Great Composers: Bohuslav Martinů

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  • Опубликовано: 16 май 2018
  • A look at an heir to the legacy of Dvořák.
    This was a viewer request from RUclipsr Chobaly Miller. See the current request queue at lentovivace.com/requestqueue.html.
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    Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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    Music:
    - Bohuslav Martinů: Piano Sonata, performed by Rudolf Firkušný [original upload: kQbNJjj8mlk]
    - Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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Комментарии • 39

  • @telephilia
    @telephilia 5 лет назад +12

    An underrated composer who seems to finally be getting his due.

  • @alexbrockwell8158
    @alexbrockwell8158 6 лет назад +4

    I would recommend the piece "Památník Lidicím" ("Memorial to Lidice"), which Martinů wrote in remembrance of a Czech village destroyed by the Nazis.

  • @AvishekSubedi
    @AvishekSubedi 6 лет назад +4

    Music heals all the pain.

  • @robbyr9286
    @robbyr9286 4 года назад +1

    Thanks, this prompted me to start listening to his work. Just finishing first time through 'Czech Rhapsody'. Beautiful, interesting & moving work.

  • @Mackeson3
    @Mackeson3 5 лет назад +4

    The general consensus is his name is pronounced "Martin-oo". One form of composition that greatly influenced his work was The English madrigal which he loved.

    • @ClassicalNerd
      @ClassicalNerd  5 лет назад +2

      I don't speak Czech and based my pronunciation in this video on what turned out to be some incorrect information. Everything else is a accurate as I could make it.

    • @Mackeson3
      @Mackeson3 5 лет назад

      @@ClassicalNerd "Mr. Martinu" ruclips.net/video/YritqHoV_zQ/видео.html
      An interesting interview with the great man (if a little short!)

  • @ShorkGamer
    @ShorkGamer 6 лет назад +1

    I love Brians 1st huge Symphony. I heard it many times. An analysis of this work would be amazing!

  • @brendaboykin3281
    @brendaboykin3281 3 года назад

    Thanx, Thomas🌹🌹🌹

  • @AlexandreGuerraInput
    @AlexandreGuerraInput Год назад

    Fantastic!! Thank you very much!’

  • @gabrieru1983
    @gabrieru1983 6 лет назад +3

    Great video as usual!
    By the way....Brian´s "Gothic Symphony" has no piano part, but his Symphony No 3 has two of them.

  • @ornleifs
    @ornleifs 6 лет назад +2

    Great video - have heard of him but really did not know much about him.
    I'm always intrigued by the books behind you, how about a video about these books where you talk about them and what you got from them and if you would recommend them.

    • @ClassicalNerd
      @ClassicalNerd  6 лет назад +2

      You're in luck: ruclips.net/video/9NlSM9JWdkY/видео.html

    • @ornleifs
      @ornleifs 6 лет назад +1

      Well well well - thanks a lot.

  • @Walter50
    @Walter50 5 лет назад +3

    Of course this kind of presentation is bound to be rather superficial, but to leave out Martinus wonderful contributions to the opera, Julietta, Les trois Souhaits, The Greek passion, just to mention a few of the most important, is really to much. Apart from that his name is pronounced with stress on the first vowel, not the last.

    • @ClassicalNerd
      @ClassicalNerd  5 лет назад +1

      I don't usually mentioned specific pieces by name in these videos, unless I can illustrate a very specific point about a composer's style. The point here is to give interesting biographical information and synthesize it with more general points about a composer's stylistic significance and where they fit in the larger picture. That said, I'm perfectly happy to talk about a given specific piece of any composer if I get enough requests for it.
      As for the pronunciation, I've always heard it pronounced in the manner in which I said it in the video. Is Czech stress usually on the first syllable? If so, that'll be very handy going forward when I cover other Czech composers.

