Happy Birthday in the Styles of 10 Classical Composers (COMPILATION)

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  • Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
  • During the past 2 years, I've covered these 10 classical composers in my "How to Sound Like" series. Each episode was uploaded on or around the composers' birthdays, and I dissected the characteristics of their music to construct versions of Happy Birthday in their styles. This is a fun, celebratory, and educational exercise, and in no way am I claiming that the authenticity of these versions is anything more than sincere attempts at trying to understand the intricacies of each composer. Please keep that in mind, and enjoy!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 6 тис.

  • @NahreSol
    @NahreSol  4 роки тому +7625

    00:00 J.S. BACH
    01:17 BEETHOVEN
    03:34 SCHUMANN
    04:51 CHOPIN
    06:34 LISZT
    09:18 DEBUSSY
    12:10 SATIE
    13:30 RACHMANINOFF
    14:29 JOHN CAGE
    16:11 STEVE REICH

    • @GUILLOM
      @GUILLOM 4 роки тому +66

      Thank you so much for all this videos, they help a lot to understand each composer and his style🤗
      We need Rautavaara or Rzewski next please!

    • @markharris8254
      @markharris8254 4 роки тому +44

      13:30 all the way!

    • @quentinlynch
      @quentinlynch 4 роки тому +39

      Love it! Wagner would have been "funny"!

    • @niccolopaganini4268
      @niccolopaganini4268 4 роки тому +52

      @@-antares- She didn't do Mozart yet. You gotta wait like I was waiting the whole time for Liszt

    • @LasseHuhtala
      @LasseHuhtala 4 роки тому +38

      Watching your disembodied hands jump around on the keyboard, as if they were baby squirrels chasing each other, makes me smile. :-D

  • @blahblahblahblah2837
    @blahblahblahblah2837 4 роки тому +2860

    "Oh you play piano? That's cool! What can you play?"
    "Happy Birthday"

  • @AllTheseFeels
    @AllTheseFeels 4 роки тому +5061

    when a professional pianist gets booked for a kids party

  • @truefilm6991
    @truefilm6991 2 роки тому +1007

    This is a 12 month masterclass in composition, condensed into less than 20 minutes and with added humor for relief. Fantastic would be an understatement.

    • @andyzhang7890
      @andyzhang7890 2 роки тому +35

      Yea, I'm absolutely blown away not only by how entertaining and impressive this was, but also massively in-depth and educational. Unreal

    • @LagAttacktoSlay
      @LagAttacktoSlay 2 роки тому +11

      Agreed. Simply brilliant!

    • @springrainl2721
      @springrainl2721 2 місяці тому

      So true, and so well said.

  • @ISKMUSIC1
    @ISKMUSIC1 2 роки тому +1261

    Speechless...I wonder how many people truly know the amount of talent, skill, and most importantly knowledge and understanding of various styles that went into creating and performing these arrangements. In all the time on youtube, I have NEVER seen anyone come close to THIS level when it comes to interpreting classical music styles. This is now one of my all-time favorite videos on youtube!

    • @andyzhang7890
      @andyzhang7890 2 роки тому +17

      Exactly, they completely broke down each composer's style from the overarching similarities and signature trademarks to the tiny quirks and habits, and infused it perfectly into each interpretation.

    • @Ryan_gogaku
      @Ryan_gogaku 2 роки тому +8

      Every moment brought out a strange and wonderful mix of excitement, genuine happiness at the beauty of the phrase, mixed with this kind of hilarious "oh you totally got Liszt on the chromatic mediant thing! He totally DOES do that!" parody. I am most definitely buying this sheet music.

    • @evamarek5205
      @evamarek5205 2 роки тому +6

      Agreed. Extremely gifted!

    • @vrod2144
      @vrod2144 2 роки тому

      agree

    • @ezekielsandifer156
      @ezekielsandifer156 2 роки тому

      I was thinking the same thing

  • @finjag.769
    @finjag.769 3 роки тому +1946

    "Just a simple, small Happy birthday, please."
    Liszt:

    • @LinaStarSoul
      @LinaStarSoul 3 роки тому +8

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ManuSankaran2410
      @ManuSankaran2410 3 роки тому +106

      I mean... How simple can you really get?

    • @GabsARV
      @GabsARV 3 роки тому +26

      @@ManuSankaran2410 The question is, how complex can you get?

    • @ManuSankaran2410
      @ManuSankaran2410 3 роки тому +37

      @@GabsARV Depends on what I want to do to it.

    • @wgaule
      @wgaule 3 роки тому +2

      @@ManuSankaran2410 you fool

  • @maxmauer3353
    @maxmauer3353 4 роки тому +1969

    This is insane. The accuracy, emulation, satire, performance and preparation of this is staggering.

    • @PeterJBowling
      @PeterJBowling 4 роки тому +4

      🤤

    • @0000song0000
      @0000song0000 4 роки тому +13

      This composition memes are lit!

    • @bottledpills
      @bottledpills 4 роки тому +1

      everything, except accuracy. she still deserves tons of credits and compliments tho.

    • @solderbuff
      @solderbuff 3 роки тому +27

      @@bottledpills, where are the inaccuracies?

    • @ethos762
      @ethos762 3 роки тому +22

      @@solderbuff people like that guy cannot accept when someone is praised lmaoooo

  • @lesgoe8908
    @lesgoe8908 3 роки тому +372

    The level of music education, chops, humor, imagination (what is a great Schumann pastiche without the manic depression?), and, of course, whimsy required to compose and play these loving parodies is world class. Standing ovation!

  • @francescobattaglia5322
    @francescobattaglia5322 2 роки тому +68

    This is NOT in the style of composers....THIS IS REALLY COMPOSED BY THEM!!!! Absolutely fantastic!!

  • @andrew_cunningham
    @andrew_cunningham 4 роки тому +619

    This is the most powerful flex I've ever seen.

  • @MuchKoku
    @MuchKoku 4 роки тому +596

    As I imagined it would be, Satie is like waking up on your birthday on a rainy day and blowing out the candles on a cake you baked yourself, because everyone forgot it was your birthday.

