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THis is cool, but flute and second violin parts are too boring. Why not to add some melodic lines to them? Maybe even some polyphonic imitations. It would sound a little sharper, but not empty

well ya now, using those twelve note is already a scale, those are only 12 notes foe each octave, 12 out of an infinite number of notes

This is the only way 12-tone music should be written.

I think you would enjoy the Swedish song _Du som gick före oss_ which is a 12-tone melody that's actually part of their Christian song book (psalmboken) - it's based on the same premise of making a tonal 12-tone piece, and IMO it does a pretty good job, e.g., listen to the Voces8 version

John Carpenter?

2:16 whyd you say the name of a Danish short story in French, while speaking English? hehe

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I’m so bothered that the cover image contains only 10 tones. 😂 (C is doubled as B# and same with F and E# which leaves B and F missing)

i need wayy more of your content! WAY MORE

Lemme try to make something that sounds good without using conventional harmony. Oh hey, Impressionism.

I would even call him "the Jára Cimrman of music"

I too have tried inventing methods to write "tonal" twelve-tone music - My solution eventually settled on writing series in such a way, each tetracord have notes I can use as tonic, subdominant and dominant in a given tonality, either them being the traditional 1st, 4th and 5th degrees or accounting for the possible substitution of the latter two with notes of the same dimished seventh (i.e.: first tetrachord starts on C, second contains F, third one G; I'll write the rest of them in such a way the inversion, which will start on C too, can contain either an F, an Ab, a B or a D in its second tetrachord and a G, a Bb, a C# or an E in its third one; retrogradations also have to work in a similar way). Eventually works, but given Schönberg wanted to achieve complete atonality with his method using it in a tonal way sounds a bit like kidding him to me 😃😃.

Saw this on a bumper sticker once: My great-grandfather beat up your great-grandfather at the premier of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring"

