Some Of Chopins Saddest pieces: Prelude in E Minor Op. 28 No. 4 Nocturne in C Sharp Minor No. 20 Marche Funèbre Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 Etude Op. 25 No. 12
“It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind, not to have a soul to unburden yourself to. You know what I mean. I tell my piano the things I used to tell you.” -Frédéric Chopin
@@MissMaisieMoss I have it folded in my right pocket at this very second, sitting in my car because the ones I used to tell at home were jeopardizing my dream. Very cool synchronicity, it’s first time I’ve ever done that and had to be right around the time you commented.
I was a classical pianist in my youth. Now at 88 years of age I listen and cry knowing that the day will soon come that i'll never hear this beautiful creative music again.
You've gotten to experience the greatest gift of music which is creating it yourself. Take solace in the fact you are still alive to enjoy it now, and even beyond, your legacy will continue past the heavens.
Today I learned that one of my old friends died, hope you are safe now. While protecting our country, you died. What was the last think you thought about? Probably your mother and your little brother, right? I am sorry. I am really sorry. I hope you are in peace now, you are with God. I hope you are in heaven. Sleep well, my friend. Goodbye.
Sometimes one needs a balance of sadness to TRULY appreciate Pure Joy. Thank you for the wonderful pieces. Tomorrow I shall smile again.. tonight I need my sadness..
It’s both. Such loveliness in sadness. I don’t mean that as a depressing thing. Music that reaches you soul is absolutely heartbreaking. Or utter euphoria.
The tragic fate of the Republic of Poland. Occupation of the country by neighboring powers. Loss of independence. Emigration to France. Nostalgia for loved ones and the country.
"Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the universe with the power of his spirit . . . I do not climb so high. A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man."
Let's be real here, Chopin's songs are all sad! However, there are different kinds of sadness, like one with despair, another with regret, others with heartbreak, etc. No other piano artist was so great at displaying the emotions of sadness through the piano!
Perhaps a melancholic nostalgia the marriage of past and future so forgotten so rudely remembered that the air of sound could finally die once more to last eternity.
The first one , Prelude in E minor op 28 is the most dark sad melancholic beautiful piece of music i ever heard. This is what loneliness sounds like , what words can’t tell. There’s something in the chords progression that is fron another dimension
Yup. If there is joy for the listener it is knowing that there is a kindred spirit that transcends time and space -- you are not alone and your despair is a timeless part of the human condition.
Nocturne in C sharp minor is my absolute favourite Chopin piece. It expresses true sadness, but no matter how harsh life is, in the end everything will be fine
I'm learning Prelude in E Minor Op. 28 No. 4 at the moment and started digging into his life history. What a sad and tragic tale. Gone too soon. His heart is preserved in a crypt in Warsaw as it was his dying wish for it to be removed when he died because he had a fear of waking up in a coffin once buried.
The first time I hear he was afraid to wake up in a coffin. With the heart there is more connection with the homeland, he asked his sister to take his heart to his homeland, Poland
@@maydaybreak Yeah, in those days people were often buried alive even though they appeared dead at first glance. That's what he was most afraid of. They later invented this contraption where a bell was tied to the deceased and attached to the gravestone in the event they woke up they could ring the bell so someone would hear and dig them up again. Back in the 40s my aunt died when she was 16, and she woke up at her own funeral.
Tonight not only shall I write to you, but I lay with deep sorrow and my mind filled with emptiness. I tell my piano things I never got to tell you, and send you things you wish to hear. For one to truly understand happiness they must find the art in feeling such melancholy. Not only for a long period of time, but for a time of understanding the gift of such. Tonight with the breeze in my face, the pen in my hand, and an artist ears should catch, I will let myself drown in great misery, but blithe as I rise.
Listening to classical music is like a journey through history. It's incredible to think that the compositions we hear today have been cherished for centuries.
I use this music to realise that sadness is not only a produce of the mind but actually an external existing phenomenon, the negative exists in all moments as well as the positive and it’s only your focus that selects the spectrum you see
Thank you so much . It is beautiful . I don’t know why most people say it is sad . I find it very very beautiful . I studied ballet and you need a piece like this to dance to your soul delight . Not sadness but purity snd greatness . As close to perfection as we can come close . No not sadness Joy! Thank you!!!
