Opening image - Crab Nebula (M1 or NGC 1952) 01:04 - Homunculus Nebula (enclosing Eta Carinae and within the Carina Nebula NCG 3372) 01:51 - Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253) with smaller, unrelated galaxy in Hubble's field of view. 02:39 - Eagle Nebula (M16 or NGC 6611) also known as the Star Queen Nebula 03:37 - Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) 04:09 - N49 (in Large Magellanic Cloud) 04:56 - Eagle Nebula (M16 or NGC 6611) also known as the Star Queen Nebula 05:44 - Sombrero Galaxy (M104 or NGC 4594) 06:22 - Whirlpool Galaxy and companion, respectively (M51a, or NGC 5194) and M51b or NGC 5195) 07:11 - Bode's Galaxy (M81 or NGC 3031) Spitzer Telescope (infra red) 07:58 - NGC 6751 (planetary nebula) 08:39 - "Pillars of Creation" - in the Eagle Nebula (M16 or NGC 6611) 09:51 - V838 Monocerotis (erupting variable star) 10:39 - M77 or NGC 1068 11:32 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery 12:41 - Cosmic Distance Ladder (artist's impression)
Bach's son CPE (Mozart's teacher and father figure) gave an insight into his father's legacy: "My father's music has a higher purpose. It is not to fill the ears but to set the heart in motion". In other words it is to replace the heart of stone by a heart of flesh.
It is like the struggle of every man's existence. Long, drawn-out and making the harmonics all the more sweet. By this very fact, it symbolizes the stages of man especially by the end of the fugue.
i like it the way it is, unfinished. how true it is to life, an abrupt end. it also leaves you mind frantically continuing on try to keep it going, yearning for a proper ending, a conclusion to the journey. ( or at least for me anyway) but its that sudden end that makes this really stand out and it makes you enjoy it all the more. knowing it'll just stop.
+Vicktow ohain I agree. And the anticipation of the entrance of the main subject of Art of Fugue that never happens due to being unfinished adds to the effect. Tragic, sure, but there's something really beautiful about this not being finished.
AntPDC, I am sorry for my inadequate English. We don't need to be Bach. The composer himself knew it so well that noone eather in his own lifetime was like him, but still he wanted other to complete. After reading the old scourses, I have been working on my own completion for the last two years. Please judge my attempt, thank you.
AntPDC, you are wrong! We are many people who has written a completion. I have allready told you why we don't need to be like Bach. And again - judge my attempt! If you don't have the knowlegde to judge, you are not qualified to state that no-one has completed contrapunctus XIV.
Well, could I just say thank you for all these most enlightening comments? They really do add a new and erudite perspective on Bach's Art of Fugue... . Sincerely, Ant.
subject 1- -0:00.. subject 2- 4:03.. subject 3- 6:20.. these three subjects plus a new theme together- 8:32.. realisation chorale of this unfinished quadruple fugue--9:01..
Thanks for posting the music, the photos and the commentary. I return to the Stuttgart recording always, no matter how brilliantly AOF is played on piano, harpsichord or organ. There is an unbeatable soulfulness in the sound of strings. I am told Karl Munchinger was a very exacting man. He listened to everyone play solo, then adjusted them, added instrument sections, and didn't stop working will they met his vision. The SCO were all friends; they ate, traveled, did concerts together.
@@schrysafis I know…can I find words? It’s like his whole life flashed before his eyes as he writes it on his bed. Serious, yet jubilant. Angels usher him to a realm unseen, and he writes down what he sees but using notes instead of words.
Ta Frederick. Isn't this a towering testament to humanity - both in music and technology? And I don't mean my upload, just the contents I grabbed for it.
1. The note is NOT by CPE . 2. 2+3+9 = 14 , the number of Bach. It's his signature. He wanted to finish the fugue there. 3. If you have some doubt look at the autograph: the writing is very clear, precise, not by someone that is dying. 4 When Bach died was completely blind.
I have the theory that no human mind will ever complete Contrapunctus XIV in the character of the fugue as a whole, it has a tragic sense of life it's hard to come to a major key ending ending (you get me?) through that sadness. The problem is not that nobody can complete as Bach would but the fact that no completion has showed that it fits in any instrumentation as Bach did for the rest of the work...
I find the completion by Zoltan Goncz very satisfying. Most don't do justice to the material but his is a thorough working out of the possibilities. Very artistically done and on a par with what the master himself might have done.
