The secrets of the world’s most famous symphony - Hanako Sawada
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2021
- Discover what makes Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony Number Five a musical masterpiece, and uncover the story behind its inception.
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Eight ferocious notes open one of the most explosive pieces of music ever composed. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony Number Five premiered in 1808, and quickly won acclaim. Its central motif and raw emotionality have continued to resound through the ages. So what exactly makes Beethoven’s Fifth so captivating? Hanako Sawada uncovers the story behind this musical masterpiece.
Lesson by Hanako Sawada, directed by Yael Reisfeld.
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Beethoven squatting like a gangsta on a tree branch is an image that I can no longer unsee. And I will not complain about it.
Rockstar!? 🤣
History of the remix
with the remix? fire
Agreed
@@crixhussodinson2523Everything is a Jojo reference
The beginning of Beethoven's Fifth is the music that plays in my head in the last 5 minutes of an exam.
Only that, for 5 minutes?
Booooring
@:O🍡 true
it also happpens in the last moments of a game when i am about to die but desperately holding on.
Really? Mine is “In the Hall of the Mountain King”…
@@segmentsAndCurves It is loudest when I start a question when they ask to finish the question you are on and they start taking the papers.
1:12
The trap music. The stance. The hairdo. The eyeshadow. The goth death stare. The dead tree. The crows flying out in the background.
Thank you Ted Ed for this masterpiece.
They take care of the details all of the times, but this video is more majestic in my point of view
Chad Beethoven 😂
Ikr 🤣👌🏼
Beathoven
I need a t-shirt if this scene.
Holy Moly... Can we talk about how the animation in this episode ALSO converted a lot of emotion?
This video is a masterpiece! I wish this channel was more widespread in Brazil.
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Another fellow brazilian here =D
Esse canal é muito bom né! E de fato, as animações são muito bem feitas!
Absolutely right. The graphics are gorgeous and moving
I could practically hear the notes just by looking at the thumbnail! That's how famous symphony no. 5 really is.
Ikr! I've heard people say dun dun dun da dudun dun and I'd immediately know what It was !
@@anushanair161 yessss that's why I clicked on this video after recognizing it
SAMEE!!
I wish I could read music…🥲
@@TheWchurchill4pm You could learn! Do not despair my fellow human!
1:10 That's exactly how I imagined him, "The first Rock star"
I like to think of him as the first metalhead. You *know* he would have been all over electric guitars if they'd have been around.
Trust me, he will be one of the greatest rock star if his birth came 200 years later.
@@athena8794This is best guitar solo made by Beethoven ua-cam.com/video/NxnV-1LLa8w/v-deo.html
@Zelda Aubriella I am familiar with it cause of Mr. Bean
And he’d fit in really well because all rock stars from back in the day are deaf now
"Beethoven's fifth takes its listeners through a dark world, then guides them into the light" such a beautiful and accurate phrase.
Great video. Thanks!
It takes you through your dark emotions, back into the light.
I wish music like this, would be more appreciated these days, not just music students
"V" in morse code , that's interesting because it also means five in roman numeration. 5th Symphony
Hold up... 😳
That may or may not have been intentional.
@@SiberianScytheYT Morse code was invented in the 1830s - after Beethoven's death.
@@Pranav_Bhamidipati well bruh, it's a very coincidental coincidence in that case.
@@SiberianScytheYT Not necessarily. The creator of the Morse code could've known about the music piece and roman numeral. And therefore he could've assigned the morse for "V" to be that.
1:13 Beethoven bout to drop the hottest mixtape of the 19th century 😭👌🏼💯🔥🔥
Mozart is shaking
The music, the animation, his smug face- perfection.
@@TEDEd Mozart better shake hard or else they gon lose career
Mozart has been quite since this drop
It's like a ray of light
20th century translation: IT'S LIT BRO STRAIGHT FIRE
Listening to this symphony is an experience.
Listening to anything is an experience. That's what an experience is.
Deep.
@@CaptainBohnenbrot hahaha
@Nоt RickRоll 👇 o a rickroll would be better than what your linking
Indeed
Imagine being in the theatre during that time period and hearing this for the first time. The first time it was ever performed. It must have been magnificent
I was thinking the same. People must have been stunned.
