Battle of Manassas (Blind Tom) - #7 Poets and Patriots Live (HD)
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- By Blind Tom Bethune "The Battle of Manassas" is a tone poem for piano that tells the story of the opening battle of the U.S. Civil War, which was won handily by the Confederacy. It contains whistles and other sound effects depicting trains. Here it is performed by pianist Jeannette Fang assisted by Jean Bernard Cerin. For complete information about the Poets & Patriots recording and educational resource project, see starspangledmus....
Thomas Wiggins' rendition of the Star Spangled Banner is most assuredly the loveliest arrangement of it I have yet had the pleasure of hearing 🥹🇺🇸
Imagine if he was allowed to hear todays best talents and could creatively combine it to make new, original music...
I heard in another video about Blind Tom that he would get furious when someone else was trying to play his music from notes. This shows you, and his biography also talks about it, that his music was so much more complex and nuanced that notes couldnt quite make justice to it. He was a genius.
A prodigy and a genius undoubtedly. The biggest musical money earner in the word and he didn’t even earn a dime.
Tragedy.
Damn, man, I'm crying. She was feeling what his soul wanted to say to the world. That's sad and beautiful...
Blind Tom was a real genius. And the performance is really fantastic.
Though she's clearly having a good time, I love the anger and violence of this interpretation. Seems so right for this astonishing piece.
It’s so mersmarising
My God, she is an amazing Artist!! She brings life to Blind Tom’s creation. Wondrous!
This is some of the best music I've ever heard.
Blind Tom was a self taught child prodigy. This piece is musical genius. It’s amazing to me that his master allowed him to have access to a piano.
I think because he could not work, his talent was exploited by his master for profit.
Exactly. For profit. Not for love or compassion.
Yes, the Master put Blind Tom on the road and made a LOT of money. This piece is brilliant!
What a powerful performance! You do Mr. Wiggins proud, Mademoiselle!
Possibly the most American composition I've ever heard.
If there was a classical song to describe the civil war this is it.
the best part is the pianist looks like she's having fun while playing haha
I love it
Pure genius
Love it!
Bravo, Jeannette! Also, it was delightful to see Papageno turning pages and providing sound effects.
absolutely beautiful :)
LOVE IT!!
Don't forget to do the "ch-ch-ch" sound that is specified in the score.
Brava !!!
Blind Tom could play Fisher's Hornpipe with his left hand, play Yankee Doodle with his right, and sing Dixie simultaneously.
James you are missing the point. For an African slave to be considered to be one of the most sort after pianist in the 19th century must mean something. And to make it more startling he was blind. Remember you are not hearing what the very recially segregated audience were paying their money to be entertained by. I don't think that you with all you great skills would have topped Tom in the 19th century.
this , southern boy , is only bad thing in this clip
still this boy makes me angary.
easy
Jimmy Hendrix before Jimmy Hendrix.
boy you think African american cannot, make it people would not know who you are , will remember blind tom not you
We are not Africans we are American and we just happened to be Black
that boy makes my blood boil these two real Americans make me proud we should have enslaved south
Racist idiot 😡
The pianist seems to be missing the point of the music. What a bizarre way to conclude the piece, popping up and spinning around, all smiles and giggles, then practically skipping off stage...
This is the worst sounding piano I've ever heard for the lower registers. Only a Bosendorfer can pull this off. This woman may be able to play the piano very well, but she has poor taste when it came to slamming out the bass notes and one last time for an awful ending. The audience was so caught off guard, even stunned at the sudden ending, that they were dead quiet at first followed with what is best described as a pity applause. As a concert pianist of 40 years, this was often painful to listen to at places.
Did it ever occur to you that maybe the bass notes are supposed to disturb and jolt? they are notated as clusters and the performance directions are to slam loudly in contrast with the rest of the tune, as they are supposed to depict cannon fire. What you interpret as "pity applause" is the fact that there were probably less than 20 people in the audience due to a blizzard going on that night. And yes, the ending sounds horrible. It's supposed to. Even when played cleanly (which it isn't) the pitches sound weird. You know, wartime chaos and all that lovely stuff.
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Still sounds impressive to me
Stop whining.
“Concert pianist of 40 years” I highly doubt that 🤣🤣🤣