violaboss:

I’ve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but don’t know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. I’ve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps y’all out. :)

stereotypical delightful classical music:

• battalia a 10 in d major (biber)
• brandenburg concerto no. 5
• brandenburg concerto no. 3
• symphony no. 45 - “farewell” (haydn)
  

if you need to chill:

• rondo alla turca
• fur elise
• anitra’s dance
• in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)

if you need to sleep:

• moonlight sonata
• swan lake
• corral nocturne
• sleep (eric whitacre) (added by thelonecomposer)
  

if you need to wake up:

• morning mood
• summer (from the four seasons)
• buckaroo holiday (if you’ve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)

if you are feeling very proud:

• pomp and circumstance
• symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)
• 1812 overture
• symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)
• american (dvořák)

if you feel really excited:

• hoedown (copland)
• bacchanale
• spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much you’ll start hating it)
• la gazza ladra
• death and the maiden (schubert)

if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:

• dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)
• winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)
• symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)
• symphony no. 5 (beethoven)
• totentanz (liszt)
• quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)
• young person’s guide to the orchestra, fugue (britten) (added by iwillsavemyworld)
• symphony no. 5 mvt. 4 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)
• marche slave (tchaikovsky) (added by eternal-cadenza)
  

if you want to cry for a really long time:

• fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)
• adagio for strings (barber)
• violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)
• aase’s death
• andante festivo
• vocalise (rachmaninoff) (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)
  

if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:

• an american in paris (gershwin)
  

if you want chills:

• danse macabre
• russian easter overture
• egmont overture (added by shayshay526)
  

if you want to study:

• eine kleine nachtmusik
• bolero (ravel)
• serenade for strings (elgar)
• scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov) (added by viola-ology)
• pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)

if you really want to dance:

• capriccio espagnol (rimsky-korsakov)
• blue danube
• le cid (massenet) (added by viola-ology)
• radetzky march
  

if you want to start bouncing in your chair:

• hopak (mussorgsky)
• les toreadors (from carmen suite no.1)
  

if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:

• hungarian dance no. 1
• hungarian dance no. 5

if you want to hear suspense within music:

• firebird
• in the hall of the mountain king
• ride of the valkyries
• night on bald mountain (mussorgsky) (added by viola-ology)

if you want a jazzy/classical feel:

• rhapsody in blue
• jazz suite no. 2 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)
  

if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:

• introduction and rondo capriccioso
• unfinished symphony (schubert)
• symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven) (added by viola-ology)
• canon in d (pachelbel)
  

if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

• st. paul’s suite
• concerto for two violins (vivaldi)
• l’arlésienne suite
• concierto de aranjuez (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)
  

pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:

• symphony no. 40 (mozart)
  
• cello suite no. 1 (bach)
• polovtsian dances
• enigma variations (elgar) (added by viola-ology)
• perpetuum mobile
• moto perpetuo (paganini)
  

pieces that just sound really cool:

• scherzo tarantelle
  
• dance of the goblins
• caprice no. 24 (paganini)
• new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added by viola-ology​)
• le tombeau de couperin (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)
• carnival of the animals (added by shadowraven45662)
  

if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):

• concerto for two violins (bach)
  
• concerto for two violins (vivaldi)
• violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)
• violin concerto (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)
• violin concerto in d minor (sibelius) (added by eternal-cadenza)
  
• cello concerto in c (haydn)
  
• piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)
• harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)

and if you really just hate classical music in general:

• 4′33″ (cage)

a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!

also, thank you to viola-ology, iwillsavemyworld, shayshay526, eternal-cadenza, tropicalmunchakoopas, shadowraven45662, and thelonecomposer for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!

outpastthemoat:

i have seen tv shows make passive placating attempts to represent geeky, nerdy people and i have felt let down by most of them, but i have never felt so lovingly represented as a nerd as i feel like i have been by ben wyatt, writer of star trek: tng fanfiction, lover of calzones, maker of math puns, model u.n. ambassador, settlers of catan-tournament-for-his-bachelor-party board game aficionado.   

probably because being a nerd is not all that ben wyatt is, but because it is only a small slice of what it means to be ben wyatt, loving husband, loyal friend, community-minded government employee who genuinely wants to improve the lives of everyone else around him.  not a joke or a dartboard combination of likely nerdy qualities. 

allthemarvelousrage:

empireoffclouds:

• Unfriendly reminder that Wanda Maximoff MANIPULATED a man suffering from SEVERE PTSD into doing something horrible which HE was blamed for while NO ONE on his “team” defended him.
• Unfriendly reminder that Steve Rogers knew about the MURDER of Tony Stark’s parents and withheld the information.
• Unfriendly reminder that Steve did this and had the nerve to chastise Tony about KEEPING FUCKING SECRETS.
• Unfriendly reminder that Steve thought he knew better than 117 COUNTRIES, and decided to do what the fuck he wanted.
• Unfriendly reminder that Tony tried to COMPROMISE with Steve and he couldn’t meet him in the middle.
• Unfriendly reminder that his “team” couldn’t trust him even after he had literally risked his life for them TWICE.
• Unfriendly reminder that Natasha BETRAYED Tony even after she called in the Black Panther whom she knew would attack Bucky whereas Tony only called for backup that he knew wouldn’t react violently unless it was needed.
• Unfriendly reminder that people say that Tony (again, a man who suffers from SEVERE PTSD) overreacted after watching the man standing next to him (who is absolutely a victim, but his hands still committed those crimes) MURDER his parents in cold blood, and a man that he considered his friend KNEW about it to protect HIMSELF and his friend.
• Unfriendly reminder that all Tony got after the War was a SHIT TON of problems with the government and a CONDESCENDING letter from the same man who hurt him incredibly both physically and emotionally basically telling him “i’m sorry that you don’t understand that I was right”.
• Unfriendly reminder that Tony was BLAMED for the paralysis his BEST FRIEND now suffers by a man whom Tony had done A LOT for.
• Unfriendly reminded that Tony fucking Stark is treated so horribly in this fandom and he doesn’t deserve it.

Unfriendly reminder that Tony Stark did not create Ultron. The Mind Stone did.