[Malte Müller]

I’m not a brain expert, but there must surely be some genetic thing going on there, some centre in my brain that attracts me to all things crispy, salty and fatty?

And sweety! I think this is widely researched already and is evolutionary in us from the old times when food was not easily available. The bodys likes to save these things for bad times which backlashes on us now. Back then peoele didn’t get as much of these ingredients so the issue never happened (and they died earlier to even encounter it ;-)).

So Brahms and Bach were more of an acquired taste for me than Schönberg or Stravinsky or Bartók… I’m sure there are those for whom it is the other way around.

That’s indeed weird. I discovered them later and actually via film music since I always read about primarily Goldsmith’s Bartok and Stravinsky influences.

Funny is when I heard Stockhausen’s KONTAKTE the first time I directly assiaciated it with 60s/70s synth music and science fiction. (Stockhausen probably would not be happy ;-))

Music in school never reached these composers at all (but Beatles did happen). However I was able to avoid music in school in later years as it was not mandatory so probably I just missed it.

For some reason I have sometimes a problem with Barock music. I like Vivaldi for example but it can more easily get on my nerves than other generes.

Funny you should mention Vaughan Williams. I was instantly attracted to his music from an early age, but only those pastoral works, like Greensleeves

Greensleeves was the favorite melody of my father! At one time I made him compilations with all versions I could find of it.