The Dumbest Troll Classical Music Pieces Ever

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  • @_neins
    @_neins 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6380

    Not a troll, but a fun fact: when Chopin wrote his etudes op. 10, he showed them to his friend Franz Liszt, who sight-read every single one of them perfectly (It is said that Liszt never made a mistake, even when sight-reading). Many sources state that Chopin was shocked and disappointed in himself at first, but then decided to dedicate these etudes to Liszt.

    • @happypiano4810
      @happypiano4810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +593

      He said “I want to rob him of the way he plays my etudes”.

    • @sankalp_gupta
      @sankalp_gupta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +320

      And then he dedicated the op. 25 etudes to Liszt's madam*

    • @eliter7991
      @eliter7991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      There’s no evidence of Liszt sight reading Chopin’s etudes. At least in Alan Walker’s biography.

    • @raynlopez7714
      @raynlopez7714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Liszt was a gud pianist

    • @Ace-dv5ce
      @Ace-dv5ce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@eliter7991 I heard he did the revolutionary
      , never heard about the others

  • @beucorona2170
    @beucorona2170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4484

    The reason why Rossini wrote "the cat duet" was:
    He used to say the sopranos would sound so horrible while vocalising that even the cats would run away.
    So he wrote the piece (full of coloratura and hissing) to try to corroborate or prove his point.
    And btw there are many versions where the singer go on stage with cat ears and tails.

    • @xCelaz.The.2nd
      @xCelaz.The.2nd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Now I'm interested

    • @rekal7775
      @rekal7775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +273

      I saw it once live at my local conservatory. It was performed by students and the two singer girls dressed up as cats. They genuinely played the cat role so they weren't just standing and singing on stage. I was today years old when I found out that it's a legit famous classical piece and not something composed by a student for fun.

    • @oluchiibe98
      @oluchiibe98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      The cat duet already sounds better than the 2019 Cats movie.

    • @Octopussyist
      @Octopussyist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      They should go on stage with the eletronic cat ears that you can move have twitch with your brainwawes.

    • @sebastian-benedictflore
      @sebastian-benedictflore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @link did you really just get excited about 23 likes

  • @hadial-mokdad5322
    @hadial-mokdad5322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1693

    Everyone: Classical music is so elegant and sophisticated.
    Mozart: *Hold my Musical Joke*

    • @wilh3lmmusic
      @wilh3lmmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Mozart: Lick my ass (K.231)

    • @nateschultz8973
      @nateschultz8973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Nothing says a joke can't be sophisticated and elegant.

    • @jmee.mp3
      @jmee.mp3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      mozart requiem lacrimosa is 69bpm

    • @expinc67
      @expinc67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@jmee.mp3 he was quite ahead of his time, even the modern day redditors can't compare

    • @teresagardiner153
      @teresagardiner153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@expinc67 Mozart didn't mark the lacrimosa as 69bpm. You're being trolled.

  • @paulwagner688
    @paulwagner688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1606

    Ultimate troll move: Dvorak suspected that the tuba player was having an affair with his wife. So in either the 8th or 9th symphony, he only gave the tuba player EIGHT NOTES ONLY in the entire symphony, all in the second movement. So the tuba player would have to stay until the end.

    • @lenochod6
      @lenochod6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      LOOL, I love Dvořák but this :D he is even better thatn I thought.

    • @The-Brute-Squad
      @The-Brute-Squad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      The story likely never actually happened (it's more likely because the tuba was a doubling instrument back then), but the 9th symphony does have only 14 notes in the tuba part.

    • @ubiergo1978
      @ubiergo1978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      If that's true, it a bad move... I'd do the opposite, make the damn guy to constantly play not stop even a second during the WHOLE symphony... xD

    • @ubiergo1978
      @ubiergo1978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @AD Shyn Oh no my friend, I wouldn't do this to be melodic at all... It'd be a constant pain, I want the guy to suffer playing, up and downs non stop for a single second in several hours, it'd be not for show off, what will be a show it's his lungs exploding... I want him to play like the overture 1812 cannons would sound like triangles in comparison... Mmm... have you seen Bugs Bunny when he plays the director/conductor? (Leopold!, Leopold!)?... well.. he wish he was. =P

    • @LexNoxus
      @LexNoxus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@ubiergo1978 so ravel bolero snare drum?

  • @abstractabby1921
    @abstractabby1921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3087

    As a horn player my favorite troll moment is from Mozart. He wrote horn concertos for a close friend of his, and in the original manuscript of one of the movements from a concerto, he left little notes by the music like “take courage” during hard parts, “you ass”, and “thank heavens thats enough”

    • @rebekahlee7360
      @rebekahlee7360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +274

      ‘You ass’ 🤣🤣

    • @viktoriiafedorova
      @viktoriiafedorova 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Ahahaha, definitely telling this one my fellow french horn player. I wonder does she know this story

    • @dees3179
      @dees3179 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      This is my fave.

