I think JS Bach's C major prelude is the main foundation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most famous song "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from "Evita". Cheers...
When you only have twelve notes to work with it becomes inevitable that certain combinations will have to be repeated and we're all the richer for it...
You forgot to mention Greensleeves which can also be heard on the little montage of tracks at the end of All You Need Is Love.Thank you for a great video.
Omg, this video worth more and more viewers. Could you tell me the video at 0,46 where Chick Corea play var from Goldberg Variation, if there is a link to that video im would totally happy. Tks you for this greatwork
Late and great rocker Frank Zappa once declared (to paraphrase!) "Modern song writers have something of a problem as most of the great tunes have already been written over 200 years ago by dudes who wore platform shoes and wigs!."
One of my first exposures to Bach (and fugues) was Carnival Fugue by Focus. It's based roughly on one of the piano preludes, starting with a simple theme, and then it builds up and becomes ever more complicated.. I loved the piece. Focus also did a wonderful job on Brahms with Hamburger Concerto.
Thank you for this, was truly enjoyable to watch. I occasionally stray to other composers and genres but always find myself coming back to how wonderful the music of JS Bach is! The greatest musician that's ever lived.
I don't know why you keep showing that one stupid cartoon face of Bach. You could have varied it, but I guess it was the easy way out. Also, your terminology is often wrong. Prime example; saying transpose when it should be transcribe.
the more one studies music, the more impressive bach is. No wonder most artists who are famous respect him. I played the bach prelude in classical guitar, took me like a month to play it decently, and it made me appreciate it in a different way. It makes sense why they teach him to kids. Bach's pieces are the best to learn and improve the techniques of whatever instrument you play and polish your technical abilities while playing actual music instead of just exercises! My favorite from Bach is the Mass in B minor. So mind blowing, the only 90+ minute piece I listen to over and over and keep finding more and more. Such a wonderful piece.
A slight correction on the tune of 'O Sacred Head, Now Wounded'. It was indeed composed by Hans Leo Hassler, however, Bach probably didn't know about this, or, if he did, didn't directly "borrow" it. Let me explain: The tune was originally composed by Hassler, but then it was later appropriated and adapted by Johann Crüger to accompany the hymn "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded", or, as it is known in German, "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden". This hymn is by the popular hymnwriter Paul Gerhardt, and the hymn together with the tune was probably sung a lot in Lutheran churches. The audience that Bach composed for would have been familiar with the tune. It's also worth mentioning that Bach and other German composers of the time did this a lot. In fact, one of the other Bach pieces you mention also incorporates a church hymn tune: "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". The melody that you recognize was composed by Bach, but the choral hymn melody that intercepts the instrumental melody (I don’t really know how to better explain this 😂) was composed by Johann Schop, meanwhile the text was written by Martin Janus. Check out a performance of the original chorale on RU-vid if you're confused.
I love Classical music but I originally fell in love with music because of bedroom producers making Trance in the 2000s stuff like "dj-Nate - The Beginning of Time". Trying to find that example to put in the comments I can hear lots of elements of the genre of classical music in this sort of music. I suppose it goes full circle. That kind of music still is some of my favorite stuff though I don't listen to it enough. Thanks for providing so many examples of music influenced by Bach. I find it funny when people are against the notion of sampling in music which while taking a recording of a piece and taking the notes from a piece are difference yes that's true, to me it's about the concept of finding a building block to build something else on, sometimes you don't need to invent or make up your own cracker recipe if you want to make a food pairing with cheese--it's about how it good it tastes at the end of the day for me. Especially loved learning all the stuff that went into "All You Need Is Love". Also I think I've seen Beethoven's melodies used A LOT in popular culture that I feel like he's should get a video like this on how he influences popular music.
WTC and the The art of the fuge are two of my favorites. Although as classical guitarist the violin Sonatas and Partitas are closer to me and changed my musical journey.
Good vid - thanks! 😀 (Until you mentioned it, I'd not realised the Steve Hackett/Cello Suite comparison either - but, as you say, it's blindingly obvious! I personally feel a 'd'oh' moment coming on here! 🤣)
as someone with perfect pitch the key something is in totally affects what i hear from the piece. something originally in Eb major but played in G major loses a lot of the piece's warmth.
I just googled da da da daa classical music, and it brought me to this. Well done Sir for highlighting the number of da da da daas in Beethovens Fifth !
I was taught that Monteverdi belonged to the Baroque era. And what happened to Impressionism, neo-Classicism, Minimalism, the second Viennese School,? Seems like you sacrificed a lot with the 5-minute clock.
Orson Welles’ « The Trial », based on Kafka book, has almost all time Albinoni’s Adagio as score. Great film with Anthony Perkins, Jean Moreau, Romy Schneider and Welles himself
I get goosebumps in the prelude to Die Walkure act 2, i think? Where it plays what would be develop into the Ride of the Valkyries. Or when Brynhilde sings "Rue, Rue, du Gott." Qnd the end, when the world is ended. I also get goosebumps in the musical Hunchback of Notre Dame, Esmeralda when everyone is singing "Wake up the city and sound the alarm!"
4 great picks but I would question the Beethoven because no-one listens to it and rightly or wrongly everyone already considers it crap, so it was a bit of a cheap choice. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik on the other hand - I even hate the stupid title!