    • @Walter50
      @Walter50 5 лет назад +3

      According to a number of friends of Martinu I have met , he is not only the most prolific 20-century composer of the first rank in the realm of opera but maybe also the most important. I have attended six different productions of Julietta this millennium and a number of other of his operas. During more than forty years of close contact with Martinus music I have almost never heard anybody pronounce his name the way you do. As far as I know in Czech the stress is always on the first syllable.

  • @weazelferret
    @weazelferret 6 лет назад +3

    Keep up the good work, can you add "Nikolai Kapustin" to the request pool?
    Have you considered redoing some of your old videos like your video of Bach?
    It's still a good video but I think you've improved a lot over the years. He's one of the greatest composers of all time in my opinion, I think he deserves a more in depth video.

    • @ClassicalNerd
      @ClassicalNerd  6 лет назад +4

      I don't do videos on living composers because their careers are still ongoing. And yes, I really do want to redo many of my early videos for matter of production quality if nothing else, but I've got so many requests to get through that those take up most of my time.

    • @boazmecham5101
      @boazmecham5101 2 года назад +4

      now hes no longer living

  • @thekathal
    @thekathal 5 лет назад +3

    Could you do a video on Dupré and Duruflé?

    • @ClassicalNerd
      @ClassicalNerd  5 лет назад +1

      I did a Duruflé video in October 2017: ruclips.net/video/H3WsxHa5Q0Y/видео.html. Dupré has been duly noted at lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

    • @thekathal
      @thekathal 5 лет назад +2

      Classical Nerd thanks very much, I can’t find many people who talk about organ composers

  • @v.6297
    @v.6297 6 лет назад +3

    Please, talk about Villa Lobos

    • @ClassicalNerd
      @ClassicalNerd  6 лет назад

      Villa-Lobos is currently 11th in the queue!

  • @zacharydetrick7428
    @zacharydetrick7428 5 лет назад

    nice Joel Sachs book

  • @eriksatie877
    @eriksatie877 6 лет назад +2

    Make a video about Leoš Janáček

    • @ClassicalNerd
      @ClassicalNerd  6 лет назад +1

      Janáček has been added to the request pool.

    • @eriksatie877
      @eriksatie877 6 лет назад

      Classical Nerd thanks 🙏

  • @paulybarr
    @paulybarr 2 года назад

    Thanks for your channel. You begin by saying " I think that's how you pronounce his name", but, respectfully, you get them both wrong, by stressing the second syllables. The simple thing with Czech words, including names, is that ALL words are stressed on the first syllable ( although there may also be an additional stress or lengthening of other vowels within a word, such as in Janacek - though no English speakers get it right )- so his name is pronounced BOhuslav MARtinu.

  • @Jand1smas
    @Jand1smas Год назад +1

    One person thinks Martinů had Asperger's Syndrome. Nonsense.

    • @Jack-zu1hu
      @Jack-zu1hu Год назад +1

      Not just one. Why is it so hard to believe?

  • @2906nico
    @2906nico 3 года назад +1

    Sorry, but you couldn't have pronounced either of Martinu's names more wrongly! Good post, though.

  • @PaulTroisfontainesgurne1382
    @PaulTroisfontainesgurne1382 6 лет назад +1

    Ridicule de parler d’un musicien sans entendre sa musique. Connaissances superficielles

    • @ClassicalNerd
      @ClassicalNerd  6 лет назад +4

      Dass ist nicht die Absicht dieses Kanals. Man kann viele Musik auf RUclips finden, aber nicht so oft wie eine Biographie eines Komponists. Auch finde ich interessant, dass Französischmenschen Probleme mit meiner Videos oft finden, besonders wann andere Leuten keine Probleme haben. Sie können Englisch verstanden, aber auf Französisch antworten ... und dass ist warum, ich auf Deutsch antworten: kein besonderer Grund.

    • @zacharydetrick7428
      @zacharydetrick7428 5 лет назад +3

      This channel is an excellent starting point for someone who wants to look up and listen to the compositions afterwards, as it provides context.