Henry Cowell The Banshee 1925 Intérpretes: Joan Cerveró, piano Víctor Trescolí, piano strings
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@MisterGoose Жыл бұрын
You have to violate a piano physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually to play this and I’m here for it.
@SupernaturalArts826 Жыл бұрын
I hate how you describe that, it’s disturbing to think about
@forbiddenmod Жыл бұрын
ew
@forbiddenmod Жыл бұрын
There's one word in that series of adverbs that you wanted to include but couldn't
@username2872 Жыл бұрын
Not only that, your hands has to come inside the piano which implies that you also violate it sexually
@justaneditygangstar Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget also sexually 💀💀💀💀
@jameserb4090 Жыл бұрын
My kindergarten teacher played a recording of this for us in 1971. I have never forgotten it, and decided to google it, and here I am.
@GreenToast01 Жыл бұрын
KINDERGARTEN?
@jameserb4090 Жыл бұрын
@@GreenToast01 Yes.
@corezone4250 Жыл бұрын
have nice dreams-
@juankgonzalez6230 Жыл бұрын
What the fuck
@gaellol1821 Жыл бұрын
What a Teacher
@Schnubi Жыл бұрын
WHAT IS IT WITH PEOPLE AND HAVING THEIR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS PLAYING THIS TO THEM 😭😭😭
@Scraebler Жыл бұрын
Seriously lol... I'm reading through the comments and wondering if it's a joke going over my head. Why would anyone play this for kindergartners?
@Katya2000 Жыл бұрын
@@ScraeblerI would if I were a teacher. But that's exactly why I shouldn't be a teacher 😂
@exposedclickbaitaRblx Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@astre09 Жыл бұрын
learning about this in college
@Checkmate11388 ай бұрын
To scare them, haha 🤣
@blackburn11116 жыл бұрын
I got to hold down the pedal for a friend of mine when she performed this for a piano competition. It was a unique and rare perspective.
@blackburn11112 жыл бұрын
@@cocospops9351 lol i was on the bench, she was walking around the piano plucking strings and such
@creepermanzombie242 жыл бұрын
@@cocospops9351 tf?
@sureleyyy Жыл бұрын
@@cocospops9351 out of pocket bro wtf
@porple4430 Жыл бұрын
what competition?
@blackburn1111 Жыл бұрын
@@porple4430 just a really small one within my university.
@Kosmic_fire4 жыл бұрын
Legitimately one of the most terrifying pieces ever composed
@amiejohnston28422 жыл бұрын
Agreed. My music teacher in grade school used to play it for us before Halloween. She would pull down the shades in the classroom and turn off all the lights. All of us were literally creeped out by what we were listening to but we all loved it. Especially me who loves creepy stuff like this anyway. 😁🎶❤️
@UserUser-kz4fq Жыл бұрын
I dont see it as 'that' terrifying.
@QUEfrang Жыл бұрын
The jumpscare freaked me out.
@andersnelson5 ай бұрын
It should be in a horror game
@benana_33 жыл бұрын
Imagine breaking a piano string while playing this piece…now that’s true horror
@pokocrow Жыл бұрын
Scarier than the song
@epicdude257 Жыл бұрын
This piece was meant to simulate someone's scream, I'm gonna be screaming if one string breaks
@doppio8061 Жыл бұрын
A wailing banshee screaming
@turinmormegil7715 Жыл бұрын
Decapitation is assured
@user-si1ub7oj3p4 ай бұрын
Особенно если порвëтся струна капут будет " исполнителю"
@obbpoizon11 ай бұрын
The one sitting at the keyboard is the hostage, the victim, the witness, the sacrificial lamb
@anejat6294 ай бұрын
This is AWESOME!!! Congradulations, your masterpiece has won the award of Best YT Comment Of The Decade!
@Squirrelbear59502 жыл бұрын
My elementary school music teacher used to play this for us every Halloween and it would scare the crap out of us
@beedlebur Жыл бұрын
today my music history teacher played this video for us in class and the whole piece had me unnerved, but 1:23 was a legitimate jumpscare for me- it was AWESOME! i love the various techniques people like Crowell have discovered to take music to different levels!
@yolipatzkowski91368 жыл бұрын
I seriously want to learn how to play this piece so bad so when people ask me to play something for them on the pinao I'll just give them this >:)
8 жыл бұрын
That would be funny, let´s try it. ;)
@no1rory4666 жыл бұрын
Yoli Patzkowski 😂
@latrinenazi3 жыл бұрын
The correct way to approach the strings is with a hacksaw blade, not the fingers as shown above, here. Hacksaw is much more contemporary !