This amount of sadness hatred fear anger animosity in this song, oh it puts a big smile inside my heart. We are gonna get through it all. All of us. It's just the beginning of our ascend from the bottom.
Chopin has a piece called "Funeral March", but the piece that was played in his own funeral was Prelude in E Minor Op. 28 No. 4 (first piece of this video)
Looked up sad piano music, as I am sad, and got a bunch of chopin songs. Got 3 songs that were sad overall, but they really just didn't fit. They had more intense passages. Thankyou for the prelude, it fit perfectly how i feel right now.
the prelude gets me everytime. the build up the suspense it has so much emotion the only other piece that makes me feel like this is clair de lune by debussy
Hahaha! Ocean Etude took me by surprise. It's my favorite piece of music of all time. It has some very dark moods in it, even frightening. But the ending is so triumphant.
I don't understand, but this doesn't make me feel Sadness at all. It is just too beautiful, and the notes are so organized that I just can’t help but feel happiness.
There'll be a time where youll realize how miserable the genius of those perfectly placed notes is, thats when youll realize, that even perfection is depressing
@@josegonzalez2601 I think it's not the composer but our feelings that make us depressed or happy...Either way, I am sure that every genius artist like Chopin, would love to make us feel our geniune feelings and not relate with his sadness..Just random thoughts :)
Thanks for sharing these masterpieces 🙏 The music playing in my ears on a high volume through my earbud at night is like the only cure which works like a wack a mole game with my depression 😂
Que bello que es Chopin. Lo escucho y me hace llorar. Las polonezas son mis favoritas. Esa pasión por su patria tanto como la mia por Argentina. Hermoso😍 SALUDOS DESDE BS AS ARGENTINA😚😚😚
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This music makes me feel, that we all are connected to everything and at the same time are hurting each other, but that loop of hatred and agony never stops, altough we are as one of gods creation... and i am hoping secretly it will end itself some day, the existence...
Interesting viewpoint! For the prelude and sonata and the mazurka they are "sad" in different form and style ... Horror, mourning, frustration etc ... But for this nocturne and the etude I don't think the word "sad" projects exactly the right mood here ... Perhaps hope and furor ... Chopin is originality and every emotional dimensions tested, and of course pure musical imagination and poetry ...
In my personal non professional opinion and impression, rather than sad...... Prelude in E Minor Op. 28 No. 4 melancholic , 0:57 is the moment of emotional climax for me. My personal favorite. (uncertain fun fact: some had said that Chopin himself requested this to be played in his funeral.) Nocturne in C Sharp Minor No. 20 , not exactly and totally sad, mysterious (in term of noctrne's natrue) Marche Funèbre , heavy foot steps with a voice of song that kept varying , grave,solemn (Marche funèbre afterall) Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 , em.. sadness. where../.[.. subtle movement and turns in to dance move Etude Op. 25 No. 12 , also known as the 'Ocean Etude' found some describe it with 'Mournful. Yearning. Sublime. Sentimental' dedicated À Madame la Comtesse d'Agoult sorry, sadness?...//'];'./.,,,,,....
If you somehow don't know Frederic Francois Chopin was born on March 1st, of 1810 he was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the romantic period for most of his life up until his death on October 17th, of 1849 at age 39 due to Pulmonary tuberculosis. He would be known for one of the most influential and popular composer's of the 19th century. In Poland he is regarded as the person who has had the most influence on the countrys history of music. Rest in peace.
when i hear this i have tears in my eyes i see all the evil in the world when i close my eyes from the past about the cruel present i am reminded of the moment i was shot in the chest and many other terrible moments of my life for which i have no solution. I wonder if I will ever meet a person with the answer to everything that is in my head...
What’s wrong with being sad anyway? The most pure geniuses that existed were often really melancholic and lonely . The first piece here is the most dark piece of pure genius i ever heard and tell all about without the need to use words what is real loneliness. That’s haunting
