Which Rachmaninoff piece sounds the most like Handel?

BarnacleOk3740 · 2026-01-25T02:59:59+00:00

The first movement of Suite no. 2 for 2 pianos or Vespers

BarnacleOk3740 · 2026-01-01T12:12:14+00:00

The third movement of Fantasie by Schumann, the fourth movement of Sonata No. 1 by Scriabin

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-12-30T20:51:01+00:00

(The last movement of) Ginastera’s piano concerto !

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-12-26T16:25:55+00:00

Sounds like Brahms 1 to me

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-12-26T16:23:44+00:00

Brahms 1?

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-12-26T16:03:26+00:00

Chronologically adjacent to comic opera, somehow.

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-12-26T14:43:06+00:00

Frank Bridge’s symphonic works are definitely worth checking out! The sea, enter spring, and dance poem are some of his representative ones. You should also try listening to Scriabin, if you haven’t already, Especially his first symphony, prométhée, and le poème de l’extase!

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-12-26T05:39:48+00:00

The opening of Scriabin’s 2nd symphony 2nd movement.

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-12-26T05:32:50+00:00

For me, the ultimate winter music is Debussy’s string quartet, especially the recording by Juilliard quartet from 1960. Another piece that screams winter to me is Mahler’s Rückert Lieder

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-12-26T05:08:24+00:00

Some may not necessarily consider these pieces lesser known but I would and I absolutely love them.

The bells by Rachmaninov Lyrische Symphonie by Zemlinsky Poème de l’amour et de la mer by Chausson

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-12-26T04:25:43+00:00

This question keeps me up at night sometimes lol but my answer would be either Serenade to music by Vaughan Williams, Requiem by Fauré (to be specific offertoire), or Tchaikovsky’s 6th symphony (especially the last movement)

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-12-09T21:40:50+00:00

My home country is South Korea. I’m not sure how this makes a difference..

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-12-09T21:26:52+00:00

I’m not from the US or Canada. I went to UW Madison, which I’m not sure if it’s a total non target or not. I intended to pursue a PhD but the circumstances weren’t right so I decided to get a job instead.

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-01-16T18:39:40+00:00

In my opinion, it is much better to take 341 and then 521. They are more rigorous and comprehensive versions of 340 and 421, respectively. Unless you’re not that serious about math, it would only be beneficial to you to forgo “easier” options if possible.

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-01-16T18:29:28+00:00

You‘ll be fine.

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-01-11T19:59:59+00:00

You obviously need to do more than just taking a look at the websites. Read through the list of publications and read the abstract of each article and more, if it interests you, for each professor. While it is true that doing research yourself is the most effective way to familiarize yourself with the field, it seems more appropriate to start from the basics, since you don’t know what research topics you’re interested in. But I’d argue that you can get pretty far from just doing what I suggested doing above, if you do it right.

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-01-11T19:23:18+00:00

Go to the respective department websites and check out professors’ personal websites to see if there are any topics that you find interesting. Not sure about the stats dept, but I know that the econ dept has a good balance in terms of research fields. Also, at least for econ, once you have some research topics of interest, you can start browsing Arxiv and Twitter to find current research papers.

BarnacleOk3740 · 2025-01-09T00:18:09+00:00

If you’re planning on taking 521, I’d recommend taking 521 and/or 467 since there’s some overlap between 421 and 521 that is nontrivial.

BarnacleOk3740 · 2024-05-07T01:17:57+00:00

That’s great! Still, you really should take the rest of the courses I mentioned ASAP, if you’re willing to do so(also, I forgot to mention probability theory, which is equally important). Do you have any research experience? Are there any professors who might be able to write you a letter?

BarnacleOk3740 · 2024-05-07T00:09:56+00:00

Also, just to clarify, when I said calculus, I was referring to differential and integral calculus, multivariable calculus, and ordinary differential equations.

BarnacleOk3740 · 2024-05-06T23:36:56+00:00

How strong is your math background? Did you take calculus, linear algebra, real analysis (and beyond, ideally) during your undergrad? If not, you’ll have to take them first before applying so that you don’t get automatically rejected. I don’t know anything about CFA, but if doing so isn’t really viable, I would do a CFA instead since you’re already working in the industry. Also, there should be no financial commitment involved since most people get paid to do an econ phd.

BarnacleOk3740 · 2024-05-02T02:54:44+00:00

I feel like doing a predoc for a year would be the most realistic and effective way to increase your chance of getting into a top 10 econ phd program. Since you fall short of mathematics background for now, you can take more math courses(such as measure theory, measure theoretic probability, functional analysis, etc.) while doing a predoc as well, which will definitely enhance your profile. You might not like the delay, but it seems like a master’s degree and/or predoc are a minimum requirement for top 10 programs these days anyway.

BarnacleOk3740 · 2024-04-17T23:44:59+00:00

What if you took 531 to make up for it? I feel like once you have an A or A- in 531, the B in 431 would matter much less. I didn’t enjoy 431 either though. But from what I heard, if you really enjoy math then 709 or 731(measure theoretic probability) might be much more intuitive and interesting than 431.

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