TheRudest wrote:
still u had some great Northen Soul bands, and great Punk bands, 2nd wave ska and mod revival....that are well known all over the world))...
I really think that English music is one of the greatest from all over the world)))...
And of course US too...Jazz, Bop, Blues, SOUL, Gospel...damn and SOOO MANY more styles was born in US...
And what can u say bout Russia? Nothing)) We invented Vodka LOL (altohough it's so nice but it's not related to music)))))))))
Well, I wouldn't sell Russia short in the old music department, to illustrate:
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857), one of the first significant Russian composers
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), Romantic composer and chemist, member of The Five
Mily Balakirev (1837-1910), Romantic composer, member of The Five
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Romantic composer, member of The Five, wrote Pictures at an Exhibition
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), influential Romantic composer, famous for his ballets (The Nutcracker, Swan Lake), his Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, and the 1812 Overture
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), Romantic composer, member of The Five, known for The Flight of the Bumblebee
Alexander Taneyev (1850-1918), Romantic era nationalist composer
Alexander Kopylov (1854-1911), composer of four quartets, a symphony, also a member of the Belyayev circle
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915), Romantic composer, oriented towards classical forms and the central European tradition
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935), Romantic composer, noted for his orchestral suite Caucasian Sketches
Nikolay Sokolov (1859-1922), composer of chamber and choral music, member of the Belyayev circle
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936), late Romantic composer influenced by Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Romantic, known for his harmonically adventurous piano sonatas and theatrical orchestral works
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), late Romantic virtuoso pianist and composer, known for Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951), 20th century composer and pianist
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950), 20th century composer and teacher of Polish birth, composer of 27 symphonies, 13 string quartets and other works
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), 20th century primitivist, neoclassical, and jazz composer, known for his early ballet The Rite of Spring
Maximilian Steinberg (1883-1946), 20th century composer and pedagogue, born in what is now Lithuania
Piotr Goncharov (1888 - ?), composer of choral works, like Before Thy Cross
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), 20th century neoclassical composer
Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky (1904-1987), 20th century composer
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), 20th century composer, wrote fifteen symphonies and is especially noted for his fifth symphony, combined elements of romantic music with atonality and tone rows
Julian Scriabin (1908-1919), the son of Alexander Scriabin and a composer himself. Drowned at the young age of 11.
Vladimir Shainsky (born 1925), 20th and 21st century composer, wrote mostly works for children and popular songs
Yury Chernavsky (born 1947), 20th and 21st century composer, works in Russia, West Europe and US (Hollywood), writes music mostly in R&B, Pop and Rock music styles
Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948), 20th and 21st century composer, writes mostly theatrical music and jazz
Evgeni Kostitsyn (1963- ), 21st century composer, originator of synchronous music and cubist music
Not to mention the great Russian folk music too.
BTW,
I was commenting on the lack of appreciation and ability for musicians to make a decent living within the JAZZ world in both the USA and Russia.
Cheers.
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