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Originally Posted by atari 2600
It's disturbing that people that claim to love music love to find fault with the greatest band in rock and roll.
And Bach is more important to the history of western music than Beethoven.
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This is why i love this board! Bach is the most important composer ever! He was responsable for much of the tonal system we use in music today. Beethoven himself called him 'The Original Father of Harmony'. Likewise as we can point to Modern (ish) classical composition beginning for the most part with Bach, I think we can safely say Lennon/McCartney were the first really notable composers of Pop/Rock music, although with everything it can be traced back further, The Beatles influenced Popular music more than any other artist I can think of. Certainly not the most important composers in the history of music but certainly the most important of Popular music
I can see some people's point. Just because you acknowledge some artists talent/important (in the progression of music) doens't mean you have to like them yourself. For Example although I adore our friend mr J.S Bach in particular his Brandenberg Concertos, I can't stand Baroque music itself, I appreciate the importance of say Corelli or Handel but something about their music just doesn't sit well with me. I'd rather have a big dolop of late romanticism thank you very much.
Ps; my posting of the Varg picture was just me being sarcastic