I got class when I took Music 5. Goal was to identify 130-some pieces of classical music for the final exam, so I spent many an evening hour in the HUB, in the music room, playing different LPs. Thought it was fun, actually, even though I couldn't identify a single piece of music to begin with. I probably learned more in this class, and in English Composition, than in any other class.
Most memorable music? Charles Ives, "The Unanswered Question." Haunting.
Most practical: Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Haunting in a different way. ( Nearly every horror movie plays a fabulous organ riff that all of you recognize. Yep. It was this one. I was in the State Theater watching some nondescript horror movie when after three notes I couldn't help myself and blurted out: "Bach's To0ccata and Fugue in D Minor. Heads turned and I felt good!
Shostakovich was also a discovery. And Vivaldi ( the divine sewing machine.) ....still favorites to this day.
But one day the prof left us with a memorable request. "If you know nothing else about classical music, know the answer to this question: "What is Beethoven doing in his grave? Answer: Decomposing.
Most memorable music? Charles Ives, "The Unanswered Question." Haunting.
Most practical: Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Haunting in a different way. ( Nearly every horror movie plays a fabulous organ riff that all of you recognize. Yep. It was this one. I was in the State Theater watching some nondescript horror movie when after three notes I couldn't help myself and blurted out: "Bach's To0ccata and Fugue in D Minor. Heads turned and I felt good!
Shostakovich was also a discovery. And Vivaldi ( the divine sewing machine.) ....still favorites to this day.
But one day the prof left us with a memorable request. "If you know nothing else about classical music, know the answer to this question: "What is Beethoven doing in his grave? Answer: Decomposing.