    • @dees3179
      @dees3179 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      If you search orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment mozarts naughty notes they have the whole thing up with the score superimposed on the top so you can see what he was writing.

    • @oxoelfoxo
      @oxoelfoxo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@dees3179I'll look for that. was introduced to OAE by a GBBO contestant who plays the trombone!

  • @chaddad4046
    @chaddad4046 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1035

    I thought Mozart was the biggest troll in classical music, but Haydn is on another level.

    • @thornhill67
      @thornhill67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Yeah. Haydn also has some bassoon fart jokes in his pieces. (see Richard Atkinson's video about it)

    • @jmer9126
      @jmer9126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeah, Hayden’s on a roll. A drum roll. Symphony. Haha

    • @DavidBrowningBYD
      @DavidBrowningBYD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I had a music theory instructor in grad school who declared that Haydn was far more brilliant than Mozart. If you think of brilliance as finding innovation within established rules and being amazing nonetheless, I think this instructor was right. (Of course I didn't think so at the time, and as a young man thought far too highly of my own opinion!)

    • @jonathanhenderson9422
      @jonathanhenderson9422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@DavidBrowningBYD Mozart and Haydn were equally brilliant in very different ways. Haydn innovated the symphony and string quartet, while Mozart's innovations were more in operas and concertos. The main reason most consider Mozart "better" is simply because he wrote more top-tier masterpieces that are among the best in all classical music. Haydn has a few of those, but Haydn's real strength is in his consistent excellence. Like, I don't think any Haydn symphony is better than Mozart's Jupiter, but as a body of work I'd take Haydn's symphonies over Mozart's, and I'd say the same for their string quartets. However, the thing is that Haydn doesn't really compete with Mozart when it comes to operas and concertos, while Mozart is very competitive with Haydn in terms of symphonies and string quartets. I'd also say that Mozart has a lot of other chamber music and choral music that's generally better than Haydn (though Haydn's Creation stands with Mozart's best choral music).

    • @DavidBrowningBYD
      @DavidBrowningBYD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jonathanhenderson9422 I would agree with you completely, although as a singer, I would say that Haydn's music is as much a joy to sing as Mozart's. I would not want to choose a favorite between the two!

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3140

    It's nice how you can find humor literally anywhere, including classical music pieces of all things.

    • @shelbyherring92
      @shelbyherring92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Mozart literally wrote a song called "Lick My Ass"... and it's considered one of the finest pieces in the classical music genre.
      The comedy isn't hard to find sometimes.

    • @COOL_GEEK_
      @COOL_GEEK_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love your username though. ❤️👍

    • @ionlypostonceayear._.5537
      @ionlypostonceayear._.5537 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ye

    • @mazeppa1231
      @mazeppa1231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Alkan wrote "funeral march for a dead parrot", because he wanted to troll Rossini for his love for parrots...
      And when Saint-Saens' wrote "Carnival of Animals", one of the "animals" included pianists practicing scales badly, because it was a well known joke at the time that pianists were practically animals imprisoned by their instrument.
      There is a lot of humor in classical music.
      One just has to explore a little bit.

    • @embran8486
      @embran8486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@shelbyherring92 Carmina Burana is chock-full of it. But darker. Delicious cynicism and social commentary of that time.

  • @gabo3254
    @gabo3254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1570

    One of the first “troll” pieces i listened to and really enjoyed was shostakovich’s ninth symphony - what was supposed to be an epic symphony comparable to beethoven’s ninth, but turned out to be all light because shosty looked at all that expectation and went “nah”

    • @artemlyubchenko3022
      @artemlyubchenko3022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Yeah just commented that lol, also thought of this

    • @matthewcline8580
      @matthewcline8580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      i love that first movement with the trombone entries!! it's so hilarious

    • @totally_not_a_bot
      @totally_not_a_bot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      The symphony was originally intended to celebrate a major Russian military victory over Germany. He declared well in advance his intention to compose a piece reflective of Russia's greatness. He proceeded to change it last-minute in protest of said greatness.

    • @user-tl6jr2ez7s
      @user-tl6jr2ez7s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      “Shosty”

    • @ronelel2109
      @ronelel2109 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@totally_not_a_bot And then it ended up killing Stalin.

  • @fallingstar4990
    @fallingstar4990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    Last year my High School orchestra instructors were retiring, and decided that the Farewell Symphony would be the piece the seniors played for the last concert of the year. I actually teared up as I saw each senior leave one by one.