    • @matthieup5098
      @matthieup5098 4 роки тому +5

      Nice one! :D

    • @mattd3826
      @mattd3826 4 роки тому +2

      So sad

    • @sp8cey
      @sp8cey 4 роки тому +16

      that's so oddly poetic i love it

    • @GeneralHux-001
      @GeneralHux-001 4 роки тому +31

      yet at the sane time it's quite nice, things are cozy and your cat is keeping you company while you're warm under a blanket

    • @l3st4rins98
      @l3st4rins98 4 роки тому +18

      But it hits the point tho. It sounds really like Satie. He was a loner

  • @danielnatzke_
    @danielnatzke_ Рік тому +61

    I'm a pianist and I cannot believe how well you replicated the EXACT mannerisms and terrain and architecture of Bach's, Beethoven's, Chopin's, and Rach's piano music. I hope I could meet you someday.😄
    You should try Medtner's style. Or Ravel's!

  • @kiaruna
    @kiaruna Рік тому +52

    I think people do not realize how talented and creative you are, it feels like you've composed new songs for each genre !!!

    • @fellow7091
      @fellow7091 5 місяців тому

      Just the piano was not in your level sadly.. Maybe that is just some cheap jazz piano but not suitable for high level classical performance. Anyway you are u n b e l i e v a b l e ! ! !

    • @GingerIndiana
      @GingerIndiana 2 місяці тому

      I do... 😢

  • @ericellis3506
    @ericellis3506 4 роки тому +753

    When youtube algorithm hits the right note.

  • @moulinproductionstm
    @moulinproductionstm 4 роки тому +1987

    take a moment to appreciate that there isnt a single ad in this entire video

    • @rxmth9242
      @rxmth9242 4 роки тому +37

      I had one

    • @rxmth9242
      @rxmth9242 4 роки тому +65

      But it didn't matter anyway compared to the quality I'm getting out of watching the video :)

    • @TheMackhoi
      @TheMackhoi 4 роки тому +20

      Same, didn't have an ad. Weird for an 18 min vid (is it weird?).

    • @ShoesMagoo
      @ShoesMagoo 4 роки тому +7

      I mean, that pesky a d blo ck e r really is just too much work, amirite?

    • @ikec-pw5sb
      @ikec-pw5sb 4 роки тому +2

      Only one, at the end.

  • @thibomeurkens2296
    @thibomeurkens2296 2 роки тому +105

    I feel like these are all real compositions, they are so accurate especially the Satie one!

    • @-aza-riah-
      @-aza-riah- Рік тому +2

      so true!

    • @blackmage1276
      @blackmage1276 11 місяців тому +1

      Satie was very diverse, this was very much in his Gnossienne style

  • @henrybilling9174
    @henrybilling9174 3 роки тому +68

    Bach: I studied counterpoint so I am going to use every aspect of it. Did I mention I studied harmony too? Would you fancy a cantata for your birthday party?

  • @hassaanbangash4294
    @hassaanbangash4294 4 роки тому +5494

    I feel like no matter how much praise your videos get in the comments I cant help but feel that people are sleeping on just how incredibly talented you are. This one 18 minute video has no doubt countless hours of work behind it and we all truly appreciate you for making these available!! Keep going!

    • @bikkies
      @bikkies 4 роки тому +222

      That's very well put. Some people seem to think you're just jamming at the keyboard, riffing on various composers. All the text flashes show you are doing anything but. Suspension here, augmentation there, you have thought these works through. I don't think you are mocking the composers. Instead you are picking out certain characteristics they favoured and exploring what you can do with them. That would be a labour of love requiring not only diligent study of the masters but also many hours of craft thereafter.

    • @Wilt74
      @Wilt74 4 роки тому +76

      Exactly. She makes.it look so easy bit this is real craft and professionalism. No comparison at all with random jammers.

    • @Olovlig
      @Olovlig 4 роки тому +12

      Hassaan Bangash I agree! This is fantastic.

    • @ledesmagabriel7104
      @ledesmagabriel7104 4 роки тому

      ok

    • @AndySaenz
      @AndySaenz 4 роки тому +2

      I'm your 1,000th like! 👍

  • @rootstudio247
    @rootstudio247 4 роки тому +1829

    In 40 years as a musician, I’ve never felt this humbled. Wow.

    • @neemyers6869
      @neemyers6869 4 роки тому +80

      Now that's a compliment.

    • @haribo_42
      @haribo_42 3 роки тому +25

      That is indeed a compliment

    • @nrggvrn5576
      @nrggvrn5576 3 роки тому +21

      That's a real compliment right there

    • @chezbe
      @chezbe 3 роки тому +10

      Lizst was Best

    • @greatestsawes9712
      @greatestsawes9712 3 роки тому +10

      @@chezbe
      Liszt was a straight beast with fire in his eyes!

  • @katielui131
    @katielui131 Рік тому +27

    What a display of musical prowess and deep musical understanding

  • @jasonulloa
    @jasonulloa Рік тому +13

    The Reich variation was spot on. I can definitely imagine him composing a piece like this. "Birthday for Nine Pianos"

  • @__teles__
    @__teles__ 4 роки тому +429

    I learnt more about composition in 18 minutes than the previous entire lifetime.

    • @guitarhead14
      @guitarhead14 4 роки тому +6

      same and i have a music degree...

  • @nkwari
    @nkwari 4 роки тому +534

    This must be the hardest earned "like and subscribe" content ever.

    • @paigerasmussen5212
      @paigerasmussen5212 4 роки тому +5

      I have subscribed to three channels before. Now I NEED to be bothered by my phone to see and hear what might happen next on this chick's keys!

  • @jeremy8473
    @jeremy8473 2 роки тому +15

    The Debussy section was so beautiful.

  • @adriannyiha6449
    @adriannyiha6449 Рік тому +15

    Rachmaninoff!!!
    Each of the renditions is like bringing out what a "birthday" means to each composer - and there is such variety of personality, so much layering!

