Why I like Classical Music??

      First of all, I want to admit that............... I'm a classical music lover. I started listening classical music when i was in high school. I was fascinated by this type of music that is why i really want to listen always to this kind of music. I also like other types of music like Jazz ,Pop ,Rock, Alternative, Slow Rock, Country, etc.

      There are a lot of reasons why I love classical music. First, it relieves stress every time I listen to some soothing and relaxing classical music, especially some of the works of Mozart. It was like it free my mind from the hustle and bustle of life. Second, it enhance my imagination. Sometimes my mind floats and it was like it takes me to another world. And lastly, it helps me to become more passionate about music. Music is one of my passion as an individual. I can't live without it. I believe in the thought that no music no life, because I am really drawn to it.

   
                           This is Pachelbel's Canon in D Major. This is one of my favorite classical music piece.

   My favorite classical composers are Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, John Sebastian Bach, Frederic Chopin, Jospeh Haydn, Richard Wagner, George Frideric Handel, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Franz Shubert, Igor Stravinsky, and Antonio Vivaldi, etc. (These are my idols!!! :))


Here are just some of the famous classical composers that I really admired most:

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 Did you know that nearly half of Mozart's life was spent touring throughout Europe? Born in 1756, Mozart began composing at the age of five. Shortly thereafter, he toured with his father and sister. Tragically, Mozart died at the young age of 35.  Yet during his short life span, Mozart greatly advanced classical period music with over 600 compositions.  His compositional style is similar to that of Haydn's, only more flamboyant and often criticized for having "too many notes."

2. Ludwig van Beethoven

Many view Beethoven as the bridge connecting the classical period to the romantic period. Beethoven only wrote nine symphonies. Compare that to Haydn and Mozart, who, combined, wrote over 150 symphonies. What makes Beethoven special was his successful attempt to break the mold of the highly structured and refined rules of classical period composition. His compositions, especially the famous Symphony No. 9, opened the flood gates of composing with emotional abandon.

3. Joseph Haydn

Haydn was a remarkable composer, epitomizing the meaning of classical period composition, and though he wasn't as flashy as the younger Mozart, his music always stayed true to form.  Haydn, unlike most composers, had a "reliable and steady" job composing, directing, teaching, performing, and managing musicians from the royal Esterhazy family. During this time, Haydn composed many pieces of music for the courtly orchestra to perform. With a staggering body of work, including over 100 symphonies and 60 string quartets, he is often referred to as the "Father of the Symphony" or "Father of the String Quartet."

 

4.  Chopin, Friderick

      
A composer famed for his ability at the piano, who in turn wrote the vast majority of his music for that instrument. Many of his pieces are quite short (being Rondos, Mazurkas and the like) but they are all beautiful. Not being a piano player myself, it is difficult to appreciate their comparative difficulty, but I am assured that most of Chopin’s music is very difficult to play. Played well, it doesn’t sound it. Though born in Poland, Chopin spent the last half of his life in Paris, arriving there in 1831. In Paris, he came to know the novelist George Sand, and was her lover for a time. The Vancouver Chopin Society have an interesting web-site with more information on Chopin and his works.

 

5. Schubert, Franz Peter

 

   

Famous song composer. :) But seriously, Schubert also wrote a number of symphonies (the so-called Great is in fact very good, if not great), piano sonatas, chamber music in general, including the famous Trout Quintet, operas (26 of them!), masses and much else. He was probably even more prolific than Mozart.
Schubert died just a year after Beethoven, and it was thought quite tragic that Vienna should lose two great composers so close upon each others heels.

6. Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyitch

Tchaikovsky is probably most famous for ballet music (The Nutcracker Suite, Swan Lake and the like) and the 1812 Overture. However, his work in the standard forms is definitely worth a listen. I have heard the violin concerto and the Pathétique symphony live, and these are both great works. The first piano concerto with its initial crashing chords is also very famous.    
There is still some controversy over the nature of Tchaikovsky’s death. It happened very suddenly without much warning, and it has been speculated that Tchaikovsky committed suicide.

7. Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio

Very prolific Baroque composer. Composed a large number of concerti, inspiring Bach to the same form. He composed much of his work for the orchestra at the girl’s orphanage in Venice where he was music master.     
His most famous work is undoubtedly the Four seasons, but his flute concerto La Notte is also well-known and very good listening.



            


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Thanks for Reading!!!!  :))))