Musical Names

Classical Music

    Really now.  What genre did Beethoven use to describe his music?

Modern Classical Music

    I've listened to some "modern classical music".  (Is that an oxymoron?)  Wikipedia has a list of "20th Century Classical Music Composers", and I'd select a name from it and then go out to YouTube and search for it.

    For the most part, modern classical music sucks.  All the great classical music was written by the time the year 1900 rolled around. 

Mahler vs. Opera

    Listen, I like classical music.  Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Wagner, Strauss.  They're all good.  But Mahler?  Meh.

    Still, the worst of Mahler is still a lot more enjoyable than the best Opera.

The problem with Classical Music

  True dis.  There have been times when I've wanted to find out who wrote some piece of classical music, and have had no idea how to Google that.  I end up making random guesses on YouTube hoping to luck into the tune.  One time it turned out to be Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.