Karol Szymanowski: The Polish Pioneer

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This was requested by Sean Ramsdell, Zeke Bourgeois, Jack Domanski, Emil Kiełczyński, Davide Pisanu, and My Dog is Scriabin. See all requests at lentovivace.com/classicalnerd....
📚 Sources/further reading:
“Analytical Approaches to the Middle-Period Compositions of Karol Szymanowski,” by Alan Michael Reese (Ph.D Dissertation, Eastman School of Music, 2018)
“The ‘Szymanowski Clash’: Harmonic Conflict and Ambiguity in the Szymanowski Mazurkas” by Matthew Bengtson (Intersections, the Canadian Journal of Music, 2016, Vol. 36 No. 1): www.erudit.org/en/journals/is...
“Karol Szymanowski and Richard Strauss: Of Diverging Epiphanies” by Paul Cadrin (Canadian University Music Review, 2004, Vol. 24 No. 2): www.erudit.org/en/journals/cu...
“Karol Szymanowski’s Musical Language in ‘Myths’ for Violin and Piano” by Hyojin Ahn (DMA Dissertation, Rice University, 2008): scholarship.rice.edu/bitstrea...
“Karol Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto, Op. 35” by Emily Chao (DMA Dissertation, Boston University, 2013)
“Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 36 by Karol Szymanowski: Musical and Historical Influences” by Ji-Young Kim (DMA Dissertation, University of Arizona, 2010)
“Impact, Influence, and Performance of Szymanowski’s Myths Op. 30” by Sophie Bird (DM Dissertation, Indiana University, 2019): scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bi...
“The Violin Music of Karol Szymanowski” by Frank Kwantat Ho (MA Thesis, University of Alberta, 2000): era.library.ualberta.ca/items...
“‘A New Mode of Expression”: Karol Szymanowski’s First Violin Concerto Op. 35 Within a Dionysian Context” by Marianne Broadfoot (Ph.D Dissertation, Sydney Conservatory, 2014): core.ac.uk/download/pdf/41241...
“Karol Szymanowski and his ‘Stabat Mater’” by Kuan-Fen Liu (DMA Treatise, University of Southern California, 2010)
“Music of Karol Szymanowski in the Intertextual Dialogue” by Bogumiła Mika, University of Silesia (New Sound 51, 2018): www.newsound.org.rs/pdf/en/ns5...
Program notes to Szymanowski’s String Quartet No. 1 by Chris Darwin: www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/...
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Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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Music:
- Karol Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28 (1915), performed by Angelo Xiang Yu and Dina Vainshtein and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/rnofcre
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Karol Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 37 (1917), performed by the Camerata Quartet [original upload: uxdMSDLzNJ4]
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@hannastaszak1684 10 ай бұрын

W 140 rocznice urodzin Karola Szymanowskiego, cudownie jest patrzeć jak dzieła wielkiego polskiego kompozytora są podziwiane i chętnie wykonywane na całym świecie przez wszystkie pokolenia muzyków ❤

@Mythologos 2 жыл бұрын

He was stunning and brave before it was stunning and brave to be stunning and brave.

@scriabinismydog2439 4 жыл бұрын

Finally!! Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank youThank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you!

@vaclavmiller8032 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much; I absolutely love Szymanowski (considering toying around with one of his piano sonatas)!

@composerdavidgiannivaldez367 4 жыл бұрын

You did one of Symanowski! Finally!

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

The request pool at lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html is usually a good indicator of how soon a given video will be made.

@benrubin8624 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Would love to see one on Bruch

@DavidA-ps1qr 4 жыл бұрын

As usual crammed full of facts and entertaining anecdotes. You are to be sincerely congratulated for getting the pronunciation of some of the tongue-twisting Polish names absolutely spot on!

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

I have _so many_ failed takes of every single one of those names. Polish is hard for English speakers!

@DavidA-ps1qr 4 жыл бұрын

@@ClassicalNerd You're not wrong. But very honest of you to admit it. Well done anyway, it was very impressive from across the pond. :-) David A

@misscameroon8062 5 ай бұрын

@@ClassicalNerd ;no,don`t you believe it;if you can sing ,you can speak Polish with no problems;you haven`t found a good teacher yet,

@pandude53 4 жыл бұрын

Great job!! Now that you've done this, what about Max Reger who Hindemith considered to be the "last great giant and who Schoenberg deemed "the greatest contrapuntist since JS Bach"?

