Friedrich II - 'Der Große' Flute Concertos | Christoph Huntgeburth Ensemble Sans Souci Berlin
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- Опубликовано: 27 июн 2015
- Friedrich II. Friedrich der Große (1712 - 1786)
Flötenkonzerte
Concerto per flauto traversiere
Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo No.1 in G major
01. Allegro
02. Cantabile
03. Allegro assai
Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo No.2 in G major
01. Allegro
02. Grave e cantabile
03. Allegro assai
Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo No.3 in C major
01. Allegro
02. Grave
03. Allegro assai
Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo No.4 in D major
01. Allegro
02. Adagio
03. Allegro
Performer:
Traversflöte: Christoph Huntgeburth
Violin I: Irmgard Huntgeburth
Violin II: Miki Takahashi
Viola: Adam Römer
Cello: Piroska Baranyay
Violone: Niklas Trüstedt
Cembalo: Tobias Schade
Christoph Huntgeburth
Traversflöte und Musikalische Leitung
Ensemble Sans Souci Berlin
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Artwork: Fas Friedrich II. 'Der Große' Frederick the Great playing a flute concerto in Sanssouci, C. P. E. Bach at the piano, Quantz is leaning on the wall to the right; by Adolph Menzel, 1852. 
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One of the few people in history who actually deserve the title "The Great".
👏👏
Napoléon and Alexander deserve it more though
@@FiGoLu18 Alexander yes. Napoleon no.
@@jacobjones5634 Если честно Александр 1 не был великим ,в отличии наполеона,победа в войне вовсе не его заслуга,да и сама война не нужна была,англия была более мерзким противником,Александр завидовал Бонапарту,я вам говорю как русский человек,с историческим образованием,Александр не великий,хоть его так и назвали,ВОТ ПЕТР,да Петр 1 великий
FiGoLu18 Thats why he said „one of the few“ instead of „the only one“ 😉
Started being fascinated by Frederick the Great at 17, which is about 6 years ago. First by his rule, then by his music. I think I will be returning to this until I die.
That's how I happened to start with my Frederick the Great -obsession- fascination when I was your age 🥺🥺🥺🥺 I'm approaching my 22nd birthday now, and to celebrate, I was planning to go see Sanssouci after many, many years of waiting. So, seeing other teens and young adults get interested in him makes me so happy. So happy that words can't explain it.🥺🥺🥺
""Fascinated by his - warmongering - rule""??: with regard to your age I won't say that you are out of your mind. I'm convinced however that you don't have a shred of a clue what you're talking about and are simply ill-informed. So, why not redo your history lessons ? You die tomorrow, you have got at least one thing right in your life.
@@aminaj.7032i am 19 and i started admiring him at 14 when i saw a documentary about him on television
I first found out about him when I was 14 in around 2019, learning just about his wars and battles. Over the next couple years I branched to his sexuality and philosophy, then just mere months ago his music. He just gets more interesting with time.
In case anyone is interested: the painting is a work by German artist Adolph Menzel (1815--1905) called Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouçi or The Flute Concert (c.1850). The figure seated at the keyboard is Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (1714--1788) and the old man standing against the wall at the far right depicts Johann Joachim Quantz (1697--1773) who was Frederick the Great's teacher and court composer.
Ha ha ha ha ha. "In case anyone is interested", they'll be fully satisfied to read uploader's comments (s. above): who taught you to feel the 'need' to be as "instructive" as that ? Sunday school ?? They seem to have forgotten to tell you that C.P.E. Bach is not being seated at any "keyboard", but is actually playing the h a r p s i c o r d . Many smiling regards to Sunday school.
@@monoecumsemper That didn't sound sour at all. This is a famous painting & we may assume Mr Hawkins was familiar with it without pulling down the SHOW MORE. I've seen it before. I believe, if anyone is interested, I saw it in a biography of Frederick II. But it is an interesting painting. It's also interesting it was apparently painted about 100 years post-event. That may make it suspect t unless it's based on sketches & descriptions of the concert(s) at the time.
Who is the pudgy gentleman with the large wig at the front in left side of the picture? Do you know him?
@@monoecumsemper Wow. What a jackhole you are. Someone gives useful information and you belittle him. Who taught you to feel the need to put others down to put yourself up? By the way, CPE is, indeed, seated at a keyboard. There are many different kinds of keyboard instruments of which this, obviously, is one. The fortepiano shown here is by Gottfried Silbermann, one of more than a dozen the king owned (two are still available to see in Potsdam). By the way, the word for the plucked string keyboard instrument is spelled h a r p s i c H o r d.