this guy be making videos ngl

I need to check him out, hearing about his compositions made me laugh

Every tone row that can be constructed entirely from major, minor, dim, aug and sus triads: {0,3,6,9,1,4,7,10,2,5,8,11},{0,3,6,9,1,5,8,11,4,7,10,2},{0,3,6,9,1,5,10,2,7,11,4,8},{0,3,6,9,2,5,8,11,4,7,10,1},{0,3,6,9,2,7,10,1,5,8,11,4},{0,3,6,9,2,7,11,4,8,1,5,10},{0,3,6,10,1,5,8,11,4,9,2,7},{0,3,6,10,1,5,9,2,7,11,4,8},{0,3,6,10,2,7,11,4,8,1,5,9},{0,3,6,10,2,7,11,4,9,1,5,8},{0,3,6,11,4,8,1,5,9,2,7,10},{0,3,6,11,4,9,2,7,10,1,5,8},{0,3,7,10,1,5,8,11,4,9,2,6},{0,3,7,10,1,5,9,2,6,11,4,8},{0,3,7,10,1,6,9,2,5,8,11,4},{0,3,7,10,1,6,11,4,9,2,5,8},{0,3,7,10,2,5,8,11,4,9,1,6},{0,3,7,10,2,5,8,1,6,11,4,9},{0,3,7,10,2,5,9,1,6,11,4,8},{0,3,7,10,2,6,9,1,5,8,11,4},{0,3,7,10,2,6,11,4,8,1,5,9},{0,3,7,10,2,6,11,4,9,1,5,8},{0,3,7,11,4,8,1,5,9,2,6,10},{0,3,7,11,4,8,1,5,10,2,6,9},{0,3,7,11,4,8,1,6,9,2,5,10},{0,3,7,11,4,8,1,6,10,2,5,9},{0,3,7,11,4,9,1,6,10,2,5,8},{0,3,7,11,4,9,2,5,8,1,6,10},{0,3,7,11,4,9,2,6,10,1,5,8},{0,3,8,11,4,7,10,1,5,9,2,6},{0,3,8,11,4,7,10,1,6,9,2,5},{0,3,8,11,4,7,10,2,5,9,1,6},{0,3,8,11,4,7,10,2,6,9,1,5},{0,3,8,1,5,9,2,6,11,4,7,10},{0,3,8,1,6,11,4,7,10,2,5,9},{0,4,7,10,1,5,8,11,3,6,9,2},{0,4,7,10,1,5,9,2,6,11,3,8},{0,4,7,10,1,6,9,2,5,8,11,3},{0,4,7,10,2,5,8,11,3,6,9,1},{0,4,7,10,2,5,9,1,6,11,3,8},{0,4,7,10,2,6,9,1,5,8,11,3},{0,4,7,10,2,6,11,3,8,1,5,9},{0,4,7,10,3,6,9,1,5,8,11,2},{0,4,7,10,3,8,11,2,5,9,1,6},{0,4,7,10,3,8,11,2,6,9,1,5},{0,4,7,10,3,8,1,5,9,2,6,11},{0,4,7,10,3,8,1,6,11,2,5,9},{0,4,7,11,2,5,9,1,6,10,3,8},{0,4,7,11,2,5,10,3,8,1,6,9},{0,4,7,11,2,6,9,1,5,10,3,8},{0,4,7,11,2,6,10,3,8,1,5,9},{0,4,7,11,3,8,1,5,9,2,6,10},{0,4,7,11,3,8,1,5,10,2,6,9},{0,4,7,11,3,8,1,6,9,2,5,10},{0,4,7,11,3,8,1,6,10,2,5,9},{0,4,8,11,2,5,9,1,6,10,3,7},{0,4,8,11,2,6,9,1,5,10,3,7},{0,4,8,11,2,7,10,3,6,9,1,5},{0,4,8,11,3,6,9,1,5,10,2,7},{0,4,8,11,3,6,9,2,7,10,1,5},{0,4,8,11,3,6,10,1,5,9,2,7},{0,4,8,11,3,7,10,1,5,9,2,6},{0,4,8,11,3,7,10,1,6,9,2,5},{0,4,8,11,3,7,10,2,5,9,1,6},{0,4,8,11,3,7,10,2,6,9,1,5},{0,4,8,1,5,9,2,6,10,3,7,11},{0,4,8,1,5,9,2,6,11,3,7,10},{0,4,8,1,5,9,2,7,10,3,6,11},{0,4,8,1,5,9,2,7,11,3,6,10},{0,4,8,1,5,10,2,7,11,3,6,9},{0,4,8,1,5,10,3,6,9,2,7,11},{0,4,8,1,5,10,3,7,11,2,6,9},{0,4,8,1,6,9,2,5,10,3,7,11},{0,4,8,1,6,10,3,7,11,2,5,9},{0,4,8,1,6,11,3,7,10,2,5,9},{0,4,9,1,5,8,11,2,6,10,3,7},{0,4,9,1,5,8,11,2,7,10,3,6},{0,4,9,1,5,8,11,3,6,10,2,7},{0,4,9,1,5,8,11,3,7,10,2,6},{0,4,9,1,6,10,2,5,8,11,3,7},{0,4,9,1,6,10,3,7,11,2,5,8},{0,4,9,1,6,11,3,7,10,2,5,8},{0,4,9,2,5,8,11,3,7,10,1,6},{0,4,9,2,5,8,1,6,10,3,7,11},{0,4,9,2,5,8,1,6,11,3,7,10},{0,4,9,2,6,10,1,5,8,11,3,7},{0,4,9,2,6,11,3,7,10,1,5,8},{0,4,9,2,7,10,1,5,8,11,3,6},{0,4,9,2,7,11,3,6,10,1,5,8},{0,5,8,11,2,6,9,1,4,7,10,3},{0,5,8,11,2,7,10,3,6,9,1,4},{0,5,8,11,3,6,9,1,4,7,10,2},{0,5,8,11,3,6,9,2,7,10,1,4},{0,5,8,11,3,6,10,1,4,9,2,7},{0,5,8,11,3,7,10,1,4,9,2,6},{0,5,8,11,3,7,10,2,6,9,1,4},{0,5,8,1,4,9,2,6,10,3,7,11},{0,5,8,1,4,9,2,6,11,3,7,10},{0,5,8,1,4,9,2,7,10,3,6,11},{0,5,8,1,4,9,2,7,11,3,6,10},{0,5,8,1,6,10,3,7,11,4,9,2},{0,5,8,1,6,11,4,9,2,7,10,3},{0,5,9,1,4,7,10,2,6,11,3,8},{0,5,9,1,4,7,10,3,8,11,2,6},{0,5,9,1,4,7,11,2,6,10,3,8},{0,5,9,1,4,8,11,2,6,10,3,7},{0,5,9,1,4,8,11,2,7,10,3,6},{0,5,9,1,4,8,11,3,6,10,2,7},{0,5,9,1,4,8,11,3,7,10,2,6},{0,5,9,2,6,10,1,4,7,11,3,8},{0,5,9,2,6,10,1,4,8,11,3,7},{0,5,9,2,6,10,3,7,11,4,8,1},{0,5,9,2,6,10,3,8,1,4,7,11},{0,5,9,2,6,11,3,7,10,1,4,8},{0,5,9,2,6,11,3,8,1,4,7,10},{0,5,9,2,6,11,4,7,10,3,8,1},{0,5,9,2,7,10,1,4,8,11,3,6},{0,5,9,2,7,10,3,6,11,4,8,1},{0,5,9,2,7,10,3,8,1,6,11,4},{0,5,9,2,7,11,3,6,10,1,4,8},{0,5,9,2,7,11,4,8,1,6,10,3},{0,5,10,1,4,8,11,3,6,9,2,7},{0,5,10,2,6,9,1,4,7,11,3,8},{0,5,10,2,6,9,1,4,8,11,3,7},{0,5,10,2,7,11,3,6,9,1,4,8},{0,5,10,3,6,9,1,4,8,11,2,7},{0,5,10,3,6,9,2,7,11,4,8,1},{0,5,10,3,7,11,2,6,9,1,4,8},{0,5,10,3,7,11,4,8,1,6,9,2},{0,5,10,3,8,11,2,6,9,1,4,7},{0,5,10,3,8,1,4,7,11,2,6,9},{0,5,10,3,8,1,6,9,2,7,11,4},{0,5,10,3,8,1,6,11,4,9,2,7}

This man is the Mel Brooks of classical music.