Awfully repetitive, since Göncz exhausts all possible 4-theme combinations, and exhausts the listener at the same time. Anyway, I doubt that the "main subject" belongs with the three others (it is way too similar to the 1st subject of contrapunctus XIV)
@@Airy59 maybe the 4th theme is a theme whose the reversion is the inversion of the theme itself or vice versa which is not possible according to the concept of Gödel Incompleteness Theorem. That's what the human being can never create in this earth...
It's like leaving Earth for exploring the Universe outside in just one unfinished triple fugue and getting lost forever. One could assume it's the ideological aspect of the Universe all of which the human will never to be able to see. God will bring us to that D major ending chord someday...
Not at all, my dear; I'm sorry to destroy what many believe with the dramatical side of this no-end, but the sheet was "finished" in 1746 or 1747.the true problem is why he didn't finished it... 250 years of question without any answer...
We know it, but it's not at all a real explanation: obvious fact that he wrote many works later. Why did he give up this one, the most important of his life ?.
OK; Writing that,I wanted add "with the Passions"; But il's only my opinion ! But I am only intrested by piano, version especially as it's my instrument ...and more especially as I study it.
OK; Writing that,I wanted add "with the Passions"; But il's only my opinion ! But I am only intrested by piano, version especially as it's my instrument ...and more especially as I study it.
Youd think that writing a fugue using the letters of your own name would sound a bit contrived. After all, what are the odds that your name spells out notes that are usable for a fugue? Doesnt matter. Bach not only did it, but the result is an overwhelming masterpiece
It is much more likely that the fugue WAS finished, but the ending was lost. The last sheet of manuscript has some blank staves at the bottom which were badly ruled, so Bach would not have started the sheet if he intended to fill it - it had just enough space for what he intended to write. This fugue does not contain the subject used in all of the other pieces in the Art of Fugue, but that subject does fit with the other themes, so Bach must have intended to combine this with the others at the end. Not even Bach could decide to do that at the last minute; it must have been planned when he started to write it, and the only way to do that is to work out the ending first. So he probably sketched or completed the final section first, and then wrote the parts leading up to it, but the final pages were lost. CPE Bach's comment just seems to be a tear-jerker (and a very effective one it is). The "unfinished" bit was the failure of Bach's heirs to get his manuscript together for the printer.
I never wrote that. Anyway, it's a stupidity to oppose instrument at CP. But one thing us sure: to understand all the subtilities of a 4 voices fugue, it's necessary to see it from inside, if possible with an instrument allowing the 4 voices.
Opening image - Crab Nebula (M1 or NGC 1952)
01:04 - Homunculus Nebula (enclosing Eta Carinae and within the Carina Nebula NCG 3372)
01:51 - Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253) with smaller, unrelated galaxy in Hubble's field of view.
02:39 - Eagle Nebula (M16 or NGC 6611) also known as the Star Queen Nebula
03:37 - Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)
04:09 - N49 (in Large Magellanic Cloud)
04:56 - Eagle Nebula (M16 or NGC 6611) also known as the Star Queen Nebula
05:44 - Sombrero Galaxy (M104 or NGC 4594)
06:22 - Whirlpool Galaxy and companion, respectively (M51a, or NGC 5194) and M51b or NGC 5195)
07:11 - Bode's Galaxy (M81 or NGC 3031) Spitzer Telescope (infra red)
07:58 - NGC 6751 (planetary nebula)
08:39 - "Pillars of Creation" - in the Eagle Nebula (M16 or NGC 6611)
09:51 - V838 Monocerotis (erupting variable star)
10:39 - M77 or NGC 1068
11:32 - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery
12:41 - Cosmic Distance Ladder (artist's impression)
I do astrophotography and I appreciate the photos you put into your video.
Bach's son CPE (Mozart's teacher and father figure) gave an insight into his father's legacy:
"My father's music has a higher purpose. It is not to fill the ears but to set the heart in motion".
In other words it is to replace the heart of stone by a heart of flesh.
It is like the struggle of every man's existence. Long, drawn-out and making the harmonics all the more sweet. By this very fact, it symbolizes the stages of man especially by the end of the fugue.
I believe Mozart was tutored by Johann Christian Bach, not CPE.😐
@@canadianjoker5033 actually by both of his sons, CPE and JCB. CPE had the greater impact on young Mozart.
i like it the way it is, unfinished. how true it is to life, an abrupt end. it also leaves you mind frantically continuing on try to keep it going, yearning for a proper ending, a conclusion to the journey. ( or at least for me anyway) but its that sudden end that makes this really stand out and it makes you enjoy it all the more. knowing it'll just stop.
