You put so much effort into these videos! Chopin is my favorite composer. His use of ostinato in a lot of his compositions is one of my favorite things about his style. The best examples are from the section you showed in the 1st Ballade, and 3/4 into the 3rd Ballade, and obviously the Nocturnes. It gives the harmony so much color, and is also fun to play.
Thanks, I figured there didn't seem to be any video essay channel on youtube, which talked about classical music, so I figured I'd give it a shot. The ostinato and pedal points are also used heavily in his etudes such as Op. 10 no. 9 or Op. 25 no. 1, Stay tuned, next Wednesday you'll get part II.
I have never understood how people think classical music is boring, there is such depth and so much conveyed without words. Chopin has been my favorite since I first heard him, although I certainly enjoy the others as well.
Having played the piano from the age of 5, I was of course expected and encourage to play a lot of Bach. I could never get on with him, and always wanted to be playing romantic music. That started to change when I went to a concert of music written by composers who had occupied Bach's position at the Thomasschule in Leipzig - the program went through their music in chronological order, culminating with Bach. Seeing how he built from those who went before him, and seeing what he brought fresh to music, was a wonderful eye opener. Subsequently I have become more interested in earlier music - from Gibbons through to Froberger - and coming at Bach "from the other direction" completely changed how I feel about his music. I absolutely worship him now :D
I can agree on the Nocturnes though Chopin's nocturnes leave Field's in the dust in harmonic complexity and motifs. Aside from that, Chopin's music is entirely unique to it's time. His ability to create, his originality and genius shines in the details as much as the bold themes. No other composer like Frédéric Chopin..
1:41 1:51 да, конечно, Шопен непревзойденный, уникальный композитор, нежные звуки проникают вам в душу, страсть поражает, неужели это мог сочинить человек в 19 веке !
chopin was more influenced by field many know! I analyzed both composers and its striking how many chord changes/embellisches chopin borrows from field.
As a aspiring composer your videos are truly a jewel in TH-cam! Thank you for this information about Field and Chopin, it would be interesting if you talked more about other composers such as Debussy and their forgotten influential precursors. I bought Fields Nocturnes and started to see the resemblance and where Chopin got many of its ideas from.
Where did you get that definition for the word "pedal point"? I've never heard that definition. It's supposed to be a sustained (bass) note that underlies different harmonies. Not just that the lowest note repeats after a while. Anyway, thank you for a great video!
He didn't first originate the nocturne style. It was promoted by John Fields but Chopin took it to another level into an infinite realm of possibilities
Thank you very much for this amazing video! I have discovered my now favourite composer about 2 years ago and have been in love with many of his pieces. Now I am aiming towards improvising like him, so I am researching about his style. This video is a good help, thank you!
Amazing work man! I live for this stuff, basically. Well produced and informative video. You have my attention :) EDIT: I'd like more videos on composer styles. Mozart, Haydn, Arvo Pärt...
Great video thanks. I had always wondered where the term 'nocturne' came from as Mozart and Bach and Vivaldi had never written them. Now it makes sense
Does the pedal point term being used for the lowest note have anything to do with those being the points where you are most likely to press the sustain pedal?
composers had used ostinato for a long time before chopin and field. some of the most popular classical music such as mozart or bach use ostinato as a foundation for melody. It was a common device used to sustain a harmonic background all over the place in music. stylistically chopin does owe a great deal to field but I think it might be more to the point to relate how the ostinato they used was stretched over a larger part of the piano range by the left hand than was typically found in most earlier european classical music.
also chopin having been influenced by bel canto italian opera singing by his piano instructor might be a useful thing to connect to the specific use of extended embellishments in the melodic voices of his piano music.
Very interesting stuff! I've been listening to Chopin for many years and together with Jan Johansson (although very different) they are the only piano players that I actively listen to. Yet I never read up on Chopin, as with Johansson I've probably read and seen everything I've been able to get my hands on.
Thanks for a well produced and interesting video! I'd like to point out that the left hand in the Fantasie Impromptu recording you showed doesn't match with the sheet music at times though.
Beethoven's style? I know you plan to do more videos on the style of composers and while I do love Chopin, my favorite composer out of all of them is Beethoven. I love how he is able to make the seemingly boringly happy key of C major be just as dramatic as its minor cousin.
