Guess the Composer By Their First Composition 

Is Brett’s first documented composition his lofi or are there earlier pieces that hint at the brilliance to come?

Shostakovich stays true to the stereotype. Out of all the composer kids' pieces out there, his is already the most depressed. Nothing more in character for him than starting his career with a funeral march. The first of a long line of pieces inspired by horrible historical events.

I can't be the only one who thought Beethoven's first composition sounded just a little bit similar to moonlight sonata's third movement

I correctly guessed Bach because of the organ 😂

You should do a version with their last piece. Some composers changed drastically in their lifetime, like Beethoven's final piano sonata with an early rag time trend. Also Liszt's first composition sounds EXACTLY like the Czerny dexterity exercises.

I think we should learn by now that Mr Brett needs to trust his gut

Tchaikovsky : Known for using minor scales and somewhat sad mysterious melodies . His first composition : Joyful , happy cheerful wHo hUrT YoU dUdE ???!!!

“Why did Dvořák write a polka?” Well, polka is a Czech dance... Zdravím Čechy!

Did you know that mendelssohn could also paint incredible watercolors?? And also, he had skills for literature writing, because at age 14, his translation of the play Andria by Terence was published (it was the first one in german), and is still used today as a reference! translation :o And I forgot to mention that he met Goethe at age 12, who was already impressed by the young boy's musical abilities, I mean, praised by Goethe isn't really common I guess 😅

Its amazing how 5 year old Mozart is still so recognizable.

I'm an Indian classical musician and i got introduced to Western classical through your videos, thank you

The 11 year old Mendelssohn was freaking unbelievably mature and in full command of compositional techniques. That piece was insane. It sounds like Beethoven at 25.

Fun fact about the Diabelli variations: The blurb at 7:09 says Diabelli invited a number of composers (including Schubert and Czerny) to "contribute one variation each", but Diabelli actually had to publish Beethoven's contribution separately as Beethoven wrote 33 variations by himself. Beethoven's Diabelli Variations are considered to rival Bach's Goldberg Variations as the greatest set of variations for piano ever composed.

I have an orchestra audition in half an hour thanks twoset for giving me a chill video to watch and calm my nerves! Edit: I played the third movement of Vivaldis Concerto in A minor for violin (adapted for viola) and I got into the orchestra!

I'm sure TwoSet doesn't mind me taking a break from PRACTICE to watch this video

These types of videos where the audience can guess along with them are my favourite

The look of pure shock on Eddy’s face whenever someone started singing 😂😂

Men, that's hard for non-musicians! But I got Mozart!

9:12 i knew it was Mahler because of Shutter Island. It's playing during several scenes where the main character meets a German psychiatrist from Dachau. And also plays during a couple other dream/memory sequences and shows the vinyl record up close with Mahler written on it.

SPOILER 0:30 Mozart - Minuet in G major, KV 1 1:40 Bach - Preude and Fuge in C major, BWV 531 2:40 Prokofiev - March from Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 12 4:05 Beethoven - Nine Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63 5:05 Debussy - Madrid, Prrincesse des Espagnes 6:10 Liszt - Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli 7:30 Rachmaninoff - Scherzo D in minor 8:35 Mahler - Piano Quartet in A minor 10:10 Brahms - Scherzo in Es minor, Op. 4 10:20 Schostakovich - Funeral March in Memory of the Victims of the Revolution 12:30 Meldelsohn - Violin Sonata in F major 14:10 Tchaikovsky - Anastasie-valse 15:40 Chopin - Polonaise in G minor 16:25 Elgar - The Language of Flowers 17:10 Dvorak - Forget-me-not Polka in C major, B.1

On a more serious note, I am genuinely astounded by Eddie's ability to pinpoint works by Beethoven, Debussy (like he did here) because it reminded him of some other work. There is a computer running his brain that enables pattern matching on a different level than us mere mortals. Vow