+Vicktow ohain I agree. And the anticipation of the entrance of the main subject of Art of Fugue that never happens due to being unfinished adds to the effect. Tragic, sure, but there's something really beautiful about this not being finished.
+Steven Moore It WILL be forever unfinished. Nobody else was, is, or could ever be, Bach.
Steven Moore Bach was not human.
AntPDC, I am sorry for my inadequate English. We don't need to be Bach. The composer himself knew it so well that noone eather in his own lifetime was like him, but still he wanted other to complete. After reading the old scourses, I have been working on my own completion for the last two years. Please judge my attempt, thank you.
AntPDC, you are wrong! We are many people who has written a completion. I have allready told you why we don't need to be like Bach. And again - judge my attempt! If you don't have the knowlegde to judge, you are not qualified to state that no-one has completed contrapunctus XIV.
Well, could I just say thank you for all these most enlightening comments? They really do add a new and erudite perspective on Bach's Art of Fugue... . Sincerely, Ant.
I think its the best thing that a human being could make
My father used to listen to Bach. He named me after him. :)
Sir Sebastian That is honestly the most wonderful thing I've ever heard!!! God Bless You!
Without Bach there is no music as we know it today. Your soul and music will always life on, until the end of time.
subject 1- -0:00..
subject 2- 4:03..
subject 3- 6:20..
these three subjects plus a new theme together- 8:32..
realisation chorale of this unfinished quadruple fugue--9:01..
You also forgot the introduction of the inversion of the subject at 0:45
Wow god bless you all
Thanks for posting the music, the photos and the commentary. I return to the Stuttgart recording always, no matter how brilliantly AOF is played on piano, harpsichord or organ. There is an unbeatable soulfulness in the sound of strings. I am told Karl Munchinger was a very exacting man. He listened to everyone play solo, then adjusted them, added instrument sections, and didn't stop working will they met his vision. The SCO were all friends; they ate, traveled, did concerts together.
Does anyone else feel like crying after listening to both compositions in here?
I do, and I have.
I was inspired to write poetry - something I never do.
@@bruin4Christ Bach's music is so deep; but Contrapunctus XIV goes to another level.
@@schrysafis I know…can I find words? It’s like his whole life flashed before his eyes as he writes it on his bed. Serious, yet jubilant. Angels usher him to a realm unseen, and he writes down what he sees but using notes instead of words.
THANK YOU!!!...THANK YOU!!!...THANK YOU!!!....
Ta Frederick. Isn't this a towering testament to humanity - both in music and technology? And I don't mean my upload, just the contents I grabbed for it.
"Bach's music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe can not be regarded a complete failure" E.M. Cioran (Philosopher)
Dirk Faltin how often did cioran write rubbish???
@@christophs.berwanger2638, very often!
Beautiful music, gave me the goosebumps
1. The note is NOT by CPE . 2. 2+3+9 = 14 , the number of Bach. It's his signature. He wanted to finish the fugue there. 3. If you have some doubt look at the autograph: the writing is very clear, precise, not by someone that is dying. 4 When Bach died was completely blind.
I have the theory that no human mind will ever complete Contrapunctus XIV in the character of the fugue as a whole, it has a tragic sense of life it's hard to come to a major key ending ending (you get me?) through that sadness. The problem is not that nobody can complete as Bach would but the fact that no completion has showed that it fits in any instrumentation as Bach did for the rest of the work...
Bravo, excellent contrapunctus. Music by the big M
I find the completion by Zoltan Goncz very satisfying. Most don't do justice to the material but his is a thorough working out of the possibilities. Very artistically done and on a par with what the master himself might have done.
Awfully repetitive, since Göncz exhausts all possible 4-theme combinations, and exhausts the listener at the same time. Anyway, I doubt that the "main subject" belongs with the three others (it is way too similar to the 1st subject of contrapunctus XIV)
@@Airy59 maybe the 4th theme is a theme whose the reversion is the inversion of the theme itself or vice versa which is not possible according to the concept of Gödel Incompleteness Theorem. That's what the human being can never create in this earth...
There is an overwhelming overhang of dark despair that is adjoined with this piece of music
I personally find no despair in it. Quite the contrary a sense of acceptance to forces beyond your control.
He was a master. Nuff said.
We regret to inform you that you have reached the ending of music - there is no more. You may return to your homes now.