Not 2 Live Crew?

"The most harmonious sound of the evening" lmao😅 great anecdote, thank you

Is this a robot announcer or just somebody with a very limited grasp of English pronunciation? Examples : inebriation, zealous, subsequently.

No. The scandal was the DANCE, not the music. Sacre was performed in concert (ie: music only) to immense public acclaim the following summer. People didn't suddenly develop a deep understanding of music which they did not have the preceding year. The problem with Sacre's premiere was a ballet audience expecting ballet dancers wearing traditional ballet apparel doing traditional ballet moves. They got NONE of that from Nijinsky's choreography nor from Roerich's set designs and costumes.

Oh boy!

I love this video so much! Thank you for showing us Professor Peter

Sorry man, have to give you a thumbs diwn for using the phrase "art music" for the classical super-genre. The phrase is useless as a descriptor (because "art" does _not_ say anything about what style the music is), and inexcusable in it's arrogance (because it implies that only classical-ish styles are art). The phrase should be uniformly rejected as unfit-for-purpose instead of being used.

And we've heard a lot of old PDQ's work, through his chief interpreter. Rest in power, Peter Schickele....

This video both serves as a great, well edited story and a good tribute to Peter Schickele.

Anyone who speaks German would be alarmed of the blatant lie right away, cause guess what...there is never a 'q' in German.

I've only recently got back into writing occassionally as a hobby and easing into that by using serial techniques (more so than "the 12-tone style"), but so far i think my solution for how to make it conventionally pleasant sounding was making more than one tone matrix

Or the time the Violinist’s G String snapped during rehearsal, causing JS Bach to make an emergency repair from his wig and leading to the famous « Hair on the G String »

Saw two PDQ Bach Christmas concerts in NYC back in the early 70’s. They were great.

Mozart wrote an entire serenade that was "A Musical Joke." This is nothing new under the sun.

I disagree with the idea that the technique was not intended to be pleasant to the ear. Schönberg was convinced that over time, people would find this music as beatiful and pleasurable as the music of Mozart for example. This clearly hasn`t happened so far, but that doesn`t change Schönbergs intentions.

I still have some CDs by P. D. Q. Bach!

You need to learn to pronounce English words correctly.

There was in 1980s Westgerman TV a TV show , Der Prinz muß her', in which an unemployed arts expert worked as Private Investigator. In one episode an expensive small statue was stolen, and a for me unknown german composer was noted. Some years later, i heared, a composer of this name realy existed, but was not famous.

Ahoy, Thanks for this video. When I saw the title I knew who it had to be. I was in High School band in the late '70s and we had the immense honor (and great shame) of performing a PDQ Bach piece. I can't remember what it was called but at one point the brass section removed our mouthpieces and played the section in harmony using them like kazoos. It was great fun and the audience enjoyed the fun too. Thanks again. Cheers, daveyb

*The Abduction of Figaro* (at least the title) parodies *two* Mozart operas at once: The Marriage of *Figaro* and The *Abduction* From the Seraglio. 😁

Very nice tribute.

PDQ Bach, the invention of Peter Schickele to poke fun at the Baroque era music. I'm not too sure where I first heard about the "least talented of Bach's many children," but it made me laugh out loud and wonder if these were high brow "Weird Al" parodies.

Great video, keep it up ❤

Thank you very much for this piece of information! In return I could recommend Gentle Giant, a very different classic-inspired rock band, and many more...

P.D.Q. Bach -> R.I.P. Bach

considering he was "born" april 1st i say april fool

I do like to use that way of writing 12 tone, or using the row as a progression as a series of root movements. Great video!

I can’t believe how much info is packed into this video. Keep up the amazing work!

A slight correction: "PDQ Bach" first appeared when the young Peter Schickele, his younger brother David, and their friend Ernie decided to have a little musical fun while still in high school and recorded the "Sanka Cantata". (The piece appears in the CD box collection.) 2:50 Have you heard the original Beethoven's fifth done as a sports event? "New Horizons in Music Appreciation" in "PDQ Bach on the Air". 3:25 Oh, dear. Rest in Peace, Peter Schickele.

I had the good fortune to attend a New Year's Day PDQ Bach concert in 1971, with Zubin Mehta conducting the LA Philharmonic. (And, of course, Peter Schickele rappelling down out of the balcony of the concert hall!) What a blast!

His masterwork were Iphigenia in Brooklyn, The Seasonings, and everything my Archangelo Spumoni

WF was actually an alcoholic and kind of a hack. I've never actually heard of him in any other light. It seems like he was kind of a real life PDQ.

I had the chance to see Peter Schickele perform "The Intimate P.D.Q. Bach" at the Center For The Arts in Midland MI when I was studying music theory at Delta College in 1974. Our Professor suggested we go to the show. She didn't tell us anything about it so we didn't have any idea what to expect. The next class she asked what we thought about it. I told her my favorite part was "Calliope Four Hands." She agreed with me.