Comments on: Top 10 Classical One Hit Wonders http://listverse.com/2007/12/12/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Sat, 26 May 2012 18:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: peter8172 http://listverse.com/2007/12/12/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-449351 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:04:05 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/#comment-449351 I would think that “The Sabre Dance” by Aram Khachaturian should be on this list and I just want to say that No.1 on this list Pachelbel’s “Canon” has to be the dullest, sophomoric and most boring piece of music ever written !!! God, I can’t stand that piece of music…….

]]> By: Kboneski http://listverse.com/2007/12/12/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-400376 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:56:47 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/#comment-400376 Where’s Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana: O Fortuna ??? I would say that probably deserves the #2 spot. ha ha!

]]> By: ComposerNate http://listverse.com/2007/12/12/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-270154 Wed, 05 May 2010 19:35:09 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/#comment-270154 Cool list, but Samuel Barber a one-hit wonder?? You have to be kidding me, man.

Yes, the Adagio is his most famous piece by far, but he is far removed from other composers on this list… and I believe his 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Music would agree with me.

]]> By: Sam http://listverse.com/2007/12/12/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-246918 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:11:11 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/#comment-246918 Ah Pachelbel…how I loath thee. One of the best days of my life was when our Orchestra Teacher in High school showed us the piece we were going to play during one of our concerts. It was called “Cellists revenge” and it was Pachelbel in D with the violins and us cellists basically switching parts…BEST. CONCERT. EVER. Suck on that violinists, you are no longer needed!!!!

]]> By: EnfantMechant http://listverse.com/2007/12/12/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-175026 Fri, 22 May 2009 00:12:57 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/#comment-175026 Haha this is really funny.
Especially the Delibes… Jesus… That’s the ultimate operatic one hit wonder.
Aww sad to see Barber, but unless you’re a vocalist or accompanist it’s pretty true, with maybe the exception of Sure On This Shining Night… love it, but if I hear it in another junior recital or hear another high school choir do the choral arrangement, I might punch something/one.

]]> By: Charlyn-Marina http://listverse.com/2007/12/12/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-145739 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:02:49 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/#comment-145739 great list…. the music is totally great…
it seems that j has a great taste specially when it comes to classical music…
impressing!

]]> By: timmy the dying boy http://listverse.com/2007/12/12/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-143372 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:07:43 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/#comment-143372 Sam Barber doesn’t belong on the list at all; he was a very prominent composer. Let’s remove the Adagio from the list and replace it with Sorceror’s Apprentice.

]]> By: Eric Gmeinder http://listverse.com/2007/12/12/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-81958 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:07:01 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/#comment-81958 In 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die, pages 500 and 501 are committed to a work by French composer Paul Dukas called L’apprenti sorcerier (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice), which, as the article, admits, was made famous by its featuring in Fantasia. Page 500 talks about the work itself. Page 501 shows a picture of Dukas and the caption reads, “Paul Dukas, whose reputation rests on The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” Surely you could have taken off one from this list and replaced it with Apprentice.

As for the other one-hit wonder page, here are well-known notable omissions:

I SWEAR All-4-One
SH-BOOM The Chords (Reading Wikipedia’s article on this doo-wop groub is how I first knew the term “one-hit wonder” was in circulation.)

]]> By: rushfan http://listverse.com/2007/12/12/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-70384 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:58:48 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/#comment-70384 I really enjoyed this list. I have a cd of canon with ocean sounds :) It’s very relaxing.

]]> By: jesme http://listverse.com/2007/12/12/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-70331 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:03:42 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-classical-one-hit-wonders/#comment-70331 The Pachelbel canon gets on my nerves, but I adore the accompanying gigue! Drives me crazy that it’s not played more often.

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