I'm not a musician, but still guessed the first two correctly. A testament to how well TwoSet educated us over the years Didn't get the 3rd one, but my guess was the same as Brett's 😆 so that's something

7:08 some extra trivia: Beethoven was in fact one of the composers also called to write a variation for the waltz. Because Beethoven was Beethoven, he decided to write 33 variations, together spanning an hour-long work which is often considered to be one of the greatest variations sets ever written. Diabelli published it as the first part of his Vaterländischer Künstlerverein - the second part was the remaining 50 variations by 50 other composers, including Liszt and Czerny, but also Schubert (one of the multiple choice options). Also, Liszt was a massive Beethoven fanboy when younger, which is why his variation and a lot of his early pieces sound like middle/late Beethoven.

Idk if you will see this..l but I always try to be some of the first to comment on every video in hopes that you will one day see my comments. I just want to tell you guys how much I appreciate you all! I am a violinist and I am going through a lot right now, and I can always be cheered up by your videos. I feel like you guys have changed the face of classical music and brought joy to so many’s lives. You are life changers for so many, and no words can describe how much I appreciate you all. I really hope you see this because I need you guys to know how important you are to so many people. Thank you so much for all of the amazing videos, and keep up the good work! You are 2 amazing people that happened to meet and make something even more amazing: Two Set Violin! Thank you again!

Hey guys, I just saw the ABC doc about your backstory. I'm not a musician, but a lifelong classical fan. Near my home is a major music conservatory. Some of my friends are students and grads there. I see what they endure. Your insight is spot on. I love what you've done, mixing a high-end music career with an online creator gig, doing it on your own terms. It's not only brilliant, but entertaining as hell. I'm in Rochester, NY, USA, home to Eastman School of Music. It's such a privilege to attend free concerts by the best music students in the world, even call some of them my friends. It's great what you and a few others, like Jacob Collier, have done with new media - to override the old rules. I wish you were coming here on your tour. Even nearby, like Buffalo or Toronto. As a former filmmaker, I appreciate the quality of your visual work too. BTW, I enjoyed this game even though I suck at it (only 2-3 right). Keep doing the right thing. You rock!

Love Brett's expressions : anticipation, delight, surprise, flummoxed... the whole gamut of human emotion :)

About 15:14 I'm from Tchaikovsky gang, didn't actually know the piece regarded as his first composition, but thought of him immediately because of the diminished chord that appears in one second and vanishes, and after three bars within the waltz you can know you're hearing a piece with the "melodic supremacy", actually a very Tchaikovskyan thing. The more "whistlable" a piece, more likely to be Tchaikovsky

For a school final, I wrote about Shostakovich and how he used music to express himself, and to go against the Stalin government. ClassicFM has an article about it and this man had one of the worst lives. I showed his 8th string quartet to a friend who doesn't listen to classical music and she was shocked at how horrible sounding it was. Btw, she also said that about Brett's lofi!! Lol

If you can guess the composer slowly, you can guess the composer quickly.

Just got my degree from conservatory, Thank you Twoset for inspiring me to practice! And it's also nice surprice to find this video just after the graduation concert:)

The pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms, I knew 100% because I have the sheet music in collected books. Since most of the pieces played were geared towards the piano, I'm not surprised Brett and Eddy had trouble guessing the composer. Too bad there was no Paganini or Vivaldi examples.

This is such a fun and entertaining video! Even nowadays, you can tell that a composer has changed their style so much!