I already did but i have to state again that i love your videos.Have you got some experience with media or how come the first videos on the channel are already of excellent quality?you do not have many views yet but i think that will change .Besides your videos are pretty timeless so if somebody in 200 years wants to inform himself about classical music this channel will still be very helpfull i think.
It is these types of comments that keep me going. I think the atypical nature of my channel's Schwerpunkt (focus) is why it hasn't necessarily garnered huge traffic yet. But I am quite satisfied with the amount of subscribers I have achieved in the relative short amount of time I have been on youtube. I am close to 500 subscribers and I am very satisfied with that. It will grow in time, and since my channel is pretty young and I don't study google stats to see what's trending in order to make click bait-y content, I am astounded and honored that half a thousand people watched a video of mine and enjoyed what they saw enough to click subscribe. I know at this point that google is recommending my videos already, so I have obviously reached some algorithmic threshold for them to start doing that. I enjoy sharing what I have learned about classical music, and I'm glad others seem to be enjoying the videos I put out. As far as the quality of my videos, I have absolutely no media background. I use Apple's final cut pro which is pretty easy to use, at least if one has years of experience with the MacOS. I have a half decent microphone and some experience and schooling in recording, which is probably how I get the narration to sound okay. I have had plenty of problems and hang ups when I edit my videos, and didn't understand certain shortcuts when I started making videos that would have significantly helped my work flow and saved me literally hours of time. As with mastering most things in life, it's all about trial and error, oh and google directing me to the correct forum with the answer to whatever problem or issue I am having with final cut pro. I am very convinced the internet will someday be able to replace most forms of education, I am also convinced it might be one of the greatest inventions mankind has ever created, up there with the printing press, fire, or electricity. We can all learn basically anything we want online. But as with many great inventions it can also obviously be abused.
The more the incorporated adds insist that I need to use Grammarly, the more I get sure that I definitely do not need this adware- and spyware-loaded crap.
You put so much effort into these videos! Chopin is my favorite composer. His use of ostinato in a lot of his compositions is one of my favorite things about his style. The best examples are from the section you showed in the 1st Ballade, and 3/4 into the 3rd Ballade, and obviously the Nocturnes. It gives the harmony so much color, and is also fun to play.
Thanks, I figured there didn't seem to be any video essay channel on youtube, which talked about classical music, so I figured I'd give it a shot.
The ostinato and pedal points are also used heavily in his etudes such as Op. 10 no. 9 or Op. 25 no. 1, Stay tuned, next Wednesday you'll get part II.
If your favourite composer is Chopin, why is your profile picture of Scriabin?
ostinato is just repeated, in production this is copy and paste haha
Check out the song Vltava in the style of Chopin th-cam.com/video/jM0ExJAP6_E/w-d-xo.html
I have never understood how people think classical music is boring, there is such depth and so much conveyed without words. Chopin has been my favorite since I first heard him, although I certainly enjoy the others as well.
yeah whoever says that is clearly an idiot. People don’t even understand even the music they listen in depth
Having played the piano from the age of 5, I was of course expected and encourage to play a lot of Bach. I could never get on with him, and always wanted to be playing romantic music. That started to change when I went to a concert of music written by composers who had occupied Bach's position at the Thomasschule in Leipzig - the program went through their music in chronological order, culminating with Bach. Seeing how he built from those who went before him, and seeing what he brought fresh to music, was a wonderful eye opener. Subsequently I have become more interested in earlier music - from Gibbons through to Froberger - and coming at Bach "from the other direction" completely changed how I feel about his music. I absolutely worship him now :D
I can agree on the Nocturnes though Chopin's nocturnes leave Field's in the dust in harmonic complexity and motifs. Aside from that, Chopin's music is entirely unique to it's time. His ability to create, his originality and genius shines in the details as much as the bold themes. No other composer like Frédéric Chopin..
Check out the song Vltava in the style of Chopin th-cam.com/video/jM0ExJAP6_E/w-d-xo.html
1:41 1:51 да, конечно, Шопен непревзойденный, уникальный композитор, нежные звуки проникают вам в душу, страсть поражает, неужели это мог сочинить человек в 19 веке !
