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I’ve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but don’t know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. I’ve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps y’all out. :)

stereotypical delightful classical music:

if you need to chill:

if you need to sleep:

if you need to wake up:

if you are feeling very proud:

if you feel really excited:

if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:

if you want to cry for a really long time:

if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:

if you want chills:

if you want to study:

if you really want to dance:

if you want to start bouncing in your chair:

if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:

if you want to hear suspense within music:

if you want a jazzy/classical feel:

if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:

if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:

pieces that just sound really cool:

if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):

and if you really just hate classical music in general:

a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!

also, thank you to viola-ology and iwillsavemyworld for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!

dinodaddy

I love this list!

marzipansyman

Don’t get them stuck in your head you’ll never find them again if you don’t have this post saved fair warning. “That one song with the really killer flute bit,” doesn’t work as a song search.

itsnotacello

@orpheustheviola Found it for you.

orpheustheviola

Thanks for reblogging it for me!

I never screamed louder in my life. I’m sorry op, but I’m going to have to make some MAJOR adjustments. (Oh, and if anyone is willing to add on here, feel free to do so!)

*cracks knuckles before letting out a war cry*

LET’S DO THIS!

Stereotypical delightful classical music:

  • They all are

If you need to chill:

  • Other than Brahms famous lullaby (or any other lullabies), GOOD LUCK. Composers are just a bunch of angsty/drunk/brooding teenagers that took out their spite through compositions

If you need to sleep:

  • See “If you need to chill”

If you need to wake up

  • Surely the cannons of 1812 Overture will do just the trick

If you are feeling very proud:

  • If you are lucky, Wagner’s composition might give you a totally unessecary boost of confidence that will turn you into a complete meglomaniac.
  • To reverse the effects, remember Wagner the person!
  • WARNING!
  • DO NOT MIX WAGNER THE PERSON WITH WAGNER THE MUSICIAN; ALTHOUGH THEY ARE RELATED, IT’S COMPLETE IGNORANCE TO IGNORE WAGNER’S PROFOUND WORKS JUST BECAUSE HE WAS…you know

If you feel really excited:

  • Marches should do the trick
  • Like Stars and Stripes Forever never fails to get me excited
  • It’s insufferable, but I love it

If you are angry:

  • BEEF OVEN CUZ GERMAN ANGST
  • SHOSTAKOVICH BECAUSE STALIN CAN GO [censored]

If you want to cry for a really long time

  • See “if you are angry”

If you really want to feel like you’re on an adventure

  • OPERAS! THAT’S THE POINT
  • For most of them at least
  • Epic film scores. AND I MEAN EPIC. With lots of musicians like “Lord of the Rings” and “Star Wars”
  • Anything with a narrative directly associated with it
  • I FORGOT ABOUT “THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE”
  • …I’m sorry Mickey. I have forsaken thee.

If you want chills:

  • Night on Bald Mountain
  • A lot of choral pieces sound quite chilling
  • Romantic era composers!!!

If you want to study:

  • Good
  • Luck

If you really want to dance:

  • CUBAN OVERTURE
  • Waltzes and minuets
  • They’re made for that purpose
  • MAMBO
  • You can fite me for this; you will NOT disrespect Leonard Bernstein
  • Not on my watch…
  • Oh, and unleash your inner ballet dancer with ballets of all kinds!
  • WARNING! RITE OF SPRING CAUSED RIOTS. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

If you want to start bouncing in your chair:

  • See “If you really want to dance”
  • That said, if you’re not moving your body to some degree while listening to classical music, you are wEAK.

If you’re about to pass out and need energy:

  • See “if you are feeling excited” and “if you need to wake up.”

If you want to hear suspense in music:

  • Firebird is most notorious for making a woman scream
  • SWAN LAKE IT JUST BUILDS AND BUILDS AND THEN THE FINALE
  • *sobs*

If you want a jazzy/classical feel

  • George Gershwin: Ultimate mixer of jazz and classical music and my life long love

If you want to feel emotion with no explanation:

  • ROMANTIC COMPOSERS

If you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

  • Waltzes and Minuets perhaps
  • Maybe The Four Seasons
  • Although I don’t suggest Winter

Pieces that don’t have a valid explanation:

  • …I’m sorry
  • …But they all have a valid explanation
  • …We just don’t know the explanation…yet
  • CURSE YOU ENIGMA VARIATIONS

Pieces that just sound really cool:

  • THEY ALL DO

If you feel like listening to concertos all day (which I totally reccomend):

  • Shostakovich’s Cello Concertos are lit

And if you hate classical music in general:

  • Don’t you dare put 4'33" on there!
  • The reason that piece was created was to challenge the notion of what we consider music
  • That’s why 4'33" is so legendary!
  • And you know what?
  • That’s why all classical music is legendary!
  • Each piece, each movement, each composer writes music in response to something that happened before
  • Classical music is such a difficult term to define simply because of its rich and complex history. With clasical musicians and composers turning to film, tv, and video games as another way to compose music, the definition of “classical music” has never been more broad and confusing.
  • It’s hard to hate classical musi, because at this point, what is classical music? I don’t know; you tell me.

Again, feel free to add onto this new list guys!

Or should I say…Liszt?

…I’ll go away for now.

(Op, this was in no way meant to insult or reject your post. There were some other classical musicblrs, myself included, that strongly disagreed; it’s perfectly fine though! Music is extremely subjective to completely different opinions. I also apoligize if I sounded like a nerd gone crazy, but I’ll be honest, I am.)

nataliahum

Fororo forever <3

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