    • @oliverk.8312
      @oliverk.8312 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Absolutely perfect. Honestly I gotta talk about that with my school’s orchestra

    • @fantomhalo3938
      @fantomhalo3938 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I hope my orchestra does that, but I just know that I would be absolutely destroyed after I'd walk off stage

  • @prune9421
    @prune9421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    The joy to see a twoset notification

    • @KarateLauren
      @KarateLauren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      this brings a smile to my face

    • @_alexcr
      @_alexcr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Twosetnotification

  • @sisfantasto7004
    @sisfantasto7004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1171

    Haydn had a quite down to Earth reason for his Farewell Symphony:
    The Orchestra didn't get paid for some reason or other and Haydn composed it as a musical Rebellion and as a warning to show the customer, that the musicians would go away, if they didn't get paid. The musicians left one after the other leaving the Concert Master alone with Haydn in the end.
    This is a very good choice for these days. Modern Society not paying for music, not paying for musicians is a scandal in our modern World.
    Lets compose a Farewell Symphony 🙄🎹🎶🎻🎺🪕🥁🎷🎸🥁🎶🔊

    • @FictionWriter95
      @FictionWriter95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Actually, the prince who employed Haydn had gone on vacation and taken the orchestra with him, but made them stay much longer than they had expected to (I think it was a few weeks instead of a few days). The symphony was basically Haydn's way of begging the prince to let them go home, and it worked; they went home the next day.
      You were close though!

    • @pedrogoncalves6606
      @pedrogoncalves6606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This time each music puts the covid mask and leaves

    • @boriswilsoncreations
      @boriswilsoncreations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pedrogoncalves6606 br?

    • @pedrogoncalves6606
      @pedrogoncalves6606 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@boriswilsoncreations Pt :)

    • @boriswilsoncreations
      @boriswilsoncreations 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pedrogoncalves6606 ah suave hehe

  • @blegh8753
    @blegh8753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    haydn would probably be that cool uncle who messes around with the kids. absolutely love him.

  • @martinmaguire-music6692
    @martinmaguire-music6692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    I've always wondered if the end of Sibelius' 5th Symphony was a joke. Hear me out... So his 4th Symphony's last movement is very.. unusual .. in that instead of finishing with a bang, it slowly peters out, and concludes with a chord on the lower end of the strings. When it premiered, the audience were hesitant to clap, as they weren't sure whether it was over, and the symphony was very unsuccessful. And the end of his 5th, after iconic 'swan' bit, has the most endingy endings, a series of setups for the cadence, as staccato chord hits, before finally hitting the tonic. Feels like he was saying 'that clear enough for you!?'

    • @BlokeOzzie
      @BlokeOzzie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I'm inclined to agree with you.

    • @resourcedragon
      @resourcedragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Wow! You know your Sibelius so much better than I do. But I tend to regard Sibelius as penitential listening.

    • @HawkOfGP
      @HawkOfGP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Wasn't the ending of Sibelius' 5th originally a bit different than in the eventual best known version? I think he revised it more than once. Whether it was a "joke", I don't know, but I've heard that Sibelius both read reviews of his works carefully, and was his own worst critic, which is why he would go on revising some of his works over and over, both before and after they premiered.

    • @ydgames4291
      @ydgames4291 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It reminds me of Erik Satie's "Embryons desseches" where he made fun of the "romantic" and "aggresive" way to end a piece by repeatedly *hammering* down the last chord for 1 damn page

    • @audenisarat8179
      @audenisarat8179 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ohh the thinks you learn in twosets comment section. thank you friend

  • @Majo_404
    @Majo_404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +880

    Mozart also composed a six voice canon called „Leck mich im Arsch“, which translates to lick me in the ass. It was thought to be a party piece for his friends and used the main theme of Haydn‘s 3rd Symphony. The biggest trolls in classical music were collaborating after all.

    • @Thelaretus
      @Thelaretus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      They know. Some old videos of their mention this piece. I think they're just trying to avoid demonetisation.

    • @sarasate89
      @sarasate89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Twoset have already done a video featuring this work by Mozart! It was very funny.

    • @marlenevdmaas
      @marlenevdmaas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      He even did that piece in Latin, after the church banned it. It still sounds like ‘Leck mir im arsch’. And I believe he did a version for a choir too. He had issues😂😂

    • @heichan8657
      @heichan8657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Daddy Amadeus

    • @cvlen
      @cvlen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marlenevdmaas Lectu mihi Mars xD

  • @wishingonthemoon1
    @wishingonthemoon1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +618

    Omg this is so true. There are so many anecdotes of classical music that stand up to today’s pop culture moments. Classical music was the pop culture of its day. Thank you for keeping us entertained and educated!

  • @johdousha
    @johdousha 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Performed in a variety show years ago that had several classical numbers in it. Two women performed "Due Gatti" there, and they sang entirely in proper "opera voices", never slipping into "cat voice". The fun was the slow burn as in gradually dawned on the audience, a couple of people at a time, that all the lyrics were, "Meow. Meow. Meow. Meow." That act brought the house down.

    • @heatherduke7703
      @heatherduke7703 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought the same, I would like to hear it with correct technique

  • @blegh8753
    @blegh8753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    the pure terror in the lady's voice in firebird is just art

    • @kaitlynleung6598
      @kaitlynleung6598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I go back to that video clip every time I need to laugh. It never fails!

