Great Composers: Frédéric Chopin

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A look at one of the piano's most beloved writers.
This was a viewer request from RU-vidr Mario Cervantes as well as an anonymous Tumblr user. If you've got a question or request for a future video, leave a comment, shoot me a message through RU-vid, or use the email/Tumblr links below.
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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Music:
- Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52, performed by Randolph Hokanson
[free recording courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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Комментарии : 55

@michaeleaster1815 4 года назад

If Mozart was perfection, Chopin taught us that there is a level beyond perfection.

@charlesdavis7087 4 года назад

Dear Classical Nerd; Your presentations should be mandatory in high schools and colleges. You've done a beautiful job.

@camh1149 3 месяца назад

I'm sorry to be late to the party but... wonderful insight into this great composer's life and technique !

@Hist_da_Musica Год назад

What is fascinating is the fact that he didn't write for voice - he loved the human voice, but only when translated to instruments

@Hailey_Paige_1937 Год назад

He did, actually!! Check out his Opus 74 - His 19 Polish Songs! ☺️❤️

@kyokusei 4 года назад

13:51 I think Chopin does quote, or rather draw direct inspiration from the Polish Christmas carol "Lulajże Jezuniu" in the middle of his Op. 20 Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor.

@krzysztofq7420 4 года назад

After Chopin died, his heart was taken to Poland (because he wanted this to happen).

@janburris2773 7 лет назад

Another interesting and entertaining one, Thomas. Thank you.

@retiredmusiceducator3612 7 лет назад

so that's where my little Chopin bust went! I didn't even know you came by my music room!

@nicks5556 7 лет назад

Nice video you deserve more subs :(

@agamaz5650 4 года назад

subscribers mean nothing

@MrExtraordinaire16 4 года назад

Your right but views do

@moldychez5429 3 года назад

Background music: Ballad no. 4 in F Minor

@Cryseris 2 года назад

1:30 pronounced Konstantsya Gwadkovska

@chickenflavor9880 4 года назад

The best piece of Chopin is ballade number 1

@danielflorencio6017 3 года назад

I disagree, I liked the 4th one

@moldychez5429 3 года назад

Me too. Personally, I also like the Ab one. Even better though, rather the piece I would say is his greatest piece ever, is the Polonaise Fantasy in Ab

@sosoyo180 7 лет назад

Also I know i've already requested a video, but any chance we'll see one on Medtner soon?

@ClassicalNerd 7 лет назад

I'll add Medtner to the request queue, but the request queue is getting longer by the day.

@retiredmusiceducator3612 7 лет назад

that's what happens when you do as well as you do!

@luchadorito 6 лет назад

Classical Nerd will you please add Kodály to that please?

@alskndlaskndal 6 лет назад

Why do so many composers want their unpublished works destroyed? Think of all the beautiful music we'll never hear!

@georgealderson4424 6 лет назад

R.D. Dragon Thanks be to God that Rachmaninoff failed in his attempt to destroy his first symphony after less than kind reviews which almost destroyed the great man himself let alone his work Blessings and peace Mr Dragon

@samuelrappaport6162 5 лет назад

Because they didn't like it. It's there music not ours

@rainyday6430 2 года назад

because they are unfinished! they aren't ready for the world to hear. damn, i respect not publishing them honestly.... it's unfair

@alexandresobreiramartins9461 4 года назад

Would you recommend a specific pianist? I find it hard to find real good Chopin interpreters. They either mush him as super-romantic or mechanicise him as purely technical.

@ClassicalNerd 4 года назад

You're not the only one to find good interpreters hard to come by. I think it largely depends on what you're looking for in a performance and why so many pianists find such reward in tweaking and crafting their interpretations to include what they like of other performances.

@welpistmusic6147 4 года назад

Cziffra , Horowitz, Argerich are good

@eyelll4982 4 года назад

Rubinstein, Zimerman, Seong-Jin cho

@shayanmardanbeigi2697 4 года назад

Great video, but man the ballade no 4 in f minor performance in the background is such a catastrophy

@FlyingVification 7 месяцев назад

"He stayed within a circle of Polish expatriates, amongst whom he was most himself." Haha.

@ShorkGamer 7 лет назад

Now onto the next big Name: Richard Wagner, and maybe even Friedrich Wagner?

@ClassicalNerd 7 лет назад

I received a request for Richard Wagner some time ago, so that's already moving along in the queue. Can't say I'm familiar with a composer named Friedrich Wagner; the only notable Friedrich in the Wagner family was Richard's father, who wasn't much of a composer.

@ShorkGamer 7 лет назад

Oh sry. I miss typed it. I meant Siegfried Wagner! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Wagner

@ClassicalNerd 7 лет назад

Wow! _That_ I did not know. Thanks for telling me-I'll definitely look into him more now.

@joshuafruend3348 6 лет назад

Awesome video! Chopin has always been my favorite.

@hannastaszak1684 Год назад

Chopin to najpiękniejsza spuścizna dla ludzkości ❤️

@telephilia 4 года назад

Only a piano composer (even his concerti are basically solo pieces not a symphony with piano as in Brahms) and mostly small compositions - but within that narrow realm, Chopin is perfect.

@thedankest1974 6 лет назад

This channel has such potential

@sebastianzaczek 5 лет назад

0:25 In case anyone wonders how it's pronounced: "Ż" is like the "J" in "Jeans" "e" like in "end" "z" like in "zipper" "o" like in "lock" "Wola" almost like "Violà" Polish pronounciation is hard, but you may give it a try 😃

@unchartedthoughts7527 3 года назад

*Mah boy Chopin, bitter dark with a slight nostalgic touch of sweet melancholy, like a piece of Scho-ka-kola*

@harrycook9041 5 лет назад

I know a lot people don't like the Piano concertos, but I love the second movement of the first one. I don't know why but I absolutely love it.

@danielfeygin1216 4 года назад

I also love Chopin's first movement of his second piano concerto, and I also don't know why

@billthon1099 Год назад

Well don video, Chopin is still the most difficult for me to play

@albuch520 3 года назад

Why don't you make video about Liszt.

@agamaz5650 4 года назад

love your videos bro!

@Hailey_Paige_1937 Год назад

Fun fact - Chopin DID INDEED write for the voice!!! Go check out his 19 Polish Songs, Op. 74!!! Available in Polish, French, and German! It’s a dream of mine to sing all 19 of them someday. ❤

@welpistmusic6147 4 года назад

I am the 9898th view xD

@sosoyo180 7 лет назад

Amazing video as usual!

@channings.wright7041 6 лет назад

I know he's still alive and all but could you possibly do Steve Reineke

@ClassicalNerd 6 лет назад

Unfortunately, I have to be consistent in my approach towards living musicians who are requested. The exceptions are a) talking about a particular piece by a living composer, or b) a video about a more general style (like minimalism, where most of the minimalists are still alive).

@channings.wright7041 6 лет назад

Classical Nerd That makes sense to me. In that case though, could you possibly make a video on his piece, "Heaven's Light"?

@ignacioclerici5341 2 года назад

@@channings.wright7041 Steve reich is shiet compared to the greats

@channings.wright7041 2 года назад

@@ignacioclerici5341 1.) I never said Steve Reiche 2.) this was 3 years ago 3.) The greats include more than your definition, which probably is mahler, beethoven, Mozart, and Wagner. 4.) Musicians can be great with respect unto themselves, not being compared to others 5.) who cares?

@ignacioclerici5341 2 года назад

@@channings.wright7041 lol