Now that you know how Mozart "pirated" a piece of music from memory check out this video and find out about Mozart’s Much Less Family Friendly Works: th-cam.com/video/3In4aG2Lq6E/w-d-xo.html
This showed up as "That time Mozart pirated a forbidden pie.." in my notifications. I was slightly disappointed when the video had nothing to do with cursed pastries.
A4 F5 D5 D5 D5- twice. Then play starting from D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5- E5 F5 G5- G5 A5- A5 where a minus is a half tone lower then letter mentioned. ... Lacrimosa dies illa, qua resurget ex favilla judicandus homo reus: Huic ergo parce Deus. Pie Jesu Domine, Dona eis requiem. Amen. Mozart Die Zauberflote, contained large amounts of dangerous Arsenic in the inkt. It is one of the last pieces Mozart composed. This substance with which Die Zauberflote manuscript partiture written bij Mozart is known as AQUA TOFANA. A poison that lets the killer control how many days or months a victim has to live. Anton Salieri was the first to acknowledge Mozart must have been murdered. By life Mozart told he feared poisoning very much especially Aqua Tofana. Many classical composers died of poisoning like Beethoven from the sweetened Wine with a Pb Lead compound or Schubert from rat poison to control his syphilis. Well Mozart might never have known he was writing and composing and sacrificing his own life due to the Aqua Tofana poisoning from touching inhaling and using the inkt. In hitmen terms 'doing a Mozart' means giving a person an extremely painful prolonged death cycle that looks naturally death. Mozart had a lot of people hating him for writing songs like 'lick my ass nice and clean' when Mozart was angry on e.g. soneone. Listen to this song for example, Mozart - "Leck mich im Arsch" - Canon in B flat for 6 Voices, K. 231 / K. 382c ...
Still one of my favourite stories from music history, and probably my single favourite piece of music. Got to perform it a few times with my old chapel choir, and it was amazing.
If you want to have a forbidden piece of music stolen, inviting a 14 year old musical prodigy to a performance is pretty much the perfect way to guarantee it'll get stolen.
Not to bothered he doesn’t get everything right but he is quite well spoken I’d pronounce it mis ere rare maybe I’m wrong but he does cover so much stuff and has a voice that is quite good and has a documentary type voice and not the sleepy one. He does also apologize for it to if it does happen.
No you’re not the only one. He’s completely leaving out an entire consonant that is clearly visible for all to see. Although we all make mistakes, this is unnecessary. It’s inexcusable, It’s basic, and it gets on my last nerve.
I think it is totally believable that Mozart did in fact transcribe the entire thing note for note considering the genius he was in musical terms. I would have thought it would be almost easy for him to have done this.
Mozart wrote out much more complex music than the Allegri Miserere from memory. The Miserere has a repetitive verse-and-chorus structure and a fairly simple harmonic structure. Ornamentation was often not indicated in scores of that period, but was governed by rules that all musicians knew, with a great deal left to the performer's discretion and improvised in performance. For that matter, much of baroque music wasn't even written out in full, just a melody line and a bass, with harmonies indicated by numbers and left for the performer to "realize". It's also a good guess that Mozart didn't bother writing out the ornamentation because he knew he could do better himself. So this kind of thing was more of a party trick, wrapped up in mystique to impress the rubes, than a sign of genius. It turns out that some of the early symphonies credited to Mozart were written by other composers and copied out from memory by young Mozart, for the practice. Now that's impressive.
Yes I agree Also Mozart had to compose a complex chamber work which he did late the night before the performance , this was for piano and violin but he only wrote out the part for violin for his sister to play and not the piano part which he performed from memory and only transcribed this part later.
quick question: where did the saying "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" come from? and what bush are we talking about? and are birds metaphor for something else? was this saying by any chance originated from an unholy woman? is that saying a metaphor for something completely different? so many questions
Where the phrase comes from I don't know, but as for the inspiration for it I'm sure it's just as simple as it sounds. A bird you've already hunted and killed (in the hand) is worth two that you haven't (in the bush), since you don't have to do any more work for it.