    • @LifeLongSummer
      @LifeLongSummer Рік тому +2

      As if it’s their essence existence expressed in music.

  • @kinda4664
    @kinda4664 4 роки тому +731

    This lesson in composers styles will stay unsurpassed for long time.

    • @miavos3610
      @miavos3610 4 роки тому +5

      ABSOLUTELY AGREE!!! And the wonderful humor along with it - priceless 😁

  • @mldame
    @mldame 4 роки тому +866

    When I clicked on this video, I expected a few bars for each composer with some superficial and stereotyped flourish to distinguish them. That in itself would have been amusing and clever.
    This is so much more than that. I am astonished at the level of thought and effort this had to have taken, both in musical and production terms.
    Thank you. You've absolutely made my day.

    • @aepstein824
      @aepstein824 4 роки тому +7

      Check out the vids that this is a complication of for lots of breakdown

    • @atesz567
      @atesz567 4 роки тому +4

      me to didnt saw the minute mark when i clicked, but stayed the whole thing, and again and again...

  • @mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311
    @mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311 Рік тому +21

    So so clever.... not only having to encapsulate the composers' styles in the reimagining of Happy Birthday, but the signpost commentary done mostly with formal music theory language but very wittily zhuzhed up with "regular" words giving it a slightly Jaberwock-y Alice-in-Wonderland-y feel! Slightly trippy and highly enjoyable!🥳

  • @DoctorLazertron
    @DoctorLazertron 2 роки тому +142

    Your Liszt impression went so far out of the main melody I almost didn’t feel super weird nearly tearing up at a rendition of Happy Birthday.

    • @culturedslob
      @culturedslob 2 роки тому +5

      Im crying rn. This was breathtaking

    • @robertschumann6977
      @robertschumann6977 Рік тому +2

      Which piece is the part beginning with the arpeggios reminiscent of? Definitely the one section in 10th transcendental etude, however, I thought I have heard something similar in yet another piece… Anyone got an idea?

    • @JAndrade96
      @JAndrade96 Рік тому

      @@robertschumann6977i don’t know seems like an original dark use of Norma and Ave Maria (Schubert) arpeggios. But yes at 7:23 is definitely TE No. 10

    • @ouwebrood497
      @ouwebrood497 Рік тому

      Yeah, really Liszt -like in my opinion. I loose him so fast I can't concentrate on his music.

    • @kvnboudreaux
      @kvnboudreaux 5 місяців тому +1

      I have to agree that one left me stunned

  • @moonstruckstarlet6607
    @moonstruckstarlet6607 4 роки тому +458

    The Chopin captions had me dead "trill, trill, more trills, trill-y things"

    • @willrichardson519
      @willrichardson519 4 роки тому +8

      Chromaticism did it for me...

    • @bernardguynunns5658
      @bernardguynunns5658 4 роки тому +1

      I was waiting for Aussie man reviews 'spinny shit'!

    • @unchartedthoughts7527
      @unchartedthoughts7527 3 роки тому +6

      *Leave trill-y Chopin alone😭*

    • @Revelwoodie
      @Revelwoodie 3 роки тому +4

      My favorite captions were for the Schumann. "Oh no! It's going to RAIN! TRAGEDY!"

  • @pancreasdragonheart9765
    @pancreasdragonheart9765 4 роки тому +2712

    I play the drums, watching this I feel like the musical equivalent of a caveman. I hit things and they make noise...

    • @Nationalist101
      @Nationalist101 4 роки тому +108

      Pancreas Dragonheart Quiet, beat counter.
      (Also a fellow drummer)

    • @dennykay
      @dennykay 4 роки тому +313

      "And what do you do after you hit them?" Glod asked. Lias, one of nature's true percussionists, said "Then i hit them again.".

    • @mtv565
      @mtv565 4 роки тому +79

      You don't contribute to the harmony. It's ok.

    • @jorisvandenhoek6251
      @jorisvandenhoek6251 4 роки тому +180

      That's what a pianist does aswell

    • @rfghaverkort2571
      @rfghaverkort2571 4 роки тому +26

      you must love the cage & reich variations then, i think

  • @Debthouse
    @Debthouse 10 місяців тому +15

    I have watched this video so many times and it is the best and most comprehensive lesson on theory, composition, and history of western classical music I have ever experienced. Thank you for sharing your talents with the world in perpetuity.
    P.S. Since discovering your video I have made it somewhat a tradition to play it on my birthday. I am typically alone on that day and I enjoy celebrating briefly with your exquisite performance providing the soundtrack. Thank you again!

  • @kianawilliams9082
    @kianawilliams9082 Рік тому +6

    omg Franz Liszt section was so beautiful ... ughhh like i started tearing uppppp, especially at that sudden romantic gesture oh lord. Just absolutely amazing!

  • @justinbroce9525
    @justinbroce9525 4 роки тому +452

    erik satie: what birthdays feel like as an adult

    • @Raeprim
      @Raeprim 4 роки тому +26

      Holy shit, i was listening to it and i read your comment and got such feels. I shed a tear.
      You fucking hit the sad nail on the head. I'm sobbing in the bathroom, thanks.

    • @patrickfitzgerald2861
      @patrickfitzgerald2861 4 роки тому +7

      What birthdays feel like when you get old. . . 😥

    • @Geopholus
      @Geopholus 4 роки тому +2

      Yes that is probably it !!! But love it anyway!!!

    • @delko000
      @delko000 4 роки тому +11

      Erik Satie lived alone most of his life.

    • @central_scrutinizr
      @central_scrutinizr 4 роки тому +2

      Also check out his piece called Crooked Dances if you really wanna feel melancholy

  • @dk6024
    @dk6024 4 роки тому +258

    This is like an entire semester of music theory in twenty minutes!

    • @fernandolucero_9
      @fernandolucero_9 4 роки тому +2

      For me it would be four semesters indeed at least

    • @giuseppeleone9729
      @giuseppeleone9729 4 роки тому +1

      Ehm? Semester?