It must have been jaw dropping. A goosebumping experience. I can only imagine. I think I would have cried.
I would literally cry 😭😭😭.
1:12 The power. The pose. The presence. A man ahead of his time
The way TedEd resepcts and cultivates education especially with regards to narration and animation is masterful. Beautiful episode
“Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven, challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of man.” F. Chopin
They used the wrong kind of horn though...
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it's amazing how even a person who doesn't know much music theory (like me) can understand what the narrator is saying!
truly a masterpiece in itself
Just as the Beethoven's piece, Ted ed's animation is a masterpiece. I jst cant imagine how you can create such a marvelous visuals to perfectly accompany with this script. Absolutely loved it....
Animated by Yael Reisfeld
@@ForteExpresso Much love to the Yael Reisfeld.
having goosebumps watching this, true masterpiece!
Well well.. easy, dear, easy.
True story:
Beethoven - Germany’s greatest musical genius - once met Goethe - Germany’s greatest literary genius. They went for a walk in a park, where they were about to cross paths with members of the aristocratic class. Goethe, the old man raised in the ways of tradition, stepped aside to let them pass. Beethoven, the young man and product of the Enlightenment, continued walking so the aristocrats had to stop for him.
endearing story
Yeah, Beethoven despised the upper class system. Apparently, they didn't get along too well 😆
Beethoven hated aristocrats and royalty.
@@LETMino85 He despised them so much that he was willing to be friends with many of them, dedicate his works to them and accept multiple patronages.
Granted he never was a court musician like Haydn for most of his life, or Mozart until he turned 22, but he was never hesistant to cozy up to them, because they still were the hand that fed him.
@@Quotenwagnerianer
You’re quite right, though Mozart was a court musician until 1781 when he left Salzburg and moved to Vienna which made him 25, so he was freelance for the last ten years of his life.
Haydn was essentially a freelance composer from 1790 - ie before Beethoven, who only arrived in Vienna in 1792 having been previously employed at the Bonn court.
Haydn found his honorary status - he had virtually no duties at all - and pensions from the Eszterhazy family a useful supplement to his income made in England, from concerts, subscriptions, publications, and the like.
Haydn was really only a court musician/composer from:
1757-61 with Count Morzin
1761-90 with the Eszterhazy family
(though as explained, he was kept on in an honorary capacity until his death in 1809).
In other words,he was a court composer only 33 of his 77 years which is absolutely *not* ‘…most of his life’.
Hope that clears up this quite common misconception about Haydn.
4:32 Beethoven being a German: 👁👄👁
The animation though! You guys never fail to impress
Qué maravillosa explicación y presentación de tan magnifica obra…!!!!! 🏆
@Nоt RickRоll 👇 o a rickroll would be better than what you’re linking
I agree! I like the action!
Your unoriginal asf comment never fails to impress me
@@brodyllc damn bro it's not that deep 😂
"In the Hall of the Mountain King" clearly represents our exams. Because the music starts as a beautiful song and ends as a intense action-movie theme.
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" ,when you approve the exams!!!!
I'd say John Cage's 4'33 would better represents exams as the music is very similar to the number of marks you'll get
@@sinpi314 Haha
More like because you quickly run out of breath but they won't let you stop and eventually you collapse to the floor.
*Beethoven finishes*
*Applause follows*
Beethoven: I CAN’T HEAR YOU!
Oof
F
dunno if he was so deaf at 5th, but he was deaf at his 9th.
he was not able to conduct the 9th symphony and rumor is he never ever actually listened to it, this masterpiece existed in his mind only.
@@rivenoak He was present at the premiere of the 9th and when the audience applauded at the conclusion one of the singers had to take his hand and turn him to face the audience so he could SEE the applause that he couldn’t hear.
When he wrote the 5th he was probably aware that he was losing his hearing. For a musician and composer how horrible that must have been.
@@rivenoak i thought he was deaf since a young age, so he taught himself the piano by feeling vibrations
1:08 i almost got an heart attack, what a wonderful production!
Who else are familiar with his symphonies because of Tom and Jerry....
And on looney toons
@@BentleyBohemian_96 yes
That one episode of mr. Bean haha
@@lumpyspace3045 I remember that one where his shadow is like a Frankenstein
@@amansahayminz8247 yes haha
This was the first classical music I heard in my life and it made my spine chill.