Its literal. It's saying a hunter is better off keeping the bird he's already caught rather than attempting (and possibly failing) to catch the two hiding in a bush. Don't give up what you already have in pursuit of what you don't.
... Im botherednthat 'was this saying by any chance originated from an unholy woman' was something you'd ask in this context. check yourself for 'misogyny'.....
Thank you Kevin, for providing me with my daily dose of self-righteous, posturing social outrage. After all, it's the main reason the internet exists now.
This may sound crazy, but the feat attributed to Mozart in this story isn't nearly as stupefying as it may sound! Most Music students taking, broadly speaking, "standard" Music curriculum, in their first two years take a series of classes typically called "Music Theory" and "Ear Training." One of the goals of these classes is called "Four-Part Dictation," wherein you listen to a typical SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass) church hymn, and write down the score! Typically you get three or so listenings, but yes, really: write out the entire score. Nowadays I personally am ultra-rusty at this, but back in the mid-80s, I took those classes, in my spare time, just for person enrichment while launching and building my Computer-Engineering career. What I can tell you from that experience is that it's just not nearly as difficult as it seems before taking such classes, and this would be barely a single-bite hor d'oeuvres for the likes of Mozart (Wolfgang or Leopold)!
This is worth mentioning again, since it's so egregious and I've only got through half the vid: Mi-zeh-re-re!!! How did you not come across this in your 'research'?!
Because he was young, and people are jealous. It was likely they were upset he had it, so they mocked him for thinking it made him important. Remember, it is nobles specifically mocking him. It is unlikely they had anything they earned like it, and certainly not for their talent for music like Mozart at fourteen.
Have you heard the James MacMillan version of Miserere? I honestly like it better than the original. There's a video that has 4 different settings of Miserere and the second one is the James MacMillan one. I'd really recommend you check it out!
Here's a recording of the piece, Allegri's Miserere Mei Deus, synchronized with the sheet music for anyone who wants to listen to/watch it: th-cam.com/video/FA8_oE-nS5c/w-d-xo.html
I know some things about Mozart, but I'm sure no expert. I just grew up in the town where his father grew up, so of course there was lots about Mozart in school. Mozart - aside from being a bit of a pig (sexually and morally, in writing to his cousin), seemed to have what is the equivalent of an eidetic memory for music. So he certainly was what would be described as a "wunderkind" in german (a child with outstanding abilities way superseding adult's abilities on the matter). He certainly had an innate feel for music, despite not being very successful in life. Well, I have to say I'm more of a rock person myself, but listening to Mozart certainly strikes a mood...
I may be wrong, but I've been told that there is a mistake in Mozart's copy. The highest note sung by the soprano is a misprint in his copy and the original note is actually a few pitches lower.
Supposedly, Palestrina's setting of the Stabat Mater was also reserved for use by the Papal Choir for over a century, though I don't think there were threats of excommunication. Eventually Burney (the story goes) bribed a chorister to get a copy.
You guys should do a video on this bit: pi·ra·cy ˈpīrəsē/Submit noun the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea. synonyms: freebooting, robbery at sea; archaicbuccaneering "piracy on the high seas" pla·gia·rism ˈplājəˌrizəm/Submit noun noun: plagiarism; plural noun: plagiarisms the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. synonyms: copying, infringement of copyright, piracy, theft, stealing; informalcribbing "accusations of plagiarism"
Could you do a story on the Titanic & if more life boats would have saved more or less people? I know that sounds crazy at first, but it seems the real problem wasn't boat numbers, but time it took to launch heavy boats from the top deck by hand. One lifeboat on the Titanic failed to be launched in time. If there had been more boats, would they have launched with less weight & in doing so actually killed a lot more people? Also, regulations were changed after Titanic to require more lifeboats, but until electric winches were introduced, was there actually any difference in the situation compared to the Titanic in terms of ability to save lives? Did they set maximum times it could take to evacuate the ship? (I believe on Titanic, had they had enough boats it would have taken over 6 hours to evacuate everyone)
The fact that you guys are able to put out such high quality informational videos 7 days a week is absolutely mindblowing and this channel deserves so much more attention
Many modern musicians could easily do this feat so it's not surprising that someone of Mozart's ability did this especially of very repetitive coral work with quite a simple structure
Firstly, most of the catholic chants in early eras were derived from the book of Psalms in the bible. Secondly, catholic chants from the bible were incorporated to music by different composers. That is, they have the very same lyrics but were musically arranged differently from one another. Thirdly, the ministry during the time of knowing that Mozart released his version of Misere-re (not Mise-Rey) did not considered it as copying/stealing as the musical arrangement is entirely different than of Allegri’s. (Same example is Beatus Vir of Vivaldi and Monteverdi).