    • @fernandolucero_9
      @fernandolucero_9 4 роки тому

      Right. A couple of decades haha

    • @giuseppeleone9729
      @giuseppeleone9729 4 роки тому +1

      @@fernandolucero_9 semester -but not only one - yes, after two decades of practicing and studying

    • @TheTiomaza
      @TheTiomaza 4 роки тому +2

      Well noticed, tho kinda sad. Gonna quote Reich on this one: "Why do 200 years of music in one concrete place of the world has to make 99% of your information?" (not exactly quoted)

  • @Racosz
    @Racosz 2 роки тому +17

    Happy Birthday versions of Scriabin, Stravinsky, Bartók, Hindemith, Feldman, Boulez, Stockhausen, Xenakis, Lachenmann. Also early Baroque composers (Frescobalid, Sweelinck, Schulz, etc).
    Such a good video. Greetings from Bogotá, Colombia.

    • @ouwebrood497
      @ouwebrood497 Рік тому +1

      Actually 4 Stravinskies: Russian, French, Suisse and American

  • @host_theghost507
    @host_theghost507 Рік тому +29

    Nahre's genius for channeling music-and explaining it-is boundless inspiration. She gets to the absolute heart of each composer's style and makes you aware of every nuance... the little quirks and flourishes that define each composer. My particular favorites are Satie and Reich, but honestly I could listen to Nahre Sol play the piano theme from Eyes Wide Shut. And that is saying something. Also: love seeing her dog peep out from beneath the piano!

    • @pianopegj2139
      @pianopegj2139 Рік тому

      Glad you, too, noticed the little pup…..and the white cloth and white bracelet. White, of course, because Satie only ate white foods!

  • @raejudeyatar190
    @raejudeyatar190 4 роки тому +337

    Them: rock on!
    Me: trying to find where the happy birthday is. 😂

    • @omniryx1
      @omniryx1 4 роки тому

      @@eugenelayton5231 Which conservatory did you attend?

    • @raejudeyatar190
      @raejudeyatar190 4 роки тому +7

      @Daniel Thompson yeah. I was able to hear them too. Though some parts have been disintegrated to form a new arrangement based on the styles of the musicians.

    • @terchanovic
      @terchanovic 4 роки тому +4

      @@eugenelayton5231 jesus christ dude sorry your life sucks but no need to take it out on this video, criticizing stuff that is literally the point of the video

    • @aurafluff
      @aurafluff 4 роки тому +6

      @@eugenelayton5231 you can make criticisms but people are also allowed to criticize you for that, free speech works both ways.

    • @jjlj2289
      @jjlj2289 4 роки тому +6

      Free speech is not the right to say whatever you want without facing any consequences and it's truly sad to see more and more people hiding behind the "free speech" label to justify being arrogant and hateful. You do have the right to criticize, but if it's just to feel better about yourself then what's the point? You're not suggesting anything to the OP so she can improve on her work. You're just attacking her because hurting her and what she does makes you feel better about yourself. And your only defense at the end of the day is that you do it because you can. Not fitting the talented musician you claim to be.

  • @MoviezGames
    @MoviezGames 4 роки тому +564

    I'm actually convinced you're a genius.

  • @xznilloalexander6166
    @xznilloalexander6166 Рік тому +22

    No that fugue was wayyyyyyyyyyyy better than people know. Like no that was perfect. Idk how everyone isn't talking about it and idk how she's not globally known as a the musical genius of the generation yet but all this was so amazing

  • @FrancescoAlois
    @FrancescoAlois 2 роки тому +12

    This is the best "Happy birthday" rendition I ever heard! It's because there's a deep harmony study over each musician: she decomposed note per note each style then recomposed all in a melody that not even the authors would have despised

  • @hi_im_buggy
    @hi_im_buggy 4 роки тому +712

    *Debussy*: put a brick on the sustain pedal and go to town

    • @renni9813
      @renni9813 4 роки тому +80

      Thats chopin, for Debussy you literally have to have a gnome pressing up and down on the sustain Pedal constantly because everything is sustained but also you have to retake every note

    • @lcozzarelli
      @lcozzarelli 4 роки тому +7

      Debussy is also fond of the middle-pedal (sostenuto)!

    • @renni9813
      @renni9813 4 роки тому +2

      @@lcozzarelli yeah but mainly just the regular pedal

    • @curbotize
      @curbotize 4 роки тому +11

      You always finish on the Bach. You never finish on Debussy.

    • @curbotize
      @curbotize 4 роки тому +3

      @@eugenelayton5231 as much as I'd love to take credit this genius was from FamilyGuy but I digress. Shit was hilarious.

  • @catburglar82
    @catburglar82 4 роки тому +563

    UA-cam: Wanna hear Happy Birthday?
    Me: Yeah, why not. Probably lame.
    Nahre Sol: Slaps you in the face with utterly brilliant musicianship and genius arrangements...

    • @verstone2486
      @verstone2486 4 роки тому +1

      omg I didn't even realize this was nahre until reading this

    • @catburglar82
      @catburglar82 4 роки тому +4

      @@verstone2486 Yeah, me neither. Just saw Happy Birthday and classical composers. Thaught alright, whatever, entertain me UA-cam...
      And then BAM! Holy Moly. One banger after another. 😂

    • @balajisagargangadharan5146
      @balajisagargangadharan5146 4 роки тому +2

      But didn’t play happy birthday

  • @jkmcs8431
    @jkmcs8431 10 місяців тому +4

    The Chopin's Happy Birthday really captured one of his quotes: "To die is man's finest action - and what might be his worst? To be born."

  • @peetiegonzalez1845
    @peetiegonzalez1845 Рік тому +20

    The text annotations just killed me (^^;). What an amazing and fun journey through so many styles.