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Duly noted: lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

@michaelowens5394 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for these entertaining and educational videos. I'm excited to learn about composers I haven't heard. And I'm delighted you are plugging composers I have long loved, especially Alkan. Am I the first to request a vid on one of the most popular c19 composers, Joseph Joachim Raff? For over 30 years I have been delighted by every note of his I've ever heard. In his time he was as well-known and respected as Liszt, and a great deal more popular. I suspect the average concert-goer of today would enjoy his symphonies, esp 1, 3 and 6, as much as anything by Schumann or Brahms. Not saying he was that level of genius, but most music lovers including myself can't tell the difference between a composer of enjoyable competence and a genius. Since that puts Raff at #349 (for sometime in 2028!), with my remaining votes I'd bump up Franz Berwald, who resembled nobody, Max Bruch, whose other concerti are far more creative than the popular 1, Alan Hovhaness, who gave me hope for the future of classical music, and Ferruccio Busoni, whose influence, strangely, was wider than his popularity. With more votes I'd push Tallis, Elgar, Smetana and Bizet higher on the list, but they are already well-known. And if I could have anything I wanted, I would add to the list John Dowland, George Chadwick, Giuseppe Martucci, Edward MacDowell, Joseph Joachim, Michael Torke, Zdenek Fibich, and of course, the amazing Alma Deutscher. But Raff above all. So much delightful music, so little time!

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoy my videos! Raff, Berwald, Bruch, Hovhaness, and Busoni have been added/bumped up.

@ClassicalNerd 2 жыл бұрын

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@grantveebeejay535 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the hard work that went into this excellent introduction to Szymanowski. My existing appreciation for this composers music has been heightened. You mentioned a book about he wrote published after his mother's death. Is it available in print?

@ClassicalNerd 2 жыл бұрын

The only information I could find is that _Ephebos_ (or _Efebos,_ depending on your transliteration) was only published in a Russian translation as a single chapter. Since my knowledge of Russian is limited to being able to slowly sound out Cyrillic, I didn't go down that research rabbit hole. If it's available anywhere, I'm not aware of it.

@grantveebeejay535 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly. If I find it I can get it translated. Cheers.

@noble_rosethorn 4 жыл бұрын

I simply love the factoids below the composer's names. By the way, can you make a video about Johann Joseph Fux, the one who wrote Gradus ad Parnassum? It would be very interesting, given how many great composers had a great respect for it (and it's the basis of counterpoint, of course).

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Duly noted: your request is currently 348/348 in the request pool at lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

@themajor2072 4 жыл бұрын

Classical Nerd If it helps it’s position in the wait list, I’d like to second this request

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Duly noted-it's now 103/348.

@scriabinismydog2439 4 жыл бұрын

I second the request too

@e7b233 4 жыл бұрын

Classical Nerd I also support this request.

@iknowimaysoundgaywhenisayt386 4 жыл бұрын

Your music intro is worth more fame lol i first actually thought that it was a romantic piece.

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you-it's one of the first pieces I ever wrote (and as such, I'm not entirely proud of it since I've written a _lot_ of better music since). The full recording is up at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNajataCv8vHgY0.html

@e7b233 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see a video on Szymanowski at long last. Can you make one on Leopold Godowsky?

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Duly noted: lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

@ilikeplayingffftonecluster851 4 жыл бұрын

Classical Nerd I request Godowsky as well. Thanks for your hard work.

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Duly noted.

@TheELectricStylez 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Classical Nerd, I am a student of Philosophy and greatly invested in studying the works of Theodor W. Adorno. Furthermore I listen to classical music without ever studying it, although I know some music theory. I was wondering if you could do a video about Adorno as a composer and critic? I know his oeuvre isn't that big, so maybe this would be the chance that you could expand on music critics as well? Regardless of that I really enjoy your videos the way they are. I always discover new composers and I am starting to unterstand the ones I already listen better. For my own I add knowledge about general cultural and historical dispositions in which the pieces are written. Thank you very much.

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

I track all requests at lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html and adding Adorno puts him currently at 349/349 (but that can change if I get more requests for him).

@JG_1998 2 жыл бұрын

WHERE IS THE LISZT VIDEO SIR ???

@marlonsullivan9074 4 жыл бұрын

I may be mistaken, but I notice you haven’t done an episode on Aram Khachaturian yet. That would be very I N T E R I S T I N G

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Duly noted: lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

@joshuarosenbaum9360 4 жыл бұрын

I’d love for you to do a “Great Composers” video on Sir Malcolm Arnold. For me, one of the great Brit composers.

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Duly noted: lentovivace.com/classicalnerd.html

@seanramsdell4117 4 жыл бұрын

One request: Gottschalk

@ClassicalNerd 4 жыл бұрын

You still have 132 active requests in the pool. As per my policy, I cannot accept any more from you until you have less than five.

@iknowimaysoundgaywhenisayt386 4 жыл бұрын

Am not boasting but i actually always thought i am chopin's reincanation.Not becuz of his music alone but becuz i always feel a de javu whenever i listen to his music--mostly 62 1 always gives me an infebbale sadness.Just wanted to get that of my chest.I actually dont play piano becuz i always hear a singing melody in my head mostly of the few bars after the appergios of chopins 62 1.

@pythagorasnine 4 жыл бұрын

If you were Chopin's reincarnations you'd have learned Polish by now. Just saying :)

@segmentsAndCurves 2 жыл бұрын