The pronunciation of the song... killed me inside. Me-seh-ray-ray May-ee Day-oo-s. Please, listening to the first 30 seconds of the song has the lyrics as well.
Simon - get out of Central Europe and get yourself over to The Learning Channel or History or Daily Planet - you deserve a TV show and your own limo driver.
New Questions: Why did the Church (allegedly) place the sentence of excommunication on anybody who did not leave it at the Vatican, and; Why was it only played those particular two (2) days each year? IF playing it elsewhere was punishable by excommunication, would confession to a local priest be sufficient to receive The Sacraments again or would this be at the discretion of one's local bishop, OR would this one be reserved for the Pope himself? Thank you.
busi magen Because, "Have Mercy On Me, O God," would get the children running. But why THOSE two days? Why not JUST at the end of Lent, before the Tridiuum OR on Good Friday? Why both?
I hate how they keep begging for patreon support when they could make this for next to nothing in their spare time. This is all common knowledge to well educated people.
Please don’t confuse Mozart’s Miserere with Allegri’s Miserere. They are substantially different, although Mozart may have been influenced by Allegri. One of the many Mozart myths, like the one about him being buried in a pauper’s grave. There were various transcriptions already in circulation - fact. Allegri’s original was simpler in form (closer to Gregorian Chant), lacking the embellishments which appeared in later versions, such as the top C. So, why would the Pope keep it a closely guarded secret? This type of choral music is part of Catholic heritage and has its roots in the ancient Gregorian Plainchant renditions of the various Old Testament psalms which monks and nuns have chanted throughout the centuries, for the glory of God. In this case, Psalm 51(50), a psalm attributed to King David. I suspect few non-Catholics would have shown any interest in this type of music in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially as The Age of Enlightenment was unfolding (and some would have actively condemned it). I am glad that more and more non-Catholics are beginning to appreciate this type of music, not just for the singing, but for the actual meaning of the words.
What’s “forbidden” is mispronouncing the word “Miserere” repeatedly by way of leaving out an entire syllable “re”. It may seem trivial but it’s so easy to get right isn’t it? There are 4 syllables, not 3.
*_Simon:_* pronounces it "Wolf-gang" (as in dog squad) Amadeus Mozart *_Normal me:_* haha yeah that's pretty normal, it might matter in Germany but there's no reason for me to freak o- *_Music major me:_* OH I'M SORRY SIMON, IS YOUR LAST NAME PRONOUNCED VISTLER? NO? THEN RESPECT GERMAN PHONOLOGY IF YOU WANT YOURS RESPECTED *_Normal me:_* ... you're kind of an embarrassment, pedant me *_-Music major-_**_ Pedant me:_* OH WEIRD, I CAN'T FIND ANY EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT I ASKED
Listen to the piece, and notice: 1) Its quite repetitive, and 2) the text is pulled entirely from a psalm. While it's impressive that Mozart could hear with exactness the musical material, there's only three or so original passages in the piece, with the exception of a short, major key conclusion. Personally, I've sung it on my share of Good Friday's, and can attest to its repetitive nature. While it's indeed beautiful, it's not exactly akin to committing a symphony to memory.
