'The Last Transit of Venus' for Glass Armonica
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- (Find this and more at www.williamzeit...) Composer and musician William Zeitler performs his original 'Our Last Transit of Venus' for Glass Armonica and Orchestra. William composed the piece especially for the occasion of the Transit of Venus 2012.
Interesting to note is that the Glass Armonica was invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761 which was also a year of a Transit of Venus!
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Since discovering it recently, the glass armonica has quickly become one of my favorite instruments, along with the harpsichord, the mandolin, the violin, the cello, the celesta & the _koto._ This is a beautiful piece that showcases the celestial sound of the armonica perfectly.❤️
Glad you enjoy it!
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I'd love to hear a "band" of the glass harmonica, the ocarina and the hang drum.
Add the kalimba and you’re golden
@Constantinos CHRISTODOULAKIS I don’t know, I wish there was some sort of wide open global resource that you could type any word into and it would give information on it, hmm...
Lol as a fellow prog metal fan i can’t be that sarcastic to you, it’s an acoustic instrument with metal tines that you pluck with your fingers, it sounds really cool, you should check videos on it
@Constantinos CHRISTODOULAKIS A sad truth, but who knows, maybe it’ll catch on someday
@Constantinos CHRISTODOULAKIS My cousin plays the Glass Armonica, so it has a chance I guess. But he is like a music professor n shit in the classical industry so not really with any influence in metal sadly. But yeah, any of these antithetical instruments are possible I guess either way, even if not currently present
Another instrument to add: the tongue drum
...And this is why Ben Franklin was America's Leonardo DaVinci.
maybe the key was lightning What an incredible design
Benjamin Franklin, a genius, a man ahead of his time. As was Leonardo DaVinci. His instrument, finally brought to life: ruclips.net/video/sv3py3Ap8_Y/видео.html
.. and the ONLY President of the United States -- who was NEVER President of the United States!
ObiWanShinobi1, to his credit Franklin actually invented things that were made in his lifetime, and made very profitably too. Da Vinci almost certainly had a greater intellect than Franklin, which is not to demean Franklin's at all. However, Da Vinci wasn't a very organized or practical person, and few of any of Da Vinci's inventions were ever made, while Franklin's were and still are.
not even close
I cannot believe that there were instruments that could create such ethereal sounds before synthesizers existed.
You can produce same sound with bunch of wineglasses and water. It's simple sience. Glass resonates at specific wavelength and produces sound. Size of glass and amount of water affect on resonance, causing different sounds. Even kids often do this at certain age without knowing, and end up noticing the sound. I was about 7 when i noticed resonance of glass, while playing around with wineglasses. If you drag your finger along the edge of wineglass with water, you can produce similar sound. You should put some water to the edge of glass as well, and/or in ur finger. This helps it to resonate better. Also the reason why wineglass and glass armonica works better than average glass is the bowl shape, that resonates better.
Oh boy I think I took too many Benadryl!! I tried to listen to some music and now YouYube turned into Benjamin Franklin playing a lathe in space! D:
Donnie Hicks
That comment is epic!
Benjamin Franklin invented this version of the glass harmonica!
Thank you! I have not laughed so hard in years! Its really earlier and my family is asleep or at least they were, I'm sure I woke someone up shit maybe even my neighbor....funniest comment on RUclips!!!!!at least in my book...thanks again!
Too funny.
"I'll have what she's having."
This is such a beautiful composition, of light and of sound, i love the touch of the bells, as the 'Armonica graces the envelope of the ear, and the bell chimes in from above and overhead... a lovely progression, a dance of sound.
Thank you for sharing.
This instrument is rumored to make people insane when listening to it for large quantities of time. I myself do not know if this is true, but the idea behind that is that the glass harmonica speaks at a range humans don't hear especially well, which makes it sound like the sound is coming from everywhere and nowhere all at once.
That's quite interesting.
According to QI that was probably due to lead poisoning as they used to use lead glass.
This is stupid
Bad playing does make one go insane.... practice helps! 🙃
It is the players who went insane - it was considered a "dangerous art" - lead glass (and hours and hours of practice)
Sound from heaven...Thanks for letting me know there's a wonderful instrumental in the world that is called Glass Armonica! Now I might consider if I should start to appreciate instrumental music instead of pop music...
Shut up David
One of my grandsons is a teenager who’s studying music, and is deeply involved in his HS jazz band. Although he’s in this mode right now of “All great music is based on jazz” phase, I’m in the process of trying to teach him that all great music, and indeed the highest form of music and musicianship is classical. (Even though I’m an old metalhead 😁)
I’m hoping he develops a love and respect for it, if for no other reason than its status as the top of the music food chain, so to speak.
just when you think you've seen and heard everything , you realise you haven't , amazing I'm in awe . . .
What a magnificent composition. It’s incredible the way the other instruments (particularly the clarinet) weave in and out of the sound of the armonica.
Thank you!
benjamin franklin ordered one of these from skymall
Why would he do that!? He invented the darn thing, he has his own!
