Which classical composer are you most like?

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:54 pm

Try this quiz:

http://quizilla.com/users/milkita/quizz ... %20You%3F/

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:15 pm

The quiz says I'm like Schubert.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:20 pm

Was Schubert a fan of Dittersdorf?

I got Liszt.

miranda · Post by **miranda** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:25 pm

I got Beethoven. Ha ha. I think I'll go listen to some of his string quartets now.

ch1525 · Post by **ch1525** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:42 pm

I got Mozart. I think I could have easily gotten whatever composer I wanted by choosing how I answered the questions. I was pretty sure the way I was answering would give me Mozart.

val · Post by **val** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:27 am

I got Schubert. It could be worse. Imagine they said Schumann.

jbuck919 · Post by **jbuck919** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:31 am

I looked at it and ended up not taking it because there were too many "none of the aboves." But let's be thankful that Ralph and others do not resemble Schubert in one obvious respect.

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:34 am

Gary wrote:Was Schubert a fan of Dittersdorf?

I got Liszt.

*****

More than a fan, a brazen plagiarizer!!!!!

IcedNote · Post by **IcedNote** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:50 am

Another Mozart disciple here.

-G

BWV 1080 · Post by **BWV 1080** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:22 am

This is what I got:

Carlo Gesualdo

Your talents are only surpassed by your insecurities and murderous rage against anyone that might betray you. While your prominent position in society protects you from being accountible for your actions, inside your guilt is corroding your soul. If anything happens to this persons significant other, the authorities should be notified

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:28 am

Schubert

Teresa B · Post by **Teresa B** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:58 am

Debussy.

Teresa

jbuck919 · Post by **jbuck919** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:59 am

BWV 1080 wrote:This is what I got:

Carlo Gesualdo

Your talents are only surpassed by your insecurities and murderous rage against anyone that might betray you. While your prominent position in society protects you from being accountible for your actions, inside your guilt is corroding your soul. If anything happens to this persons significant other, the authorities should be notified

I am going to assume that I do not have to report your for committing murcer.

Post by **Lance** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:18 am

Hmm, I came in as MOZART, imagine! Not what I thought it would be as I see myself connected to Liszt/Chopin/Schumann/Alkan, all rolled into one ... a pure romantic!

Post by **Corlyss_D** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:11 pm

Teresa B wrote:Debussy.

Me too. I'm delighted since he's one of my absolute favs. So glad I didn't end up with Liszt or Schumann.

Lark Ascending · Post by **Lark Ascending** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:34 pm

Another Schubert here.

Post by **Lance** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:50 pm

Corlyss_D wrote:
Teresa B wrote:Debussy.
Me too. I'm delighted since he's one of my absolute favs. So glad I didn't end up with Liszt or Schumann.

WHAT? Tsk, tsk! What's wrong with Liszt or Schumann? Other than the latter's mental illness (which I would not want to endure), I would have been delighted as either one, especially Herr Liszt, who had such a way with the ladies!

Post by **Lance** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:52 pm

It's amazing how much of one's personality may be revealed in the final outcome of whom you compare. I think I would have built in some other questions on these to get even a more accurate picture. Nonetheless, this is a fun quiz to take - and I thank the original poster for presenting the site.

Teresa B · Post by **Teresa B** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:32 pm

Lance wrote:
Corlyss_D wrote:
Teresa B wrote:Debussy.
Me too. I'm delighted since he's one of my absolute favs. So glad I didn't end up with Liszt or Schumann.
WHAT? ... I would have been delighted as either one, especially Herr Liszt, who had such a way with the ladies!

...Corlyss and I rest our case.

Teresa

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:19 pm

Lance wrote:It's amazing how much of one's personality may be revealed in the final outcome of whom you compare. I think I would have built in some other questions on these to get even a more accurate picture. Nonetheless, this is a fun quiz to take - and I thank the original poster for presenting the site.

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I had some mixed feelings, Lance, when I posted this quiz. I thought it kind of whimsical but I am glad most people got some fun out of it. I agree it should have contained more questions to expand the composer base. I don't think you will get a lot of composer names to pop up. Didn't see any Mendelssohn, Brahms, Mahler, Wagner, Rachmanonoff, or Franz Suppe.

Richard

BWV 1080 · Post by **BWV 1080** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:49 pm

Lance wrote:It's amazing how much of one's personality may be revealed in the final outcome of whom you compare.

Its actually an interesting psychological phenomenon called the Forer effect, which explains why people put such stock in personality test, psychotherapy or astrology

http://skepdic.com/forer.html

The Forer effect refers to the tendency of people to rate sets of statements as highly accurate for them personally even though the statements could apply to many people.

Psychologist Bertram R. Forer found that people tend to accept vague and general personality descriptions as uniquely applicable to themselves without realizing that the same description could be applied to just about anyone. Consider the following as if it were given to you as an evaluation of your personality.

You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them. You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.

Forer gave a personality test to his students, ignored their answers, and gave each student the above evaluation. He asked them to evaluate the evaluation from 0 to 5, with "5" meaning the recipient felt the evaluation was an "excellent" assessment and "4" meaning the assessment was "good." The class average evaluation was 4.26. That was in 1948. The test has been repeated hundreds of time with psychology students and the average is still around 4.2 out of 5, or 84% accurate.