I once read the piece was 45 minutes, not 15. but maybe that was wrong. anyway. I wrote this little piece of music for you! keep it if you want majesty I already have it in my head. After one hearing only? I think so sire. show us.
xylophone I can't tell if you are referencing the modern popular musical OR are being ironic, since Alexander Hamilton was the Hamilton 300 years ago. Kudos! 😁🙂👍😎
Simon is making videos about the most interesting subjects. But the speed of his speech is tiring me out. I find myself hitting the 15 sec rewind button several times in every video. Slow down Simon.
Given the title of the video, I thought it would be "twinkle twinkle little star" as he is mostly credited for it even though he copied it. Seems mozart was fine with plagiarism.
Falney Mozart DIDN'T "plagiarize" that song. It was an old folk tune and MANY composers made their own arrangements of it. Get your facts straight before accusing people of crimes!
"It is worth noting that the song is repetitive." Sounds like it was right up Mozart's alley then. Most of his songs follow a very predictable pattern, with a 2 minute chorus that gets repeated multiple times.
Now that you know how Mozart "pirated" a piece of music from memory check out this video and find out about Mozart’s Much Less Family Friendly Works:
th-cam.com/video/3In4aG2Lq6E/w-d-xo.html
This showed up as "That time Mozart pirated a forbidden pie.." in my notifications.
I was slightly disappointed when the video had nothing to do with cursed pastries.
Mozart : Pirating music before it was cool
Pirating music isn't cool.
A4 F5 D5 D5 D5- twice. Then play starting from D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5- E5 F5 G5- G5 A5- A5 where a minus is a half tone lower then letter mentioned. ... Lacrimosa dies illa, qua resurget ex favilla judicandus homo reus: Huic ergo parce Deus. Pie Jesu Domine, Dona eis requiem. Amen.
Mozart Die Zauberflote, contained large amounts of dangerous Arsenic in the inkt. It is one of the last pieces Mozart composed. This substance with which Die Zauberflote manuscript partiture written bij Mozart is known as AQUA TOFANA. A poison that lets the killer control how many days or months a victim has to live. Anton Salieri was the first to acknowledge Mozart must have been murdered. By life Mozart told he feared poisoning very much especially Aqua Tofana. Many classical composers died of poisoning like Beethoven from the sweetened Wine with a Pb Lead compound or Schubert from rat poison to control his syphilis. Well Mozart might never have known he was writing and composing and sacrificing his own life due to the Aqua Tofana poisoning from touching inhaling and using the inkt. In hitmen terms 'doing a Mozart' means giving a person an extremely painful prolonged death cycle that looks naturally death. Mozart had a lot of people hating him for writing songs like 'lick my ass nice and clean' when Mozart was angry on e.g. soneone. Listen to this song for example, Mozart - "Leck mich im Arsch" - Canon in B flat for 6 Voices, K. 231 / K. 382c ...
Before it even existed
Funny thing is, his wife Constanze Weber invented the copyright to protect the rights of his work.
Still one of my favourite stories from music history, and probably my single favourite piece of music.
Got to perform it a few times with my old chapel choir, and it was amazing.
If you want to have a forbidden piece of music stolen, inviting a 14 year old musical prodigy to a performance is pretty much the perfect way to guarantee it'll get stolen.
Everyone: *makes fun of Mozart's medal*
Mozart: DER HÖLLE RACHE KOCHTEN MEINEM HERZEN!!!
Am I the only one bugged that he keeps pronouncing the word "miser-RAY," when it is really three syllables, "miser RER Ray?
YES!!!! I wanna jump thru the screen
Not to bothered he doesn’t get everything right but he is quite well spoken I’d pronounce it mis ere rare maybe I’m wrong but he does cover so much stuff and has a voice that is quite good and has a documentary type voice and not the sleepy one. He does also apologize for it to if it does happen.
No you’re not the only one. He’s completely leaving out an entire consonant that is clearly visible for all to see. Although we all make mistakes, this is unnecessary. It’s inexcusable, It’s basic, and it gets on my last nerve.