When I visited Sanssouci, I bought a stylish mug with this painting on it. Every time I drink tea I think of that king. Why don't we have anymore knowledgeable, educated and sensitive rulers like him?
ruclips.net/video/oXOlvWw8uXs/видео.html This is the intellectual standard of today's political leaders. And these barbarians lead us...
didn't he invent the military "drill" in order for the rank and file to overcome their fear of a 90% casualty rate? so, not all 'sunshine and smiles.'
Democracy, mostly.
@Steven A. Recarte He was portrayed as such as a teen and young adult, and was of such nature, even if fr*derick w*lliam was against it and wAnTeD hIs ChiLd tO Be ThE NeXt SoLdiEr KiNg
Because the Jews killed them in their godless revolutions
Why would 17 people dislike this flute bustin Prussian?
Hard as steel on the battlefield, gentel in the palace...
maybe austrians, french, and poles
@@samukis272 Or as I think Voltaire said: "Sparta in the morning, Athens in the evening."
I get that reference 🙃
@@samukis272 *insert Lennyface here*
when u pass old fritz the aux cord. ayyy
Fredericks capability of playing flute rumored in Europe, but no one really believed it until 1772, when the English music expert Charles Burney visited Sanssouci and saw one of Fredericks concerts.
He noticed:
I was much pleased, and even surprised by the neatness of his execution in the allegros, as well as by his expression and feeling in the adagios.
Despite his music talent he never published his music.
Why he didn't was never found out.
Using this as background music while I write about Friedrich for college.
It's going to be 150% Große
Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo No.1 in G major
00:00 01. Allegro
09:11 02. Cantabile
15:54 03. Allegro assai
Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo No.2 in G major
22:18 01. Allegro
27:23 02. Grave e cantabile
31:53 03. Allegro assai
Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo No.3 in C major
36:23 01. Allegro
41:22 02. Grave
46:07 03. Allegro assai
Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo No.4 in D major
50:51 01. Allegro
57:15 02. Adagio
1:01:46 03. Allegro
Thanks a lot
Álvaro!
The order of the concertos here is 1, 3, 2, 4.
Thank you!
Well this painting reminds me that most people didn't had the chance to listen to this back then. Only nobles could listen to it I guess. But still now that everyone can... Only few does.
It was private concert for Friedrich II - 'Der Große' but also it was public for people to listen to it of course in other premier. I got your point about NOW few does but who knows!
It's almost as if modern "freedom" and (paranoid modern exaggerations of) past "tyranny" aren't really that different...
They were published so ordinary people could hear and play them. In these days of 'electronic' on tap entertainment, we don't appreciate lots more people could play music to entertain themselves and their families. He was clever to choose the flute as it was one of the cheaper instruments for people to get hold of and play. Often simplified versions of the main themes would also be made available. Every body likes a good tune ;-)
well said
When the one Austrian dislikes
or maybe the ghost of his beloved father ...
Cathereine the Great and Maria Theresa.
Go back to your history books. The first to dislike anything by Friedrich II of Prussia would be Poles. Not everyday a foreign king takes a hefty slice of your country and 15 years later writes in his book "Prussia had no right to annex Polish Pomerania".
Exactly ! Thats the dark side of Friedrich II - the inhuman aggressor against Austria and Poland. But there were also Austria and Russia who participated in the raid against Poland. The situation 1772 was not unsimilar to that later in 1939 with the secret agreement between Ribbentrop and Molotow. In both cases it was a cruel and crude violation of the Polish peoples right to freedom, independence and national sovereignty.
Kevin D'Ascenzo omg yes,and then he created 12 more accounts just to dislike it 12 more times
Wie immer preußische Disziplin. Krieger, General und Feldmarschall, Komponist, König, Held. Es lebe seine Majestät Friedrich von Hohenzollen II, der größte der großen Könige.
I'm doing a presentation of Frederick II so I decided I should at least be familiar with some of his music and I'm honestly really happy about that decision
Excellent
Excellent choice, sir. How’d it go?
I’m obsessed with Frederick
The only classical piece with no dislikes. I'm so praised that people appreciate his flute skills..
the only video on youtube about him without any kind of vicarious embarrassment
Shit, thats over now. Some Austrian must have come over and disliked it...