Classical music needs to have the music video attached and it it would catch fire again.
Modern pop music is pure junk if you keep listening to more and more classical music and will reach the same conclusion.
@@georgiaguardian4696 this what the public said about Beethoven's music during his time. thanks for your contribution.
@@lushbIood what
@@lushbIood 😂 Touche
"One of the most explosive pieces of music ever composed"
Tchaikovsky: *carrying cannons to the stage* We'll see about that...
This video did Beethoven's fifth symphony justice, like the art and bgm and the narrator's voice really carried the suspenseful atmosphere throughout the video. Wow just wow.
The transition at 1:10 is so epic I've never seen Beethoven in so much swag
Please Ted Ed; you do such a tremendous job with literature, that I would love to see a regular series of videos on classical compositions and composers. A "Why You Should Listen To..." Series. I would immediately subscribe to that playlist.
Thiiiiiissss
You spoke my mind😭
YES!!!!!
You can also check the Sticky Notes podcast. It's like this but one hour long.
Agreed!
4:13
I don't know why, but the moment he closed his eyes, I almost cried. This shows how hauntingly beautiful the animation is!
Can you just imagine sitting in that room when this symphony was played for the first time. I am planning to travel back in time to experience it, it will be worth it,,,, now where did I park the Delorean.
Thank you, for bringing out the depth and intricacies of Beethoven's work in a manner that non-musicians like many of us get to appreciate.
After Beethoven became completely dead he used to play a piano by holding a copper wire tightly between his teeth which was connected to the piano , so that he could 'hear' the notes through the vibrations. Pure dedication.
Wow, he is more amazing than I thought. I didn't know he could even play while completely dead, = 0 (please don't edit, that is a funny typo.)
@@noahway13 Actually, he has spent the past 200 years de-composing.
@@isaacsegal2844 O M G. Good one.
@@isaacsegal2844 👍👍👍👍👍
*deaf 💀
The transition from a huge theatre to a bus with headphones made me sad how fast time flies. I wish i could be there to listen it live😭
0:48 that transition was a masterstroke of thought and execution
I had goosebumps watching this with furiously impressive animation and mildly deep narration voice with the powerful masterpiece of Beethoven playing in the background it is the perfect combo for my mind to just get lit up
Same
Me too.
Music is language of soul and he proved it to some extent .
Music isn't a dialect.
@@segmentsAndCurves Language=/=dialect
@@Skadi609 That's too
The way in which we speak our souls varies. Beethoven chose music, and he had a beautiful soul :D
This song is a mix. It shows bliss, drama, doom, celebration, loss and it makes the music to sound out almost all emotions we can recognize.
This video itself is a perfect harmony of brilliant writing, mesmarising animation and smooth narration, which makes the viewer take a dip in the Beethoven era. Brilliant Ted-Ed you never cease to amaze us.
In classical music all the greats were considered the rebels and eccentric rock stars of their time and their legend lived on for that.
Which brings even more relevance to how influenced by classical music classic rock is
Ooh yes Lisztomania was a thing 😂
Can we please have More of these?? As a Hip Hop head, I started loving Classical since last year.
You should try rachmaninoffs piano concertos or rachmaninoff in general... he's the greatest of all
If someone would set animation to these, it would get wildly popular again. Music seems to have gotten dumber and simpler with each generation. Now it is just monotone auto-tune.
@@deciph_7563 no he isnt. Beethoven and Bach are better.
@@chickenflavor9880 everyone has a different taste but i think everybody can at least agree that rachs piano concertos are the best in the world
@@deciph_7563 well i havent heard his pcs yet so ill check them out.
I love how the motif was reflected so cleverly and abundantly in the animation while the narration passionately described the accompanying music.
This is by far one of the BEST Ted-Ed video essays I've watched, I got chills several times as I was watching throughout! The animation in sync with the music and the amazing narration and storyline (as always), Ted-Ed never fails to impress!!! The facts at the end about it spelling out V in morse code and being used to signal triumph among the allies during the war was SO cool
The music plays when you rush to clean the house before mom gets home. 😂
The thumbnail is the most epic thing Ive ever seen
@navidski Honestly, the thumbnail is truly quite impressive.
