Felix Mendelssohn's underrated contribution to music history

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  • Опубліковано 14 лис 2024

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  • @AntonioFormaro
    @AntonioFormaro Місяць тому +4

    repositorio.uca.edu.ar/bitstream/123456789/1042/1/mendelssohn-recapitulacion-formaro.pdf I d write this article im Spanish. Over this fascinanting topic. Mendelssohn GENIUS

  • @manelvidiella8004
    @manelvidiella8004 Місяць тому +13

    I beg you wholeheartedly, dont cease to upload this kind of videos

  • @TimondeNood
    @TimondeNood Місяць тому +28

    The transition to the recap from his violin concerto will always be one of my favourite moments musicaux, it's so goood! Thank you

  • @AutreyMond
    @AutreyMond Місяць тому +15

    I waited the entire video for a mention of the Scottish symphony and was not disappointed. Simply thank you. All the more for using Abbado's interpretation.
    Mendelssohn has always been a major event in the history of my life, and whatever history my feeble compositions can have. But without him nothing would be the same.

    • @-MomentsMusicaux-
      @-MomentsMusicaux-  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks for watching it in full. You can really get the point of his genius in form and continuity if you pay attention to every example. And Abbado really gets it in the recap. Listen to those celli soar.

  • @giulianocomoglio
    @giulianocomoglio Місяць тому +2

    That's how you do this. Way too underrated this man. Thank you for these videos, really.

  • @dragondaemonis3801
    @dragondaemonis3801 Місяць тому +8

    Another technique that contributes to deemphasize the recapitulation in Mendelssohn's music is the suppression of the modulating bridge between the first and the second thematic group. Usually the bridge is retained in the recapitulation, of course it no more modulates but is modified so that the second group is now in the tonic. Mendelssohn's works often feature an extended bridge in the exposition, which is then completely eliminated in the recapitulation where the second group follows the first one immediately.
    Mendelssohn was quite pragmatic: after the highly modulating development, there was no need for him to introduce new instability in the recapitulation and the two groups are now joined by their tonal unity.

  • @vparseval
    @vparseval 29 днів тому +1

    I have here at home Charles Rosen's Sonata Form and in it he states that Mendelssohn's music is always at its lowest tension right before the main theme reappears. It's indeed the case and quite unique. I am happy someone else picked up on this.
    If you want more Mendelssohn peculiarities, look at what he does with the clarinet, for example in the trio of the first symphony's scherzo, or the second theme of the finale, or the clarinet duet of the Hebrides Overture second theme in the recapitulation. There may be more places. No one else, not even Weber, gave the clarinet that much significance. His music is the ultimate gift to every orchestral clarinetist.

    • @-MomentsMusicaux-
      @-MomentsMusicaux-  29 днів тому

      Thank you for providing further examples! We left quite a few interesting recapitulations out like in the Italian symphony. As you said, quite unique! A genius composer.

  • @frankkenny6894
    @frankkenny6894 Місяць тому +8

    Thank you for this. This was a new discovery for me today.

  • @ethansmusic
    @ethansmusic Місяць тому +2

    Thank you so much! Mendelssohn is one of my favorites, and this made me appreciate him even more!

  • @dabeamer42
    @dabeamer42 20 днів тому

    This pointed out a few things to these old ears. I've always had a "yeah, whatever" attitude towards most of Mendelssohn's music. It all seems so easy, so deft. When you listen to Beethoven, you can hear old Ludwig working hard to get back to the recap, where Mendelssohn just seem so effortless. Almost like he's cheating. Listening to a familiar piece -- while seeing a score I've never studied -- is such an eye-opener, esp. with the light commentary running along the top. Thanks!

  • @johnpaterson6112
    @johnpaterson6112 Місяць тому +3

    The MSND overture is far more lovely and advanced than anything Mozart wrote at the same age (17).

  • @vivailpatriarcato2076
    @vivailpatriarcato2076 Місяць тому +6

    Great video, as always. Please don't make the quotes blurry. It makes them less readable.

  • @Kjt853
    @Kjt853 Місяць тому +3

    George Bernard Shaw once wrote that Mendelssohn’s music is always pretty, but seldom more. He was half right: Mendelssohn’s music is always pretty, but *often* more.

    • @carbonmonoxide5052
      @carbonmonoxide5052 Місяць тому

      I’d argue the original statement is true for Mozart, but definitely not Mendelssohn.

  • @vittoriocena
    @vittoriocena Місяць тому

    Great episode!

  • @IlBaciodiTosca1813
    @IlBaciodiTosca1813 Місяць тому +1

    Great job!!

  • @Whatismusic1234
    @Whatismusic1234 2 дні тому

    I love you Mendelssohn!

  • @karllieck9064
    @karllieck9064 Місяць тому +1

    He was the Mozart of the early romantic period.

  • @dash_user
    @dash_user Місяць тому +3

    large portion!

  • @jacksonjanney1302
    @jacksonjanney1302 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you for this!!

  • @TroelsNybo1st
    @TroelsNybo1st 7 днів тому

    Mendelssohn's music was not "Western", it was European.

  • @LearnCompositionOnline
    @LearnCompositionOnline Місяць тому

    Among the geniuses he is the one that most composed average music . Imagine Alkan with the hits of Mendelssohn then you get the idea…

    • @karllieck9064
      @karllieck9064 Місяць тому

      Alkan was crap.

    • @cosmiuz2246
      @cosmiuz2246 Місяць тому +1

      That’s wrong on so many levels but hey… to each their own