Well, I would propose declaring a war on this Austrian in some vague purpose of unification in the distant future
Yeah, that sound good. Maybe we can tie in that "Schleswig-Holstein" province in it too. It does look like a nice place to build a canal, after all.
fuckin normies! REEEEE
Bei jedem Besuch in Sanssouci oder Rheinsberg fühle ich eine große Nähe zu König Friedrich. Sein Wirken in Kunst und Politik war sehr nachhaltig. Ein faszinierender Mensch!
Ich möchte hier neben diesen großartigen Kompositionen auch den herausragenden Flötisten CHRISTOPH HUNTGEBURTH hervorheben sowie das wunderbare Barock-Orchester!!! Danke für diesen Musikgenuss!!!
En plus de ces magnifiques compositions, je tiens également à souligner l’exceptionnel flûtiste CHRISTOPH HUNTGEBURTH et le merveilleux orchestre baroque !! Merci pour ce plaisir musical !!!
In addition to these magnificent compositions, I would also like to highlight the outstanding flutist CHRISTOPH HUNTGEBURTH and the wonderful baroque orchestra!! Thank you for this musical enjoyment!!!
I still remember my first and so far only visit to Schloss Sanssouci: never have I seen a more pleasant and amazing place. He had an amazing taste for fine arts.
Einer der größten deutschen Persönlichkeiten
There should be more kings like this
There will never be one like Friedrich II. (The Great) but let's hope if there just 25% of his greatness in one king.
Why are u so fond of slaughter?
One of the few people who deserve the word 'GREAT'
@@braviss In those days, it was best to keep your homosexual desires to yourself. A gay person may have been imprisoned or shunned socially for being openly gay.
@@nomaybeyes5681 But also back in the day.
I know that Bill Clinton could play the saxaphone and Prince Albert composed songs in the style of Mendelsohn but the honours must go to Frederick the Great as the greatest polititian/ruler/musician of all time
Hello, Donald Trump--otherwise known, to me, as King of Vulgar Materialism!
Ya forgot King Bhumipol of Thailand. He could play the saxaphone better than Bill. I think they played together too, one time?
Gesualdo?
@@f.sarastre7491 Donald Trump can play the harpsichord !
And General.
I love the painting. It's a romantic idealization ( it was done many years after Frederic's time), but it captures the magic atmosphere of excitement of creating exquisite music. Those concerts were very special events, a real privilege for the spirit. That magic is expressed in the painting by making everything golden, glossy and bright.
This music is so good, I feel like I want to demand the province of Silesia from the Archduchess of Austria
And also consider marrying her.
Empress
That would be in that era and live to hear how this music was performed by Frederick himself!
Love Frederickfrom Thailand
King of jazz Bhumibol the great of Thailand
King of Flute Frederick the great
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A brilliant elevating work. A time when thoughts had meaning.The ensemble with Christoph Huntgeburth is amazing. Music like this was for meant for kings and royalty and it is a miracle that we can enjoy this music centuries later. Danke Schoen!
Einfach Wunderschön, wirklich ein Großer. Lebe der Geist von Preussen für immer weiter.
Der Geist von Preussen waren nicht Flötenkonzerte, sondern Militärmärsche.
Das ist die preußische/deutsche Kunst ❤️
A king of enlightened absolutism leader of men cultured in the arts of music and literature, He is truly Frederick the great of Prussia
Si je n'avais pas découvert aujourd'hui ces concertos pour flute de Frédérique ll de Prusse je n'aurai jamais imaginé qu'un monarque puisse composer une musique aussi belle et séduisante. Je ne suis qu'un amateur dans ce domaine mais je pense qu'elle est d'un niveau aussi élevé que celui des grands compositeurs de musique baroque. C'est une merveilleuse découverte pour moi, grand merci pour le partage.
Frederick II is probably the greastest king of all time...
(Great compliment from a french to a prussian ^^)
Que délicatesse! Bonne journée à vous C:
He was probably more of a French than a German or Prussian...;)
He was 100% Prussian, so much that he was a fan of Johann Sebastian Bach
Das war er:-)
Thank you now can you give them back what's theirs?
Bach attended this concert. It must have been really cold in there since they are all wearing their jackets.
It's commonly known, if Frederic entered a room, that the temperature there dropped significantly 😉
C.P.E. Bach, not his father J.S. Bach.
He is the one playing the piano.
Europe was in what is now called "the Mini Ice Age" at the time. So you're right!
@@winterdesert1 Finally, I know the answer 😂
Did Old Fritz actually write this? This is amazing.
he sure did. He was one humanity's greatest leaders. A genius in anything he set his mind too.