@noralally64493 жыл бұрын
its not as easy as it looks
@gracearons70403 жыл бұрын
Only possible if it’s a grand tho🤔
@robbieschneider88552 жыл бұрын
When I was in kindergarten, my music teacher played two pieces of music which had a profound impact on me. On was "Hall of the Mountain King" which was all the more impressive because of the story behind the piece. The second was "The Banshee" by Henry Cowell. Maybe it was having a Halloween birthday, but I always liked scary and spooky things, so these two pieces were favorites. The extreme experimental nature of this piece also influenced me when I eventually got into making music myself.
@DorianAeolian2 жыл бұрын
It was second grade for me, and the music book we used told a story about the banshee and how it lived on the dark side of the moon. I could not sleep that night. I asked my teacher the following week not to play it again, but since it was part of her lesson plan, she did. I said if I ever became a music teacher, I would never play a piece of music that would scare the little ones.
@spartansquid5931 Жыл бұрын
We're not talking about Savatage's Hall of the Mountain King are we 😂
@robbieschneider8855 Жыл бұрын
@@spartansquid5931 Ha, not at the time! But I love that version by Savatage and pretty much any metal version of a classical piece (Manowar's "Sting of the Bumblebee" comes to mind).
@spartansquid5931 Жыл бұрын
@@robbieschneider8855 Good taste my man!
@0degreesK Жыл бұрын
@@nameistanya What I meant was what the music was portraying from the play. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Hall_of_the_Mountain_King#Setting
@swanny272 Жыл бұрын
He played the piano without touching it, what an incredible man
@suicide405 Жыл бұрын
How do you not have likes
@tothebeyond6318 Жыл бұрын
lmao he's actually a pianist and a magician so he can play the piano with magic
@filoue25839 ай бұрын
he played the fear and nails
@sosansational Жыл бұрын
this is absolutely terrifiying i'm going to play it on repeat
@TylevGD Жыл бұрын
you are not human
@QUEfrang Жыл бұрын
When life gives you lemons, find 2 children wallking in a forest, hide somewhere close to them, and blast this song at full volume.
@williambruce6099 Жыл бұрын
The piano is screaming because you are digging through his insides
@JoshLeRose4 ай бұрын
This made me gag out loud thinking about it 😭
@Fagocytos1s4 ай бұрын
I've tried white noise, brown noise, rain sounds, everything but the only thing that helps me sleep is this on a loop. Thank you 🥱😴🛌
@anejat6294 ай бұрын
How many people do you kill each night?
@felipe_sth3 ай бұрын
The human mind is capable of imagining unspeakable horrors. Truly stunning.
@sablebranwen2539 Жыл бұрын
Genuinely more terrifying than most horror soundtracks in the whole of history.
@brycewalburn39265 жыл бұрын
Me at 2am the next time I sleep over in a house with a grand piano.
@bigsock81034 жыл бұрын
thats oddly specific
@MeanderingSlacker3 жыл бұрын
The owner will murder you, the fun police really hates with you play piano strings like a harp or guitar because of the oils on your fingers.
@hideous_taco_michael_zacki7 ай бұрын
You can't pull this off alone. You need 1 person pushing the pedal and occasionally playing the keys while you going to town with those strings.
@TheoMarsh9326 ай бұрын
Better hope the more than 2 people at the sleep then, but only you and one other person are in on it@@hideous_taco_michael_zacki
@juankgonzalez62305 ай бұрын
@@hideous_taco_michael_zacki a brick will have to do
@_Remori2 жыл бұрын
Finally found the song we were singing along to on the radio
@riverr.6597 ай бұрын
underrated comment this goes hard
@anejat629Ай бұрын
No doubt this was what you sang, but I don't think this played on the radio.
@Jean-ny4fi7 жыл бұрын
I have listened to this piece many times before I actually learned about it. It is so interesting to listen to it while reading the sheet music and knowing what each section is supposed to represent.
@peterjlearn2 жыл бұрын
I (as a comp major) played this on a piano recital once in college and my piano teacher was so scandalized!!!
@Eggyteevee Жыл бұрын
this doesnt sound like a piano, sounds like the thing that stares at you from that dark spot
@probynshorse8 жыл бұрын
a fine.addition to the Netflix and chill dinner date music album
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, you´ll fall in love whatever.
@unknownfilmmaker7772 жыл бұрын
They played this for us in elementary school back in the 70s. I think it was 3rd grade (McNair Elementary, Fort Bragg NC). The teacher turned the lights off and told us to focus on the sound haha. A lot of the kids were freaked out by it.