The e's and r's all roll together, it's not an English title.
I think it is totally believable that Mozart did in fact transcribe the entire thing note for note considering the genius he was in musical terms. I would have thought it would be almost easy for him to have done this.
It’s very impressive that one of the most influential musicians ever did music piracy almost 300 years before Napster.
3:20 "Get out of my room I'm pirating music!"
Krown Gaming underrated 🤧
Mozart wrote out much more complex music than the Allegri Miserere from memory. The Miserere has a repetitive verse-and-chorus structure and a fairly simple harmonic structure. Ornamentation was often not indicated in scores of that period, but was governed by rules that all musicians knew, with a great deal left to the performer's discretion and improvised in performance. For that matter, much of baroque music wasn't even written out in full, just a melody line and a bass, with harmonies indicated by numbers and left for the performer to "realize". It's also a good guess that Mozart didn't bother writing out the ornamentation because he knew he could do better himself.
So this kind of thing was more of a party trick, wrapped up in mystique to impress the rubes, than a sign of genius. It turns out that some of the early symphonies credited to Mozart were written by other composers and copied out from memory by young Mozart, for the practice. Now that's impressive.
Yes I agree
Also Mozart had to compose a complex chamber work which he did late the night before the performance , this was for piano and violin but he only wrote out the part for violin for his sister to play and not the piano part which he performed from memory and only transcribed this part later.
7:03 "...this made it available to the masses." Ha! Get it? Get it? Hah! :D
Honestly, it's one of the best choral works I've ever sung. It's got such a mysterious, soothing sound.
quick question: where did the saying "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" come from? and what bush are we talking about? and are birds metaphor for something else? was this saying by any chance originated from an unholy woman? is that saying a metaphor for something completely different?
so many questions
this cannot be unseen :| lol
Where the phrase comes from I don't know, but as for the inspiration for it I'm sure it's just as simple as it sounds. A bird you've already hunted and killed (in the hand) is worth two that you haven't (in the bush), since you don't have to do any more work for it.
Its literal. It's saying a hunter is better off keeping the bird he's already caught rather than attempting (and possibly failing) to catch the two hiding in a bush. Don't give up what you already have in pursuit of what you don't.
... Im botherednthat 'was this saying by any chance originated from an unholy woman' was something you'd ask in this context.
check yourself for 'misogyny'.....
Thank you Kevin, for providing me with my daily dose of self-righteous, posturing social outrage. After all, it's the main reason the internet exists now.
Cool Story! He must have really enjoyed the piece to go through all that trouble! Ciao, ALDO
I did the same thing with a rap a friend of mine wrote in high school. He's very famous now and no one believes me anyway.
Wow,such talent.He's got a good photographic memory,too.
This may sound crazy, but the feat attributed to Mozart in this story isn't nearly as stupefying as it may sound!
Most Music students taking, broadly speaking, "standard" Music curriculum, in their first two years take a series of classes typically called "Music Theory" and "Ear Training." One of the goals of these classes is called "Four-Part Dictation," wherein you listen to a typical SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass) church hymn, and write down the score! Typically you get three or so listenings, but yes, really: write out the entire score.
Nowadays I personally am ultra-rusty at this, but back in the mid-80s, I took those classes, in my spare time, just for person enrichment while launching and building my Computer-Engineering career. What I can tell you from that experience is that it's just not nearly as difficult as it seems before taking such classes, and this would be barely a single-bite hor d'oeuvres for the likes of Mozart (Wolfgang or Leopold)!
There ought to be a movie about this, I think.
This is worth mentioning again, since it's so egregious and I've only got through half the vid: Mi-zeh-re-re!!! How did you not come across this in your 'research'?!
Anyone know what brand of shirt he is wearing?
Because he was young, and people are jealous. It was likely they were upset he had it, so they mocked him for thinking it made him important. Remember, it is nobles specifically mocking him. It is unlikely they had anything they earned like it, and certainly not for their talent for music like Mozart at fourteen.
