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[/b]ANYONE at all?
This is what I ask myself nearly everyday. I simply cannot comprehend nor believe this truth, but it seems that classical music is very quckly being replaced by rock, rap, pop... and so on. As for, Baroque, most people have already forgotten about it; not to mention music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The only times that we interact with these are during our seldom trips.
This issue is especially significant in the Americas. Weeks ago, I conducted a servey in several schools with several presumably well-known musician names written on a list including JS Bach, F Chopin, C Debussey, GF Handel, L van Beethoven, and WA Mozart. The random grade 4-8s of the school were asked to identify at least 1 composition by each composer. The results were alarming--there was an average of 0.899% for the number of compositions identified for each composer. Some students were even oblivious of any of the conductor names. I don't know if it was just the schools that took part in the survey, but there iscertainly an issue. I did another survey a few days ago questioning the ones who did identify at least 1 composition for at least 1 composer if they listened to Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Neo-Romantic, or Impressionistic for at least a total of 30 minutes in the past 3 days. Only 3 out of 50 people responded with a yes. That is only 6%, and that's already out of the people who know the composers relatively well.
There must be something done about this, and fast... most people can list every comopsition by the popular musicians of today, yet they can list only 1 composition by Mozart while he composed 625 compositions! I urge you all, please do not forget about our past, our invaluable treasure.
One musical radio station that I really recommend is http://classicalwebcast.com. This one offers classical music from an immense variety of countries. Of course there are many other stations, but this one is my favourite. Also, you may tune your radio (if you have one) to the classical radio channel, or borrow a few cassets, CDs, DVDs etc., from the library.

I just have one question... who are these ppl? They from Canada Classics or something?

:!: :!: I faint at what I see. Do you mean to tell me that you do not know who Wolfgang A. Mozart, or prehaps Johann Sebastian Bach? See what I mean? This world is indeed deprived of the grace and beauty of the times of yore.
They are all classical, Baroque, Romantic, and Impressionistic composers. They are all dead, and over 300 for some. Canada did not exist at that time. They are some of the most reknown composers of all time. And you tell me you think they are a Canadian Classical Band? No, Canada insults them, they are all European, and most of them are German. Ahrg... I give up... just check their names under Wikipedia, and while you are at it, please listen to some of Chopin's Nocturnes, try some of Mozart's operas (Blimely, did you not know? This year is the 250th b-day of Mozart, and the media went crazy abt that and there was this gigantic festival in his hometown), or tune in to the Goldberg Variations by Bach (I suggest the Glenn Gould recordings). By the way, Gould was Canadian--believed by some to be the best person at playing Bach apart from Bach himself (of course no one knows how well Bach played, but the estimations are based on his responses). Unfortunately, Gould died some decades ago.

Oh.. crap.. lol.. you should have said.. famous composers. Ya I've heard of them..

Phew! OK, you know them... good... I almost died when I saw that you thought Mozart was a Canadian Classical band member.

Lol... you could've put thier full names... cuz I was like, hey, these names sound familiar haha... Yeah I know them...

Sure I'll do that next time. Thanks.

I've just never heard of F Chopin... who is that?

Frédéric François Chopin, (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849), is also referred to as Fryderyk Chopin.
"One of the most famous, **** and admired composers for the piano, and Poland's most significant composer; he was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, of French and Polish parentage in the village of Żelazowa Wola, Poland. In Warsaw he was hailed as a child prodigy for his keyboard and composition skill. He left for Paris at the age of 20, having already composed his two piano concertos, and never returned to Poland. In Paris, he made a career as a performer and teacher as well as a composer, and adopted the French variant of his name, "Frédéric-François". After suffering from poor health for much of his life, his condition forced him to give up performing and teaching shortly before he died.

Chopin's compositions, which are almost exclusively for the piano, include the Funeral March piano sonata and the twenty-four études and are widely considered to be amongst the pinnacles of the piano repertoire. Although some of his music is among the most technically demanding for the instrument, Chopin's style emphasizes poetry, nuance, and expressive depth rather than mere technical display. He is often cited as one of the mainstays of Romanticism in nineteenth-century classical music." Nonetheless, he has written several cello compositions of which stress elegance to the same degree.

Thanks... so he died in 39 short years.... thats sad... you have any of his compositions, music..?