Unmasking Chopin's Minute Waltz

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  • Опубликовано: 10 дек 2024

Комментарии • 53

  • @theoryman1
    @theoryman1 Год назад +21

    As a massive Chopin aficionado, I had never heard that he referred to it as the little dog waltz, so thanks for that! He did write a piece dedicated to George Sands' dogs that was never published, Galop Marquis, just a joke piece.

    • @themusicprofessor
      @themusicprofessor  Год назад +2

      I don't know that piece!

    • @1strumyczek
      @1strumyczek Год назад

      @@themusicprofessor , it is not a great piece, just a joke ruclips.net/video/HURsBY02mzs/видео.html

    • @themusicprofessor
      @themusicprofessor  Год назад +1

      Fascinating. Thank you for the link. You can tell it's Chopin though!

  • @remorrey
    @remorrey Год назад +15

    I am an old man with no hope of being musically educated so all I have left to do is enjoy your education and insight. Your playing brought tears to my eyes and a lump in my throat. Bless you and thank you. The final segment is such a powerful and unique way to help me feel the emotion.

  • @allanlees299
    @allanlees299 Год назад +14

    Please keep making these beautiful and informative videos - 100,000 subscribers should easily be reached!

  • @marjieestivill
    @marjieestivill Год назад +5

    I adore this channel and the composers and topics chosen. Hoping 100k happens soon so more can focus on the enjoyment of being magically human.

    • @themusicprofessor
      @themusicprofessor  Год назад +1

      Thank you so much for the encouragement. Hugely appreciated!

  • @tonyplank
    @tonyplank Год назад +11

    I really enjoy your teaching. I think 30K is just the beginning!

  • @EvaderGuy
    @EvaderGuy Год назад +5

    Congratulations on breaking 30,000 subscribers. As always, thank you for your entertainment, your insights, and of course, the star of the show laying at your feet.

  • @robertmueller2023
    @robertmueller2023 Год назад +1

    I love the middle part only, especially that quirky upper grace note.

  • @saibhandari
    @saibhandari Год назад +4

    very well done! big congrats on 30k!

  • @izzyk867
    @izzyk867 Год назад +2

    Congratulations 🎉 on 30k! No doubt the next 30k will roll in in no time. Great vid, as always, thanks!

  • @tj-co9go
    @tj-co9go 3 месяца назад +2

    1:45 THE MINUTE WALTZ IN ONE MINUTE!!!

  • @WH40KHero
    @WH40KHero Год назад +1

    The piece feels happy and jumpy, like a small dog running and playing arround ones feet

  • @evamatango6573
    @evamatango6573 2 месяца назад +1

    Genial...y el perrito es el mejor 🐾🎶🎶🎶

  • @zahifar3936
    @zahifar3936 Год назад +3

    Well good thing you had an iPhone for the audio to be decent. Amazing rendition at the end!

  • @alannaky5852
    @alannaky5852 Год назад +2

    Congrats on 31k 🥳🥳🥳

  • @chrislavey8650
    @chrislavey8650 Год назад +1

    Please do more break downs of Chopin. I loved your Beethoven break downs.

  • @mybachhertzbaud3074
    @mybachhertzbaud3074 6 месяцев назад +1

    Very nice. I am afraid your dog looked more like "Oh no, not this again"😜🎶🎹🎶 Play On

  • @oceanelf2512
    @oceanelf2512 Год назад +3

    That actually makes a lot of sense. Minute Valse sounds like a dog chasing its tail.

  • @usernameatusernameperiodsh2168
    @usernameatusernameperiodsh2168 Год назад +3

    In a year you will be congratulating 100k

  • @andrewharrison8975
    @andrewharrison8975 Год назад +2

    Have you heard Josef Hofmann’s performance from his 1938 Casimir Hall concert? He plays the return of the A section in double thirds - delicious!

  • @AvyScottandFlower
    @AvyScottandFlower Год назад +1

    Congrats on 30k! 🎉

  • @usernameatusernameperiodsh2168
    @usernameatusernameperiodsh2168 Год назад +5

    I like playing it way slowler than normal tempo for it

  • @robertmueller2023
    @robertmueller2023 Год назад +2

    Very enjoyable robocall music, although I like his Grande Valse Brillant Op. 42 much more. One great idea after another.

  • @davidwood4303
    @davidwood4303 Год назад +3

    OK, good grief, but you are good.

  • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji
    @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji Год назад +5

    0:48 it's really unfortunate that he dozed off for a while shortly after you said that lol 😅
    There was really no problem with the audio btw

  • @Archiekunst
    @Archiekunst Год назад +1

    It makes sense that the first 4 bars are compressed. I bet Chopin took it as more of an improvised coloratura passage sliding into the actual waltz when the bass comes in. Sometimes taking Chopin too literally is very unChopinistic.

    • @themusicprofessor
      @themusicprofessor  Год назад +1

      I agree. There are fascinating recordings of Vladimir Pachmann from the early 20th century - he was a brilliant pianist, trained in the 19th century (he knew Liszt and his theory teacher was Bruckner!) When he plays Chopin (very beautifully) it's extraordinarily free and often contains improvised elements (e.g. ruclips.net/video/bB59BZLIptw/видео.htmlsi=mraCFmQ4yKpT8ZZG)

  • @RhodesyYT
    @RhodesyYT Год назад +3

    Dare you to analyze the allegro de concert that will be a hard one

  • @habadababa31415
    @habadababa31415 Год назад +3

    c'mon, the audio is not even half bad! certainly a bit rough, but not enough to apologise so thoroughly!

  • @BenTrem42
    @BenTrem42 Год назад +1

    Q: is it the 60 second waltz? or the my-newt _(tiny)_ waltz? I've never known which!

    • @BenTrem42
      @BenTrem42 Год назад +2

      Ahar! 5:13 ... _"These are little, miniature portraits of waltzes."_
      /me sits

  • @gracemember101
    @gracemember101 Год назад +3

    I thought "minute" meant tiny not 60 seconds because the elegance seemed lost if played too fast.

    • @themusicprofessor
      @themusicprofessor  Год назад +2

      There seems to be much debate about the original meaning of the nickname. It's not Chopin's title anyway, but there are some very elegant, very fast performances e.g. ruclips.net/video/lQUsVlKrs_Y/видео.htmlsi=OM3R-pI--XA3wZXd

  • @alessandrostagni6025
    @alessandrostagni6025 Год назад +1

    Please please improve the audio quality…

  • @Grunttamer
    @Grunttamer Год назад

    I can play this in 30 seconds.

    • @themusicprofessor
      @themusicprofessor  Год назад

      I'd like to see this

    • @Grunttamer
      @Grunttamer Год назад

      @@themusicprofessor it was intended to be a reference to “the music man” Harold Hill talks about “playing the minute waltz in 50 seconds” but I got the time wrong 😑

  • @martiglesias60
    @martiglesias60 10 месяцев назад

    His dog is tired of dancing or turning this waltz.

  • @Daniel_Zalman
    @Daniel_Zalman Год назад +2

    Congratulations! Channels like yours redeem all of the trash and "content" on RUclips.

  • @bdi7518
    @bdi7518 Год назад

    not good. sorry.

  • @heresy7266
    @heresy7266 Год назад

    7:54 isn't the left picture fake? I heard it's just a photoshopped painting

    • @themusicprofessor
      @themusicprofessor  Год назад +1

      I'm not aware of that: it's a recently discovered photo