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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > No Music Discussion > The Classical Thread.
 
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Stuporstar
May 5, 2008

Where do fists come from?

fuf posted:

Hello old thread.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a book (or maybe a documentary series?) that explains the basic concepts behind classical music and especially Baroque music?

I'm reading a book about Leibniz's philosophy and the author has a torturous analogy to Baroque music, so I need to know what stuff like 'Basso continuo' means, and also more basic stuff like harmony and counterpoint.

I want a 'mid-level' kind of book: I don't really know anything about music theory but I'm not an idiot and I'm prepared to put some effort in.

Watch the four-part BBC documentary How Music Works. It doesn't explain everything, but it covers the basics in a really engaging way.

I have that series to thank for introducing me to Vaughan Williams. My 30 CD set, with everything he's ever done, just came in the mail today, and I spent three hours ripping it. I'm now ready to settle into musical bliss.

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Stuporstar
May 5, 2008

Where do fists come from?
Argh, I know. I say "Argh" because it's just taken me another hour to find it and rename half of them, parsing the stupid crap people have inputted into iTunes. I eventually found that one searching via. runtime. It would have taken me three times longer to name them all manually as I ripped them though.

Ok, NOW I can settle into musical bliss.

Seriously though, buy this freaking set. You won't find a better Vaughan Williams collection anywhere. It's amazing.

Stuporstar fucked around with this message at 09:18 on Jan 13, 2012

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