1:37 wow I almost thought the first nocturne was by chopin... so similar!! but chopin is much more emotional than field
I really like Field's fifth nocturne. First time hearing it. Lovely.
@Claudius yessssss
chopin was more influenced by field many know! I analyzed both composers and its striking how many chord changes/embellisches chopin borrows from field.
In my opinion ist’s Similar to Schumanns Kinderszenen no1
Beautifully put together video, this helped me discover John Field and his nocturnes! Muito obrigado
This is so much interesting and really well realized!! Congratulations...running to part 2!!
even not very good at english but I can literally understand majority his style! this channel is so underrated omg...
Chopin's first nocturne was actually Op. 72 No. 1, written in 1827. It was however published posthumously.
My fav nocturne
As a aspiring composer your videos are truly a jewel in TH-cam! Thank you for this information about Field and Chopin, it would be interesting if you talked more about other composers such as Debussy and their forgotten influential precursors. I bought Fields Nocturnes and started to see the resemblance and where Chopin got many of its ideas from.
Where did you get that definition for the word "pedal point"? I've never heard that definition. It's supposed to be a sustained (bass) note that underlies different harmonies. Not just that the lowest note repeats after a while.
Anyway, thank you for a great video!
He didn't first originate the nocturne
style. It was promoted by John Fields but Chopin took it to another
level into an infinite realm of
possibilities
Thank you very much for this amazing video! I have discovered my now favourite composer about 2 years ago and have been in love with many of his pieces. Now I am aiming towards improvising like him, so I am researching about his style. This video is a good help, thank you!
My favorite piano composer! Now I’m studying the Prelude n. 4 from him. Greetings from Brasil!
Very interesting channel I have subscribed. Chopin my favorite composer)
thank you.....i'm honoured
This video was very informative and relaxing. I subscribed!
The quality of these videos is outstanding!
such a complex soul. i wonder how hard they must’ve gone through to create something intricate and capable of perpetuity.
Amazing work man! I live for this stuff, basically. Well produced and informative video. You have my attention :)
EDIT: I'd like more videos on composer styles. Mozart, Haydn, Arvo Pärt...
This video was perfectly presented man. Bravo
Chopin is definitely one of my favorite and this video was excellent.. Great work! You've got a new subscriber.
○ ^_^ ○
Great video learnt a lot
3:27 just blew my mind
Happy to find you here ^^
Ferdinando Santoro I Composer Hey ^^
Great video thanks. I had always wondered where the term 'nocturne' came from as Mozart and Bach and Vivaldi had never written them. Now it makes sense
Does the pedal point term being used for the lowest note have anything to do with those being the points where you are most likely to press the sustain pedal?
composers had used ostinato for a long time before chopin and field. some of the most popular classical music such as mozart or bach use ostinato as a foundation for melody. It was a common device used to sustain a harmonic background all over the place in music. stylistically chopin does owe a great deal to field but I think it might be more to the point to relate how the ostinato they used was stretched over a larger part of the piano range by the left hand than was typically found in most earlier european classical music.
also chopin having been influenced by bel canto italian opera singing by his piano instructor might be a useful thing to connect to the specific use of extended embellishments in the melodic voices of his piano music.
It seems you go into this in part 2! nice job!
Thank you!
Great couple of videos!!!
Enjoyable lesson!
Thank you for making this video, I really like when people analysis the composers’ style😀😀
Fantastic work! Keep it up! I will keep watching!
que maravilha amo essa música , maravilhoso chopin , seria muito bom se tivesse legenda em português ou tradução, sou do Brasil, like
Well done: clear and comprehensive again, well done. you are the f***ing man :)
Nice.
Great video 👍👍
Very interesting stuff! I've been listening to Chopin for many years and together with Jan Johansson (although very different) they are the only piano players that I actively listen to. Yet I never read up on Chopin, as with Johansson I've probably read and seen everything I've been able to get my hands on.
Great video! Though I can't really see the difference between the blue and black notes against the background, at least on mobile.
Wow, what a video
Thanks for a well produced and interesting video! I'd like to point out that the left hand in the Fantasie Impromptu recording you showed doesn't match with the sheet music at times though.
May you please do Debussy next.
