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Ives' drinking tune
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Today we share an analysis of a jaunty little tune "A son of a Gambolier" from Charles Ives' 114 Songs. This cheerful toasting piece shows Ives' preference for traditional melodies, as well as his iconoclastic and humorous incorporation of timbres outside the orchestral palette.
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Charles Ives (1874-1954)
114 Songs - A son of a Gambolier
Performed by:
Ryan MacPherson, Tenor.
Douglas Dickson, Piano.
Jooyeon Kong, Violin.
Kelli Kathman, Piccolo.
Ryan Johnstone, Trombone.
Cary Parker, Trombone.
Video made by MomentsMusicaux.
Today we share an analysis of a jaunty little tune "A son of a Gambolier" from Charles Ives' 114 Songs. This cheerful toasting piece shows Ives' preference for traditional melodies, as well as his iconoclastic and humorous incorporation of timbres outside the orchestral palette.
www.youtube.com/@-MomentsMusicaux-?sub_confirmation=1
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
114 Songs - A son of a Gambolier
Performed by:
Ryan MacPherson, Tenor.
Douglas Dickson, Piano.
Jooyeon Kong, Violin.
Kelli Kathman, Piccolo.
Ryan Johnstone, Trombone.
Cary Parker, Trombone.
Video made by MomentsMusicaux.
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Liszt’s shimmering vision of paradise
Hum hum... Igor is here too...
Thanks for this remarkable passage!
You're very welcome :)
アイヴス、こんなの作ってたんだ...難解な作品ばかりだと思ってたわ。 Ives,he composed this kinda piece...I've thought he only made so complicated ones.
A tree? Non, Edith Piaf.
"Sheherazade" is one of my all-time favorite pieces.
This piano part seems unreasonably hard to play
Really well-made video!
dude was born just a couple decades too early
If this had been his real style he would have been born just right.
This pointed out a few things to these old ears. I've always had a "yeah, whatever" attitude towards most of Mendelssohn's music. It all seems so easy, so deft. When you listen to Beethoven, you can hear old Ludwig working hard to get back to the recap, where Mendelssohn just seem so effortless. Almost like he's cheating. Listening to a familiar piece -- while seeing a score I've never studied -- is such an eye-opener, esp. with the light commentary running along the top. Thanks!
Best feedback ever. I warmly thank you!
Interesting. Seems to me that ol' Charles was pretty good at capturing the joie de vivre of turn-of-the-century American colleges. However (at least according to this one), he's not very practical at writing for voice...that solo part was comically high. OTOH, maybe that was intentional...part of the joke. The kazoos were a nice touch.
Bravo!!! and great "piento" style
Okay I actually really enjoyed that
Is it just me, or did someone also feel like betting what little is left of their salary at this time of the month?
What's Iambic foot?
It's a group of 2 syllables with stress on the second (sounds like da-DUH). A pickup and the main beat in 6/8 together constitute an iamb.
That's right. We recommend "The Rhythmic Structure of Music." by Cooper and Meyer for further reading on the subject.
@@-MomentsMusicaux- appreciate the suggestion! Thanks
Thank you for bringing these more obscure pieces of music to the spotlight, inspiring others to listen and understand these authors ❤
Thank you, we appreciate the feedback! 🙂
This was fantastic. I love to see how Ives was so able to use material this simple for his experimentations.
Bravo
1:03 NOOOO QUINTAS PARALELAS
Amazing ❤❤ beautiful video!
Thank you! <3
I love this so ethereal and light piece. Thank you!
Who's the pianist who performs Musica Ricercata at the end of the video?
The performance of Musica Ricercata is by Juan Floristan.
gee, my own composing mantra so perfectly stated
Wonderful! The name of the piece is "La danza de la moza donosa"
Beautiful little piece. And thank you for the analysis.
Lovely piece, thank you!
This is an orchestration of a movement from “Musica ricercata,” the whole piece is a phenomenal piano work. This movement is recorded at astonishing speed by the soloist Kathia Buniatishvili
@@goodhartsmusic in a completely new context in the slow movement of the violin concerto as well.
That's the most guitar sounding piano I've ever heard, especially the beginning
lovely
I had to check it was Ligeti's like 5 times because I couldn't believe he was every capable of achieving at least a certain level of beauty in his music.
Ligeti is actually maybe the most accessible, less abstruse of all contemporary composers.
Listen to arc de ciel :)
What a strange comment - Ligeti’s music is always beautiful, even at its most absurd.
@@TenorCantusFirmusHe and Schnittke.
Doesn’t sound like you’ve listened to much ligeti
Very cool.
Make it start on IV in D, unnecessary complicated analysis
What is the name of this work?
"Danza de la moza donosa" from Ginastera's Danzas Argentinas Op. 2.
Thanks for posting this!
You’re welcome!
I have here at home Charles Rosen's Sonata Form and in it he states that Mendelssohn's music is always at its lowest tension right before the main theme reappears. It's indeed the case and quite unique. I am happy someone else picked up on this. If you want more Mendelssohn peculiarities, look at what he does with the clarinet, for example in the trio of the first symphony's scherzo, or the second theme of the finale, or the clarinet duet of the Hebrides Overture second theme in the recapitulation. There may be more places. No one else, not even Weber, gave the clarinet that much significance. His music is the ultimate gift to every orchestral clarinetist.
Thank you for providing further examples! We left quite a few interesting recapitulations out like in the Italian symphony. As you said, quite unique! A genius composer.
Good things are coming 🔥🔥🔥
The MSND overture is far more lovely and advanced than anything Mozart wrote at the same age (17).
That's how you do this. Way too underrated this man. Thank you for these videos, really.
My pleasure!
repositorio.uca.edu.ar/bitstream/123456789/1042/1/mendelssohn-recapitulacion-formaro.pdf I d write this article im Spanish. Over this fascinanting topic. Mendelssohn GENIUS
The orchestration of this section is amazing, but almost hilariously over-the-top. Strauss at his best.
Read about his journey to Italy. It was arduous expensive and dangerous.
Your videos are the best! Thank you so much. 💖
Hi! Thanks for your feedback! :)
Bravo!
Argentina's Pride! Orgullo argentino! 🇦🇷🇦🇷
wheres the art on the thumbnail from
That is a drawing of the famous Argentinian gaucho Martin Fierro by the cartoonist and comedian Fontanarrosa.
ginastera
Bravo!
Bravo!
woahhh id never expect this to be on this channel. really cool. BRAVO!!!
Very interesting choice. Thanks for sharing this type of works!
Bravo!