  • @chanchanchan7031
    @chanchanchan7031 3 роки тому +1002

    The whole time I was listening I was like: ok this ones my favorite. No no, this ones my favorite. This is the best one yet! Now this ones my favorite

  • @paulinafrompaquhelich9529
    @paulinafrompaquhelich9529 4 роки тому +193

    bro i lost it at "perhaps a birthday gathering in the meadows" 🤣

    • @nikolaiivanovich2094
      @nikolaiivanovich2094 4 роки тому +15

      Paulina from PaQuHeLiCh for me it was “We can still be happy in the rain!”

  • @peltiercooler
    @peltiercooler 3 роки тому +5

    My wife pulled this up for my birthday...spent the whole time laughing. She is so perfectly, perfectly spot on. Victor Borge could not have done better.

  • @clox5738
    @clox5738 3 роки тому +27

    Someone: hey Liszt! My child’s birthday party is coming up, so please write something simple, that anyone can play. Thanks!
    Liszt: *no, I don’t think I will*

  • @andyzhang7890
    @andyzhang7890 4 роки тому +3174

    This is by far the best " ___ in different classical styles" video I've seen. I've noticed many others rely on just implementing sections of those composer's existing songs (every "Beethoven style" song has für Elise excerpts 😒) whereas you break down every composer's style into core elements and you weave it into something truely unique and sounds like an original interpretation or piece that every composer would hypothetically write. My favourite part is that you even included labels for us too follow along as you play. Well done, subbed 💥💥🙏🙏

    • @willrichardson519
      @willrichardson519 4 роки тому +32

      Skills!

    • @ronyb2948
      @ronyb2948 4 роки тому +34

      Can't disagree with that

    • @CheeseMiser
      @CheeseMiser 4 роки тому +30

      This is one way to avoid getting copyrighted by the owners if the birthday song

    • @lukemckelvey5996
      @lukemckelvey5996 4 роки тому +10

      Yes! This is extremely epic!

    • @MrSirMrSirMr
      @MrSirMrSirMr 3 роки тому +41

      That is genuinely one of my pet hates - same with film directors... "Star Wars in the style of Tarantino!" "Jaws in the style of Wes Anderson!" but it turns out to be just a bunch of references instead. Han and Luke talking about burgers in Europe. It's so nice when it's real verisimilitude, when it's a genuine approximation of how they would've actually done it.

  • @kirsty6005
    @kirsty6005 4 роки тому +152

    The dog politely listening to the Satie version is so delightful

    • @moperson1
      @moperson1 4 роки тому +7

      Thank you for pointing that out! Cute

  • @waidi3242
    @waidi3242 2 роки тому +7

    I like that it's actually the real styles of them and not just tranposed Happy Birthday melody into one of their pieces

  • @charlesclauser4686
    @charlesclauser4686 Рік тому +15

    Nahre is an extraordinary talent in out time, unequaled in depth, knowledge and capability. To have her as a guide and teacher would be like accessing the muses from Mt Olympus! What a talent!!!

  • @marchjay7413
    @marchjay7413 4 роки тому +431

    Let's not forget or overlook all the EDITING and typography that was done in this video, made it even more impressive and delightful! thank you!

    • @mikeciul8599
      @mikeciul8599 4 роки тому +7

      I really loved that - it gave a lot of depth and helped me understand what was going on.

    • @bishaldey5339
      @bishaldey5339 4 роки тому +4

      yes! i want all classical music to have this format so that on repeated listenings we appreciate it more!

  • @cordialis7464
    @cordialis7464 4 роки тому +728

    In Corona-Virus times
    Me: "How long should I wash my hands, mummy?"
    Mum: "It's easy: just happy birthday twice, darling."
    Me:

    • @simonbalch755
      @simonbalch755 4 роки тому +21

      If there is one good thing at these dark times, it is people sharing their humour! Bravo!

    • @neemyers6869
      @neemyers6869 4 роки тому +4

      That was funny.

    • @sanny8716
      @sanny8716 4 роки тому +4

      Wait what? Do people say that?
      What does it mean? Like the amount of time it takes to sing the song twice?

    • @antonygonzalez9506
      @antonygonzalez9506 4 роки тому +2

      @@sanny8716 yes

    • @giuseppeagresta1425
      @giuseppeagresta1425 3 роки тому +2

      *I'm gonna end this man's whole hands*

  • @Tiblious
    @Tiblious 2 роки тому +8

    I searched “Different types of classical music” and this was the first video I picked to watch, dive in on to learn about pianists and etc; but this video here, absolutely incredible. Just I could go on
    But just flipping wonderful stuff.

  • @LeRainbow
    @LeRainbow 2 роки тому +4

    Your creativity, technique, heart and soul are all just so amazingly present in your playin Nahre - great stuff!

  • @aie_aie_
    @aie_aie_ 4 роки тому +290

    In music, drawing, architecture, writing, exercises "in the style of" are an excellent way to deeply understand art.

    • @benjammin6692
      @benjammin6692 4 роки тому +11

      I agree, and yet nothing like the original. And yet, there is an original aesthetic quality inherent here in these sections of "deeply understood" music. Is this not like music school on drugs??? 😁 🎹 👏👏👏

  • @DOC36121
    @DOC36121 4 роки тому +625

    This young lady truly understands the "core" of every composer performed on this video. She is absolutely brilliant, and I hope to hear more from her in the future. Many people who try doing this just touch the tip of the iceberg, but Ms. Sol delves into the soul of the composers. Not only is she incredibly talented, but her technical skills are flawless. She reminds me of Hiromi!

    • @JohannesWiberg
      @JohannesWiberg 3 роки тому +21

      I love both Hiromi and Nahre Sol, but that is a very weird comparison to me. How are they alike? Unless you're adding some sort of "asian" aspect with would be quite horrible, I don't see any likeness aside from being great and inventive pianists.

