Anton Webern - Langsamer Satz {Slow Movement}

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  • - Composer: Anton Webern (3 December 1883 -- 15 September 1945)
    - Performers: Emerson String Quartet
    - Year of recording: 1992
    Langsamer Satz {Slow Movement} for string quartet, written in 1905.
    One movement: Langsam, mit bewegtem Ausdruck
    Webern composed this work for string quartet in June 1905, but it wasn't publicly performed until 27 May 1962, in Seattle (Washington, USA) by the University of Washington String Quartet. The Langsamer Satz (literally "Slow Movement") originated during a hiking trip in Lower Austria that Webern took with his cousin, Wilhelmine Mörtl, who later became his wife. It is love music, as Webern diarized ecstatically -- an outpouring by the 21-year-old composer, whose studies with Arnold Schoenberg had begun the previous autumn.
    "To walk forever like this among the flowers, with my dearest one beside me, to feel oneself so entirely at one with the Universe, without care, free as the lark in the sky above -- Oh what splendor...when night fell (after the rain) the sky shed bitter tears but I wandered with her along a road," wrote Webern in language reminiscent of the poet Richard Dehmel, who had inspired Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht -- a work not without influence on the present composition. "A coat protected the two of us. Our love rose to infinite heights and filled the Universe. Two souls were enraptured." The Langsamer Satz is tonal music, albeit chromatic, firmly ensconsed in a tradition stretching from Liszt through Wagner to Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, and Mahler. The last named had not as yet entranced Webern, but during the 1930s he led Vienna's Workingmen Symphony Orchestra in readings of Mahler's music allegedly as insightful as Bruno Walter's, and certainly more comprehensive.
    Webern wrote tonal music for several more years after 1905 -- until, as Schoenberg's most intuitive pupil, he became "more Catholic than the Pope," to borrow an apposite aphorism (it nettled the Master when Webern anticipated his serial dicta, especially as regards rhythm). The Langsamer Satz is one of the longest of all Webern works (though this version by the Emerson String Quartet is rather fast), longer even than In Sommerwind that preceded it, or the Passacaglia, Op. 1, both orchestral, that followed. (With Webern's radical renunciation of tonality came a new minimalism.) It has a root key, C minor, and a traditional sonata-form structure.
    After the leading Webern scholar, Hans Moldenhauer, settled in Spokane in 1939, Washington state became the world center for Webern's music. Seattle hosted the first of six International festivals, held between 1962 and 1978.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 106

  • @r4_in_space
    @r4_in_space 8 місяців тому +5

    That main theme is probably my favourite piece of music ever written for strings.

  • @LaGriveMusicienne
    @LaGriveMusicienne 8 років тому +175

    Welcome to the public domain, mister Webern.

    • @charleshancin9245
      @charleshancin9245 8 років тому +8

      +La Grive Musicienne Too soon.

    • @Examantel
      @Examantel 8 років тому +5

      +La Grive Musicienne Not this piece, which was published only in 1961.

    • @klop4228
      @klop4228 7 років тому +11

      Amaranth 'cept in Europe, where publication date is irrelevant

    • @parkercoe3727
      @parkercoe3727 Рік тому +1

      This is an all time comment

  • @mybuttlookslikeurfac
    @mybuttlookslikeurfac 4 роки тому +84

    The most underrated piece of music I've ever heard in my life.

    • @ThéoLRDS
      @ThéoLRDS 8 місяців тому

      Do you have any sense of hip hop/ hard rock / hard techno ... or do you under-rate those ?

  • @WolfyGreen
    @WolfyGreen 8 років тому +37

    The adamantine melodic and harmonic precision, the delicacy, the poetry, not one note out of place, is here, in place - before it crystallized to remarkable effect in the later work; I always feel if I have encountered something one breath from perfection in listening to or reading this music.

  • @honoratamusica
    @honoratamusica 8 років тому +61

    One of the most beautiful movements in music... Beautiful, I love tonal Webern :)

  • @LouisGuillotYT
    @LouisGuillotYT 6 років тому +13

    I love the later webern but his tonal works are amazing !