In short, Forer convinced people he could successfully read their character. His accuracy amazed his subjects, though his personality analysis was taken from a newsstand astrology column and was presented to people without regard to their sun sign. The Forer effect seems to explain, in part at least, why so many people think that pseudosciences "work". Astrology, astrotherapy, biorhythms, cartomancy, chiromancy, the enneagram, fortune telling, graphology, rumpology, etc., seem to work because they seem to provide accurate personality analyses. Scientific studies of these pseudosciences demonstrate that they are not valid personality assessment tools, yet each has many satisfied customers who are convinced they are accurate.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:58 pm

Richard wrote: I don't think you will get a lot of composer names to pop up. Didn't see any Mendelssohn, Brahms, Mahler, Wagner, Rachmanonoff, or Franz Suppe.

...or Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, that great composer of the Donna Diana Overture.

GK · Post by GK » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:20 pm

I got Debussy who's not among my favorites.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:23 pm

Gary wrote:
Richard wrote: I don't think you will get a lot of composer names to pop up. Didn't see any Mendelssohn, Brahms, Mahler, Wagner, Rachmanonoff, or Franz Suppe.
...or Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, that great composer of the Donna Diana Overture.

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Gary, you have a good memory! Reznicek... one of my favorite composers!

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By the way, was anyone most like Dittersdorf?

lmpower · Post by **lmpower** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:26 pm

They said I was Debussy. I would have thought Brahms.

paulb · Post by **paulb** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:40 pm

I thought hummm , let me see if i can pick Beethoven here in this 5 questionare. As Beethoven is opposite of me, always felt repulsed by his music.
It was quite simple . look for the KEY words,
dsyfunctional, rebellious, violent, failing health=abit cooky, grumpy

And bingo, came up with...Beethoven

His character traits made it sooo easy to get right him as the answer.
My personality, or lets say deepest thoughts, intuitions, feelings are reflected by my favorite top 10 or so composers.
Which I won;t mention here as I've done so many times already.

Werner · Post by **Werner** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:17 pm

Yes you have. And we do believe in freedom of expression. But I can't help feeling that you reputation would gain by keeping some of these opinions to yourself, at least until you know something of what you're talking about.

paulb · Post by **paulb** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:40 pm

Werner wrote:Yes you have. And we do believe in freedom of expression. But I can't help feeling that you reputation would gain by keeping some of these opinions to yourself, at least until you know something of what you're talking about.

If I made mention of how one day while flipping the car radio to the 'classical" station, the piano piece had just finsihed., and the dj told the story some odd story about Beethoven heard a piece from a nearby concert hall, and said like 'who in the right mind wrote such a work as that" the astounded passerby said 'well it was you sir'. It went something like that, but even more hilarious. I think it was a tale about Beethoven;'s final days when he was losing it.

Werner · Post by **Werner** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:04 am

Well, Paul, you tried - and failed again.

I suggest you give us your opinion only aboutthings you know.

Teresa B · Post by **Teresa B** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:11 am

paulb wrote: As Beethoven is opposite of me, always felt repulsed by his music.

Beethoven's personality was not much like mine, but I love his music.

Teresa

jbuck919 · Post by **jbuck919** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:07 am

Gary wrote:
Richard wrote: I don't think you will get a lot of composer names to pop up. Didn't see any Mendelssohn, Brahms, Mahler, Wagner, Rachmanonoff, or Franz Suppe.
...or Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, that great composer of the Donna Diana Overture.

Oh, is THAT how you spell it? I've only ever heard it on the radio during rish hour--about 50 million times.

paulb · Post by **paulb** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:25 am

Teresa B wrote:
paulb wrote: As Beethoven is opposite of me, always felt repulsed by his music.
Beethoven's personality was not much like mine, but I love his music.

Teresa

Oh but a composers music is himself. I've always felt at odds to Beethoven.
btw I'll try to look that TRUE story up, its really sad how Beethoven went into a demise in his last yrs. But he actually madea sarcastic remark on his own muisc. The story is true because the comment I heard sounded like something Beethoven would say.
I'll try to look it up. Does anyone know the story, please post.

btw I was doing some clip reviewing on some Mozart sysm,a a few conductors/orch's take Mozart as IF they were playing Beeethoven. From this a I gather Beethoven got his creative impulse from Mozart. IOW w./o Mozart, there would have been no Beethoven.
But w/o Vivaldi and Bach, there would have been no Mozart.
Just thought I'd place LVB in proper perspective.
Its high time we make adjustments in the composers shrine.

jbuck919 · Post by **jbuck919** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:02 pm

Teresa B wrote:
paulb wrote: As Beethoven is opposite of me, always felt repulsed by his music.
Beethoven's personality was not much like mine....
Teresa

I am certain your patients are grateful for that.

Teresa B · Post by **Teresa B** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:35 pm

Teresa

diegobueno · Post by **diegobueno** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:28 pm

I am very much like Mark Simon

Jack Kelso · Post by **Jack Kelso** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 3:03 am

Hmm...odd---I got Chopin. Oh, well---better than Debussy or Ravel.

Jack

Wallingford · Post by **Wallingford** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:44 pm

I don't like this quiz--It doesn't tell me if I qualify as a Buxtehude or Kuhnau (what I'd REALLY aspire to).

Cyril Ignatius · Post by **Cyril Ignatius** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:08 pm

This is my first post in a while - I just got back to the CMG after a few weeks absence; things have been very intense in a number of ways, and I'm doing alot of composition. But I took the quiz and it said "Beethoven".

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