Glad to see Borodin on here! I would mention that he was an organic chemist, (not biologist). I also happen to be an organic chemist who is an amateur musician! I doubt that I'll have anywhere near as much success in either study.
Holy sh**t.. berlioz didn't had a formal music education and couldn't play the piano??? And he composed that requiem???Any thing is possible man..any thing is possible
This is so inspiring because I have been shamed by my one of my past mentors that I will be instantly disrespected by everyone, that my music means nothing unless I had a music degree. I will continue to keep composing, and continue learning to improve as a composer. I'll eventually find the time and money to get a music education, but I will prove myself first as a composer without needing a degree diploma to do it for me.
Cesar Cui almost destroyed Sergei Rachmaninoff with his critcism of SVR's First Piano Concerto but who is remembered now eh Mr Cui?!!! A very intersting video in such a short space of time. Thank you. Blessings and peace from UK
I did not know Mussorgski drank a lot. I heard Beethoven missed his last order of a crate of wine because of untimely death. Alban Berg was a chain smoker, We all know what Jimi took... ps subscribed
The amateur quality of The Five has always inspired me (although it has left me with an unintentional and difficult-to-describe anti-professional bias against people like Tchaikowsky, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev...) The Five have shown me that the intense boredom involved in long stretches of military service can be conducive to musical creativity. Ives gave a similar lesson with his career. I think I agree with Borodin, decent people shouldn't be allowed to make music a profession, jajaja.
Great! Slightly odd to see Elgar doing chemistry during the Borodin segment, though. Elgar would have been a front-runner to be in this, given that he never had an academic lesson in his life and learnt everything 'on the job'.
Borodin"s wife was an insomiiniac.. so did He never get any sleep? She also was a Cat love.. Favourite cat sat in place or honour and was fed first. It also stole guests" food...Rimsky Korsakov hwtdd this (non Jazzy ) CAT.. Rimsky Korsakov completed Borodin"s Opera "Prince Igor" as Borodin died before completing it!
Nice. If professional means being able to feed oneself (and a family) by composition alone, then virtually no composers in history are "professional". Many were performer-composers (with teaching on the side to pay the bills) who wrote music to give them an edge in the performance part of their musical career. Being amateur (I prefer "independent") avoids the shackles of writing for money and the expectations of others. Being "good" or "genius" ... well, history and fate decides that ...
Interesting video. I've come to dislike the terms 'amateur' and 'professional' as used in the arts. The term 'amateur' can be used to suggest ineptness and incompetence, which as we can see from this video often isn't reflective of what happens in reality. The terms also seem to suggest that there is some kind of clear line between 'real' musicians and other musicians. I don't think a really clear boundary exists there.
There’s the possibility that Bach (and Mozart) did not get certain jobs because they were just too difficult to deal with, not because they wouldn’t have been recognized as the brilliant composers that they were. After all, the reputation of a court or church is at stake with the hiring of their professional musicians and their behavior. Bach (and Mozart) had bad reputations on the social level.
Glad to see Borodin on here! I would mention that he was an organic chemist, (not biologist). I also happen to be an organic chemist who is an amateur musician! I doubt that I'll have anywhere near as much success in either study.
Very cool video ! Never realized that chemist Borodin was actually the composer borodin!
Holy sh**t.. berlioz didn't had a formal music education and couldn't play the piano??? And he composed that requiem???Any thing is possible man..any thing is possible
This is so inspiring because I have been shamed by my one of my past mentors that I will be instantly disrespected by everyone, that my music means nothing unless I had a music degree. I will continue to keep composing, and continue learning to improve as a composer. I'll eventually find the time and money to get a music education, but I will prove myself first as a composer without needing a degree diploma to do it for me.
Very interesting video: There is A lot of history in here, that I was unaware of. Thanks for posting.
Fascinating! Thank you.
Look forward to your other channel!
Honourable mention to Nietzsche, from the opposite direction...
Cesar Cui almost destroyed Sergei Rachmaninoff with his critcism of SVR's First Piano Concerto but who is remembered now eh Mr Cui?!!!
A very intersting video in such a short space of time. Thank you.
Blessings and peace from UK
Another great vid! Looking forward to the new channel!
Really great video! You deserve more subs!
First time viewer here and now a subscriber 👏🤩
2:59 This guy looks very much like Elgar!
I did not know Mussorgski drank a lot. I heard Beethoven missed his last order of a crate of wine because of untimely death.
Alban Berg was a chain smoker,
We all know what Jimi took...
ps subscribed
I enjoyed this video.
I believe the most common and acceptable way to pronounce Berlioz includes the letter Z at the end .
Yes, sounding the z is the French pronunciation.
The amateur quality of The Five has always inspired me (although it has left me with an unintentional and difficult-to-describe anti-professional bias against people like Tchaikowsky, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev...) The Five have shown me that the intense boredom involved in long stretches of military service can be conducive to musical creativity. Ives gave a similar lesson with his career. I think I agree with Borodin, decent people shouldn't be allowed to make music a profession, jajaja.
Great! Slightly odd to see Elgar doing chemistry during the Borodin segment, though. Elgar would have been a front-runner to be in this, given that he never had an academic lesson in his life and learnt everything 'on the job'.
Schumann got lucky that his wife was a pianist. No wonder that he wrote such marvellous pieces for piano
Borodin"s wife was an insomiiniac.. so did He never get any sleep? She also was a Cat love.. Favourite cat sat in place or honour and was fed first. It also stole guests" food...Rimsky Korsakov hwtdd this (non Jazzy ) CAT..
Rimsky Korsakov completed Borodin"s Opera "Prince Igor"
as Borodin died before completing it!
Nice. If professional means being able to feed oneself (and a family) by composition alone, then virtually no composers in history are "professional". Many were performer-composers (with teaching on the side to pay the bills) who wrote music to give them an edge in the performance part of their musical career. Being amateur (I prefer "independent") avoids the shackles of writing for money and the expectations of others. Being "good" or "genius" ... well, history and fate decides that ...
Interesting video. I've come to dislike the terms 'amateur' and 'professional' as used in the arts. The term 'amateur' can be used to suggest ineptness and incompetence, which as we can see from this video often isn't reflective of what happens in reality. The terms also seem to suggest that there is some kind of clear line between 'real' musicians and other musicians. I don't think a really clear boundary exists there.
What was the song you used for Charles Ives?
Subscribed, but I won't go any further than "Enjoy AI", ok?
Hahaha!
The true amateur: Nietzsche
What’s that nice Civil-Waresque tune by Charles Ives?
“The Aclotts” from his Concord Piano Sonata
There’s the possibility that Bach (and Mozart) did not get certain jobs because they were just too difficult to deal with, not because they wouldn’t have been recognized as the brilliant composers that they were.
After all, the reputation of a court or church is at stake with the hiring of their professional musicians and their behavior. Bach (and Mozart) had bad reputations on the social level.
I think you might be stretching the definition of the term 'amateur.'
Why?