    • @liquidog
      @liquidog ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2:02

  • @blegh8753
    @blegh8753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    "musicians would literally leave mid-symphony"
    koreans who work over time everyday: THE LIFE OF MY DREAM

    • @janice3230
      @janice3230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      this is so true lol

  • @kristinam4178
    @kristinam4178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    I've watched the cat duet so many times and cracked up for every one of them. I also showed it to a bunch of other people, and they were all like "is this serious?"
    Also, listening to Surprise Symphony makes me a little anxious because I'm always second guessing which time the music actually gets loud and when it stays soft and just continues the melody. I guess Hayden was successful in making something to keep people from falling asleep!

    • @KarstenJohansson
      @KarstenJohansson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I've seen it, and until this twoset episode, I did not know it was a real piece. I always thought it was a recent parody.

    • @kristinam4178
      @kristinam4178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KarstenJohansson I think I looked it up almost immediately to see if it was real. Otherwise I would have assumed the same thing

  • @ellaespina18
    @ellaespina18 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I remember singing Cat Duet with my classmate back when we're in our last year in college. The whole piece was a bit awkward for me the first time I heard some recordings. Yet, as we go along with the rehearsals, it was actually fun. We had back-up dancers who really dressed as cats. 😊

    • @P0PG03S
      @P0PG03S ปีที่แล้ว +1

      neko maidens

  • @xc95928
    @xc95928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    10:32
    "degenerate"
    "both degenerates"
    I love you, editor-san.

  • @silver.haze33
    @silver.haze33 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    brett: “i mean, if it’s there i’ll watch it too”
    editor-san: ………degenerates

  • @COOL_GEEK_
    @COOL_GEEK_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +935

    The dumbest troll piece is Brett's Lo-Fi, because Lo-Fi is something that should be relaxing music, which it definitely isn't.
    EDIT : It's atleast a masterpiece though, as I have been informed.

    • @CJ-rx5fi
      @CJ-rx5fi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Brett’s LoFi is a musical masterpiece!

    • @VALT_XION_Animation
      @VALT_XION_Animation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It is though.

    • @prodbyevadwave
      @prodbyevadwave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Its peaceful tho if u find the meaning behind it

    • @kzizzles8329
      @kzizzles8329 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The cursed genius

    • @melanitesong
      @melanitesong ปีที่แล้ว

      I sleep to it... I have problems

  • @BlokeOzzie
    @BlokeOzzie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +416

    Imagine how disappointed Mozart would be if he was alive today and his musical joke with all of its broken rules still sounds better than 99.99% of current classical music.

    • @giuseppelogiurato5718
      @giuseppelogiurato5718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Yeah, but it doesn't... "Musical Joke" is really terrible, musically... I'm always surprised when people say "oh, but it sounds ok"... It doesn't! It's completely wrong in every way, and it just goes to show how many bad ears there are out there.

    • @knownanonymous1691
      @knownanonymous1691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@giuseppelogiurato5718 the thing is we have listened to so many horrible pieces and songs that Mozart's joke really does sound okay

    • @adlirez
      @adlirez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@giuseppelogiurato5718 at first listening I thought it was okay, but after a while I noticed just how off it sounds. The colors chop and change at random and there are parts that just sound awkward (like the three notes followed by a rest in the end)

    • @giuseppelogiurato5718
      @giuseppelogiurato5718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@knownanonymous1691 that's probably true, lol... I'd rather listen to Musical Joke than Adele. 🤣

    • @giuseppelogiurato5718
      @giuseppelogiurato5718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@adlirez yeah, it's really very awkward and harsh on the ears, but I laugh every time I hear it.

  • @ivyallenfiddle
    @ivyallenfiddle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    As everyone else is saying, MAKE THIS A SERIESSSS!!!

    • @KozakuraRabbit
      @KozakuraRabbit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I second this

    • @mlee9118
      @mlee9118 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes pls

    • @ioanasong
      @ioanasong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We want more

    • @theyluvtwoset.13
      @theyluvtwoset.13 ปีที่แล้ว

      I 5th this perfectly
      Like if you get the joke

  • @cullinann
    @cullinann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    Classical music is relaxing, pure and innocent
    Mozart: am I a joke to you?

    • @sharpfang
      @sharpfang 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      2set too family-friendly for Mozart jokes.

    • @Rozczoch67
      @Rozczoch67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Chopin,Liszt,Schostakowitsch, beethoven: same Buddy...
      Same

    •  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Haydn: How about no

    • @ubiergo1978
      @ubiergo1978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Tchaikovsky: Let me bring a couple of cannons so you guys can relax a bit too. =P

    • @dimasgirl2749
      @dimasgirl2749 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Stravinsky: Got room for one more?

  • @f52_yeevy
    @f52_yeevy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Fun fact: Rossini was known for being a true gourmet. One of his most notorious quotes is, in fact: “In order to eat a turkey, we need to be two: me and the turkey.” (Translated from Italian).
    Plus one of the several recipes dedicated to him is the “Tournedo alla Rossini”, which is a filet mignon pan-fried in butter, served on a crouton, and topped with a hot slice of briefly pan-fried fresh whole foie gras and then topped with truffle and finished with a Madeira demi-glace sauce.