Check out Jon Nakamatsu’s rendition of Berceuse, op. 57. My favorite.
Chopin is the pianist of God
I agree. My favourite piece of music happens to be Chopin's Etude 25-12, and that had to be inspired by God IMO.
any music degree seems pedant close to that. Thats a virtuoso presentation. Waiting to see the development
Fucking solid video mate! This really helped me to gain a better understanding of classical music in general. Thank you!!!
Can you tell me who the pianist playing the ballade is?
Krystian Zimerman
polonaise op22?
I agree - only a divine power could've inspired a mortal human to compose Etude 25-12.
it's a rather simple etude
Simple, in its own way, it's hummable, unlike something like Etude 25-2 or 10-4... It's more than just an etude. A masterpiece.
You underestimate the power of the mind.
@@MusicalMissCapri All Chopin Etudes are more than just an etude, please...
It’s quite insulting to give credit of one’s own ability to a deity.
I always thought some of Chopin's pieces sounded so jazzy, but I never could figure out why.
Listen to his op 17 no 4. So jazzy
Beethoven's style? I know you plan to do more videos on the style of composers and while I do love Chopin, my favorite composer out of all of them is Beethoven. I love how he is able to make the seemingly boringly happy key of C major be just as dramatic as its minor cousin.
instant sub
I already did but i have to state again that i love your videos.Have you got some experience with media or how come the first videos on the channel are already of excellent quality?you do not have many views yet but i think that will change .Besides your videos are pretty timeless so if somebody in 200 years wants to inform himself about classical music this channel will still be very helpfull i think.
It is these types of comments that keep me going. I think the atypical nature of my channel's Schwerpunkt (focus) is why it hasn't necessarily garnered huge traffic yet. But I am quite satisfied with the amount of subscribers I have achieved in the relative short amount of time I have been on youtube. I am close to 500 subscribers and I am very satisfied with that. It will grow in time, and since my channel is pretty young and I don't study google stats to see what's trending in order to make click bait-y content, I am astounded and honored that half a thousand people watched a video of mine and enjoyed what they saw enough to click subscribe. I know at this point that google is recommending my videos already, so I have obviously reached some algorithmic threshold for them to start doing that. I enjoy sharing what I have learned about classical music, and I'm glad others seem to be enjoying the videos I put out. As far as the quality of my videos, I have absolutely no media background. I use Apple's final cut pro which is pretty easy to use, at least if one has years of experience with the MacOS. I have a half decent microphone and some experience and schooling in recording, which is probably how I get the narration to sound okay. I have had plenty of problems and hang ups when I edit my videos, and didn't understand certain shortcuts when I started making videos that would have significantly helped my work flow and saved me literally hours of time. As with mastering most things in life, it's all about trial and error, oh and google directing me to the correct forum with the answer to whatever problem or issue I am having with final cut pro. I am very convinced the internet will someday be able to replace most forms of education, I am also convinced it might be one of the greatest inventions mankind has ever created, up there with the printing press, fire, or electricity. We can all learn basically anything we want online. But as with many great inventions it can also obviously be abused.
@@MusicaUniversalis informative comment :)
Absolute genius and prolly the most unisue composer.
it turns out that the style was invented by Field, while he himself remained in the shadows
Where’s Debussy?
No debussy
I’m a guitarist but Chopin makes me want to play piano
You should be a professor of music history at a university somewhere!
Some pieces have words
Operas, songs, what have you
3:05 Kiki's delivery service intro by Hisaishi
It is said that great composers steal, whereas ordinary barrow.
Chad Chopin
You sound a lot like Lemmino
Excelente! Comparto un breve análisis de chopin + ejercicios th-cam.com/video/UioP7wyfm0k/w-d-xo.html
It's an "Alberti base" and it goes back to classical style, well before the romantic style.
The more the incorporated adds insist that I need to use Grammarly, the more I get sure that I definitely do not need this adware- and spyware-loaded crap.
"Divine new power" ok, i don't speak this language
The N of chopin is not pronounced in french. Its a french name, not polish.
But hasn't Chopin had this name while still in Poland?
what a nerd. Chopin's signature has fortissimo in it? lmao
Not SHO-PAN
sho pin
federico saviano it is sho-pan
Thank You!