    • @dumoo4049
      @dumoo4049 3 роки тому +17

      Yea I don’t really see that much similarity besides “asian”

    • @davebartholome2924
      @davebartholome2924 3 роки тому +3

      I only know Sol through her UA-cam videos-and there are a lot of them I haven’t watched yet. She’s clearly an amazing pianist and someone who has studied music at a very deep level. Hiromi-I don’t know, she’s an amazing technician, but I haven’t (yet) been moved by any of her compositions. She sometimes seems to me like someone who went out on her own too soon, when she would have been better off being in a great leader’s band, learning from him or her for a few more years before striking out on her own. (Kind of like Al DiMeola, who had amazing technique, but became a solo artist before he really had anything to say, other than, “Damn, can I play this guitar really freaking fast!”)

    • @sannhetiblodet2813
      @sannhetiblodet2813 3 роки тому +2

      I am a pianist and would never have figured out all of the elements she gives to each composer’s style. This is like a mini master class!

    • @paolo6219
      @paolo6219 3 роки тому +1

      She reminds more of a classical version of jimin park

  • @mauzlyuwu
    @mauzlyuwu 3 роки тому

    Amazing work, always great work from you. can't wait to hear more!

  • @kgg1221
    @kgg1221 Рік тому

    This is incredible. I just discovered your channel last night and I'm blown away. Thank you! 🙏

  • @ForeverOfMusic
    @ForeverOfMusic 3 роки тому +1187

    Baroque and Classical composers: detailed music theory terminology
    Romantic era and beyond: s p a r k l y s t u f f

    • @harshancl5360
      @harshancl5360 3 роки тому +16

      Lmao

    • @tsuukkii
      @tsuukkii 3 роки тому +118

      What can i say? It's very *Romantic.*

    • @lordchameleon2650
      @lordchameleon2650 3 роки тому +6

      Exactly my thoughts

    • @noalapizza-paella3986
      @noalapizza-paella3986 2 роки тому +27

      Just a little glitter and it's all done!
      *throws the entire stock*

    • @ouiouimonami8704
      @ouiouimonami8704 2 роки тому +22

      Ah yes, and I’d like to give props to Liszt. *whispers* Mozart isn’t there!

  • @alvaromedinagarcia
    @alvaromedinagarcia 3 роки тому +555

    Debussy is so good, even when is not him writing. Magnificent.

    • @unchartedthoughts7527
      @unchartedthoughts7527 3 роки тому +38

      *There's nothing better than Debussy*

    • @Daneel56
      @Daneel56 3 роки тому +7

      @@unchartedthoughts7527 Agreed.

    • @mariotoledo3481
      @mariotoledo3481 3 роки тому +9

      Mi favourite composer 😍🇫🇷

    • @haaxeu6501
      @haaxeu6501 3 роки тому +14

      Debussy got to me listen to classical music, and even after having listened to so many different composer and having developed a taste for every style and era, Debussy still is my favorite by far. There's nothing like the way I feel listening to Arabesque no.1, as if I was floating in the clouds the instant that I close my eyes.
      His music speaks to me regardless of my mood, I can be happy, sad, melancholic, angry, depressed, proud, grateful, in grief, whatever, there is always a different way to appreciate his compositions. I fucking love Debussy.

    • @dannyobi3687
      @dannyobi3687 3 роки тому

      @@haaxeu6501 have you listened to his etudes? They are amazing especially no 8.

  • @mattlefebvre2536
    @mattlefebvre2536 2 роки тому

    Mind blowing playing plus witty captions equals instantly subscribed! I absolutely love this and look forward to deep diving your other vids now!

  • @pseudotonal
    @pseudotonal 2 роки тому +1

    These are fantastic, and your performances are out of this world!!

  • @strangenessEPR
    @strangenessEPR 3 роки тому +220

    Satie: I bough the whole piano. I’m going to use 15% of it.

    • @user-mv1rr7th5i
      @user-mv1rr7th5i 2 роки тому +13

      Lolllll that's more funnier than the original joke

    • @pabloduarte1722
      @pabloduarte1722 2 роки тому +34

      You mean 17%? (satié liked using odd numbers xd)

    • @MM-vs2et
      @MM-vs2et 2 роки тому +2

      @@pabloduarte1722 xd

    • @yellowcactustvz4929
      @yellowcactustvz4929 2 роки тому +12

      @@pabloduarte1722 15 is an odd number, do you mean prime?

    • @pabloduarte1722
      @pabloduarte1722 2 роки тому +18

      @@yellowcactustvz4929 yeah hahah, i knew there would be confusion, yes, also 15 is odd number, but i meant odd as in, a number that is rare or not commonly used, because 15 is odd number but it is used frecuently because of 5-10-15-20-... Etc so even though i think 15 is good example, i just said that because i wanted to enfatize the oddness of Satié in everything xd

  • @EnDeRBeaT
    @EnDeRBeaT 3 роки тому +1869

    Pianist: Noooo, you just can't use a million of notes, beauty of the piece is not in the complexity!!
    Liszt: *Haha, piano go ascending diminished chord arpeggio*

    • @mango__.latte25
      @mango__.latte25 3 роки тому +10

      Lol 😂

    • @apug296
      @apug296 3 роки тому +60

      This is the most classical music nerdy thing I have heard in a while

    • @nikhil518
      @nikhil518 3 роки тому +1

      😂

    • @viggos.n.5864
      @viggos.n.5864 3 роки тому +8

      @@apug296 how is this classical music nerdy?

    • @dreadnautilus253
      @dreadnautilus253 3 роки тому +14

      *Haha Hungarian Rhapsody 2 go Chromatic Broken Octaves*

  • @VidyaBox
    @VidyaBox Рік тому +3

    This is an incredible video. The sheer amount of work put in... Mind-blowing.

  • @louiserocha-mccarthy7807
    @louiserocha-mccarthy7807 2 роки тому

    Absolutely brilliant and very funny at times! Thank you so much. I have sent this to relatives in distant places to wish them a happy birthday. Very grateful.

  • @1965vw
    @1965vw 4 роки тому +62

    Tchaikovsky would’ve been like: “Happy Birthday? Well, I guess it’s time to bust out the cannons again.”

