Fugue - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

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  • Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
  • Happy holidays! Thought it might be a good idea to "fugue-ize" this theme; it happens to work really well for stretti, inversions, etc...
    Score: www.sheetmusic...
    © DHL, 2020
    We wish you a merry christmas fugue. Christmas fugue. Christmas piano music. Christmas music.
    #christmas #fugue #christmasfugue #christmaspiano

Комментарии • 188

  • @longhaulblue
    @longhaulblue 2 года назад +208

    Brought a smile to my face when I started to notice all the "tricks" which is often missing in other attempts. But I love the key changes the most. Sounds "modern" to me when you hear an unexpected key change or a non-standard modulation. Bravo!

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад +19

      Thanks Ken! Glad you enjoyed it

    • @dirkbrodling4230
      @dirkbrodling4230 2 года назад +4

      It could be composed by a classical master. Albrechtsberger would be proud of you! (Sometimes he uses unexpected modulations).

    • @RevJaWs
      @RevJaWs 2 года назад +1

      im 2 years in as a mostly self taught adult beginner and what you just wrote is chinese

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj 2 года назад

      @@RevJaWs Try ruclips.net/video/ItsMmqTOgKo/видео.html

  • @robert-skibelo
    @robert-skibelo 2 года назад +66

    Ingenious. It would be better played by a person rather than a robot. The ending was particularly robotic. It deserved better.

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад +21

      Thanks! And yeah, I agree...I myself might get around to learning it, but that probably won't come for a while. Maybe in time for the December 2022 holiday season? :)

    • @aniruddhvasishta8334
      @aniruddhvasishta8334 Год назад

      @@dhliebowitz How's the progress?

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  Год назад +3

      Didn't get around to it this year, unfortunately... lots going on, but maybe next year! Maybe I'll write another one as well....

    • @justarobert
      @justarobert Год назад +2

      @@dhliebowitz I played this fugue this weekend for a local amateur classical music group. Thank you for the composition!

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  Год назад +3

      @@justarobert That's wonderful, so glad you were able to share it! Might you have made a recording? 👀

  • @checkup88
    @checkup88 2 года назад +77

    wow! really well thought out and executed. this arrangement is delightfully complex and clever without veering off to the realms of musical obscurities or dull simplistic fugues. i love it!

  • @kumo-kun1831
    @kumo-kun1831 2 года назад +71

    I’m amazed by the tight structure 😱😱😱 almost no episodes! Such amazing structure!

  • @ПетърДюлгеров-к7д
    @ПетърДюлгеров-к7д 2 года назад +20

    Write a prelude and I’ll put it on my next exam repertoire 😜 Great piece, well done! ^^

  • @KevinBacon-ic1gw
    @KevinBacon-ic1gw 2 года назад +3

    Love the modulations!!!

  • @MrYuryZ
    @MrYuryZ 2 года назад +16

    I love Bach's music and RUclips recommended me this video! Thank you for sharing your brilliant talent with us! Keep it up and May God bless you and your loved ones!

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад

      Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed

  • @leekenyau6202
    @leekenyau6202 2 года назад +13

    wow,i never heard before so beautiful christmas song like fugue tune,i like this arrange very much.pls keep it up and thanks for your sharing.May God Bless you👍

  • @aniruddhvasishta8334
    @aniruddhvasishta8334 2 года назад +9

    Amazing job, I love how the rhythmic motif never dies

  • @musikompetent2644
    @musikompetent2644 2 года назад +13

    This is so cool 😍 I tried to compose fuges, too. But this is on another level.

  • @timothyj.bowlby5524
    @timothyj.bowlby5524 9 месяцев назад

    Nice work! At the risk of nit-picking, there are a couple of passages that would benefit from renotating so the upper 3 very independant melodic lines aren't smack-dab on top of each other. It would facilitate other folks learning to play this very imaginative and humorous piece if that were to occur.

  • @pietroravani1941
    @pietroravani1941 2 года назад +1

    JSB just sent me the link and recommended to listen this!

  • @gregoryborton6598
    @gregoryborton6598 2 года назад +13

    On top of being a wonderfully constructed fugue, the engraving is lovely. Musescore can be very finnicky with even having two voices in a stave work, you mange three and it doesn't look wonky. Can't imagine how much fine tuning that took.

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад +2

      Thank you! Yes, some parts of the score were a bit tedious to format correctly.

    • @herobrine1847
      @herobrine1847 2 года назад +1

      Yes this! People often underappreciate the efforts people take to make a score look presentable

  • @studentofcounterpoint
    @studentofcounterpoint 2 года назад +2

    The ending was just so good. It's a very enjoyable work. Bravo

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад +1

      Thank you! Glad you liked it!

