[MrCrabby]

For me, it is a tie between Romantic and Baroque. My least favorites are 20th century (atonality, serialism, and the like) and Classic.

Some of the options will be vague, just specify early or late period, or if there is a specific sub-genre (minimalism, etc.).

[Rainer.]

I tend to like Neo-Classical and Romantic myself.

[MJ_Avalanche]

Originally Posted by MrCrabby

My least favorites are 20th century (atonality, serialism, and the like)

That's my absolute favorite. Everyone at school thinks I'm nuts because I do. And I'm sure they're right.

Pretty much anything after the classical period ended is at least alright. Except Debussy when he's not writing for piano... That's just... blah. If it's before the romantic period, though. I probably don't like it very much. And I'll stop ranting about that before I really make some people mad.

[Mavsfan41]

As much as I like Debussy, Handel, Bach, Mozart, and Haydn, you have to go with the Romantic period. With composers like Beethoven, Schubert Schumann, Brahms, Dvorak, Faure, and many others putting out some great masterworks, it just appeals to me.

Perhaps I am a bit biased, though, as my two favorite composers are Brahms and Schubert .

[Jenacen]

The Romantic style has a lot of emotional packed into it, and classifies my two favorites; Paganini and Beethoven. I do enjoy Baroque a little bit too.

[beanbag]

I'm big on Romantic and 20th Century. I used to hate Baroque, but I'm starting to notice the merits. I like the darker, heavier Baroque, mostly. I am NOT a fan of fluffy, frilly music. I know it's probably totally unacceptable for a music major like myself to say this, but I am not a fan of the majority of Mozart's works. a lot of it is satirical, but it's frilly and light all the same and it drives me bananas.

I am big on most Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt and Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, most Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, and I've recently developed an increasing appreciation for guys like Dvorak and Bartok. a recent (last spring) discovery is Golijov, who I would love to find more from.

*edit* and how could I forget Orff and Verdi? (though technically Verdi is not included in the categories I listed, but oh well.)

[MrCrabby]

Originally Posted by beanbag

I'm big on Romantic and 20th Century. I used to hate Baroque, but I'm starting to notice the merits. I like the darker, heavier Baroque, mostly. I am NOT a fan of fluffy, frilly music. I know it's probably totally unacceptable for a music major like myself to say this, but I am not a fan of the majority of Mozart's works. a lot of it is satirical, but it's frilly and light all the same and it drives me bananas.

I am big on most Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt and Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, most Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, and I've recently developed an increasing appreciation for guys like Dvorak and Bartok. a recent (last spring) discovery is Golijov, who I would love to find more from.

*edit* and how could I forget Orff and Verdi? (though technically Verdi is not included in the categories I listed, but oh well.)

I think you and I have very similar tastes. Mozart was a genius and very inventive, but he was too bound by rules. That is why I despise the Classic period.
Carl Orff is my hero. I wrote a research paper on the Carmina Burana last year.

[beanbag]

Originally Posted by MrCrabby

I think you and I have very similar tastes. Mozart was a genius and very inventive, but he was too bound by rules. That is why I despise the Classic period.
Carl Orff is my hero. I wrote a research paper on the Carmina Burana last year.

I agree with you about rules in the Classical period.

my theory prof had a thing for Mozart, so we did a lot of analysis in his piano sonatas. I can see some of the musical jokes he played, but the rules thing--like you said--is a bit much.

I was introduced to Orff a few years ago by the man who runs the music lab at my old school. I had run out of ideas for people to listen to to fill my hours, so I asked him for a suggestion, and he said, "hmm. you would love the Carmina Burana. I am playing clarinet in it with the symphony this season, so I've been working on it a lot. you should listen to this recording of it," and he handed me a cd.

I definitely own a copy now.

[Nate]

The most interesting to me are medieval (early plainsong, et al) and neo-classical (especially Bartok, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and their ilk).