Unmasking Chopin's Minute Waltz

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9 ай бұрын

0:33 Introduction.
1:45 The minute waltz in a minute.
2:52 a short analysis.
4:00 hemiola rhythm.
4:52 “A portrait of a waltz”
5:26 The influence of Italian opera.
6:00 Chopin’s playing.
7:20 The year 1847 and George Sand.
8:00 Lucrezia Floriani.
9:41 A proper performance with animated analysis
A while ago, in the early days of this channel, we posted a short video of Matthew King attempting to play Chopin’s Minute Waltz in a minute, to celebrate our first thousand subscribers. It was a silly party trick, which, now that we are celebrating 30K members of our wonderful and rapidly expanding community of subscribers, we have decided to repeat!
So here is Chopin’s D flat Waltz Op 64 no. 1, first played ludicrously quickly, followed by a more sober discussion about its background, and then a second performance (with some analytical animation). According to a contemporary account, “Chopin especially liked Broadwood’s Boudoir cottage pianos of that date (1848), two-stringed, but very sweet instruments, and he found pleasure in playing on them.” The piano used for the recording, at the end of this video, is an old English Daneman upright, somewhat equivalent in sound to the 'Broadwood Boudoir cottage pianos' that Chopin apparently admired.
A huge thank you to our loyal and generous patrons and subscribers, and also to new subscribers who have recently joined the channel.
Chopin: Waltz in D flat Op 64 no. 1 (1847).
Pianist: Matthew King (Two performances - the first very silly and the second one more serious)
The quotations used in the video come from 'Chopin: Pianist and Teacher' by Jean-Jaques Eigeldinger
You can read more about Chopin, Sand and her novel, 'Lucrezia Floriani’ here: interlude.hk/lucrezia-florian...
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Edited by Ian Coulter ( www.iancoultermusic.com )
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Пікірлер: 52

@remorrey 8 ай бұрын

I am an old man with no hope of being musically educated so all I have left to do is enjoy your education and insight. Your playing brought tears to my eyes and a lump in my throat. Bless you and thank you. The final segment is such a powerful and unique way to help me feel the emotion.

@themusicprofessor 8 ай бұрын

Wow thank you!

@theoryman1 8 ай бұрын

As a massive Chopin aficionado, I had never heard that he referred to it as the little dog waltz, so thanks for that! He did write a piece dedicated to George Sands' dogs that was never published, Galop Marquis, just a joke piece.

@themusicprofessor 8 ай бұрын

I don't know that piece!

@1strumyczek 8 ай бұрын

@@themusicprofessor , it is not a great piece, just a joke kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fruCpqWKlZjRqqc.html

@themusicprofessor 8 ай бұрын

Fascinating. Thank you for the link. You can tell it's Chopin though!

@allanlees299 9 ай бұрын

Please keep making these beautiful and informative videos - 100,000 subscribers should easily be reached!

@marjieestivill 8 ай бұрын

I adore this channel and the composers and topics chosen. Hoping 100k happens soon so more can focus on the enjoyment of being magically human.

@themusicprofessor 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the encouragement. Hugely appreciated!

@EvaderGuy 9 ай бұрын

Congratulations on breaking 30,000 subscribers. As always, thank you for your entertainment, your insights, and of course, the star of the show laying at your feet.

@mybachhertzbaud3074 19 күн бұрын

Very nice. I am afraid your dog looked more like "Oh no, not this again"😜🎶🎹🎶 Play On

@tonyplank 9 ай бұрын

I really enjoy your teaching. I think 30K is just the beginning!

@themusicprofessor 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@andrejlz 8 ай бұрын

Waiting for a 30M at last.

@izzyk867 9 ай бұрын

Congratulations 🎉 on 30k! No doubt the next 30k will roll in in no time. Great vid, as always, thanks!

@saibhandari 9 ай бұрын

very well done! big congrats on 30k!