@heatherklossner60178 жыл бұрын
I've heard this piece many times and used it in my elementary music classroom. Having a video of it actually being performed is so helpful and informative for students. Thank you for posting this!
8 жыл бұрын
+Heather Klossner Thanks a lot for your words Heather.
@kennethhand21538 жыл бұрын
+Heather Klossner My elementary school teacher played this for my class!!! I came to youtube to find a link to this piece to illustrate a comment where i tell of hearing The Banshee in school. I wish we had had a video. Am glad that it is still being taught.
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@sock93138 жыл бұрын
This scared me I was in like 1st grade lol
@TeeFader7 жыл бұрын
Heather Klossner omg i remember you showing this to us
@corezone4250 Жыл бұрын
This is so unique, quite a scary piece to listen to, but fascinating. I really wonder what kind of other music could be composed using this same technique.
@TZAR_BOMB5 ай бұрын
Can’t wait for lyrics for this one🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣💯
@AuroraFlamini888 Жыл бұрын
Listening to this in elementary school must be why I like goth music now, lol. The creative use of dissonance. The atmosphere. No wonder I ended up liking Bauhaus (the band, not the art movement)
@ThePrimith4 ай бұрын
This would make great atmospheric music for a tabletop RPG session.
@richardb73157 жыл бұрын
Best song ever
@franch12813 жыл бұрын
by 1d
@tylerheldmann15 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing this In music class in elementary school watching this brings back hearing it for the first time if I ever get a piano I'm playing this this is what anyone who asks me to play will get
@tjlitespeed50246 жыл бұрын
This piece says this to me: imagine seeing something in the distance. It's beautiful. It's otherworldly. You absolutely cannot avert your gaze. You venture closer and closer as you must know what it is that possessed such unnatural beauty. Then, as you approach, you get a feeling of unease. You see clearer the thing's odd form. As you draw nearer, your awe transforms into fear as you realize just how wrong you were. It is not a thing of beauty, but of abject horror the likes of which you have never experienced. What you discover is in fact a dark perversion of all that is beautiful, and you are afraid. You are terribly, terribly afraid. But it is too late. For it has opened its maw in a twisted song and is upon you. And you shall be doomed to join in its grim chorus forever ROFL LMAO XD ITS KFC BRO
@dinorhino88165 жыл бұрын
TJ litespeed Bird Box
@too_gay_for_this39954 жыл бұрын
You could be a writer I found this more unsettling then the song itself
@smilerface2724 жыл бұрын
nice interpretation 🤣
@plinnyphoenix42084 жыл бұрын
wow TJ! To be honest I didn't end up to this video suggested by the piano teacher like a lot of people here. My writing teacher brought me here....perhaps she knew also about your little piece of creation in form of a comment? I would love to see a short movie out of it now! ;)
@bibniebt4 жыл бұрын
Bruh, you stole that from my comment three years ago from a Ligeti Lux Aeterna video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y8-GjNhm0d-8ZYE.html I’m actually quite flattered
@alexanderberry61178 жыл бұрын
Cowell is such a brilliant modernist composer, it's always a pleasure to hear his work. Thanks for uploading.
@CosmicPelt Жыл бұрын
When it comes to this piece all that comes to my mind is this - "Ah, how I relish the idea of falling asleep to this haunting melody. It reminds me of a beautiful gray morning with a heavy cast of clouds, a foreboding sign of the destruction to come. The imminent storm approaches, and I cannot help but smile as I listen to the suffering cries of the seagulls fighting over scraps. As the humans disappear into the abyss, I am filled with a sense of satisfaction that only an immortal creature like myself can experience. This music is my sweet lullaby, a reminder of my eternal existence and my insatiable thirst for the suffering of others. Let the storm rage on, let the screams of the dying fill the air, for I am the master of this world, and nothing can stand in my way."
@marcmyt3 жыл бұрын
3:03 12 year old me sitting in class and the teacher is bent over helping another student and i see him from behind like
@joe564743 жыл бұрын
Truly terrifying, yet beautiful. I like.
@turinmormegil7715 Жыл бұрын
This Cowell dude must have been quite a tormented individul to expect someone to interpret such a score. "Oh just Scratch it with your fingernails"
@ChrisBreemer8 жыл бұрын
I tried this piece once but found it very hard to follow the instructions because of the unusual way (I think) the frame bridges are placed in my old grand. Here is looks much easier as all the slithering and scratching is in one area. The pedal part is quite easy it seems :) Intriguing piece from a very interesting composer. Thanks for the performance !!