  • @andreasdejong2752
    @andreasdejong2752 2 роки тому +4

    Wieder ein herzzerreißendes Adieu an die Romantik. Schönberg, Berg, gar Webern konnten es wohl nicht lassen. Der Mensch ist doch sentimental, emotional, mit all den Sternen über sich.

  • @gerardbegni2806
    @gerardbegni2806 7 років тому +46

    Unlike Schoenberg, Webern admitted in his repertoire only one tonal (tonally very extended) composition: the Passacaglia op. 1. We discover earlier scores of Webern in which he is not still "the" webern that we know and admire, but which would deserve to be saved from forgiveness. Such is the case of this very tonal movement for string quartet.

    • @Byron971122
      @Byron971122 5 років тому +7

      And Im Sommerwind, that is so beautiful.

    • @mousikopaigmonas23
      @mousikopaigmonas23 3 роки тому +4

      Too bad he moved on from tonality and wrote some horrible pieces of music...

    • @heikemuhlbach2450
      @heikemuhlbach2450 3 роки тому +12

      @@mousikopaigmonas23 his atonal pieces are far from horrible. The six bagatelles for example are some of the most expressive and beautiful pieces for quartet ever written.

    • @Tizohip
      @Tizohip 3 роки тому +2

      @@mousikopaigmonas23 are y0u crazy?

    • @Vanium_G5
      @Vanium_G5 Рік тому +1

      and his op 2 is tonal; g major

  • @claudiezeh
    @claudiezeh 6 років тому +4

    our Master and Commander

  • @WBradJazz
    @WBradJazz Рік тому

    What a beautiful piece. Never heard it before

  • @clydeblair9622
    @clydeblair9622 11 місяців тому

    How indesribably beautiful.

  • @Examantel
    @Examantel 4 роки тому +6

    It's a pretty work for sure, but I'm glad that Webern moved on to dodecaphony after this.

  • @nicholasfox966
    @nicholasfox966 3 роки тому +13

    [Predictable comment that refers to the fact that this is a tonal work of Webern's]

    • @Tizohip
      @Tizohip 3 роки тому +1

      yes hahahahaha

  • @davidlicea9192
    @davidlicea9192 2 роки тому

    Wow!!! just... wow

  • @hindolagangopadhyay1301
    @hindolagangopadhyay1301 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful!

  • @michaelmum8395
    @michaelmum8395 3 роки тому

    Great discovery!

  • @auscomvic9900
    @auscomvic9900 5 років тому +1

    Only 4 years later opus six is a new world

  • @agustinavarece
    @agustinavarece 4 роки тому

    Romantic Webern

  • @giulioparide5939
    @giulioparide5939 6 місяців тому

    Pezzo straordinario. Il finale che riecchieggia Mahler è quasi divino nei suoi respiri

  • @TheGuitarardizio
    @TheGuitarardizio 8 років тому +1

    Favoloso

  • @川口健太郎-m5e
    @川口健太郎-m5e 4 роки тому +2

    22歳の作品
    師匠の浄夜を手本にしている
    厳しいレッスン
    変奏variationが、我がウィーン楽派の奥義

  • @PentameronSV
    @PentameronSV 6 років тому +3

    I want to ask you a question.....How did you manage to create such a famous channel in the classical music world in UA-cam? I need some advice...

  • @川口健太郎-l1b
    @川口健太郎-l1b 5 років тому +3

    ヴェーベルンの作品とは思えないロマンチックな曲

  • @vladislavjaros5893
    @vladislavjaros5893 5 років тому

    Beautiful music

  • @seanmchugh840
    @seanmchugh840 3 місяці тому

    The Emersons here mistakenly look to expressionist lurching and the early Schoenberg quartets rather than back to late romantic serenity that the work obviously is, missing the tonal intrigues and beauty; the first violin assumes he has to be pushy rather than finding the lyrical content.

  • @reidwhitton6248
    @reidwhitton6248 4 роки тому +1

    The beginning sounds similar to the intro to Beethoven's 4th quartet.

  • @NovicebutPassionate
    @NovicebutPassionate Рік тому

    Just before letter F, first violin is missing B natural (compare to one bar before letter A).