  • @mr.booker9263
    @mr.booker9263 4 роки тому +249

    Remarkable...I've heard lots of clever pianists improvise "in the style of" this or that great composer, but the likeness is to a great extent superficial. This is far more complex and rich in both scholarship and imagination. A joy to listen to!

  • @maugog
    @maugog 11 місяців тому +1

    This is truly an amazing work. You rock, Nahre! Congrats!

  • @tonimena1121
    @tonimena1121 2 роки тому

    Amazing!!! Congrats for the work you had to put in to pull this out. Again, Wonderful!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @pppp-zp2vo
    @pppp-zp2vo 4 роки тому +313

    I wasn’t expecting much but ended up not skipping a second.

  • @fionachen8720
    @fionachen8720 3 роки тому +645

    you know she's good when she did 't pull a 4'33 for john cage

    • @kinexkinex971
      @kinexkinex971 3 роки тому +22

      Steve Reich too !!!

    • @jessewarren817
      @jessewarren817 2 роки тому +54

      I was just thinning that!!! 4’33 is the most overwrought joke in classical music

    • @kacht345
      @kacht345 2 роки тому +17

      Would be good for memes, but not accurate. There is a lot more to Cage than 4‘33

    • @f.p.2010
      @f.p.2010 Рік тому +2

      @@jessewarren817 and the piece itself isn't even a joke

    • @sagar1992
      @sagar1992 Рік тому +1

      @@jessewarren817 Thats the one and only joke unfortunately

  • @skoragzi
    @skoragzi 2 роки тому

    This is Amazing and Beautiful! Thank you for creating it! I loved all of it! Especially the last two interpretations!!!!

  • @christopheryoung1878
    @christopheryoung1878 3 роки тому

    Amazingly beautiful and wonderful compositions in their own right! Loved every one, and also what you reveal about the inner workings of each composer’s style. Congratulations, this is amazing!

  • @tiffy717
    @tiffy717 4 роки тому +380

    Okay but nobody has commented on how good the editing is? Like the way the typography changes size and angles is super nice and fits the music really well and the way it’s done is entertaining, telling a story for any person with any knowledge of music

    • @thekoiponds
      @thekoiponds 4 роки тому +2

      i wanted to comment abt it! then found your comment which speaks my mind. yes..i'm amazed with her video editing..excatly what i need. love the typography too!

    • @iamdodgepodge
      @iamdodgepodge 4 роки тому +3

      Chill there. We can compliment the creator without dissing on the other fans 😁

    • @txncelt
      @txncelt 4 роки тому +3

      Definitely. I kept getting so caught up in the graphics, I had to go back and listen without watching to appreciate the playing sometimes.
      The scene story for Schumann cracked me up.

    • @tiffy717
      @tiffy717 4 роки тому

      @@iamdodgepodge LOL

  • @tbuddy888
    @tbuddy888 4 роки тому +275

    As someone who has studied piano his entire life, I've learned more on UA-cam this past month in microtonality from Jacob Collier, jazz theory from Adam Neely, and composition from this video than I've learned in ages.
    Thank you very, very much.

    • @vincenthubschmann4491
      @vincenthubschmann4491 4 роки тому +14

      Tony Kinnett if you now get David Bruce and Rick beato into the game you’ve won. That’s what I did and I am now an expert on music theory if I do say so myself

    • @user-rx6nv7df9h
      @user-rx6nv7df9h 4 роки тому

      That's sound insane! How could it be?

    • @dstarks360
      @dstarks360 4 роки тому +2

      UA-cam is changing the game, isn't it?

    • @meganleia
      @meganleia 4 роки тому

      Tony Kinnett the holy trinity of modern music

  • @niconmladin5346
    @niconmladin5346 2 роки тому +6

    This is unbelievably good! Enormous respect for what you did here 👏 I wish there were 1M times more people appreciating this video and this kind of content, cause you deserve it all!

  • @Cheezecurlz93
    @Cheezecurlz93 2 роки тому +15

    This is way too good. YOU are way too good, and damn do you work hard. Thanks for always sharing Nahre

  • @morefoodsmorenudes8046
    @morefoodsmorenudes8046 4 роки тому +6666

    I edited this comment so now you don't know what it said before

    • @nss4472
      @nss4472 4 роки тому +39

      😂

    • @musicano8810
      @musicano8810 4 роки тому +150

      Best Liszt joke I’ve seen yet😂

    • @pinkegg3179
      @pinkegg3179 4 роки тому +222

      including the left pedal that nobody knows the purpose of lol

    • @pinkmazohyst
      @pinkmazohyst 4 роки тому +42

      I laughed out loud at this on my lunch break 😂😂😂

    • @ferrerarocher
      @ferrerarocher 4 роки тому +66

      Liszt is most likely the show off in the group 😂

  • @Aquifilia
    @Aquifilia 3 роки тому +458

    Did anyone else just kinda forget what song they were actually listening to at some point throughout this video?

    • @alisacs_f.l1312
      @alisacs_f.l1312 3 роки тому +20

      Ive just started to read the comments and aprreciate the music xd

    • @Erik-jl7ns
      @Erik-jl7ns 3 роки тому

      Not just once

    • @UserUser-xk7py
      @UserUser-xk7py 3 роки тому +12

      Because it doesn’t sound anything like happy birthday

    • @truefilm6991
      @truefilm6991 2 роки тому +5

      @@UserUser-xk7py Yes you are right. It's there, very often just the first notes and then applying the typical logic of the respective composer to develop the initial idea. The remaining notes are often hidden or played only after lengthy parts, often it's the composer just rambling (of course on a very high level). It's more of a humorous way of explaining and teaching classical composition to musicians. Nahre Sol is insanely good.

  • @profsjp
    @profsjp 2 роки тому +5

    So sophisticated. So thought-provoking. So good!! Thank you for sharing your talent.

  • @jonahwieber5070
    @jonahwieber5070 2 роки тому +3

    I feel like I I could take any motif and follow these directions to turn it into something that sounds like any of these composers. I am in awe of how well you broke down the unique compositional parts of music that made each composer and then created the piece. You are incredible.

