RE: (western) classical music discussion
December 21, 2017 at 1:20 pm
(This post was last modified: December 21, 2017 at 1:25 pm by bennyboy.)
(December 21, 2017 at 12:40 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: A baby who lived and died before either parent had a career to speak of.... unless you’re thinking Johann and not Richard. Honestly, a better example of a second parent might be Brahms. I can at least remember some keyboard works by Brahms.
Yeah, I'm not thinking chronologically. In fact, I'd take out Tchaikovsky and put in Rachmaninoff; some of the piano parts in that video really do sound almost note-for-note like Rach runs. And yes, for sure I'm talking about Johann-- the lightness of the waltzes is something that really comes out in the Gottschalk for me.
But I've been listening to more Gottschalk, and I have to say. . . seems like a mix of Brahms and Chopin. It's funny-- give me any of his songs, and I could say who I think it sounds like-- and it would never be "Gottschalk." Maybe that's why he's not more famous?