  • @edwardmalenfant7547
    @edwardmalenfant7547 4 роки тому +3

    5:56

  • @nazann23
    @nazann23 7 років тому +1

    does anyone have the score in pdf?

  • @MastodonRockss
    @MastodonRockss 3 роки тому

    Is this score actually in public domain? If so, does anyone know where I can find it?

  • @ИМельниченко
    @ИМельниченко Рік тому

    you don't have to like Langsamer satz if you don't like Webern serial music

  • @isaacparra2071
    @isaacparra2071 2 роки тому

    ◑ 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 ◐

  • @degautaborg
    @degautaborg 7 років тому +10

    So this is where Richard Strauss famous "Metamorphosen" came from!

    • @nathanfrancisco6974
      @nathanfrancisco6974 6 років тому +3

      You know, I was just listening to this and thinking that there were some striking similarities between the two; then I saw your comment.

    • @村山弘-r1g
      @村山弘-r1g 6 років тому

      degautaborg 山田一男の指揮姿

    • @RobertoPortilloArana
      @RobertoPortilloArana 5 років тому

      degautaborg y de la Marcha Funebre de la tercera sinfonía de Beethoven.

    • @jebbishop3
      @jebbishop3 4 роки тому +1

      It also sounds not too far from Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht

    • @j.grimes4420
      @j.grimes4420 3 роки тому

      Didn't Webern come after Strauss?

  • @klaasdamhof5346
    @klaasdamhof5346 3 роки тому

    Perhaps influence of Max Reger ?

    • @roberthayes7737
      @roberthayes7737 3 роки тому

      From the little I've read, he seems to have loomed large over the composers who would later form the Second Viennese School. Very influential as a composition teacher.

  • @admistyt
    @admistyt 2 роки тому

    0:06

  • @川口健太郎-l1b
    @川口健太郎-l1b 5 років тому +2

    私の過去のUA-cam検索履歴と、閲覧した動画に関連した動画を「あなたへのおすすめ」として表示してほしい

  • @yutakato1568
    @yutakato1568 2 роки тому

    9:10

  • @ScrappyDappers
    @ScrappyDappers 5 років тому +45

    Frank Zappa showed me this in a dream

  • @redbean726
    @redbean726 7 місяців тому

    4:58

  • @gerardbegni2806
    @gerardbegni2806 6 років тому +23

    This shows that Webern was quite eloqeant when using the tonal language. In his official list od opus, he put a tonal piece, the great Passacaglia op. 1.

    • @DeflatingAtheism
      @DeflatingAtheism 3 роки тому +1

      I would say the opuses between the Passacaglia and Funf Sätz occupy a tonal grey area, but aren't atonal per se.

  • @gardikagigih5704
    @gardikagigih5704 4 роки тому +5

    when a serialism composer compose a 'tonal' music, it's more than beautiful. Webern is very sensible

  • @stueystuey1962
    @stueystuey1962 5 років тому +7

    As usual brahms brahms brahms

    • @hoff3204
      @hoff3204 5 років тому +7

      and there can never be ENOUGH Brahms, no matter what flavor!

    • @stueystuey1962
      @stueystuey1962 2 роки тому

      @@hoff3204 indeed. It is rare that i actually listen to Brahms anymore and as magical as the Webernian transformation of Brahms is, i'm closing in on my final listens unless it happens to stream via autoplay.

  • @mirrors1
    @mirrors1 7 років тому +5

    In questo brano tutto torna. La melodia principale è molto espressiva e da lei nascono idee secondarie in un modo che già preannuncia la purezza dello stile del Webern che conosciamo. La derivazione dagli ultimi quartetti di Beethoven è innegabile così come non si può negare che l'ispirazione melodica sorge dai Laendler austriaci. Notevole la sobrietà armonica pur nella raffinatezza.

  • @vicb4901
    @vicb4901 2 місяці тому +2

    Celestial work of less than 12 tones...