  • @FictionWriter95
    @FictionWriter95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Sometimes when I'm in a compositional rut, I will intentionally try to think of a dumb idea and go all in on it. It's so easy to think that every piece you write has to be a masterwork, that doing something intentionally stupid can be genuinely quite helpful to get out of your own head and just have fun writing music.

  • @simplytwosetter
    @simplytwosetter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Twoset should really start a class called "unconventional aspect to appreciate classical music". Damn I'll definitely try to ace that class!! (Not just because I'm Asian lol)

  • @RSTDRO
    @RSTDRO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    "don't worry honey, classical music can't make troll you!"
    Mozart: *are you sure about that?*

    • @shoe777
      @shoe777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Can't make troll you? Huh?

    • @hoon_sol
      @hoon_sol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@shoe777:
      His sentence can't make understand you.

    • @shoe777
      @shoe777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hoon_sol I don't can't make understand mathematics.

  • @sineciomorales9737
    @sineciomorales9737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    there’s a troll thing in debussy’s children’s corner, where he parodied the tristan chord but made fun of it by separating it and using it for a ragtime style piece

    • @pianosbloxworld4460
      @pianosbloxworld4460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My teacher pointed that out.
      Also a Chopin mazurka (Op.7 no.5) has a sign that allows it to be played as many times as you want.

  • @blegh8753
    @blegh8753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    7:36 twoset: frowning and being disgusted by weird music
    me, a non-musician enjoying the music:

  • @loonpond
    @loonpond 2 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    I found this in the inter-tubes: "The Cat Duet is often attributed to composer Giaochino [sic] Rossini (1792 - 1868) but he wasn’t the one who composed it, even though the piece does contain a lot of his music. It is likely that the piece was compiled by Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795 - 1856). An 1825 edition of the Cat Duet credited Pearsall for the piece, but he was under a psuedonym: G. Berthold, just to add to the confusion!"

    • @sebastian-benedictflore
      @sebastian-benedictflore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gioachino*

    • @loonpond
      @loonpond 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@sebastian-benedictflore, You are correct, but the above is a quote. I'll see if I can edit and put "sic" after the name. Thx.

    • @MsFeline81
      @MsFeline81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You can always count on the comment section of twoset to learn more about classical music. I keep wondering though why did Pearsall write it? Love of cats? Or just trolling?

    • @DaninMaine
      @DaninMaine 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@MsFeline81 Why else would someone compose a humorous piece? To make people laugh.

  • @robertmcqueen289
    @robertmcqueen289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Firstly, great video guys. Here's a few things you missed, or in one case, you got the wrong composer, which is a common mistake.
    # Haydn's trumpet concerto. This was composed for the very first keyed trumpet, that could play all the notes in the chromatic scale. So, Haydn started it, on purpose with the Solo trumpet playing in a fanfare style . Then started showing off what this new trumpet can do. These trumpets are still in use to this day, especially in europe today.
    # A musical joke. Gentlemen, you didn't mention the cadenza, where mozart wrote the Solo violin, going too high, then out of tune, then dropping to a bottom G to sound like a string breaking on the violin.
    The last movement was used as the theme tune to an equestrian show on the BBC, back in the day.
    # The Cats duet. Firstly, it wasn't composed by Rossini. It was composed by an English composer, Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795 - 1856), but in the style of Rossini, as a tribute to him. In 1825 Pearsall was given the credit for this piece, in a written piece by a composer G Berthold. Strangely a pseudonym that he also wrote under back in the day.
    If you want to hear a great version. Find on you tube the last night of the proms 1996. Where you'll find 2 singers having a cat fight over flower bouquets, and a damehood. Honest guys you'll love it. Trust me.
    Once again gentlemen. Please do more like this. You're both stars.
    Greetings from Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

  • @paranguaricutirimicuaro
    @paranguaricutirimicuaro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    10:10 And the cat in your house: “Let me show you”.

  • @chriss6356
    @chriss6356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    People: Are you a cat or dog person?
    Me: 9:38

  • @HermanVonPetri
    @HermanVonPetri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I have to believe that Ravel was trolling percussionists when he wrote that snare drum part for "Bolero."

  • @TwoSetPlaylists
    @TwoSetPlaylists 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The playlist of examples for this episode is up on the playlist channel (click logo on the left and go to first entry on playlist tab).
    Have a relaxing weekend everyone with a great soundtrack hand-picked by Brett, Eddy & team!
    0:40 1. Haydn - 'Surprise' Symphony No. 94, II. Andante
    1:59 Bonus: Stravinsky, Firebird SCREAM
    2:12 2. Haydn - Symphony No. 60 'Il Distratto' ('The Inattentive/Forgetful')
    3:39 3. Haydn - 'Farewell' Symphony No. 45, IV. Finale
    5:44 4. Mozart - 'Come Scoglio' from Così Fan Tutte ('Like a rock')
    7:00 5. Mozart - Ein Musikalischer Spaß (A Musical Joke), K. 522
    9:34 6. Rossini - Duetto buffo di due gatti (Cat Duet)

  • @alexgranata.2016
    @alexgranata.2016 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    honestly the best joke (as an italian) was listening to them saying “così fan tutte” with their english accent lmao i was about to die 👌👄👌

    • @STOPGREENSCREENKIDS1015
      @STOPGREENSCREENKIDS1015 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's actually quite a funny name in Swedish. Fan = common swear word, literally "The devil", tutte = tit, boob. Cosi damnit, tit!