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your words, try to play it on a proper piano that allows you to do all the slithering and scratching.
@MarePlays16 Жыл бұрын
Man my elementary teacher never played this to us 😭 I’m jealous
@baolongzhang95458 жыл бұрын
great performance! love it
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@rootbeeer5156 Жыл бұрын
This song slaps fr fr 🔥 I have never seen anyone play the piano like that before, how this is played looks as unworldly as the song being played. Great preformance!
@adamuchiha19404 жыл бұрын
Who came her because of there music teacher
@kindkingkenne4 жыл бұрын
i first heard this in music appreciation in grade school in the 70s. my soul was psychedicized.
@chrisbcritter61124 жыл бұрын
Me! My music teacher from Kindergarten to 6th grade, LaDonna Knight, played this for us, along with John Cage's 4' 33" and a couple of other things I can't remember. It wasn't until I was a teenager (and older) and discovered Pink Floyd, Bowie, Laurie Anderson, and later, Merce Cunningham (and re-discovered Cage) that I realized what a gift she had given me.
@zolarczakl38804 жыл бұрын
Your music teacher would also remind you of the proper spelling of *their* in the context of your question.
@plinnyphoenix42084 жыл бұрын
here because of my writing teacher :D :D
@somedude82974 жыл бұрын
Me
@artisanrox Жыл бұрын
It's genuinely sooooooo creepy. I love it! Thank you for performing it!
@marcellodantedealmeidanune9445Ай бұрын
Fantástica obra. Parabéns ao dueto de pianistas.
@monicacoon2983 Жыл бұрын
Its my sleepover i get to chose the music
@VictorMoyaArbo Жыл бұрын
Me encanto. Que místico espeluznante más hermoso Bravo!!😊
@mehmetunal9731 Жыл бұрын
probably it is black metal version of piano
@no1rory4666 жыл бұрын
I’d love to play this over and over to my 5 year old niece. I’m sure she’d love it.
@apricot8246 Жыл бұрын
Better late than never
@lpsmovingstyles17 жыл бұрын
This brings back MEMORIES!
@bo__jangles8 ай бұрын
Love that after years of searching I've found the song that my kindergarten music teacher showed me, just to see I've had this shared experience with hundreds of others lol
@amiejohnston284211 ай бұрын
My grade school music teacher, Mrs. Roche would play this for us every year around Halloween time. She would literally pull down the shades and turn off all the lights then play it on her record player. OMG I was so creeped out and fascinated by this piece that I knew I’d never forget it. Could you imagine hearing this sound in a dark forest somewhere? Holy s**t! 😳😳
@Bealzabub10 ай бұрын
The piano's gonna need a cigarette after this 💀
@lili-zl3fx6 жыл бұрын
haha i used to be scared by this song in the second grade :p
@MizzWGGrrrl6 жыл бұрын
Funny, I may have heard this the first time when I was in second grade. So weird I never forgot it, but I really liked it!
@joeblow70645 жыл бұрын
Me too!!
@miabunart5 жыл бұрын
@@joeblow7064 Yeah, me too actually. That's why I came here, because I remember it scaring the hell out of me
@arminiusofgermania5 жыл бұрын
Lol. Crybaby.
@fazelazerfazer19465 жыл бұрын
Sanr
@tamcon726 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is exactly what they sound like. Beautifully done; TFP.
@sugarpacketchad10 сағат бұрын
The guy sitting at the piano stole the show, LOL!
@doubledoggo56686 жыл бұрын
hey vsauce michael here
@fan_of_euler3 жыл бұрын
But what is here?
@fan_of_euler3 жыл бұрын
*Vsauce theme starts playing*
@arig023 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA genuinely laughed out loud
@philmiska72958 ай бұрын
My fingers are burning raw just listening to this 🤣 poor guy
@bybabeful Жыл бұрын
Guy sitting at the piano getting absolutely cucked
@igveri7 жыл бұрын
Good for horror movies!
@luciamaruccocraviolini65395 жыл бұрын
HELP!!!! My heard cry !!!
@pongthepanther13554 жыл бұрын
Yes definitely
@victorisaacbabia.c.2611 Жыл бұрын
Imagine making more musical pieces from piano strings.
@Bvddy.H0lly Жыл бұрын
I can hear this piano screaming "HELP ME WHY THEY PLAY ME LIKE THISSS"
@trabalhadordoestado3245 Жыл бұрын
My band's pals when I'm trying to tune.
@omfuller4 жыл бұрын
I got to assist Anthony de Mare yesterday when he performed this piece in Indianapolis. It was such a cool experience. My foot was a little tired by the end :)
@ziggys96844 жыл бұрын
Academic decathlon 2019-20 kids wya?