I played along this time! Here are my guesses though I didn't do as well as I expected. 1 Mozart -Early Classical vibes 2 Bach -It's a fugue 3 Prokofiev -I hear parts very reminiscent of "Love of Three Oranges" 4 Beethoven -Fortepiano sound and showing off piano skills 5 Debussy -In French and I know his music started out more traditional than what it turned into. 6 Liszt - Chopin wasn't on the Liszt 7 X Shostakovich -Also known for more traditional sounding early works 8 X Shostakovich -Only one on the list who was known for chamber works. Clip was not long enough for me to hear any "Mahlerisms" 9 X Saint-Saens -Reminds me of Danse Macabre 10 X Rachmaninoff -Has the drama of later works with less finesse 11 X Schumann -Just guessing here 12 X Schubert -cuz no clue 13 Chopin -Melody over pulsating chords is a Chopin mainstay 14 X Schubert -Despite the English lyrics it is reminiscent of a Schubert song. (could be translated lyrics to throw them off) 15 X honestly had no guess

Love it when you guys do "guess the composer" vids!! I learn about so many cool compositions I'd never find otherwise. Esp when you explain your reasoning, you two are so informed...even when you mess up, your thought process is still informed lol. More plzzzz

OMG I REALLY LOVE YOUR GUYS' CONTENT! I really appreciate how you guys help me improve my skills when playing the violin. I also enjoy you guys making me feel so happy and feel better about myself! :)))

I just watched Ray Chen's review of Brett's Mendelssohn and on the zoom in on Brett at the beginning of the video, I was like, "That's our booooy!" So proud

3:01 eddy as a horrifying bird 5:10 eddy with a wtf face 5:20 my grandma when technology 13:23 me when exam

I love your musical game videos!

Three seconds in from that first piece and I knew it’s Mozart straight away idk why.

Eddie's surprised face when the violins in Rach's scherzo came got me rolling on the floor 😂

For not being a huge classical fan I am stoked that I instantly recognised Mozart, Beethoven and Liszt. Also I guessed Tchaikovsky right when they both got it wrong

If you can guess it slowly, you can guess it quickly.

This reminds me of those old game videos from 2018 - 2019, and I love it!

Holy shit I can't believe I recognized Chopin's Polonaise in G Minor! I played this piece well over a decade ago, but I never knew it was Chopin's earliest documented composition. Even more so, he happens to be one of my favorite composers, so it's extra special to know his first compositions. The nostalgia hit me so hard.

This was so engaging and fun, little head scratching, too! Thanks for giving us this enjoyable challenge!... did fair...

LOVE this challenge! So fascinating to hear these 1st documented compositions!

The only reason I knew the Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Listz was because I do this thing every few weeks where I teach my elementary school students about composers who started very young. A lot of them still think only adults can play good music, and were amazed to find out that there are so many people who started out so so young and quite a few of them are taking private music lessons

Beethoven's nine variations sounded really similar to the melodies of moonlight sonata, tbh.

Eddy's "I don't know opera" should be a theme cause I'm sure this is not the first time I hear it

twoset always coming up with amazing and entertaining ideas!

I really enjoy these types of videos. I always discover new music to listen to. Loved the Rachmaninoff piece.

at 10:15 I suspected Brahms cause of the rithm, but as you guys did I immediatly corrected myself with the "It's not that heavy", then after seeing the options and listening after 10:35 I turned back immediatly and I was 100% sure it was Brahms cause it got really dark with a false and masked sense on the scherzo melody (if that makes any sense?)

The start of Beethoven's piece (4:07) is very similar to the start of the third movement of Moonlight Sonata

11:40 *"Ive made it into the video!!"*

the 5-year old mozart one isn't that surprising, autism has the potential to do some crazy things

I feel so proud! I acting Guessed some of these, and I have no formal music training, just have been listening to classical music all my life.

Weirdly enough as someone with no musical knowledge, I immediately thought of swan lake as soon as the Tsaikovsky piece played

I guessed Debussy too, cause I heard it was french, but it’s difficult to hear what operatic language it is because the singers are going all over the place.

I love these kinds of vids so much! Super fun and entertaining AND educational. Couldn't ask for more!

Brett is sounding extremely Australian in this video and I'm totally here for it

Another ordinary day when Twoset's self-esteem is crushed by prodigies lol Famous composers at a young age: already started to compose music with their unique character; Me at a young age: I DOn'T wANt to PlaY thE PIaNOOOOO!! So practice and hard works are important, but talent is just, another thing lol

9:11 Wow! This piece was composed by Mahler 49 years before he was born! He truly was a genius!