@robertmueller2023 9 ай бұрын

I love the middle part only, especially that quirky upper grace note.

@WH40KHero 8 ай бұрын

The piece feels happy and jumpy, like a small dog running and playing arround ones feet

@naughtytoad 9 ай бұрын

❤ my favourite, thank you. Such an enjoyable vlog.

@alannaky5852 8 ай бұрын

Congrats on 31k 🥳🥳🥳

@themusicprofessor 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@usernameatusernameperiodsh2168 9 ай бұрын

I like playing it way slowler than normal tempo for it

@zahifar3936 9 ай бұрын

Well good thing you had an iPhone for the audio to be decent. Amazing rendition at the end!

@oceanelf2512 8 ай бұрын

That actually makes a lot of sense. Minute Valse sounds like a dog chasing its tail.

@AvyScottandFlower 9 ай бұрын

Congrats on 30k! 🎉

@themusicprofessor 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@andrewharrison8975 8 ай бұрын

Have you heard Josef Hofmann’s performance from his 1938 Casimir Hall concert? He plays the return of the A section in double thirds - delicious!

@themusicprofessor 8 ай бұрын

Just listened. Wow!

@usernameatusernameperiodsh2168 9 ай бұрын

In a year you will be congratulating 100k

@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji 9 ай бұрын

0:48 it's really unfortunate that he dozed off for a while shortly after you said that lol 😅 There was really no problem with the audio btw

@davidwood4303 8 ай бұрын

OK, good grief, but you are good.

@robertmueller2023 9 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable robocall music, although I like his Grande Valse Brillant Op. 42 much more. One great idea after another.

@chrislavey8650 6 ай бұрын

Please do more break downs of Chopin. I loved your Beethoven break downs.

@RhodesyYT 9 ай бұрын

Dare you to analyze the allegro de concert that will be a hard one

@themusicprofessor 9 ай бұрын

That is rather hard.

@habadababa31415 9 ай бұрын

c'mon, the audio is not even half bad! certainly a bit rough, but not enough to apologise so thoroughly!

@Archiekunst 8 ай бұрын

It makes sense that the first 4 bars are compressed. I bet Chopin took it as more of an improvised coloratura passage sliding into the actual waltz when the bass comes in. Sometimes taking Chopin too literally is very unChopinistic.

@themusicprofessor 8 ай бұрын

I agree. There are fascinating recordings of Vladimir Pachmann from the early 20th century - he was a brilliant pianist, trained in the 19th century (he knew Liszt and his theory teacher was Bruckner!) When he plays Chopin (very beautifully) it's extraordinarily free and often contains improvised elements (e.g. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mKhlbKWLsa_UpKs.htmlsi=mraCFmQ4yKpT8ZZG)

@BenTrem42 6 ай бұрын

Q: is it the 60 second waltz? or the my-newt _(tiny)_ waltz? I've never known which!

@BenTrem42 6 ай бұрын

Ahar! 5:13 ... _"These are little, miniature portraits of waltzes."_ /me sits

@gracemember101 8 ай бұрын

I thought "minute" meant tiny not 60 seconds because the elegance seemed lost if played too fast.

@themusicprofessor 8 ай бұрын

There seems to be much debate about the original meaning of the nickname. It's not Chopin's title anyway, but there are some very elegant, very fast performances e.g. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oreFprmdsNjXj40.htmlsi=OM3R-pI--XA3wZXd

@martiglesias60 4 ай бұрын

His dog is tired of dancing or turning this waltz.

@alessandrostagni6025 8 ай бұрын

Please please improve the audio quality…

@Grunttamer 8 ай бұрын

I can play this in 30 seconds.

@themusicprofessor 8 ай бұрын

I'd like to see this

@Grunttamer 8 ай бұрын

@@themusicprofessor it was intended to be a reference to “the music man” Harold Hill talks about “playing the minute waltz in 50 seconds” but I got the time wrong 😑