Great Composers - Frédéric Chopin - Full Documentary
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2020
- Great Composers - Frédéric Chopin - Full Documentary
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Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music.
Frederic Chopin was born in Poland, west of Warsaw, on either February 22nd or March 1st 1810 - local records differ with when Chopin's parents claimed he was born.
Chopin was composing and writing poetry at six, and gave his first public concerto performance at the age of eight.
In 1822 Chopin came under the personal supervision of Jozef Elsner, the founder-director of the Warsaw Conservatory.
He became a leading advocate of 'absolute music', producing some of the earliest Romantic pieces and arguably the finest body of solo music for the piano.
Chopin dedicated his second piano concerto (1830) to Delfina Potocka, with whom he hit the headlines during the 1940s when a sensational series of highly erotic (forged) love letters were discovered.
In 1836 Chopin met the novelist George Sand (alias Aurore Dudevant), and so began one of the most famous love affairs in the history of music. The pair split up in 1847.
Chopin's Funeral March, one of the piano repertoire's most famous works, was composed in 1837.
By 1841, both sets of Chopin's Etudes had been published. They went on to become indispensable tomes for piano students everywhere.
Among the most famous of his works was composed late in his life - The Minute Waltz was finished in 1847.
Chopin's health began to deteriorate rapidly and he left for England at the invitation of his Scottish piano pupil, Jane Stirling.
He returned to Paris, where, despite gifts of money and many kind attempts to comfort him, he died on 17 October 1849.
Chopin without a doubt in my mind is the most creative piano genius ever...he really pushed polyphony to the max and he literally brought all the musical colors out of this great instrument..Chopin also seems to effect me more than music of other composers...Schubert had some lovely songs and much of Mozarts music seems very energetic and upbeat but Chopin seems to have the greatest ability to drive the emotions with rythm and melody
It is actually a shame calling Chopin a "piano" genius. He is more than this.
Yes, all of his compositions are for piano. However, some of his compositions are not for piano only. An example is his piano concertos which he composed for piano AND an ORCHESTRA. This meant Chopin must be knowledgeable about other musical instruments besides piano.
"literally" - the most misunderstood, misused & abused English word of today.
What about Jerry Lee Lewis? Lol
@steve weiser I was thinking the same thing
Indeed. Chopin is the only classical composer who truly understood the piano. Of course as pointed out he was not only a piano composer, but the piano is where all his power lies.For my taste he was the greatest musician that ever lived.
It probably makes little sense but in regard to emotional presence, I always felt that Chopin's music was more mature than other classical masters. As if Chopin wasn't afraid to utilized natural emotion--where others might have deemed it lacking in the masculine bluster of the times. Chopin, to this day, is still mentioned in the context of delicacy when it comes to his pieces. To me, they are intricate, with an authentic power of raw intimacy. There's actually nothing all too delicate about delving into the complex essence of sensibility.
Chopin has an adultlike presence, as if he's the master of music. Simply a lot of maturity and authority
"To me, they are intricate, with an authentic power of raw intimacy." This is how I feel about Beethoven. To me Beethoven shows it all in his music the good and the bad, raw honesty.
Chopin ,con 1 solo instrumento llego a todo,y también tiene pasajes mucho más desgarradores,hY que la vida de Frédéric fue muy corta,y en mi opinión, a los teclados es imbatible, el no competía,los otros si...beethoven quería ser el nuevo mozart, chopin era un simple profesor de piano que de eso vivía,no de giras ni tenía encargos del clero,para rekiem..puedes leer sus biografías y entenderás,y asta muerto con su música dio fuerza a su pueblo, Hitler rscuchava beethoven, mozart y sobre todo a Richard wagner,
CHOPIN NO SE PODIA,SINO ERAS FUSILADO....IMAGINA LA GRABDEZA DE ESTE HUMANO
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I know absolutely nothing in regards to classical music, but his music touches a part of my emotions like no other. I’ve been fascinated with Chopin’s music for some time now.
Chopin embodies dark academia better than anyone. His work brings tears to my eyes and is perfect when reading classics such as the odyssey, Iliad, e.c.t
I can listen to this gentleman's voice all day along all the while getting educated about the composer's life with heavenly music in the background.
