Chopin or Liszt?

[Eisenhans]

Who was the better of the two?
I have to say I enjoy Chopin's more romantic style, but Liszt's piano works offer so much along the lines of technical insanity.

Liszt.

[kultron]

The matter is pointless and so is this thread

[Hakluyt]

I have always thought of Chopin as fluff.

[Eisenhans]

The matter is pointless and so is this thread
Ah, so you choose option number 3?

[Hartmann von Aue]

Chopin's 2nd Sonata First Movement (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAmIuVouauE)

[Zubenelgenubi]

I have always thought of Chopin as fluff.

Liszt moreso, I'd say. Liszt was much like Paganini in the sense that he wrote his pieces for the express purpose of dazzling the public, making the ladies swoon, etc. and as such his pieces tend to be flashy and over-the-top. Chopin's music at least retains a degree of subtlety.

[Hartmann von Aue]

Tannhaeuser Overture Transcription by Liszt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz-GnczctJY)

[kultron]

I didn't vote at all. Debating two totally different composers on the internet is a far greater sign of a lack of culture. Funny how an American like yourself always tries so hard to be cultured. Making up for something you lack?

[shanemac]

I quite enjoy getting a bit Franz on a friday night.

[Eisenhans]

I didn't vote at all. Debating two totally different composers on the internet is a far greater sign of a lack of culture. Funny how an American like yourself always tries so hard to be cultured. Making up for something you lack?
Ah, so then that means that everything one debates on the internet is due to lack of intelligence.

Therefore, we all suffer from lack of intelligence.

And Beethoven was actually Japanese.

Please contribute something useful to this thread, Jewtron, or take it to a PM. I frankly could do without you mocking everything I do.

[Sean]

I didn't vote at all. Debating two totally different composers on the internet is a far greater sign of a lack of culture. Funny how an American like yourself always tries so hard to be cultured. Making up for something you lack?

I know that you're trying to be a serious and grim ANUSite, but lighten up. It can be fun to discuss things like this, and wanting to do so can often be a sign of being cultured, as it necessitates a discussion of the merits of each respective composer. I don't see how questions like these are any less interesting than any other types of questions that people may pose (even if they may be less important). Would you say that, say, Plutarch's dual lives are a sign of lack of culture?