Learn the Music of a Composer I Like

Learning the music of a composer I like is proving to be the most rewarding and interesting of all my goals. I started off by putting a call out to my twitter friends asking for composer recommendations. I got quite a few and started going to the library to get music from them.

I don't steal music. That means, I don't get things from the library, put them on iTunes and keep them. I delete the music when the CD goes back to the library. If I don't pay for it, I don't keep it. That said, I found music I liked and wanted to go out and buy it. But CJ told me he has a big box of Classical Music somewhere in the house. I shouldn't buy anything until he finds it.

Well, I've been waiting for over a month for that.

Meanwhile, knowing he did not have any opera, I started listening to it. And I LOVE IT. It is dynamic, beautiful, heart wrenching and amazing. While I like all classical music, opera is my favorite for sure.

So far, I've bought 5 operas. Between them and the new Decemberists, that's all I listen to. I've done research about opera and find it fascinating.

So, I think, in the end, I'll be choosing a composer who did Opera also for this goal. But I have a lot of exploring left to do.