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October 1

Classical music without rubato (does it exist?)

I've just learned that the term for the loose and creative interpretation of rhythm is "rubato". I would like to know if there is any classical music that is completely free of rubato, or notable for its relative lack of rubato. Is there any classical music that will more or less sync with a metronome? I guess the difficulty is that the degree of rubato is decided by the conductor and performer, but then I am aware that composer's did leave some indication as to how to play their pieces. (My motivation for asking this is to find classical music that I might enjoy, since I realise I find rubato offputting. I'm quite happy with syncopation and other types of rhythmic creativity, but I like all the instruments to hit that rhythm, whatever it is, RIGHT on the nose.) Thanks. I'llAskTheQuestionsHere (talk) 04:24, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would have thought most marches would be pretty consistent tempo-wise, as would most pieces designed to be danced to: see Dance forms in classical music. Some familiar examples might be Strauss's Radetzki March, Cinderella's Waltz from Prokofiev's Cinderella Suite, Revel's Bolero or Fauré's Pavane. --Nicknack009 (talk) 06:57, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

IANAMusician (well, not a good one), but I listen to "classical" (in the broad sense) daily. To my subjective observation, Baroque music is often strict in tempo: consider, for example, fugues and other works by J S Bach. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 185.74.232.130 (talk) 13:54, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Right, I think Canon_(music) also tend to be fairly strict in tempo. OP may like the structure and this neat illustration of how Bach's Crab Canon fits together with itself on a Moebius strip - [1]. SemanticMantis (talk) 17:06, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not much to say except thankyou for the interesting links and the multiple directions to research further. Classical dance music is interesting... What is broadly called classical is more rich in variation than I was aware of. And that Crab Canon is indeed nifty. I'llAskTheQuestionsHere (talk) 06:55, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bad Bank (film)

how is this possible that this movie here has no rating and no article? there is also no stream available in the www.. --Poker chip (talk) 23:03, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How do you know the movie exists? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:43, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it this movie [2] listed at Amazon.de? SemanticMantis (talk) 03:17, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I saw the movie at the market --Poker chip (talk) 20:34, 3 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

IMDb says it was released only on video; that's a point against its notability. —Tamfang (talk) 19:32, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]