Haha! Perfect.
real men play leaded glass armonicas
Actually there's such a thing as URANIUM glass, and that's what REAL men play!
And thats why they were banned in the first place. Players used to lick their fingers to add resonance, got lead poisoning which either drugged them or knocked them out, sometimes even killed them, and of course people from 18th century thought that the instrument summoned demons and drove people insane, and banned it instead of looking for the cause... -_-'''
Some people in the comments here think that listening to these for too long drives you insane, while also stating that they don’t know exactly why, which the the modern equivalent of the old demon tale.
Things like this are why I love humanity. Superb.
Humanity banned this instrument in the 18th century cuz they thought it summoned demons. Youp, thats humanity for you. -_-
Humans are a strange contradiction, that’s for sure.
@@henkkahenrik4183 lmao
Love the whole video. The glass armonica is beautifully designed. Amazing!
Riveting, enchanting, soothing... Thank you for this wonderful piece! 💗
This is a beautiful piece of music! Thank you Mr. Zeitler! And thank you Mr. Franklin for inventing such a wonderful musical instrument!
this is such a pretty piece of music. i can't stop listening.
I am intrigued by this instrument since learning of Benjamin Franklin's invention of it.
*sniff sniff* reminds me of those beautiful Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess songs
I saw a Glass Armonica at an opera i went to in LA, It has since been one of my favorite instruments.
Damn. Nice.
it's like a natural analog synthesizer
I like when i'm in the awesome part of youtube.
This is a very emotional piece to me. Felt like crying at times and then felt like everything was going to be ok.
Incredible.. the instrument itself and your skills, sir. Beautifully tantalizing to the ears..
Really really cool. I like that you went beyond a simple demonstration of a musical instrument and tied it into the theme of the transit of Venus.
Absolutely wonderful.
Beautiful music. Thank you for sharing it :D
I can hear some Claude Debussy influence in this one. I love it.
Celestial beauty!
The feeling of this instrument is so strange. It's like your hearing it from some sort of great hall, but your not in the room with it.
Fantastic video... Science and art standing side by side... Yummy.
Really lovely, thanks!
absoloutley love the sound.
This is utterly enchanting.
Where the fuck do you buy one of these mother fuckers I want to compose the shit out of some fcking music man just hearing this all the fucking possibilities ahhhhh it's fucking mind blowing
Sorry but they are actually pretty rare but when you do find one, they cost a fortune.
Well shit I love fucking around with weird and unusual instruments idk what it is but making music on anything really... is just something that's always calmed me down and chilled me out and I can always do it on any instrument I pick up but I've never had any musical training or anything besides being in chorus some in school lol when I went
Jesus Christ dude! calm the fuck down :P Your comment made me laugh lol but you seriously need to calm the fuck down, get a violin or something.
130starfish How about an ocarina? Those are nice.
Call the inventor up and have him build you one. That would be Benjamin Franklin.
For the first truly American musical instrument we colonials didn't do to bad. Ben you are the man ! LOL
Beautiful
This reminds me of Hitoshi Sakimoto's music. Very nice.
Just breathtaking :) I often use this piece as study music and it works wonders :) Thank you.
Just simply amazing 👏
This is incredible
Damn this is incredibly beautiful, He looks like my highschool english teacher! He kept some of my boss drawings
This song is so beautiful! I had never heard about glass armonicas until I found you in a random wondering here...I'm not sure I completely understand the transit of Venus (scientifically). I DO understand is your music, your instrument, your garments, your sense of humor and knowledge is wonderful! I bookmarked you so I can come back again and listen to you over and over...
and it´s thought it still does, if you play it or listen to it for long periods of time or in a very usual way
stendahl's syndrome in action :o there are no words for how sublime this is.
I liked this a lot.
thanks for this!
That was lovely. Nothing else really sounds quite like Mr. Franklin's armonica, and this composition took full advantage of it.
I love the creativity and it sounds really nice.....great job....
EXCELLENT!!
BRILLIANT!!
FABULOUS!!
Transit of Venus... Franklin playing the Armonica... Are you a Pynchon fan?
If you haven't read Mason and Dixon I highly recommend it.
Black Butler anyone?
+Otakume yes
Oh, yes
dont lick your hands!! XD
YES.
Misheru yes 😂
This is so beautiful thank you for sharing it so we can all hear it :)
You are so welcome!
oh my lord, just looked up what was the 2012 Venus transit about? How prophetic that’s played out in my life in hindsight 😳 onward and upward, human consciousness fam 💛💛💛💗 this piece is transcendent
Oh, sir, this is heavenly.
almost looks like a bunch of glass bowls put inside each other.
oh! Cool. =D
From what I've read Benjamin Franklin invented it.
+Lauren Crofford Yes, the first instrument invented in the new world.
Very ethereal and lovely. I can close my eyes and see wonderful pictures with this music. You have a great talent. Thank you for sharing.
Gracias "un poco de todo" super relajante la canción.
this song made me wants to know more about the world
:-)
Not fake. Very not fake. The Glass Armonica has the same idea as wine glasses filled with water. The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies was actually written for the Armonica.
