist/composer of all time." Have you ever heard of a German guy by the name of J.S. Bach?? I think most music scholars and historians would agree that Bach was the greatest composer who ever lived, because of his profound influence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vieuxtemps Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 I thought LongHair meant Paganini was the greatist violinist-composer (person who was both) ever, but even if he meant greatest violinist AND greatest composer ever, I don't see how one can or should convince him otherwise. In 2000 my dad asked us who we thought was the greatest composer of the milennium. I was undecided as usual, and my brother chose Tchaikovsky since he likes his music the best. To him that was the best composer, and I can't think of any criteria that are incontrovertibly superior to others. I just remembered: I played the Paganini Sonata in E minor for jazz and classical players of many instruments, and afterwards a good percussionist told me he loved Paganini's music. Bring on the percussionist jokes if you want, but this guy's bigger than most of you. Berlioz was a percussionist, and Paganini adored his (and most of all Beethoven's) music. -Aman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongHair Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 Bach was a keyboard player who did violin on the side. He is my favorite composer (but not a violinist / composer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staylor Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Jon Griffith: I never said he was less of a composer. I thought Staylor's comment about it being an arpeggiated accompaniment to the orchestra was an insult (it may well not have been) so I simply said that that's basically what Beethoven's concerto was and yet no one bashes it. Who thinks It's an insult? Has anyone heard it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganiniboy Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 quote: Originally posted by LongHair: Bach was a keyboard player who did violin on the side. He is my favorite composer (but not a violinist / composer). I was just about to write something exactly like that after reading another post about 3 above yours... Paganini, Ysaye, and Bartok are my favorite composers for violin. Bach is my favorite composer for +2 strings. Profofkofiev (i KNOW i didn't spell that right) was my favorite composer for symphony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuangKaiVun Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 Paganini is my favorite composer PERIOD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted May 8, 2001 Report Share Posted May 8, 2001 Egad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Fine Posted May 9, 2001 Report Share Posted May 9, 2001 Sorry I misread you, vieuxtemps, your comment makes much more sense in the way you've explained it. I always thought your "good Composers borrow great composers steal" was said by Frost about poets... I wonder who originally came up with it... hmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis Posted May 9, 2001 Report Share Posted May 9, 2001 quote: Originally posted by roman: Basically it was a series of double stops that sounded like a laugh. It's hard to explain without playing it. roman ps. I guess just try and make a laughing sound with your violin and you will be pretty close. Try listening to the Devil's Laughter Caprice - No. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Griffith Posted May 9, 2001 Report Share Posted May 9, 2001 Staylor I didn't mean to insinuate that you were insulting paganini. After reading the first post I thought you were, thus I drew the connection. But no bad intentions were involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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