That's definitely not true!
MegaBlase1, please clarify.
No one is perfect. So it is our good traits that separate us. Quite frankly, Fredrick's good traits were and still are far superior to many of our's today.
Probably didn't wrote the whole thing. He only composed the high notes, and probably only those for the flute. The rest was Filled in by Quantz, Bach jr. and his other court musicians.
Totally beautiful! I'm a professional flutist, I really have the urge to play this right now. (It's 12 pm, shit 😂) Friedrich's musicality is so underrated and it's such a same his father never let him professionally get into music...Well, if you're an emperor, what else should you do?
You could fight battles, which was another skill Friedrich der Große performed extremely well. And did you mean 12 AM, instead of PM? 😊
He wasn't an emperor. He was a king. Both of them. The title of German Emperor didn't come around until 1870. Frederick II died around the time of the war of 1812.
@@prussianeagle1941раніше ще до французької революції
@@prussianeagle1941 Frederick II died in 1786
I always keep coming back to these flute concertos. They simply are the best.
Why haven't I heard of his music before? It's wonderful!
If you study enough, you will know all the music. We are distracted by too much modern shit today.
David in the far East
Frederick never published his compositions in his lifetime. He only played them for very small audiences.
Why he did so was never found out.
Bachs last work "The Musical Victim" was actually written by Frederick II.
I am so glad that Hetalia brought me here and gave me an interest which I still keep even years later
Wunderbar, très beau. Bravo son Altesse Frédérick!!
Johann S. Bach dedicated a "Musical Offering” a set of pieces based on the “royal” motif, to King Frederick II, The Great. Bach had been invited to visit Frederick at Sans Souci and the king, who admired Bach, gave him a theme to compose a fugue upon. Bach obliged by composing on the fly a three-voice fugue. Frederick was also an avid composer, producing 121 sonatas for flute, four flute concertos, a symphony and various arias - all written in
a consistently gallant and melodious style. There were other famous composers who dedicated works to Old Fritz.
Joseph Haydn dedicated his Prussian Quartets, a set of six of his best quartets, to King Frederick William II, nephew of Frederick II, The Great and his successor to the Prussian throne. This nephew was a competent cellist therefore the dedicatory to him.
Чудесньій!!!!
I do not know whether Frederick was a good king or not, he had his defects - he was human - but, for sure he was a good musician ad an educated man. How many of our politicians of nowadays could be compared to him? They have more defects than Frederick and none of his qualities and skills. Anyway, I enjoy a lot his concertos and sonatas
His politics consisted of crude and unprovoked military aggression against his neighbours, mostly against Austria. 3 wars with Prussia being the aggressor, and finally the participation in the splitting of Poland into 3 parts 1772. This is not the politics which we would appreciate today.
Attacking peaceful neighbours and waging war against them without any reason ? The attack on Austria 1741 was unprovoked and an act of imperialistic aggression. The only goal was to take Schlesien (Silesia) from Austria. The following wars were a result of this unjustice. So perhaps the king startet as a philosopher and musician, but soon - only weeks after his access to the throne - he became a warlord and conqueror, mixing up the whole central parts of Europe and causing hundreds of thousends of casualties during the three wars for which he was responsible. His courage under fire was a result of the fact that he himself had startet the wars in which he was forced to show this courage. In the battle of Kunersdorf 1759, a metal box for tobacco saved his life when he was hit in the breast by hostile musket fire. But if he never had started the wars he would never have been in the situation to be exposed to the enemy's muskets.
The way how and why he lost the battle of Kunersdorf shows that he was NOT a military genius. In his first battle at Mollwitz 1741 he ran away from the battleground as any low rank coward.
No actually I am German. It is difficult for me to admire a king who was a notorious aggressor, causing many thousands of casualties.
Olav Tryggvason Tatsächlich bist du der erste Mensch den ich so etwas dreistes je habe sagen hören. Du meinst also, dass der 2 schlesische Krieg und der 7-jährige Krieg von Preußen angefangen wurde? Bitte lerne noch etwas anderes über Kriege als deren Namen! Preußen hat in seiner kompletten Geschichte nur an 2 Kriegen die Hauptschuld getragen, den ersten schlesischen Krieg und den Deutschen Krieg und etwas anderes zu behaupten ist einfach nur respektlos und ignorant. Der siebenjährige Krieg war ein reiner Präventivkrieg, selbst der letzte Urbayer stimmt dem zu. Es regt mich einfach nur auf wie Leute, die nichts über Geschichte wissen meinen, dass sie in der Lage seien andere darüber aufzuklären
The C major concerto has always been a favorite of mine, and until just recently I never thought much of the other three flute concertos by Friedrich der Grosse. But when being interpreted like this, in the rococo style, then his music actually makes much better sense to me. What a delightful recording. Bravo!