@navidski you need friends
@navidski I wouldn't be friends with an idiote
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As a die-hard fan of Beethoven, I loved watching this video
I literally had goosebumps from the animation, the sound effects and the narrator's voice. All of it just go so perfectly together that I wonder how the production could do these functions in separation, because it feels so organic and united. This video is such a masterpiece in every way.
When i first heard this and didnt know its name i searched it up on UA-cam as dun dun dun duuun and to my surprise i did get what i wanted to listen to. Kudos to UA-cam.
This dude didnt need to make his music 50% Lyrics and 50% a repeating short melody and rhythm to make 🔥Bangers!
Actually, Beethoven is, 50% a repeating short melody and rhythm, 20% lyric, and 30% actual melody, if you ask.
@@tudor__ I mean the ninth and his choral works.
@@segmentsAndCurves I mean, to be fair, the “short melodies” are motifs that are expanded upon and played around with to make truly suspending music., and not just mindless 4 chord songs that don’t really that much thought into them
@@Aschuff22 "mindless 4 chord songs"
Yeah yeah yeah, but the timbre is nowhere near modern music.
Acoustic
@@segmentsAndCurves I meant suspenseful, as in like Beethoven’s music really makes you sit on the edge of your seat and really want to know what will come next. Also electric being better than acoustic is 100% subjective. I’d listen to an authentic instrument over any synth or electric guitar or any modern day instrument any day of the week
Classical music impresses me a lot. It drives me from one emotion to another. It makes me feel all the emotions, from relaxing, calm feelings to epic ones. Definitely an incredibly beautiful experience.
Holy.... The animation, the naration, and the music is very overwhelming. In some parts I felt I was underwater and desperately catching air. This is a masterpiece!
The animation and the gripping narrative is amazing you always outdo yourselves
I love your videos! I work as an English tutor and sometimes I give my students a task to watch your videos. This one is probably the next one for this. As noted by many, the animation is simply captivating and perfectly follows the narrative and the symphony itself. Thank you so much!
His 5th is my favorite of his symphonies, though not just due to the powerful motif build (which yes I love) but the uplifting finale of the 4th movement is so indescribably phenomenal. Anybody who's never listened to the full thing certainly should give it a go.
Also if you're interested in his emotional side of it, the 7th symphony has some very painful sounds to his depression of loosing his hearing.
I love the visuals here. Everything grouped exactly how the motif is formed. The mountains, trees, flowers, balloons, etc. Love it!
This is such a well-made video! Thank you, Ted-Ed!
I'm Glad classical music still gets appreciated these days, a Great video as always TED-Ed!
I admire that not only this Ted video lacks even minor mistakes but also that everything is done with great care and precision to a point of an overwhelming manner upon a masterpiece.
Thank you. I’ve lost a lot of my love for classical music in the past years since I’ve entered college and stopped playing the violin, but seeing the music theory and and reliving the beauty of this symphony has brought back many sweet memories of the days that I used to rely on classical music as a source of happiness and calmness. I will certainly be listening to the fully symphony now
Learning what sonata form is and listening to a symphony more than once has actually made me addicted to symphonies. Its so pleasuring an rewarding to notice all the details
Similar to the events of Beethoven’s life at the time the symphonies were composed his 5th Symphony warns you about the twists and dangers lurking ahead while his 9th Symphony tells you you're going to be alright.
I just wanted to say. Beethoven the punk DJ is a masterpiece.
1:04
We really need more of this style of video. What a captivating way to get people engaged and excited about what classical music has to offer. 👏
As someone who has just recently started listening to classical music, this video is so informative! I now have tools to use to find and understand messages in other pieces as well, and my appreciation for this type of music only grows. Please do more of these!
Listen to hungarian dance no 1 i am sure that you like it is somehow similar to symphony no5
The animation just keeps getting better and better! Wow like, this must have taken around 2 weeks! Such effort for just a video!
Oh my goodness this is just so perfect! The animation, the narration, the content! Everything is just so perfect!!!
Beethoven’s talent is described in such a wonderful way. You never let anything down. Beethoven will be proud from heaven.
This may be one of the best videos you guys made yet.