A great documentary.
A great documentary.
A little heavy on emphasizing the negative aspects of Chopin’s music rather than it’s beauty, charm, complexity and simplicity at times, I think. Both positive and negative elements are present and importantly influential in his music, giving it balance and emotional depth and subtlety as well as energy, simplicity and forthrightness in all emotions
Chopin to najpiękniejsza spuścizna dla ludzkości ❤
Arcydzieło, rewelacja ! Chopinie, geniuszu ❤️
Chopin forever...
How the hell are his Nocturnes not mentioned in this video?
one were but they called it a prelude
@@bjorkmanwilliam6421 that really annoyed me lol
calling that piece a prelude is blasphemy but it's not a nocturne either. the c# minor piece was never called a nocturne by chopin himself. after his death it was published as a nocturne but thats technically false. with that said, it definitely had a nocturne feel.
Amazing pianists playing amazing piano pieces!
May favorite composer ever! 😍
Chopin...the piano god...
At 00:28, what she is playing is not the second Waltz (op64, no2) but the minute Waltz (op 64, no1).
exactly!! I was just gonna comment the same if I didnt see your comment
Superb documentary. Thank you
Chopin’s music is just too thoroughly sad. Yet when I feel extremely sad I think his music that I listen to.
He knew he was dying and he was very sad about that so his music is very melancholy but if you look at when he was younger his music is very lively and vivacious and youthful
Maybe that’s what I love about it. It’s far more emotional than anything else I’ve heard, and at the end of the day isn’t that the whole point; for the listener to be pulled in through emotion? If we’re not feeling emotions, the song isn’t doing it’s work. Chopin fo’ life.
I love playing his music...my favorite.
My favorite romantic era free,expressive and flow like a water.. jazz embrio.
Good information and documentary overall. I wish that the ballades or scherzos, or some of the other larger scale, solo works were discussed. Chopin championed innovation in the free-style format of those pieces and they make up a pivotal spot in the repertoire.
What a beautiful documentary. Insightful and melancholic.
So close to buying a piano cause of this man
I hope you bought that piano! If not, you can find one used and probably get it for free. Check local listings
Do it!
🎹🎶🎵🎼
Prelude is my favorite, but I like Dr.Dre and Eazy-E too, also I'm Polish 😁
@DannyB sameeee
American Rap garbage
I like Chopin! ✌
Coping was a master at expressing emotion through music, especially with the piano. His music fees volatile, ranging from fiery tempestuous to delicate dreaminess within a few short bars! His capture of the shifting nuances of emotion is second to none.
Nice
It's op. 64 No. 1 (!) in the opening...
was looking for this comment lol I was going to say the same thing
Thanks for the opportunity to hear one of the best performers of the best music ever created by the sensitive and unhappy Slavic soul. Let me only stated that it is not Russia but his insidious girlfriend, second rate writer, Ms. Sand, who significant contributed to this genius premature death. Also, it is obvious to me, as it also stated in subtitle, that this nice video made on the base of the recording during the soviet times when Chopin's music could be hear almost continuously on the radio, TV, concerts, etc. Soviet people grew up with that music. Of course, we also knew, that one of the reason to Napoleon to invade Russia and burned Moscow was his strong desire to "liberate" beautiful Poland, which historically, was three times divided between Prussia, Russia and Austria.
"Fryderyk's father, Nicolas Chopin, was a Frenchman from Lorraine who had emigrated to Poland in 1787 at the age of sixteen." Half a slav. But let's agree about George Sand.
Awesome pole
Sometimes wonder if man will ever return to a time of the thinker.
we will. Preperations are being made. Humanity is on the brink of a new age of enlightment unlike any other before. The harder the fall the higher the rise. Use fear. Use grief. Use anger. Use it to create!
@@remon563 I 100 percent agree with you😊
Chopin wrote his Preludes in Majorca not in London as mention in the film
What’s with all the clips from some movie about which no information is given?
Prelude Op. 8 No 4 is good, learning that one...almost done
Can you someone tell me where to find these recordings of the piano pieces? I really like the mazurka in c#minor op3 63. specifically how that guy is playing it.