  • @oathbreakerraiden
    @oathbreakerraiden 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    this was uploaded while I was in the middle of having a mental breakdown, thanks twoset! love yall

  • @fiddler_stickss
    @fiddler_stickss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I did a ballet dance to the one Mozart Musical Joke piece, and it was really fun. The teacher/choreographer had a good understanding of the history of the piece, and had certain people goof off during the dance lol

  • @justary_9790
    @justary_9790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Doctor: “Classical music can’t make fun of you”
    *Mozart* : Allow me to introduce myself

  • @derpypaimon5139
    @derpypaimon5139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I'm sorry but Eddy's hair at 8:00 😂

  • @oystersnag
    @oystersnag 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    The most troll classical music is by PDQ Bach. I've literally been in tears listening to the music. It's like Weird Al meets classical music.

    • @kristinam4178
      @kristinam4178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My parents sang some stuff by him. My favorite was "Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John," but I absolutely agree everything I've seen from him is fantastically hilarious.

    • @FlamingCockatiel
      @FlamingCockatiel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh, man, one of my top composers. "Long Live the King" is excellent, and I would love to get people to sing it with me, but it's hard to think of an appropriate occasion. I have the Oedipus Tex CD and love the namesake opera (good length of one, IMO) and Classical Rap.
      If you are so inclined, check out Victor Borge, whose specialty was piano-based classical music comedy. Two highlights are his "Happy Birthday" variations and his performance of "Caro Nome" with Marylyn Mulvey.

    • @oystersnag
      @oystersnag 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@FlamingCockatiel Thanks for sharing your recommendation. Both of those performances were fantastic. I don't think people give enough credit to these musicians because not only are they funny, but they have a next level of talent to not only be funny, but to actually perform at such a high level.
      Going back to PDQ Bach, my favorite piece is the 1712 overture. Definitely give it a listen if you haven't heard it before.

    • @elincarlson
      @elincarlson 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FlamingCockatiel "When you park your piano, don't forget to take your keys." - Victor Borge as he ceremoniously rips the entire keyboard off and takes it off stage with him. LOLOL

  • @helenwong4230
    @helenwong4230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I can definitely related to that farewell symphony. Speaking as someone working 60+ hrs per week, work regulation is a good thing!

  • @solenepetit9956
    @solenepetit9956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Check out all the movements of the Carnival of the Animals by Sains-Saëns, they're all hilarious (except the Aquarium and the Swan which are more serious). Particularly the movement called "Fossils", it's a parody of several very famous pieces, including his own work ! Even the description of the piece is a complete troll: Saint-Saëns called this piece a "zoological fantasy" lmao!
    PS : thank you for the reminder of practicing, on my way to practice for 40 hours !

    • @coruscaregames
      @coruscaregames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I love the concept of Tortoises, Piano Players, and Persons with Long Ears in particular xD

    • @TitusTheBard
      @TitusTheBard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, I though "The Pianists" was going to be on the video!

    • @TheSchmuck01
      @TheSchmuck01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Saint-Saëns never intended the Carnival Of The Animals to be published, expressly forbade it. But as soon as he died his publisher decided screw that, let's sell this puppy.

    • @vetaniellecalya1662
      @vetaniellecalya1662 ปีที่แล้ว

      I personally love The Cuckoo bit cuz imagine u study clarinet for years to play this wonderful soli consisting of 2 notes 😀 2 fucking notes 😀

  • @janestyles9311
    @janestyles9311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    10:25 and Eddy's wondering why we voted in their previous video that he secretly watches maid cafe vlogs on his spare time

  • @viktoriiafedorova
    @viktoriiafedorova 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    In the first movement of his XVth symphony Shosty puts a fragment of Rossini's Wilhelm Tell. It is hilarious, almost squeezed a laugh out of me during the live performance.
    Edit: how about Haydn's fart joke? No way it can be omitted

    • @teresagardiner153
      @teresagardiner153 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      To say nothing of Mozart's many, many fart jokes.

  • @adamdonahue2079
    @adamdonahue2079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Another interesting one is Debussy’s Golliwog’s Cakewalk, which has a middle section featuring a more subdued line that’s frequently interrupted by this rather comical allusion to Wagner’s Tristan chord from Tristan und Isolde. Sort a “thumbing his nose” gesture towards Wagner and his German dramaticism

  • @gracejenkins2764
    @gracejenkins2764 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I know other people have commented comments like this, but I just want to say again that the range of content that TwoSet makes in incredible! Keep it coming!