  • @川口健太郎-l1b
    @川口健太郎-l1b 5 років тому +2

    浄夜、弦楽四重奏曲第1番、メタモルフォーゼンみたいな曲

  • @davidrehak3539
    @davidrehak3539 6 років тому +1

    Anton Webern:Lassú tétel
    Emerson Vonósnégyes

  • @ThéoLRDS
    @ThéoLRDS 8 місяців тому

    That sound good.
    Why do they put shit into the radio instead of this

    • @pikachuchujelly7628
      @pikachuchujelly7628 6 місяців тому

      I'm lucky enough to have a 24 hour classical station in my area, so I can listen to good music instead of that "shit".

  • @mihordeadana2368
    @mihordeadana2368 2 роки тому +2

    Masterpiece

  • @BenjaminKallestein
    @BenjaminKallestein 3 роки тому +2

    I’m currently exploring Webern music, and I didnt expect this. Im pleasantly surprised. 😅

  • @ZolaNtondo
    @ZolaNtondo 5 років тому +2

    Superbe !

  • @philslife1
    @philslife1 7 років тому +5

    Wow, how really beautiful for this 12 tone composer!

    • @sectiondupcfdesaintquentin8942
      @sectiondupcfdesaintquentin8942 6 років тому +12

      Writing with dodecaphony don't mean writing without sensitivity and musicality. Berg and others composers have demonstrated it.

    • @written12
      @written12 5 років тому +1

      Section du PCF de Saint Quentin
      You’re right.
      But a piece like this makes the case that no composer should shelve his genius for tonal music.
      Of course, Webern died prematurely. Perhaps in later years, he would have on occasion returned to tonality.

  • @sheartshart
    @sheartshart 7 місяців тому

    5:56 F

    • @myra9066
      @myra9066 7 місяців тому

      2:23 🎉

    • @sheartshart
      @sheartshart 7 місяців тому

      @@myra9066😂😂😂😂😂

    • @myra9066
      @myra9066 7 місяців тому

      @@sheartshart😊😅

    • @sheartshart
      @sheartshart 7 місяців тому

      @@myra9066😡

    • @myra9066
      @myra9066 7 місяців тому

      @@sheartshart😢

  • @sleort42
    @sleort42 4 роки тому +1

    Wonderful piec of music.

  • @川口健太郎-l1b
    @川口健太郎-l1b 5 років тому

    私のネット監視担当者は、私の好みから類似した動画を「あなたへのおすすめ」として表示しない。
    ネット監視担当者本人の好みを、私に無理矢理にすすめる。概して保守的な19世紀の作品と、19世紀的な作風の20世紀作品をすすめる。迷惑。私の好みと合わない19世紀ドイツ・ロマン派作品を有り難がる人が、UA-camで「あなたへのおすすめ」を選んで表示する
    こいつを交代してくれ

  • @川口健太郎-l1b
    @川口健太郎-l1b 5 років тому

    日本に常駐しているドイツ人で、吉田秀一たちのゴーストライターをしてる批評専門職が、自分の好みで「あなたへのおすすめ」を選んでる
    好みが合わない奴だ

  • @viniciodecheco3433
    @viniciodecheco3433 5 місяців тому

    Un Webern tonal,melodioso,refinado, espléndidamente musical,capaz de crear una obra tan embelesadora,antes de perderse en los obscuros,y desalmados laberintos caóticos del atonalismo...

  • @pjtuloup
    @pjtuloup 7 років тому +1

    Webern avant qu'il ne devienne le fumiste que tout le monde connaît...

    • @gerardbegni2806
      @gerardbegni2806 6 років тому +8

      Il n'est pas devenu fumiste, toutes ses pièces sont d'une extrême précision, il a mis plus d'un an pour en composer certaines. Que vous n'aimiez pas est une chose, c'est votre droit le plus absolu. Mais c vous ne pouvez pas dénigrer au nom de cela la qualité du travail d'un compositeur.

    • @sectiondupcfdesaintquentin8942
      @sectiondupcfdesaintquentin8942 6 років тому +2

      J'aimerais bien que beaucoup de compositeurs de musique tonale d'aujourd'hui soient aussi « fumistes » que Webern.

  • @metodoinstinto
    @metodoinstinto 6 років тому

    Not his best piece. He still had a loooong way to go. Even Schumann's string quartets were better written than this.

  • @RafaelFernandezViedma
    @RafaelFernandezViedma Місяць тому

    enorme....