Seems like they recorded it for this documentary. It has the performers listed maybe they recorded an album in which that is included
Chopin would not have liked such indulgent interpretations of his music.
The little dog Walze is my favorite played that piece a lot and Prelude the Raindrop prelude.
You mean the Minute Waltz?
Chopin is the 🐐 y’all
Seem like a good documentary, but it's impossible to watch. The only way to hear it is to turn YT and my PC up to full volume. And then when an ad kicks in, it's like a cannon going off. Suggest re-encoding with about 50% higher vol.
Lol xD
not a prelude but a nocturne..
This really got me lol
Slavic genius, real slavic romantic music 🎶
Ironic that a number of the scenes, for example, the first ballroom dance scene, are from Russian movies.
What is the piece at 14:30?
Chopin Prelude op. 28 no 7
Fryderyk Chopin.
The van halen of his era
There is no correlation between the narrative and the music. He goes on and on about Chopin's use of folk melodies in mazurkas and polonaises (he forgets the Rondo a la Krakowiak and the songs), against the background of the Barcarolle; eventually, two mazurkas appear but no polonaise. He speaks of the dark ending of the Fantaisie-Impromptu, but cuts it off in mid-stream. He mistakes the C#-minor nocturne for a prelude. Chopin did not live in a garret. Generally the commentary is trite nonsense, obscuring the great music underneath.
Thanks for this comment👊🏻
Let the music speak … it’s all that matters anyway
wish these docs wouldnt waste so much time getting to the info
Pianist Alexander Malkus has a tendency to rush to the downbeat. Several times in this video he destroys the metric pulse by falling forward into the downbeat of the next measure. This drives me crazy.
Agreed. He's rushing the phrases not allowing the music to breathe.
💯
the song in the beginning is No.1 and not No.2
What is the tittle of the music he played at 19:30 ? Anyone tell me plz
Mazurka Op. 63 no. 3
1:31 here expression looks like one of the keys was out of tune xD
Someone please tell me the song at 15:28
Nocturne in c sharp minor op20
Come to Brazil!
How about that guy playing!
Me encanta la voz del narrador!
The audio on this is terrible
Delicate, fragrant, florished piano music, no question about it - an unique finger tip, . But not too much later, enters Claude Debussy. .It may sound ridiculous but it´s unavoidable to see a somewhat similar ongoing piano cycle...Sorry for the possible serious crime I´m doing.
No 1 not 2
Hurried documentary and playing too fast
from minute 13:13 to 13:20 is NOT the photography of Chopin, it is FRANZ LISZT :(
Really?
wayyy to 90s
L chopin W liszt
Rothch….. ugh
Poorly done bio
Nice also that you can hear in his music That he was gay. Lovely
Wait the was???? Thats probably why he died so soon he was rightfully killed
Source?
@@williamc6703 No source, he is just pushing the woke agenda.
he definitely wasn’t
He was a proud pole, he wasn't gay at all 😂😂
I cannot forgive Chopin for composing that horrid funeral march.
Why is it horrid?
@@jrjuniorgames1957 horrid in a sense that it is very sad. I didn’t mean it is musically bad. I grew up in USSR and , like in France, at funerals they used to have a crappy brass band play this piece. It sounded so bad and disturbing that it’s universally been associated with something unpleasant, screechy, painful.
@Charles-Valentin Alkan You are the ignorant one since you didn’t think why I said it was horrid.
@@StopFear thats very interesting, how the unpleasant environment and way it was played had such a great effect on people’s perception of what is a sad but beautiful piece! Thank you for sharing
The Prelude in E minor is similar in feeling...why not wonderful to you😢
How can anyone listen to rap or hip-hop.
I agree 😱
All music is culturally significant. Even rap. I personally detest country music but understand it's bearing on a culture.
unfortunately, the mediocre do so
Hip hop and rap rot the brain.
@@WelshRabbit@Julia Anne Grinder, I strongly disagree with this sentiment. While I don't listen to much rap/hip hop, I understand its significance. If you listen to the likes of Biggie and Tupac you'll find that the music is often used to express feelings, ideas, and conditions; similar messages are conveyed through classical music. Each genre of music has its value, and I don't think it's fair to discount an entire genre based on the few hip hop songs I assume you've listened to.