This painting comes alive as you listen to the depth of this divine concerto. My heart sinks as a lead weight as I ponder how far our culture has degenerated....Lord have mercy on us.
seronymus >says some edgy shit about the world going to hell in a hand basket.
>has an anime profile picture
You sir, are the peak of degeneracy
@Klaus Haugwitz Didn't Christ say not to judge others for the mote in their eye when you have a beam in yours? :) Please think before you reply next time
Examine the beam in your own eye before you accuse 7 billion people of all being degenerate
Actually society at that time was pretty awful, absolutism and all. But I know what you mean with todays degenerated culture. At least the main stream music has degenerated a lot.
@@silesia93 the most tyrannical feudal lord had magnitudes less raw power than the weakest liberal Republic today with modern tech
Astounding composer and yet led Prussia to prosperity as King of Prussia. Met JS Bach in 1747, giving him “the King’s theme.”
The place and occasion where I always listen to this is when I'm having a stroll for myself in the huge park/greens of Sanssouci palace in Potsdam. Then this piece elevates the beauty of this place for about a ton.❤
Frederick The Great is the beast on the flute.
Gracias. Una maravilla El Rey Federico el Grande y la interpretacion de Christoph Huntgeburth
Pablo ya que hablamos el mismo idioma te pregunto... la música está compuesta por Federico?
Si. Federico era compositor. Creo yo que seguramente con una ayudita de los compositores que lo rodeaban. El hijo de Bach Carl Philip Emmanuel y su instructor de flauta Johan Quantz. Fijate la interpretación de Emmanuel Pahud . Saludos
Happy Birthday Fritz!
The undeniable virtuosity of this composer particularly touches me and deliciously juggles with the sensitivity of the emotions of the soul. Thank you very much for this pure happiness!
For me, the opening concerto certainly represents King F's best effort to compose seriously, and in larger form. The performance does the music justice, and I consider myself better educated, musically, for having listened. Many Thanks!
слушаю не впервые ... превосходно...
Friedrich II is truly the greatest European leader in history.
i am not familiar with history, but what i learned about him, he was excellent. i also learnt, that there was a russian leader around 1762 full of knowledge and admiration or performance. he ended the russian-prussian ice-age, but he was quickly (killed?) out of office. and the normal times went on.
Какая прелесть!
Да
27 Austrian survivors of the Battle of Koniggratz have disliked this.
Nikolas Ntalianis lol
the battle of Königgrätz took place in 1866, not even close to when Friedrich was alive (1712 - 1786)
やっぱすげぇわ…親父ェ…
Old fritz old fritz old fritz old fritz!
Super
Yes
Um mergulho profundo no Mar translúcido e calmo.
Je suis le premier serviteur de l'etat et de mon peuple. Et j'ai toujours en service, messiers.
And he would've spoken in those exact words, as he despite the common German as brute and preferred to have conversations in French.
Flötenkonzert Friedrichs des Großen in Sanssouci
, Adolph Menzel, 1852, Öl auf Leinwand
, 142 × 205 cm, Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin.
Am Cembalo Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, ganz rechts ans Bild gelehnt Johann Joachim Quantz, des Königs Flötenlehrer.
Ausgezeichnet musiziert !!
I won't be surprised if all the dislikes were from the Austrians and Poles
I'm a Pole? And I didn't? Like, what did you want to Say? That Austrians and Poles are a bunch of poopoo heads? I know what Prussians did to us, but I mean it was like two hundred years ago!
@@pumpkinspicecat650 I'm pretty sure it was a joke
@@YaBoiMothman And i'm preeeeeetyyy sure it wasn't original.
@@pumpkinspicecat650 true, I was just putting it out there
He combined all the trends of the age: Enlightened but absolute monarch ("philosopher on the throne"), all into chamber music himself, but anyway a ruthless conqueror for the sole interest of his dynasty. 18th century. Frederick the Great = 18th century.
Well, as it's common knowledge that Friedrich was gay (his father had his lover beheaded, with whom he tried to escape), there was no "dynasty". All he did during his reign, was to get rid of the old ways and to prosper his kingdom, not always by war, but also peacefully.