I'm studying this on harpsichord, slowly every day. I feel like I have to die when I'll finish the piece...
So it is! Bach is the beginning and the end of cosmos. Voice of eternity. For me he is God! There is no God beyond!
Comment of the century goes to you, Sir!
It's like leaving Earth for exploring the Universe outside in just one unfinished triple fugue and getting lost forever. One could assume it's the ideological aspect of the Universe all of which the human will never to be able to see. God will bring us to that D major ending chord someday...
exquisit..like the pics also..thanks..
It is the same for me! Meaning of life
Beautiful. And then he died. For once, I wish I hear the rest of this. I mean the end he meant to put in.
Not at all, my dear; I'm sorry to destroy what many believe with the dramatical side of this no-end, but the sheet was "finished" in 1746 or 1747.the true problem is why he didn't finished it... 250 years of question without any answer...
"without any answer..." Well, some people say that he left it unfinish for other to complete.
We know it, but it's not at all a real explanation: obvious fact that he wrote many works later. Why did he give up this one, the most important of his life ?.
OK; Writing that,I wanted add "with the Passions"; But il's only my opinion ! But I am only intrested by piano, version especially as it's my instrument ...and more especially as I study it.
OK; Writing that,I wanted add "with the Passions"; But il's only my opinion ! But I am only intrested by piano, version especially as it's my instrument ...and more especially as I study it.
Youd think that writing a fugue using the letters of your own name would sound a bit contrived. After all, what are the odds that your name spells out notes that are usable for a fugue?
Doesnt matter. Bach not only did it, but the result is an overwhelming masterpiece
I know that a lot of people say it but... VSAUCE!!
It is much more likely that the fugue WAS finished, but the ending was lost. The last sheet of manuscript has some blank staves at the bottom which were badly ruled, so Bach would not have started the sheet if he intended to fill it - it had just enough space for what he intended to write.
This fugue does not contain the subject used in all of the other pieces in the Art of Fugue, but that subject does fit with the other themes, so Bach must have intended to combine this with the others at the end. Not even Bach could decide to do that at the last minute; it must have been planned when he started to write it, and the only way to do that is to work out the ending first. So he probably sketched or completed the final section first, and then wrote the parts leading up to it, but the final pages were lost.
CPE Bach's comment just seems to be a tear-jerker (and a very effective one it is). The "unfinished" bit was the failure of Bach's heirs to get his manuscript together for the printer.
Thank you for your comment David; most thought-provoking. Greeting of the Season.
I doubt J S B himself wrote that. Although he did have a wry sense of humour.
THANK YOU!!!...
9:01, as I point out my Description.
6:20 is the numeral name of Bach (B-A-C-H or si bémol-la-do-si bécarre)
Bach leaves the fugue unfinished deliberately, as a puzzle and challenge for future generations to contemplate.
it really kinda sad this song was never finished
Yes yes, me too. But at which point is there new composition ?
/watch?v=Y9N34dawm00
Around the 10:00 mark he talks about a piece bach did before he died... is this it?
let me finish it
Doubt it.
Trust me
Ok, finish it, post on youtube, then I'll believe pigs fly and satan is good.
Vsauce too, I never knew that bach's final song was never finished... Sad sad! D:
just like Mozart except it's not a song in Bach's case or it could be...
Idk why this just makes be really depressed.
Jamie Wells because it shows the borders of human beings…
Damnit vsause!
I wonder how it would of finished...
too* bad there was a typo in that sentence.
Now I'm getting smarter everyday :-)
Vsauce :)
Vsauce included the Art of Fugue in one of his old videos? Really?! I have to watch it :D
@Henryk Wieniawski have you found it?
I never wrote that. Anyway, it's a stupidity to oppose instrument at CP. But one thing us sure: to understand all the subtilities of a 4 voices fugue, it's necessary to see it from inside, if possible with an instrument allowing the 4 voices.
Vsauce.
vsauce
no music of all these videos are good all very boring
You just don't get the groove, baby...
Bro, you are straight-up harshing my vibe right now.
very annoying and depressing te most song of bach are boring
You're an impotent low attention span loser mongrel
LOL :) Society is regressing to the Neandertal Period.
You have my pity, which has been raised to comically existential heights in the context of hearing this music as I read your comment.
Johann Sebastian Bach's music is boring only to idiots, sorry to say. There is hope for you though. Get on your knees and pray for discernment.
Only if you're a complete ignoramus
Vsauce
VSauce.
Vsauce
Vsauce