  • @sahajkaur2440
    @sahajkaur2440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Me: Aw, that actually sounds quite nice!
    The music: Literally supposed to sound wrong.

  • @deschua
    @deschua 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    As a person who studied classical music in school, I never knew Haydn, the father of symphonies, is such a troll!

    • @y2kenh
      @y2kenh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I never studied. Can u confirm 8:20 please? I can only explain it as they f'd up and thought the treble was a bass clef

  • @astroneural
    @astroneural 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    4:03 killed me.
    We love you editor-San!

  • @majesticseaflapflap7547
    @majesticseaflapflap7547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "I wanna see a performance where they're wearing cat ears" and then immediately try to repair it with "tHeRe aRe AniMe giRLs"
    Careful Eddy, your weeb is showing.

  • @janestyles9311
    @janestyles9311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    1:15 genuinely woke up my entire neighborhood

  • @avarosemoher4526
    @avarosemoher4526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    THE PURE HAPPINESS I FELT WHEN I GOT THE NOTIFICATION FOR THIS, THANK YOU TWOSETVIOLIN 🥰🥰🥰

  • @Kimchi-oy5hh
    @Kimchi-oy5hh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Their scream actually jumpscared me though I knew it was coming

  • @steamedbryce
    @steamedbryce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    10:41 Another video with Editor-san being savage af

  • @amanda8214
    @amanda8214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am living for the *dramatic* intros

  • @cz5981
    @cz5981 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this is genuinely hilarious and makes me so so happy. i love these composers

  • @derpypaimon5139
    @derpypaimon5139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    10:18
    timestamp for Brett's adorable "meow"

  • @Aoi_yuuka
    @Aoi_yuuka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    10:24 Eddy wishing to see 'Cat Duet' being performed in cat ears and similar dress but realises that might never happen
    *1 month later*
    Decides to have Brett fullfill his cat kink (ig) , by dragging him into the whole maid dress cat ears saga/wars
    (The wars still on lol , lets see if Eddy wins or not)
    Update : Eddy won lol

  • @sarahbattensby
    @sarahbattensby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The Mozart composition sounds so much like what I composed in secondary school music when I was 15. He knows the style so well, I feel attacked.

  • @jellithearoace
    @jellithearoace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    the surprise symphony is the equivalent of someone screaming during an ASMR video

  • @davidnguyen4707
    @davidnguyen4707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Haydn also put in fart jokes in some of his symphonies, peak man child humor.

  • @elianaarnold5608
    @elianaarnold5608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    1:10 okay but the bassists in the corner look CRAMPED

  • @ViolinHobby
    @ViolinHobby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ha ha ha. .Haydn troll piece reminded me of the clown out of the music box.

  • @hindemith1922
    @hindemith1922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This could be a series. Hindemith wrote some funny pieces too, like a string quartet titled 'Minimax' and of course his famous 'The Flying Dutchman Overture as Sight-Read by a Bad Spa Orchestra'

    • @FlamingCockatiel
      @FlamingCockatiel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I just listened to the second one. Good recommendation.

  • @massivepanda8692
    @massivepanda8692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    0:13 I think I know some classical musicians who are actually pretty funny people 👀

  • @vivianv.0724
    @vivianv.0724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Happy to see another upload of them. Kinda funny when they try go hide from the table to surprise..literally..😅
    By the way the cat duet is really funny hahhah

  • @bobbityjack
    @bobbityjack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The surprise symphony was actually to get the attention of the audience as a whole since concerts of the day were social events where people would be chatting the whole time (gotta see and be seen so everyone knows who has the cash to dress up and go out) and the music would often be treated as a background

    • @asaqvarnstrom3465
      @asaqvarnstrom3465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "There was an exceeding good concert, but too much talking to hear it well. Indeed I am quite astonished to find how little music is attended to in silence; for, though every body seems to admire, hardly any body listens." The protagonist of Frances Burney's Evelina, published 1778, visiting The Pantheon (of London) for the first time.

  • @jovanj2717
    @jovanj2717 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Haydn and his musicians have been practicing "quiet quitting" in the workplace since 1772

  • @cullinann
    @cullinann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It’s so great to see every time TwoSet uploads a video lol Thank you for making everyone’s TH-cam feed better!

  • @Proud_Troll
    @Proud_Troll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    8:38 No, that's actually kinda good. Mozart is incapable of writing bad music.

    • @lisztomaniac2718
      @lisztomaniac2718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You didn't get the point. Mozart intentionally wrote a terrible piece to mock bad composers. There are lots of mistakes in that writing. He was the biggest troll.

    • @Ludwig1625
      @Ludwig1625 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know, that little theme besides the horns is actually beautiful

  • @apooyosucks
    @apooyosucks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    6:18 OOOOOHHH, is that why there was that one gag where Bugs Bunny messed around with this opera singer?

    • @jddrew1000
      @jddrew1000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Precisely

  • @hannapak
    @hannapak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A good modern take on this is the Canival of Venus-- a spoof on the famous trumpet Canival of Venice that only the composer (Alan visutti) is able to play! techically a BEAST and the only piece that made me laugh out loud!