I had to save this it's very well done. Feel like I stumbled upon a gem.
I got to know about Armonica's from the Anime Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) awesome
Black Butler anyone?
That is what got me curious in the first place, I saw the armonica on there and had to find out if it was realor made up for the show.
Become one Da? yup...YUP
No, fuck off
I've just finished rebuilding an old toy steam engine and one of the problems I came across was the fellow who owned this machine apparently used tap water in the boiler.
This caused mineral build up in the area where the electric heating elements were.
I of course use distilled water----do you use the same when you play the Armonica?
😮
💗.💗
Thank you!🌹
You're welcome 😊
I got on RUclips to watch fortnite gameplay and now I'm here... I need an explanation??
Aidan Reyes Because fortnite is for kids and pubg is better
It's the rabbit hole, man. It's too powerful
C'est magnifique
como se hace eso que bello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is honestly one of the coolest things! I play violin, and now I feel like I need to find out where I could get me one of these things.
My only complaint is that it is too short. Lovely! :)
More to come!
rather a small masterpiece:)
is good!!
Nils Frahm plays one. Catch him in concert if you can.
He's great!
beautiful William, you are truly amazing, the pure soul put into this music makes any season feel warm and cozy and bright and just perfect. Thank you.
this is some movie / game soundtrack worthy material here :') very beautiful
Venus and Earth are roughly the same size. Traveling at the speed of light from the Sun, it takes about 6 minutes to reach Venus, and it takes an additional 2.5 minutes to reach Earth (a total of 8.5 minutes). In other words, we're a little less than one-third further from the Sun than Venus. As you observe Venus transit the Sun in this video keep that in mind and that should give you a sense of the scale of the Earth compared to the massive the Sun.
BTW, Mars, the next planet, is 12.5 minutes from the Sun and the next planet, Jupiter, is 43.25 minutes, and then … Saturn!
Saturn is another 36 minutes beyond Jupiter! (80 minutes in total from the Sun.)
The scale of distance is hard to comprehend, but this sort of mental exercise helps one appreciate the vast distances of our solar system.
See this video for a dramatization of this: ruclips.net/video/1AAU_btBN7s/видео.html.
This is amazing. Just love the sound it puts your mind in a different place.
By any chance might you be willing to play some 80's pop on the glass Armonica, perhaps with contemporary instruments in accompaniment?
Invented by Benjamin Franklin yes, but the modern version was made by Gerhard Finkenbeiner. I almost went to work for him.
finkenbeiner.com/gerhard.html
It hurts my ears.
Not synchronized
I know I'M weird but TransVoiYeurTek? Travel/Transmit/Transit..Voice/Voyage..Eureka!"Using EVERYTHING" in this Universe?..dah..stupid..tek as in umm..let me guess..oh..The Technology? aka Fox! Rock's Czar! "as commanded, perform."
When this event takes place (Transit of Venus ) next time, many years from now, I am sure people will be watching the 2012 preview / rerun of this presentation with the 💖 Beautiful composition background music of William Zeitler.
I hope so!
The instrument, the sound, and the song are so beautiful. I'm so glad I saw this yesterday on the NASA stream during her transit, and was able to find it here!
Very beautiful!! What a nice relaxing sound! You are very creative and clever, William!
he is a wizard
absolument fascinant et captivant, quel grand travail vous avez réalisé !! bravo !!!
this was the pad before the Synth pads
The Armonica is such a beautiful instrument. It truly is divine.
The starship Enterprise must be near! OHH yes! When our Galactic explorers go seeking our ET neighbors they must take several of these uniquely beautiful instruments with them. It makes my whole self smile!
Wonderful composition! This is a perfect piece of music to celebrate the amazing Transit of Venus. bravissimo sir!
Ah now that is nice! Years ago saw pair of chaps playing glasses and glass tubes in St Marks Square, Venice - dance of the sugar plum fairy and other stuff, absolutely magic!
oh god this is hard to listen to. Its a very beautiful looking instrument but it sounds awful. Thats probably the reason its not a widely used or enjoyed instrument. At least they are dressed for when it WAS popular...bwahaahaa!
Are there any other recordings of the Armonica out there? I would like to hear more of this type of music. Apparently it was quite a common instrument in the 1760's
Not to detract from this superb composition by a talented individual, but when I close my eyes I really picture FFXII. Or something along the lines. Brilliant, sir! You have outdone yourself. It is a privilege to listen to this piece.
nice very very relaxing holiday type music; the solo instrument is made of glass.
Glass was actually used as ansolo instrument as early as the mid to late 1700's
Main to reel dekhe aya hu yaha 😂😂
how angelic!... and yet demonic!!!... Bravo, you've out done yourself dear chap
I like the double meaning of the title. 'The Last Transit of Venus' as in, the transit last year, and 'The Last Transit of Venus' as in the last transit we'll ever see.
rob. perhaps ethan would find this interesting. not just the music but story and visual of
space. Cad