  • @chopin4525
    @chopin4525 4 роки тому +394

    I reclaim the right to like this video more than once!

  • @kaiserwilhelmii1827
    @kaiserwilhelmii1827 4 роки тому +523

    This drummer guy here in the comments said he feels like a musical caveman and that explains perfectly how i felt when watching this video. Also coming from a drummer

    • @kylekotula7266
      @kylekotula7266 4 роки тому +2

      Take on Vibraphone! :)

    • @stuartf8116
      @stuartf8116 4 роки тому +6

      Coming from a pianist too!

    • @ihatespam2
      @ihatespam2 4 роки тому +8

      Guitarist agrees

    • @avalonjaynes1106
      @avalonjaynes1106 4 роки тому +8

      Seconded to this "seconded" statement. I even know, I'm not a bad Drummer and singer but watching this I just feel like: "Why do I even think, I'm doing something similar to this one. I make noises, this here is Music."

    • @tiredtimmy7288
      @tiredtimmy7288 4 роки тому

      Ditto :v

  • @user-qy3uu3ky2o
    @user-qy3uu3ky2o 3 роки тому

    I'm extremely excited to hear a Balakirev's version! Nahre, I'm a great fan of your work! Thank you for all you are doing!

  • @XoXkS
    @XoXkS 3 роки тому +14

    Astonishingly how well you seperated that "Thid-Hand-Meldody" at 8:40, even though both other "Hands" played the exact same note in their appregio!
    Also I was astonished as usual for all the more classical Composers, but you seriously blew my musical mind like it hasn't been blowed for at least two years with Cage and Steve Reich.
    You are freaking special!

  • @RebelQueenAmelia
    @RebelQueenAmelia 4 роки тому +117

    This is incredible. With Beethoven and Bach, I felt as if I was listening to a piece written by each respective composer.

    • @nerushimoe
      @nerushimoe 4 роки тому +3

      All of them sounded to me in that way. In one of her other videos, I initially thought that she just picked up a Rachmaninoff's piece and was giving analysis until I realized she was improvising in the style of the composer.

  • @ramonjosephesteves139
    @ramonjosephesteves139 3 роки тому +547

    I would like to hear Happy Birthday in the Style of Nahre Sol.

    • @stevedavis7020
      @stevedavis7020 3 роки тому +21

      YES!

    • @Anonym-mv2mw
      @Anonym-mv2mw 3 роки тому +35

      She plays her own "complex" version in a video on the channel WIRED

    • @julianwhelan1565
      @julianwhelan1565 3 роки тому +4

      I was about to comment this!

    • @palavoyz
      @palavoyz 3 роки тому +4

      She mentioned she liked lizt alot 😉

    • @MonicaKentjana
      @MonicaKentjana 3 роки тому +1

      go watch her series in WIRED!! they made one!

  • @juliamatthews4524
    @juliamatthews4524 2 роки тому +2

    Each of these is special in itself. The magic of the whole set is truly exceptional! And the viual of her hands is so very beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us.

  • @joeguitar7164
    @joeguitar7164 2 роки тому

    Just stumbled upon this. I'll never be able to hear happy birthday the 'dull' way again. Beautifully done, awesome!

  • @lokmen__
    @lokmen__ 4 роки тому +732

    Fun game: close you eyes and try to guess which composer is being played

    • @markharris8254
      @markharris8254 4 роки тому +44

      Great idea! I'm only 5 seconds in so this can still be enjoyed. Thank you!

    • @NahreSol
      @NahreSol  4 роки тому +81

      :D

    • @jobenaus
      @jobenaus 4 роки тому +4

      Lokmen Haddad the Video i way to much fun to not look

    • @Koettnylle
      @Koettnylle 4 роки тому +11

      I tried, but i kept hearing GG Allin for every one of them. 0/10 : (

    • @lokmen__
      @lokmen__ 4 роки тому +4

      @@Koettnylle I only got Beethoven and Liszt right 😅

  • @zikunzhu8319
    @zikunzhu8319 4 роки тому +174

    Rich father at his son's birthday dinner: "Yo pianist, play something for our birthday boy."
    Nahre Sol:

  • @mwong987
    @mwong987 Рік тому +2

    This is unbelievably well written. Congratulations on this accomplishment.

  • @ehlio
    @ehlio 3 роки тому +2

    This is brilliant! The amount of practice you've had to have with each of the composers featured here to be able to compose AND execute with so much accuracy these pastiches is really really really impressive. Besides the descriptions were very well clear and interesting. I'm astonished by this video. A huge bravo and thank you.

  • @Richard-coom-bucket
    @Richard-coom-bucket 4 роки тому +632

    This is no joke amazing. As a student of piano for 8 years, this level of creativity, artistry, and even the technique is unprecedented. For their efforts, this person should be considered one of the best composers and improvisers of all time.

    • @maxiapalucci2511
      @maxiapalucci2511 4 роки тому +8

      Watch the videos where she explains them

    • @specialperson335
      @specialperson335 3 роки тому +55

      Calm down buddy, while what she has done is impressive you cant be calling her one of the best composers ever😂😂

    • @sleepyboi1964
      @sleepyboi1964 3 роки тому +11

      Special Person Hyperbole, heard of it?

    • @HyShroomOfficial
      @HyShroomOfficial 3 роки тому +5

      Rensi it was unintentional hyperbole

    • @specialperson335
      @specialperson335 3 роки тому +15

      @@sleepyboi1964 it wasnt a hyperbole, the person writing the comment either lacks knowledge within the subject of classical composers, or then he just really overestimated the level of skill of the person who made the video. The video is still incredibly impressive though.

  • @devilymoon
    @devilymoon 4 роки тому +162

    Your level of understanding and composing is astounding. I'm astonished. I know every one of these composers, and not only you managed to catch their essence, but the music you made out of it is on pare with the model you used.
    Formidable.

  • @thorblank889
    @thorblank889 2 роки тому

    Thank you for all the effort you put into this brilliant display, our lives are a little better because of you.