Zira Angel wrong comment bruh
No, that's the name of the brand. You've not heard of it? _Dumbass_
BHWYAPAJIWLTWUHHISTMHFTIMHIRIINSMHIIUTHATELIACNFTTFMLMAF, for short.
And it is wonderful that he did! My favourite piece of music. Also, Mozart wasn't catholic so he couldn't be ex-communicated.
Have you heard the James MacMillan version of Miserere? I honestly like it better than the original. There's a video that has 4 different settings of Miserere and the second one is the James MacMillan one. I'd really recommend you check it out!
lemmino already has a video on this,but i wont complain there are so many facts for so many channels to go over.
Here's a recording of the piece, Allegri's Miserere Mei Deus, synchronized with the sheet music for anyone who wants to listen to/watch it: th-cam.com/video/FA8_oE-nS5c/w-d-xo.html
I know some things about Mozart, but I'm sure no expert. I just grew up in the town where his father grew up, so of course there was lots about Mozart in school. Mozart - aside from being a bit of a pig (sexually and morally, in writing to his cousin), seemed to have what is the equivalent of an eidetic memory for music. So he certainly was what would be described as a "wunderkind" in german (a child with outstanding abilities way superseding adult's abilities on the matter). He certainly had an innate feel for music, despite not being very successful in life. Well, I have to say I'm more of a rock person myself, but listening to Mozart certainly strikes a mood...
I may be wrong, but I've been told that there is a mistake in Mozart's copy. The highest note sung by the soprano is a misprint in his copy and the original note is actually a few pitches lower.
Is Simon on any other channels besides this one and top tenz?
VisualPolitik EN :-)
Supposedly, Palestrina's setting of the Stabat Mater was also reserved for use by the Papal Choir for over a century, though I don't think there were threats of excommunication. Eventually Burney (the story goes) bribed a chorister to get a copy.
You guys should do a video on this bit:
pi·ra·cy
ˈpīrəsē/Submit
noun
the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea.
synonyms: freebooting, robbery at sea; archaicbuccaneering
"piracy on the high seas"
pla·gia·rism
ˈplājəˌrizəm/Submit
noun
noun: plagiarism; plural noun: plagiarisms
the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
synonyms: copying, infringement of copyright, piracy, theft, stealing; informalcribbing
"accusations of plagiarism"
You look like Michael from Vsauce
Legends also say Michael looks like Simon.
hey vsauce simon here
Got some spit facts.
1:34 in and still no actual music
So IS there a version with the embellishments?
Quick question for you. I was wondering where the phrase "Splitting Hairs" Comes from? Also Why does it mean what it means?
Kevin Edie , good question
no clue
sorry
though I'd like to know
Could you do a story on the Titanic & if more life boats would have saved more or less people?
I know that sounds crazy at first, but it seems the real problem wasn't boat numbers, but time it took to launch heavy boats from the top deck by hand.
One lifeboat on the Titanic failed to be launched in time. If there had been more boats, would they have launched with less weight & in doing so actually killed a lot more people?
Also, regulations were changed after Titanic to require more lifeboats, but until electric winches were introduced, was there actually any difference in the situation compared to the Titanic in terms of ability to save lives?
Did they set maximum times it could take to evacuate the ship? (I believe on Titanic, had they had enough boats it would have taken over 6 hours to evacuate everyone)
There are two syllables "RE" in Miserere. I guess you could write it like "Mee-seh-REH-reh"
You will all know this as the day you almost caught captin wolfgang mozart
So the real story here is that Mozart had a twin deck cassette recorder...
So did he break the rule? He technically produced a popular remix and not the actual work.
Fascinating.
Muuttie calls me wolfie too,stephanie
Yarrgh! Shiver me timbre! Avast ye, bandlubbers! Give us all yer gold records and noone gets hurt!
The Original Gamer no don't hurt me
Do more composer facts!
