| HappySqurriel said: I think that how a lot of people get exposed to classical music make people dislike it. I was forced to learn to play the piano growing up and the instruction was from the Royal Conservatory of Music; which means that as soon as you enter kindergarten and soon after you get the fundamentals down (probably when you’re in grad 2) you’re only allowed to play classical music. When you add the music theory to the mix, and the awful recitals, it doesn’t provide many good experiences with classical music. |
Yeah, I learned to hate some of the classical music that way. Oddly enough though I still love some of the music I was forced to play, like Chopin and Listz. Then again there is classical music I'm not too fond of, and never was. I like some of, say, Mozart's and Bach's works on the whole they are not among my favourites. I think most of my favourites works are from the 19th century, rarely earlier. I also dislike most of the classical music's singing, be it the church-like choirs or opera.
For years my favourite piece was Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King. I found it on one of my dad's CDs (orchestra performance) and literally begged my piano teacher to have me play that (she refused at first because it was too dificult at that stage, but eventually gave in and it's one of the few pieces I practised for hours and can play without score till now).