@samlynn0774 жыл бұрын
Here
@ninjacat52314 жыл бұрын
Ayy
@NeverWasHere24 жыл бұрын
Here
@visceralrat4 жыл бұрын
right here
@catswag164 жыл бұрын
Lets go
@robcat20758 ай бұрын
Wow. I came here looking for one of his fist pieces. I had not heard this one before. We're coming up on the 100th anniversary of this piece... don't throw in the towell on Henry Cowell!
@Mkdj21 Жыл бұрын
And, the scariest part is every part.
@FaustoBongelli9 жыл бұрын
Complimenti!
8 жыл бұрын
+Fausto Bongelli Gracie Fausto.
@ZBlade9000 Жыл бұрын
I think the scariest thing is seeing him do all this on his bare hands.
@kristikrause6 жыл бұрын
that guys face at 3:09 lol
@glorplee Жыл бұрын
love this song
@kaltsssit11 ай бұрын
lol i remember this from Kindergarten. anytime a kid got caught talking theyd get dragged off to the smile room 🤣
@lyesryes6 жыл бұрын
My favorite piano company is also YAM
@therealhelmholtz3 жыл бұрын
yam 🍠
@thenotsookayguy Жыл бұрын
Fire 🔥
@FireManScott19642 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing this in music class in elementary school
@hollylewis5302 Жыл бұрын
This performance was F*UCKING AMAZING!! (Pardon moi Francais)!!!!!!! 😱😱😱😱🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹
@Johnny_Shields6 жыл бұрын
That is a very appropriate name for the piece.
@okguy28197 жыл бұрын
Acadec teams where you at
@shalphan7 жыл бұрын
right here, m8
@Rawesomeify7 жыл бұрын
eyyyyyy
@beastandhisninja7 жыл бұрын
here
@reckyourself69485 жыл бұрын
YOOOO I'm a little late (class of 2017) but hell yeah!
@michaelmartinez88065 жыл бұрын
Here buddy
@guntherthequizmaster95152 жыл бұрын
Now, this type of banshee is an evil fairy whose moaning cries bring nothing but bad luck. - Blarney Kilakilarney, The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold (1981)
@user-ey5xk5tj9r Жыл бұрын
"Why this thing doesnt clean?!"
@sunrisejackdaw17799 ай бұрын
Something. Something is there. The hairs on your neck stand up, every muscle and sinew tense. Running. Running. Panic drives down like a celestial hammer. Something is there, lurking at the edge of your eyes, just at the fringes of your mind. A close brush, you see it fully- Luck, maybe. it takes a while, but eventually your heart calms and you walk away, shaken, but, mostly... Untouched.
@kitsuneelie91336 жыл бұрын
Mad man's wonderland
@HappyHalloweenerz2 жыл бұрын
Creepy music very disturbing……I love it
@tigrecativante5 ай бұрын
I dare anyone to sleep listening to this
@plutonium09 Жыл бұрын
2:21 my cat in the litter box
@LAMPENRAINER10 ай бұрын
You don't have to be wacky to like something like this, but it does help a lot....
@marie-annecreve87247 жыл бұрын
Very good song!!
@thisismyschoolaccount16217 ай бұрын
The most terrifying thing about this video is watching him claw at the strings like that...
@oxalek82205 жыл бұрын
Henry Cowell was just goofing on everybody.
@avagaming15745 жыл бұрын
This needs to be in a horror movie 👻🎥
@hideous_taco_michael_zacki7 ай бұрын
Perfect for a chase scene in a horror movie.
@amabelgarnetyanson7337 Жыл бұрын
Normal Piano Piece In Ohio :
@ArmandruiXD7 жыл бұрын
this is so extra
@kimberlyo7 жыл бұрын
Ivan Vigliante Yes
@simon-patrickjohnson5 жыл бұрын
Frick off
@treewalker10705 жыл бұрын
So cool! How was this piece notated?
@damiansullivan78654 жыл бұрын
There is a video on youtube with the score
@chulinavin26753 жыл бұрын
This is like wow
@BRIRICO5 жыл бұрын
To day this piece, I suppose, would have been composed for electronics or been a conrete sound composition.
@unknowndes1re4 жыл бұрын
Love it
@hoangkimviet85452 жыл бұрын
Can I use your video?
@cardek0.457 Жыл бұрын
2:20 got me.
@antoniocox51567 жыл бұрын
this sounds so scary
@sh1maru6 ай бұрын
I call it “cat on the piano musuc” (inside the piano in this case)