  • @Robinwhiteart
    @Robinwhiteart 2 года назад +2

    Always like a good fugue. :)

  • @nhickification
    @nhickification 2 года назад +3

    Amazing how the tune was expounded! Belated happy holidays!

  • @bizza1000
    @bizza1000 2 года назад +3

    BRAVO!

  • @Jartious
    @Jartious 8 месяцев назад

    This is fire! I added it to my fire classical music playlist

  • @JordiH69
    @JordiH69 Год назад

    I was going to write "Made me smile" when I saw that the next comment was: Brought a smile to my face! Kudos!

  • @violeta.s.v
    @violeta.s.v 2 года назад +3

    I wish I could write fugues like this 😭

  • @PianoManKyleG
    @PianoManKyleG 2 года назад +5

    This is very well-written!

  • @jeanphillippes2196
    @jeanphillippes2196 3 года назад +1

    Paper normally runs out quicker than ideas. But I still gave this one a like.

  • @marjamerryflower
    @marjamerryflower 2 года назад +1

    Just learned a bit about fugues from twoset violin! So happy i found this. Thanks

  • @GeorgeZwierzchowskipianomusic
    @GeorgeZwierzchowskipianomusic 9 месяцев назад

    oooh well done!

  • @Thomas-Schwarz-musicanera
    @Thomas-Schwarz-musicanera 2 года назад +2

    Brilliant!

  • @quispesamuel5tob576
    @quispesamuel5tob576 8 месяцев назад

    Good jog 👏👏👏

  • @johnpcomposer
    @johnpcomposer 2 года назад +1

    How delightful and beautifully done. Impressive.

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад

      Thanks very much!

    • @johnpcomposer
      @johnpcomposer 2 года назад

      @@dhliebowitz I have only attempted one fugue and it was not as perfect or strict as yours. And I didn't modulate at all...as it was part of a much longer movement I felt that it was successful in maintaining the mood of the piece...I didn't let the baroqueness of the form take over my effort. I like how you slyly move away from this tendency.

  • @Ernestooooooooooo
    @Ernestooooooooooo 2 года назад +2

    You are very talented!!!!!!!

  • @lelonfurr1200
    @lelonfurr1200 Год назад

    johann would be proud !

  • @philippeconne6148
    @philippeconne6148 2 года назад

    Thé Art of the Fugue !

  • @dutchpropaganda558
    @dutchpropaganda558 Год назад

    this fugue is fire!

  • @robertcristea7418
    @robertcristea7418 Год назад

    Bravo! I like that type of inovation. Keep up the good work!

  • @LeBingeDoctor
    @LeBingeDoctor Год назад

    Impressive mastery and a jubilant flow of tight, modern, counterpoint. I love exhilarating perpetuum mobile of these kinds. Kudos!

  • @guavaguy4397
    @guavaguy4397 2 года назад

    I may not know music theory or understand half the comments, but I know good music when I see it, or hear it.

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 2 года назад +2

    Amazing!

  • @antoniomm2879
    @antoniomm2879 Год назад

    Felicidades, magnifica fuga.

  • @franciscoaragao5398
    @franciscoaragao5398 9 месяцев назад

    Muito bem, David. Obrigado.

  • @GOATaro_
    @GOATaro_ 2 года назад +1

    THIS ARRANGEMENT IS LIT!
    Though if i may ask, why use so many 16th and 32nd notes if you can use 8th and 16th notes while adjusting the tempo accordingly to 180 bpm (120 per dotted qtr)? While I do like this arrangement very much, all of the note handles and bars everywhere crammed into one place makes it quite confusing to read. In addition, each measure sounds like it has 2 measures of content, so it would make more sense to write it the other way. What do u think?

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад

      Thanks for the comment! I hear the theme more in 6/8 rather than 3/4 (as you seem to)...to each his own, I guess.

  • @gothamelliott
    @gothamelliott 2 года назад

    Fabulous!!

  • @malgorzatananowska2113
    @malgorzatananowska2113 Год назад

    Wspaniała fuga ! Gratulacje dla kompozytora🏆🥇

  • @murielkhelifa5587
    @murielkhelifa5587 2 года назад +1

    Love it !

  • @ZoltanTemesvari_temy
    @ZoltanTemesvari_temy 2 года назад

    Bravo!

  • @SuperheroChuck
    @SuperheroChuck 10 месяцев назад +1

    This is really good musically! Very inventive. Is it physically playable? Some parts of it look unmanageable, but I wonder if you've been able to make it happen under your fingers

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  10 месяцев назад +1

      thanks man! the piece is 100% playable -- maybe a bit awkward in certain places but very much possible. have been thinking about learning it and uploading a recording...