Oh! What a great composer, I bet he must be proud after listening to his own music.
This video really captures an emotional response with their blend of animations, music and narration which truly makes it on itself a masterpiece.
This is honestly one of my favorite videos on UA-cam.
I don't know how many Ted-Ed videos I've watched so far; this one made me forget all the others. Not only the animation is amazingly done, but also the narration is mesmerizing. Big up to the whole team who worked on this video.
Mozart:I'm the most famous Composer in history
Beethoven:hold my beer
I read years ago that *Beethoven imagined death knocking at his door with those 4 notes.* I don’t know if the video mentions this as I haven’t watched it but it was a cool read around 2005ish 🤔😊📚🙌
I believe the quote in question is “This is the sound of Fate knocking at the door.”
This quote comes from Beethoven as I Knew Him: A Biography by Anton Schindler which was written years after Beethoven's death. Schindler claims Beethoven said this to him while they were discussing his works. While it is a fantastic quote that captures the spirit of the fate motif very well there is a strong possibility it is fake, as Schindler is not a reliable source :/.
@@matthiashrafnkelsson2180 That is so interesting! I’m going to dig a bit more jumping off from that point. If I find anything novel, I’ll leave an update on this thread 😊📚🙌
I love how the video is as widespread expressive as the symphony itself
I went through a period years ago of listening to a lot of Baroque, Classical, and Romantic music. After I got a good feeling for Bach, Vivaldi and Mozart I listened to Beethoven and was blown away by the strength of his achievement in the context of those earlier composers. It goes without saying of course they were all incredible but his sound is just so big and it must have been astounding to hear it in the days he made it.
This video is so amazing,art and the lesson is so entertaining
I would consider this video to be a tribute to Beethoven. The thumbnail and the video itself are both first class. Truly a masterpiece.. both the symphony and this video made about it.
oh dear this is my favorite video now..... i am speechless
Wow thank you for this. I am moved to tears
I'll never get tired of TED-Ed. Amazing content as always! 😎😄
If Beethoven was alive today with the numbers of instruments available now. The music industry would be truly more remarkable and exquisite.
I like how the video interprets the symphony. "It takes its listeners through a dark world then guides them into the light." BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND SAID!🙌
The combination of voice, animation, and music makes this one of the most epic videos from TED-Ed
Just amazing! Didn't knew the person who created this masterpiece until now. The animation just gave me goosebumps!
One of the best TEDEd video for me. ❤️
I just played this piece at our last concert. It was a certified banger 🎵
I unnecessarily hold my breath while watching this intense video. Brava, to the creative and the teams that made this triumph 🔥🔥
The sound design, the direction, and the animation of this episode are unique, remarkable, and extraordinary!! ❤️
Would love a series on music with videos like this! From Dvorak’s 9th to Brahms’ 4th to Holst’s The Planets and even modern songs!!
Love how the animation incorporated the 'fate motif' by showing 3 objects and a 4th slightly bigger than the others!
The animation moved me to tears. Gorgeous.
What a brilliant video. Great job guys!
0:27 when you fight sans
the 5th still sounds futuristic, there's just nothing like it. Long live the original grandfather of rock :)
This video was absolutely stunning, one of Ted-Ed's best. Very well done!
Such beautiful animation, thanks Ted Ed!
Interviewer: so what are you best know for? Writing hundreds of sonatas, overtures and chamber pieces? Or maybe publishing your first composition at the young age of 12?
Beethoven: DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUN
TED-Ed 's mesmerizing videos are also like Beethoven's which starts mysteriously embarks through a journey of highly appreciated animations and ends with a triumph enlightening us 😊. Kp up the good work 👍
It always gives me chills.
💚☘️ua-cam.com/video/VkirPoRKohM/v-deo.html🌿🌊
Isn't it awesome that you could immediately hear these notes in your head when you saw the thumbnail? That's how great this piece is, that's how great Beethoven is.
I am always amused by ted ed's animation ❤️
me too
I love the reference to one of the most important and wel-known paintings in the romantic genre, nicely ties it back to the music dabling in romanticism as well. TED-Ed never ceases to amaze!
Definitely the coolest and most interesting Ted video ive seen
Excellent as always, TED-Ed!