What a wonderful lesson! So much depth to uncover in a seemingly “simple” piece, and I appreciate how your instruction invites the student to explore their own way of interpreting this playfulness
To call the heavy bass in the A major section "sub-woofing" is brilliant! 😆 I couldn't help thinking, of course, of Fazil Say's notorious jazzy riff on this piece, and now I especially appreciate its connection to the spirit of Mozart.
"Ein musikalischer Spaß" is really great if you understand a bit on composition. It is basically a parody of a symphony, breaking rules and systems on purpose, repeats phrases instead of adding new, like a bad composer would write them. With notes that sound like the performing musicians are unqualified and play wrong. He basically plays the musicians and music "industry" at the time for fools.
Watched that and it is interesting you did not mention about rhythmic structure of left hand being the exact copy of Ottoman jannisary music. So not only timbre wise with ornaments but also rhytmically Mozart aimed to create what he called as "Turkische Musik" in his own letters. Same goes for right hand melody in mid section. He just observed the qualities of the Turkish music very well (probably through music of Gluck he encountered in Paris and Haydn- both of these composers already composed in Turkish style) and tried to reflect that. So you also say form is kinda free at the beginning, is it really? All I see is a strictly planned rondo form. Anyway, Mozart composed many works in popular Turkish style of the time or used the style as a new element without referring to its Turkishness and that s just one of the most successful applications of it.
@@xylfox I dont know if they called it like that but Mozart openly uses the phrase "Turkische Musik" in his letter to Leopold when he uses Ottoman percussion instruments. Gluck and Haydn also involved in topics about Turks and composed operas involving alla turca style.
Come to think of it, the Borodin _Scherzo in A-flat_ was quite witty, possibly the funniest piano piece ever composed by a chemist. The Borodin-Hunsdiecker reaction is also pretty amusing.
It’s interesting how some editions (like the one used in this video) notate the opening melody as simple sixteenth notes, but other versions use appoggiaturas followed by sixteenth notes instead.
Mozart famous joke and no nosedive?? So let me tell that one: Mozart challenged Haydn, saying he has a piece the other cannot play. So Haydn sits to the manuscript and plays, until he reaches a moment when there are notes in upper register, notes in lower register, and single note in middle of keyboard. "This piece is impossible to play with just two hands!" states Haydn. "Yet, I can do it" - Mozart claims. He sits at the piano and plays the passage. When he reaches the spot, left hand is playing lower register, right hand playing top register, he leans down into the keyboard and strikes the middle note with his nose. Haydn conceded his defeat that day.
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A famous writer from the 60s and 70s in the 80s was surprised at how his writings were then taught in colleges. He had no idea he was so smart and insightful. Oh, so that was what I was thinking!
Somehow I have a feeling if Mozart had heard the comments about "subwoofing", he would have composed a new piece with a Chihuaua on one side of the piano and a St. Bernard on the otherside as a 18th century style Subwoofer
thanks for this masterclass in interpretating music. I play the turkish marsh as a second voice on a ska version of Tetris with my band (with a little twist), and it sound quite funny for the musical fans that can catch the joke. After seeing this video, I feel maybe Mozart would have appreciate the joke as well... 😁
30 seconds of background. Two minutes of ads. Then I stopped watching. Maybe put the ads elsewhere. You know, maybe put them AFTER you've gripped the audience and made them willing to listen. Putting them up front failed.
Very interesting inside views into this musical piece of art. But I didn't get where's the "joke" after all? In Beethoven's - Rage Over a Lost Penny or in Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "The surprise" the joke is way more obvious. IMHO.
Robert :" some of the funniest people i know are pianists..." Well none of them are here, what a bunch of people with no sense of humor, you need to draw and grab their hands like a toddler so they can understand that it is a historical joke.
I don't get the kinda square sides and being rude with dynamics or how to be sober when playing, but I certainly can say that Rondo Alla Turca is still super fun when played with Electric guitars, bass and a drummer who really gets that marsh going. It fun in a classical metal arrangement. And yes, you really go all in and and just enjoy playing the bass. ;-)
A lovely demonstration of how open to interpretation this movement is. We've all heard countless renditions. But... why do you say it is funny? This is never explained from your/her point of view. Yes, the piece is playful. Yes, it can be interpreted at infinitum. Are these the things you are telling us is funny? Explain the joke, please.
Excellent. Thanks for restoring dignity to a piece usually played as if by Beethoven rather than Mozart - crunching tune for rhythm and creating messy blobs of sound and a twee dullness unforgivably resonant of an annoyed, impatient musician hammering home his resentment (not that that describes most Beethoven!) . Good work!
Literally just say Pianism. You're gonna get most dudes with that one and some of the women. I know. It's juvenile and absurd but deep down so are most people. That's just humanity. Cheers.
You mean colonization? Cultural appropriation is adopting anothers customs for reasons of profit one way or another. Like Steven Segal when he made that awful reggae album where he pretended to have a Jamaican accent. This is different from cultural appreciation which should be encouraged.
@@markop.1994 I mean "cultural appropriation" that the pianist mentioned in the video. I think we should simply stop with this "appropriation" nonsense. Whoever introduced it in the public discourse did everyone a disservice.
@@cioccolateriaveneziana I rolled my eyes when she uttered the phrase "cultural appropriation." Maybe orchestras should then eliminate all use of cymbals, triangles and bass drums, as these are "appropriations" from Turkish culture.
Amateurs are not the ignoramuses that she pretends. Amateurs LOVE the art they are following. As for professionals, they are paid to play the stuff they are generally supposed to love; lol.
It’s more light-hearted than a “joke.” As she said, it was “hip” at the time. Therefore, it’s completely possible to bring that quality back (which was intended!) to satisfy the composer, audience, and any reasonable judge. Again, more so light-hearted quality than a full on joke
My hands are things just like in the Adams Family free minded actors that are severed hands who none the less do my bidding in spite of my lack of talent they showboat to try to make me look good.
This video is disrespectful and an insult Provide some proof of your claims, or let it rest. Don't go out of your way to try to spoil other people's enjoyment of genuinely good music!
Both Haydn and Beethoven could be very humorous in their music. When I'm playing through this Mozart Piano Sonata, I leave out the final movement because I hate it! It's rubbish!
maybe it gets batter after 5 minutes, but i simply cant proceed this hogwash. The theme is just an an arpeggio? Lady, have you ever heard about motives? Most themes are just a chord if you break down their motives! Surprise; you just learned how music works.
I have never heard a performance that made this piece sound more interesting then a rather uninspired silly experiment. I can not think of an oriental inspired piece that sounds less oriental then this. Imagine if this piece was not written by Mozart, but by a forgotten 18th century composer. Would we care for this piece ?
He was imitating the cymbals and percussion of the Turkish marching bands, not necessarily the melodic influence. That being said, doesn't work for me either. Don't feel like laughing, marching. I need sublime. But in the spirit of freedom of speech and expression, people should party on.
I second both of the replies to your comment. If he doesn’t compose melodies, then tell me, what is a melody? And I want to know, as I am a trained violinist. It would be good knowledge for me😂
I agree. Overrated. Most of his music is bland. What's not bland are these few shiny pieces everyone knows. He was talented, though. One or two piano fantasies, the C major piano concerto no. 25 and the Requiem are good. Plus a few arias in his melodramatic operas.