  • @williambunter3311
    @williambunter3311 2 года назад +4

    This is so clever This guy must have a brain superior to a computer! And what a technique too!

    • @bartwatts1921
      @bartwatts1921 2 года назад +2

      It’s a midi playing, not a person.

  • @gabriellopezperez7363
    @gabriellopezperez7363 2 года назад

    I would change that D in the seventh measure to avoid that unison. The rest i really like it!

  • @musiclove543
    @musiclove543 2 года назад +1

    Bach is proud of you

  • @_music4070
    @_music4070 2 года назад +3

    Cool. Do you any plan to upload some stuffs about how to compose music? I hope to learn a lot from you :))

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад +5

      Thank you! I haven’t planned anything of the sort, but a composition how-to video could be arranged :)

  • @jeanlucchapelon
    @jeanlucchapelon 7 месяцев назад

    Bravo
    It’s difficult to write a fugue !!

  • @paulytheking7365
    @paulytheking7365 11 месяцев назад

    You should make a version of this for a string trio.

  • @chessematics
    @chessematics 2 года назад

    Bach would had been proud to see this.

  • @handavid6421
    @handavid6421 Год назад

    alright, that's epic, but why on measure 19 do that lol. going to E minor, and why is that double sharp there?
    (also a parallel octave) but this is great and I hope to write something as effective one day.

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  Год назад

      Don’t really know why I put that there, hah. Just sounds cool, I guess; glad you liked it!

  • @CTCRBX
    @CTCRBX Год назад

    It's brilliant, where can I get the sheet

  • @singtatsucgc3247
    @singtatsucgc3247 2 года назад

    Haha! Would be nice to use “the tidings we bring…” as a counter-subject in a double fugue.
    Some of the modulations are bit wacky.
    Overall good

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад

      Yes they are...just the way I like it :)

  • @benharmonics
    @benharmonics Год назад

    0:34 Is it just my imagination, or is that a Bach Brandenburg Concerto 5 reference?

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  Год назад

      It sure is a BB5 reference, great catch!

  • @comradeluigi8631
    @comradeluigi8631 2 года назад

    nice

  • @daniloberaldo570
    @daniloberaldo570 2 года назад

    Genial!

  • @geoffreymaina3208
    @geoffreymaina3208 2 года назад +1

    We want the sheet music....This is class🙃

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  Год назад

      drive.google.com/file/d/1MLlfuVBsFZ4TVfdmp2-IcE5uI0K73v67/view?usp=sharing
      Enjoy! If you perform it, please make a recording! And remember to give credit where credit is due, thanks

    • @geoffreymaina3208
      @geoffreymaina3208 Год назад

      @@dhliebowitz Thank you so much😇

  • @JohnMCowan
    @JohnMCowan 2 года назад

    Nice Brandenburg 5 quote in measure 16 ;)

  • @emanuelelamacchia7079
    @emanuelelamacchia7079 Год назад

    May I Download anywhere the sheetmusic?

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  Год назад

      www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/fugue-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-digital-sheet-music/22393490

  • @drtee51
    @drtee51 2 года назад

    How the heck did you get to C# minor and then Eb minor???
    Nice stretto in m. 48!

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад

      Thanks! I love a good modulation, if you couldn't tell :)

  • @angkhangnguyen5017
    @angkhangnguyen5017 Год назад

    this sounds like bach if he lived until the 19th century

  • @Maeldinanga
    @Maeldinanga 2 года назад

    The better one

  • @BennyLlama39
    @BennyLlama39 9 месяцев назад

    I admit I don't know a lot about music, but aren't fugues supposed to be slower and loaded with minor chords, so they sound sad or depressed? 🤔

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  9 месяцев назад

      not necessarily! “fugue” is a structural/formal descriptor more than anything else - of course there are sad and depressing-sounding ones, but they come with all types emotional characteristics

  • @constipatedlecher
    @constipatedlecher 2 года назад

    Why the C double sharp in measure 19?

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад

      Thought I'd add something different there; maybe it doesn't work so well...

  • @Roescoe
    @Roescoe 2 года назад

    Nice, any reason you didn't put in the key signature?

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад

      This fugue is in C major; thus the key signature has no flats or sharps.

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe 2 года назад

      @@dhliebowitz Ah It looked like it was often in G or A, but I guess those were all borrowed

  • @barbaragunter4957
    @barbaragunter4957 2 года назад

    Ooh I wonder if we could perform a choral arrangement of this🤔

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад +2

      I've been thinking about making one, and now I just might...I'd be honored if it were to be performed!

    • @barbaragunter4957
      @barbaragunter4957 2 года назад

      @@dhliebowitz I‘m 100% sure I could find some people willing to perform it!

  • @classicalnature2241
    @classicalnature2241 Год назад

    can you please post the sheet music?!?!?!