The fact that you guys are able to put out such high quality informational videos 7 days a week is absolutely mindblowing and this channel deserves so much more attention
What? Sometimes I have to pause the vid because you're jamming info into my ears so fast
I remember seeing Mozart in concert once. Come to think of it, I forget actually seeing Mozart. I think that orchestra cheated me!
Many modern musicians could easily do this feat so it's not surprising that someone of Mozart's ability did this especially of very repetitive coral work with quite a simple structure
How come putting something in hot water hydrates it faster than in cold water
love the content, but could you switch to decaf please and slow down a little? :-)
What’s the hurry to talk so fast?
The analog gap. If you can see or hear it you can steal it.
The ultimate cover tune!!
Firstly, most of the catholic chants in early eras were derived from the book of Psalms in the bible. Secondly, catholic chants from the bible were incorporated to music by different composers. That is, they have the very same lyrics but were musically arranged differently from one another.
Thirdly, the ministry during the time of knowing that Mozart released his version of Misere-re (not Mise-Rey) did not considered it as copying/stealing as the musical arrangement is entirely different than of Allegri’s. (Same example is Beatus Vir of Vivaldi and Monteverdi).
The pronunciation of the song... killed me inside. Me-seh-ray-ray May-ee Day-oo-s. Please, listening to the first 30 seconds of the song has the lyrics as well.
Are you sure you picked the right king of Portugal?
Why are things in Australia so expensive compared to the US?
who would win? simon or vsauce
the title and then a whole new story not involvinng mozart
Simon - get out of Central Europe and get yourself over to The Learning Channel or History or Daily Planet - you deserve a TV show and your own limo driver.
#ThanksSimon
wait that story was told in school.
when he was really little.
wasn't said that it was illegal
New Questions: Why did the Church (allegedly) place the sentence of excommunication on anybody who did not leave it at the Vatican, and;
Why was it only played those particular two (2) days each year?
IF playing it elsewhere was punishable by excommunication, would confession to a local priest be sufficient to receive The Sacraments again or would this be at the discretion of one's local bishop, OR would this one be reserved for the Pope himself?
Thank you.
busi magen Because, "Have Mercy On Me, O God," would get the children running.
But why THOSE two days? Why not JUST at the end of Lent, before the Tridiuum OR on Good Friday? Why both?
I'm a little surprised there isn't a link to piece in question anywhere. Here's a good recording. th-cam.com/video/36Y_ztEW1NE/w-d-xo.html
Damn Mozart was a real one. Wolfgang gang gang.
Particularly, or partially? I'm confused. They have very different meanings.
Mozart is renowned for reproducing entire pieces of compositions by ear. I don't think there are many reasons to overlook a claim like that.
Being excommunicated from the Church is not exactly a punishment...
But you’d feel like crap if it happened to you.
All hail the king of Portugal!!!
I hate how they keep begging for patreon support when they could make this for next to nothing in their spare time.
This is all common knowledge to well educated people.
Please don’t confuse Mozart’s Miserere with Allegri’s Miserere. They are substantially different, although Mozart may have been influenced by Allegri.
One of the many Mozart myths, like the one about him being buried in a pauper’s grave. There were various transcriptions already in circulation - fact.
Allegri’s original was simpler in form (closer to Gregorian Chant), lacking the embellishments which appeared in later versions, such as the top C. So, why would the Pope keep it a closely guarded secret?
This type of choral music is part of Catholic heritage and has its roots in the ancient Gregorian Plainchant renditions of the various Old Testament psalms which monks and nuns have chanted throughout the centuries, for the glory of God. In this case, Psalm 51(50), a psalm attributed to King David.
I suspect few non-Catholics would have shown any interest in this type of music in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially as The Age of Enlightenment was unfolding (and some would have actively condemned it).
I am glad that more and more non-Catholics are beginning to appreciate this type of music, not just for the singing, but for the actual meaning of the words.
Simons pronunciation of Miserere is a bit cringe worthy here. I guess no one asked a choir member/musican how to say it...