@@DaveBerlin mere speculation. Having deep friendships like his with Katte wasn't so uncommon in still very conservative Christian societies. Another speculation ist that he had a phimosis.
excellent channel for classics master pieces
massive thanks!
Thank you!
Danke!
Great Flute and Music Composition😍
Beautiful, and Awesome
Magnifique
Such an incredible discovery! Thank you
Aah! it's great to hear the musical pieces.
Go Friedrich.
Einfach phantastisch !
Prachtig!
In music he was ONE of the pioneers who created the transformation from late Baroque to early Classical style. But he was far from alone, In his own royal chapel he employed a staff of good composers, among them Bachs son Carl Pilipp Emanuel and the professional flute player Quantz. At the same time the Prince Elector of Rhine Palatinate Carl Theodor also employed a large court chapel with many progressive composers, which together formed the School of Mannheim, creating the symphonic orchestra style. And there were more places in Europe at his time where progressive musicians finished with the Baroque around 1750 and created something new e.g. the first School of Vienna by Matthias Monn and Wagenseil, which some decades later was followed up by the famous second School of Vienna under Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
I love Catherine the great but I can't believe her greatest enemy Frederick of Prussia wrote this beautiful masterpiece.
I like It....!!!
The 59 dislikes are from the court of Maria Theresa
ich bin hingerissen
22:18
22:19
My favorite.
Sinfonia in D Major: I. Allegro assai
The Arrangement of recordings from the CD "Frederick II: Flutenkonzerte und Sinfonien " sounds even more enthusiastic.
I'm from Poland and even though this guy has done bad things to our country he was great ruler and I really appreciate him (sorry for bad English)
@@popejohnxii3587 rip
@@popejohnxii3587 polish-lithuanian commonwealth xddd
@@popejohnxii3587 i love it
Do i sound like i don't?
What do you mean?
Lo ke es tocar por gusto y placer buen interprete Federico el grande
ENLIGHTENED ABSOLUTISM
See, flute playing wasn't a euphemism!
Soundtrack to the Enlightenment
That flute is honey rum turned into sound
💛💛💛
Federico scrisse quattro concerti per flauto traverso, il suo strumento preferito, tutti e quattro capolavori del tardo barocco o rococò e poi lo chiamano dilettante, oltre che essere un grande re fu un grande stratega militare e un eccellente compositore e musicista.
Eccellente...
Freemason-brother 🌹🌹🌹🇩🇪
Delicate , masterful..... I know there is an Austrian and a Pole complaninig.....
Although this music is pleasant, it’s hardly earthshaking, in my opinion. And I’m a classically trained flutist. I truly believe that Friedrich receives so many accolades bc nobody expects a King or Emperor to be musically proficient at this level, but I think the story would be very different if he hadn’t been royal. People should read, “An Evening in the Palace of Reason,” a book which tells the story of J. S. Bach’s meeting with Friedrich, at the instigation of Bach’s son C. P. E. Bach (pictured at the harpsichord in the painting). Friedrich gave the elder Bach a puzzle canon which he and Bach’s envious son believed would stump the venerable composer, but, of course, it didn’t! A great story!
First of all, that is an excellent book. It's one of the sources for my Master's thesis, in fact. However, if I might weigh in here? Perhaps the perception of this music would be different if Frederick wasn't a monarch, yes, but one has to remember the circumstances of his life as those which weren't necessarily so conducive to music, especially after living at the Philistine court of his father. So the fact that he could dedicate time to music and still appreciate it despite his upbringing is something remarkable by itself. Also, I imagine almost all composers that are considered famous- especially in the Western canon- are and were career composers. As in, they generally didn't have any other primary occupation besides music. Frederick, however, was a king- particularly a king following in the footsteps of an extremely authoritarian father who was obsessed with micromanagement of his nation's affairs and governance- and he may have even exceeded his father in that regard. My point is, he didn't have the time to dedicate to music that other musicians did and do, so the fact that he created some rather good compositions despite that- in my opinion- adds yet another reason to admire Frederick. :)
Admirable human being, very clever and creative, indeed. The flute part seems to be difficult because of the agility passages. Maybe a flutist may confirm this, please.
Alte Fritz ist Alte Fritz!
Vive le Roi!❤❤❤❤❤
-but these paintings from the 1800s are extremely phenomenal.
Very impressive composer! Not a bad military commander too.
He must have been really good at Medieval: Total War: "Battles led by him seem orchestrated as a musical performance" :)
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