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  Год назад

      www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/fugue-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-digital-sheet-music/22393490

  • @giovannisinato7371
    @giovannisinato7371 2 года назад +2

    Is this actually playable ?

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад +4

      Yes, it is actually playable. Similar to many Bach fugues from book 2. Excuse all the drama you see below; I myself am a bit confused how someone who claims to have played every chopin Etude dismisses this piece as overly difficult… :)

    • @jtoddmusic7090
      @jtoddmusic7090 2 года назад +1

      @@dhliebowitz Good point

    • @AaronPetitPiano
      @AaronPetitPiano 2 года назад +1

      ​@@dhliebowitz
      Preach. I only discovered that whole thread today (initially a response to my comment). I am so upset by the toxicity of how he approached the whole thing and I may respond to him at some point. Completely playable from my point of view. What's ironic is he said it may not be and he only gave two or three examples of how it didn't feel good and the other garage of comments seemed to be more about dissing on the composition. In any case- the moments he brought up were indeed awkward, but have natural pianistic solutions (rolling the 10th, redistributing voices, etc.).
      In another event- do you have a website, email, or other way of contacting you? I would like to be in touch soon regarding a performance of this piece and I have a few questions.

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад +1

      @@AaronPetitPiano Thank you for this comment, was hoping you'd see everything!
      I see you have a website, is it ok if I submit a contact form through there?

  • @nintendonerdsvideos4727
    @nintendonerdsvideos4727 Год назад

    I wrote a fugue on the jeopardy theme, but it's lost

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  10 месяцев назад

      hope you can find it/write a new one!

  • @piotrpawlik2353
    @piotrpawlik2353 2 года назад

    It's possible to know who is author of this piece?

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад

      This fugue is an original piece by me

    • @piotrpawlik2353
      @piotrpawlik2353 2 года назад

      @@dhliebowitz congratulations 🙂

  • @darnfirefingers
    @darnfirefingers 2 года назад +3

    David, do you happen to have sheet music? I would like to learn it. Where can I purchase it?

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад +4

      No need to purchase! Here is the score: drive.google.com/file/d/1qRf1097zuDhbHTwca72tpeTFFl-0HBJ6/view
      If you do end up making a recording, please let me know (and give credit where credit is due). I'd love to hear it, thanks!

  • @AaronPetitPiano
    @AaronPetitPiano 2 года назад +7

    I love this. I would like to play it. Can I have the score?

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад +3

      Thank you Aaron, and that would be great! Here's a PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1qRf1097zuDhbHTwca72tpeTFFl-0HBJ6/view?usp=sharing
      I'd love to see this on your RUclips channel some day...I'm a big fan!

    • @AaronPetitPiano
      @AaronPetitPiano 2 года назад

      @@dhliebowitz Thanks so much! Wow small world. Haha. Thanks If I had discovered it a month ago, I cold have tried for this Christmas season. Maybe next year! :) (Of course I love Christmas music all year long so who cares about the date, right? )

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад

      @@AaronPetitPiano Super excited to hear your rendition!

    • @shawncharton9416
      @shawncharton9416 2 года назад

      I think you'll find it's not so playable, definitely not at this tempo.

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад +2

      @@shawncharton9416 This piece is very playable. At times the writing doesn't clearly indicate which hand should play which notes, but this fugue, in general, is quite approachable. It's about the same difficulty as many of the more technical Bach WTC fugues.

  • @thatcanadianguy4795
    @thatcanadianguy4795 9 месяцев назад

    Did you just make a fugue without the organ?!?

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  9 месяцев назад +1

      no organ here!

    • @Jovocale
      @Jovocale 9 месяцев назад

      @@dhliebowitz…would sound even better on a harpsichord??… I can just hear it.
      Well done for sharing your creativity and genius!!

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Jovocale absolutely, harpsichord would also sound great, thanks for the compliment!

  • @DiegoCarrillo3
    @DiegoCarrillo3 3 года назад

    Wait you have a second youtube account? waht

  • @E.Vecvec
    @E.Vecvec 2 года назад +1

    it is not a fugue but it is very nice

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад

      ? This is a fugue

    • @mikematics
      @mikematics 2 года назад

      @@dhliebowitz Sorry, but vekkyo is right. This is not a fugue.

    • @dhliebowitz
      @dhliebowitz  2 года назад

      @@mikematics care to explain your reasoning? This is most definitely a fugue

  • @leecherlarry
    @leecherlarry 2 года назад

    рььь

  • @jeannotdenimes158
    @jeannotdenimes158 2 года назад

    1:16 this modulation is so schubertian !

  • @chloetempolesto9699
    @chloetempolesto9699 3 года назад

    Like