What’s “forbidden” is mispronouncing the word “Miserere” repeatedly by way of leaving out an entire syllable “re”. It may seem trivial but it’s so easy to get right isn’t it? There are 4 syllables, not 3.
*_Simon:_* pronounces it "Wolf-gang" (as in dog squad) Amadeus Mozart
*_Normal me:_* haha yeah that's pretty normal, it might matter in Germany but there's no reason for me to freak o-
*_Music major me:_* OH I'M SORRY SIMON, IS YOUR LAST NAME PRONOUNCED VISTLER? NO? THEN RESPECT GERMAN PHONOLOGY IF YOU WANT YOURS RESPECTED
*_Normal me:_* ... you're kind of an embarrassment, pedant me
*_-Music major-_**_ Pedant me:_* OH WEIRD, I CAN'T FIND ANY EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT I ASKED
Way cool!
I was taught this in school
One more syllable - mees-ah-rare-ray
Maybe add a link to a performance of Miserere mei, Deus in your video? Your grade is A-
So, Mozart made a copy of it in his own version? Bringing back that Classic? Tell me If Im wrong
Mozart is still the biggest rockstar
Listen to the piece, and notice: 1) Its quite repetitive, and 2) the text is pulled entirely from a psalm. While it's impressive that Mozart could hear with exactness the musical material, there's only three or so original passages in the piece, with the exception of a short, major key conclusion. Personally, I've sung it on my share of Good Friday's, and can attest to its repetitive nature. While it's indeed beautiful, it's not exactly akin to committing a symphony to memory.
I learned this in 4th grade.
I once read the piece was 45 minutes, not 15. but maybe that was wrong. anyway. I wrote this little piece of music for you! keep it if you want majesty I already have it in my head. After one hearing only? I think so sire. show us.
do what thou wished, because a pirate is free.
That's pronounced "Mis-er-re-re". Latin didn't believe in silent characters.
It's actually pronounced as "Mi-se-re-re".
Maybe Mozart sold the version that the buyer expected to receive. Keeping the real version to himself. Mozart wasn't stupid, was he? ;)
Pity that you pronounce Miserere wrongly every time. It has four syllables. Good video, though.
i'm early. yay. this is my life's greatest achievement.
Why would they mock a boy wearing a medal given to him by the pope?
But I already knew this about Mozart.
The Papal Choir is like Hamilton of 300 years ago.
xylophone I can't tell if you are referencing the modern popular musical OR are being ironic, since Alexander Hamilton was the Hamilton 300 years ago.
Kudos! 😁🙂👍😎
He has a beard again? I'm confused
Knew this one.
Simon is making videos about the most interesting subjects. But the speed of his speech is tiring me out. I find myself hitting the 15 sec rewind button several times in every video. Slow down Simon.
N here i thought mozart was an actual pirate at one point and stole the from the catholic church
Hello
Your name isnt Whistler is it? What is your real name?
Given the title of the video, I thought it would be "twinkle twinkle little star" as he is mostly credited for it even though he copied it.
Seems mozart was fine with plagiarism.
If you bother to listen to Mozarts version of twinkle, so much work has evidently gone into the 12 variations. He even called it "12 variations of..."
Unrestricted I have listened to it. It doesn't change the fact that it wasn't his original work despite having his name on it
Falney so are remixes stealing too?
Falney Mozart DIDN'T "plagiarize" that song. It was an old folk tune and MANY composers made their own arrangements of it. Get your facts straight before accusing people of crimes!
Adolph Stalin yes.
Lmao I already knew this go me
"It is worth noting that the song is repetitive."
Sounds like it was right up Mozart's alley then. Most of his songs follow a very predictable pattern, with a 2 minute chorus that gets repeated multiple times.
I find people who point out 'it's not a song' annoying, but I am drawn to point out its not a song, and chorus is not the correct term.
Bach pirated Vivaldi works.
cool79606 Johan Sebastian Bach, or PDQ Bach?
ben trimble johan
I wonder if God had Mercy on Mozart?🤔