  • @Rescel1
    @Rescel1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yeah why there are only 3bars 8:45
    Me while enjoying this „bad“ song

  • @cyrissiryc5126
    @cyrissiryc5126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for this video, it's both interesting and educational ❤❤❤ Felt like I just attended a TwoSet University class 😊 looking forward to more classes soon!

  • @rudlodh78
    @rudlodh78 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The "farewell" piece by Haydn reminds me of a middle school piece I watched called "clarinets packing up early". Same motif each time, but as it went on it was faster and faster, and the clarinets would remove parts from the clarinet every time. At the end, they picked up their cases and walked out. Brilliant performance, it will always be in my head. (note- when clarinets remove their barrel too, (piece below the mouthpiece) there's virtually no way to control the sound.)

  • @forestenrory
    @forestenrory 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    5:37 a choir substitute teacher once told me that their singers used to leave on the dot at the time, one time he said, wait i have an announcement- none of them stayed. the next day he came in two hours later than the start time and informed them that the announcement had been that they could have the morning off XD

  • @averychang9517
    @averychang9517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love this literally. Such creative content

  • @bobbyjcfhvlichtenstein8253
    @bobbyjcfhvlichtenstein8253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "You have to practice"
    I'm in the middle of an Ice Storm / Hail Storm, and I'm a percussionist...
    It'd be a bit dangerous to hike to my campus's music building

  • @simplytwosetter
    @simplytwosetter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Twoset University Lesson started NOW!! Can't wait to see what awesome classical music knowledge Prof Yang and Prof Chen prepared!!

  • @olyazykina
    @olyazykina 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    it's so cool, that you always have really interesting ideas and topics for videos✨

  • @EngineMashups
    @EngineMashups 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My friend and I sung the Rossini duet together for her GCSE music performance and it was genuinely fun - I struggle with anxiety and I don't even REMEMBER my own performance, but that one was actually so much fun I enjoyed it which was amazing! Thanks Rossini you brightened up my music education a bit king

  • @hanni9347
    @hanni9347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It'd be really interesting to hear more about orchestra life stories like all walking out when time is up!

  • @angelzhang4933
    @angelzhang4933 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    rly enjoyed watching this type of content! both entertaining and educational! greately intrigued by the humor in past composers and got to know new pieces and the theory behind!

  • @TwoSetPlaylists
    @TwoSetPlaylists 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Perfectly timed Duolingo ad instead of Haydn's jumpscare

  • @Cloxxki
    @Cloxxki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    TwoSet" challenge for you.
    Each work with a composer to write a piece for the other to play. Totally going after all the aspects that are furthest from mastery. Or frustrate the hell out of them. Remind of most hated piece. Troll the heck out of each other writing it, but still make it sound like a genuine piece to people who fail to see the personal context.

  • @sena-gw6fj
    @sena-gw6fj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    that'd be so good if you guys make a video where one of you will play the first note of the piece and other will try to guess and everytime he can't guess the player adds a note and play again, to see who will recognize the piece with less notes btw really enjoy your vids

    • @curio_sphere
      @curio_sphere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The have a pretty old video where they guess a symphony playing JUST the first note you should go watch it! They are really good at guessing too, might not need more than one note.

  • @AwsamNick
    @AwsamNick 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Classical music is serious business." IM DYING 😂😂

  • @alexiab2815
    @alexiab2815 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    i have nothing funny and creative to add so i'll just state the obvious: this episode was a banger and i love u guys

  • @CMO1996
    @CMO1996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Berlioz composed a « Amen » fugue in « La Damnation de Faust » just for trolling bad church composers. But this fugue is so daaaaaaamn good that it is for me one of the peaks of all the piece

  • @Love-Is-Kind
    @Love-Is-Kind 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That was awesome! Thank you both, Brett & Eddy! Take care and see you in your next video! 🤩🤩

  • @amycameron58
    @amycameron58 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a fun video, I would love to see more like this. I have learned so much about classical music from you. Thank you!

  • @ishanpareek2188
    @ishanpareek2188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I dont know how but your content is just getting better with time .
    KEEP IT UP GUYS :)

  • @eliter7991
    @eliter7991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    7:10 - Ah, yes, please, forgive me, Mozart, for not being born a prodigy!

    • @celloplaysmusic7330
      @celloplaysmusic7330 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even if you're not born prodigy you could still be great

  • @superqwat8618
    @superqwat8618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mozart's Don Giovanni has a part where musicians are playing a part from his other earlier opera, and the people are commenting on it in scene. I find it hilarious.

    • @Mondkreischer
      @Mondkreischer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      damn, easter eggs in operas

  • @stjevena
    @stjevena ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Funny thing about the cat duet, I´ve sung it before and it is really fun to play it out on stage and also really fun when the audience understands what you are playing. It is a piece that you can really take to the extreme.

  • @jagp135
    @jagp135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shostakovich's 9th symphony was a massive troll to Stalin, a huge chad move.