Shosty was a huge fan of Mahler, so I'm not surprised he might have quoted him (he does in some of his pieces)

I'm studing the Polonaise by Chopin right now and I had no idea that it was his first piece Thanks for an iNteresting video :)

Don't mind me I'm just blinded by how much brett smiled in this video 🤩 more than all his life combinedd

Shostakovich wasn't in depression 11:53 It's called Toska (deep gloomy feelin' in your soul)

Y'all missed the fact Chopin has written this piece when he was seven. What the hell.

I just composed my first piece yesterday. It was inspired after Shostakovich Funeral March for the Victims of the Revolution; but it progressively lightens up nearer to the resolution. Btw, I am 13 years old.

The Prokofiev's first piano sonata is epic ! I love this composer.

0:57 this is so famous 💀

Woh a few days ago I thought you should make a video of this exact thing! So excited to watch!

excited to see u guys in ur world tour! travelling half the world for this!

Eddy is just damn impressive on how well he catches small details and how well versed he is in the history of composers and their origins. His recall is unreal.

Tchaikovsky’s one is so happy and sweet that I thought Tchaikovsky is the least possible answer😅!! How interesting!!!! Bach and Mozart are obvious and it’s so cute that their compositions are so consistent and distinguishable😊 I really like this video. Artists’ first work are very powerful and say a lot about them

So fun! I'd love to see you do something similar about ulta contemporary classical composers, operas (like the cunning little vixen) too.

Jesus guyssss Mahler! Mahler! That F is unforgettable!

Ahh my practice is in danger again when they uploads…

Not me playing along and feeling smart lol

Brett’s Joy at the beginning of 15 then his disappointment when he guessed it wrong, priceless!

11:59 They went from happy to depressed in mere seconds

Mahler piece was beautiful.. was waiting for Sibelius 🫶🏻

Bach was super easy because it's overcomplicated on an organ.

I'm not a musician at all never learned an instrument or anything but i was so proud of myself for guessing Beethoven right it just felt like his vibe

Bruh Eddy is dancing🎉

I love how focused eddy was when listening to the excerpts lol

I dont hv much knowledge about indian classsical music and 0 knowledge about western music and sometimes i kinda feel m not part of the community cause m not even a good artist or anything but this is just in general i noticed that twosetters r just so supportive and nice even to us audiences soo thanks two setters and editor san 😂 and ofc our boys!!! PS Great vid as always 😂 --A new twosetter😁

can't wait til a world tour that visits brazil!! maybe you guys could come to the amazon opera house!

Wonder at what age Jordon composed his first piece.

Just bought my tickets for tour, I'm so hyped!☺

You would definitely recognise mine: Weeping Baby in 130Decibel

Hey hey hey! What have you got against polka? Where my accordion gang at?

If you can guess it slowly you can guess it quickly.

Scriabin made the list! Glad!

Would love to see the un-edited full video of them doing this

I was surprised to have guessed half of them correct 😂 Aside from the ones I knew based on the vibes it gave off, some sounded like their later pieces like Beethoven's moonlight sonata and for some reason I also thought of Mendelssohn's violin concerto when it was Mendelssohn's part. I learned so much classical music from you two.

Can we take a minute to appreciate Eddie's kindness toward Shostakovich in apologizing for cracking a joke and saying "I'm sorry Shostakovich, I don't know what you've been through"? ❤

12:27 this sounds so good.... WHY DO THEY ALL SOUND GOOD EVENTHOUGH IT'S FIRST PIECES?!?! 16:27 damn

it's really impressive to see a human being can composed a masterpiece at the age of 11. when i was 11, i can only play jingle bells on my guitar 😌

They should play the Mahler one the climax is so good I’ve always loved that piece, I was so surprised to hear it being the first composition, it sounded so good

i somehow guessed 6 of them right even though I don't listen to classical music that often so i am proud of myself! this was super hard