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March 18th, 2010 Posted in classical music
Complain and ye shall receive. In response to my doubt that classical music is appropriate for exercising, I received multiple suggestions for pieces which would work. I think they roughly fall into two different camps:
Faux-pop – i.e., classical pieces with pop stylings: short, peppy, and relatively consistent volume. Suggestions in this vein include:
- Bolero (which also has steady rhythm, another plus)
- Short Ride in a Fast Machine
- Brahms’ Hungarian Dances
- Smetana’s Three Dances from the Bartered Bride (which I had to look up)
- Toccata Marziale (Vaughn Williams)
- Prokofiev Op. 99
- Gazebo Dances (Corigliano)
- Beethoven 9, 2nd movement
Minimalism – This goes in completely the opposite direction to my demand for variation, but I totally think this might work. Running is repetitive, but with a constantly changing modulation due to the shifting scenery and terrain. Doesn’t that sound just like the physical analog of minimalist music? When I realized this the first thing I imagined was tackling a big hill with this as the soundtrack:
(and then I got distracted watching the video for ten minutes)
This could DEFINITELY work. I like both of the group of suggestions, but I’m most excited to try out the latter one.
Thanks to all the super commenters on the last post for these ideas!
April 6th, 2010 at 10:43 am
There are actually quite a few pieces which have good consistent tempi. Apart from the ones you put down, I suggest these too:
-Chopin’s “The Horseman” etude (Op. 25 No. 3)
-Schubert’s “Mein”, No. 11 from Die Schöne Müllerin
-The chorus “We are assembled merchant traders” from Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Sadko” (this one is especially good)
Classical pieces based on folk melodies (like a lot of Percy Grainger’s piano music) is also really lively (Brahms’s Hungarian Dances aren’t actually authentic gypsy melodies!).
Good luck with your running!
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