# Suggest some lesser known works by famous composers

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 28, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lesser-known-works-by-famous-composers/794951 "2017-08-28T18:55:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lesser-known-works-by-famous-composers/794951/41 "2017-09-18T10:41:54Z")

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Finding **Bruckner** dull is perfectly normal :D.

But… jumping from **Beethoven** straight to **Shostakovich** … No **Brahms**? Now _that_ is pure evil.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lesser-known-works-by-famous-composers/794951/42 "2017-09-18T12:23:20Z")

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> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#):
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> Finding **Bruckner** dull is perfectly normal :D.
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> But… jumping from **Beethoven** straight to **Shostakovich** … No **Brahms**? Now _that_ is pure evil.

Heh - I knew someone would call me out for skipping Brahms. I mean, I like the Fourth Symphony well enough but I can live without it. And likewise I’ve discovered that no, I wouldn’t in fact die without Mahler.

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lesser-known-works-by-famous-composers/794951/43 "2017-09-18T12:39:01Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Heh - I knew someone would call me out for skipping Brahms. I mean, I like the Fourth Symphony well enough but I can live without it. And likewise I’ve discovered that no, I wouldn’t in fact die without Mahler.

Ah, so that’s why his Gyratetotenlieder remains unfinished.

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**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lesser-known-works-by-famous-composers/794951/44 "2017-09-18T13:03:56Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Heh - I knew someone would call me out for skipping Brahms. I mean, I like the Fourth Symphony well enough but I can live without it. And likewise I’ve discovered that no, I wouldn’t in fact die without Mahler.

Just teasing you, of course :p. It’s not like my tastes are the last word on artistic value.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-lesser-known-works-by-famous-composers/794951/45 "2017-09-18T18:53:12Z")

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I would have never thought to listen to Vivaldi(to much Four Seasons shoved down my throat during my formative years), but they have been playing a lot of Vivaldi pieces on the classical music station lately. I particularly like [rv 522](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1k_yexUE6s)

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