I was struck suddenly deaf by a very loud sound in August. I'm a jazz pianist, drummer, composer, etc. I now understand Beethoven's heartbreak. Lucky for me, my hearing mostly recovered, and with hearing aids I can function musically. But oh, what heartbreak I felt for many weeks. I can barely encompass Beethoven's suffering. This is a good one, Rick, thank you for your hard work.
@Bluebuthappy182
6 жыл бұрын
My favorite Beethoven story was his answer his brother Johann who signed off a letter to him, "From your brother Johann, landowner," In his reply Ludwig signed his letter off, "From your brother Ludwig, brain owner" They were definitely brothers..
@davidhooper259
4 жыл бұрын
Musicians being musicians...Mozart writes a canon entitled Leck mich im Arsch (translation-Lick my Ass)....And we thought the Sex Pistols were punk rock.
@nancygermain2996
2 жыл бұрын
I love that! Land owner. Brain owner. That was great. They certainly were brothers.
@MsAppassionata
Жыл бұрын
My favorite story about him was the time another composer tried to upstage him after Beethoven had performed one of his pieces on the piano. After hearing it, the other composer (can’t think of his name at the moment) decided to arrange a piece which he deemed was an “improvement” on Beethoven’s, utilizing a string section. After they finished playing, Beethoven jumped up out of his seat, swept past the cellist, grabbing his score in the process, sat at the piano, turned the score upside down, and proceeded to do an elaborate improvisational piece based on the reversed notes. The other composer was so embarrassed by this that he refused to be seen in the same room with Beethoven from then onwards. 😂
@gscgold
Жыл бұрын
🤣
@BalrajTakhar-u7u
6 ай бұрын
@@MsAppassionata That was Daniel Steibelt. And happened in the third round of their musical improvisation contest.
@avivastudios2311
2 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh that letter. What an incredible man. He was determined to write the best possible music before he died. He was strong. Even though something awful happened he didn't let it stop him.
@joaquindelarosa1215
Жыл бұрын
He is truly an inspiration to everyone, not just musicians. Certainly is to me.
@KoriLinae
5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love Beethoven. I was just told a few days ago that I have severe hearing loss in my right ear. My left ear is completely deaf. I can hear sound, like Beethoven could. I consider him my "mentor/inspiration". I am grateful to live in a time, where I can have options to help with my hearing. I loved this video, and thank you for sharing your love for Beethoven.
@rajneeshsharma6786
4 жыл бұрын
All the best maam From India
@RockChalk263
3 жыл бұрын
I just lost the last of my residual hearing in my right ear and have no hearing in my left ear (wore hearing aids from age 2 to 40) and I'm getting a cochlear implant in a few weeks. While I'm scared about how things will sound with the implant, I'm also grateful that the option to have the implant exists.
@rodneyhorton5798
3 жыл бұрын
Beethoven was BLACK
@nishyanthkumar
2 жыл бұрын
@@rodneyhorton5798 So...? Even if he was, does that change the fact that he's one of the most widely-regarded composers on Earth? Does it invalidate his incredible compositions?
@Magnetron33
6 жыл бұрын
Sometimes when I think of Beethoven, I cry. To think that he created some of the greatest music ever on Earth and did not hear much of it is beyond tragic.
@philipk4475
4 жыл бұрын
Not with his ears, but he heard the music alright.
@lucaszavaluentie4855
2 жыл бұрын
“Composers don’t cry, composers are made of fire.”
@Magnetron33
2 жыл бұрын
@@lucaszavaluentie4855 You must be and live the emotion to portray it with accuracy in music. Sure it is a bit of a cliche that to write a sad blues number you need to be sad. I am sure sadness inspired many great blues songs, but all you really need is to have already had the experience. You don't have to aquire that state at that moment but you certainly can remember the pain.
@angelonoal9022
6 жыл бұрын
"All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff." - Frank Zappa
@nightwhenjar
4 жыл бұрын
pretty sure he didn't wear wigs
@FreakieFan
4 жыл бұрын
@@nightwhenjar r/woosh
@Marc_Masters
4 жыл бұрын
Nah
@engagementengagement8836
4 жыл бұрын
Guido Anselmi but he didn’t
@fredhaight3088
4 жыл бұрын
"Mediocre composers knew how to imitate the powdered wigs of Haydn and Mozart, but not the heads that wore them"- Robert Schumann.
@manny75586
6 жыл бұрын
Completely deaf, writes arguably the greatest piece of music ever (9th Symphony). Beethoven is above all for me.
@carlostejada1479
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard it took him 23 years to compose the 9th symphony... so he was totally deaf in the latest years of those 23
@Nikioko
3 жыл бұрын
Except Bach. ;-)
@georgekouts
7 ай бұрын
@@Nikioko Bach was amazing in his own right, no one can argue that... but, Beethoven was deaf! Writing some of the, if not the greatest music ever written! Had he not had impaired hearing, no one would ever speak of Bach!
@MsAppassionata
6 ай бұрын
@@georgekouts Well, I’m a Beethoven fan myself (hence my user name) but I wouldn’t even go that far.
@georgekouts
6 ай бұрын
@@MsAppassionata That's fair, it's all about perspective after all, isn't it? Each composer has left an indelible mark on the world of music in their own way. Perhaps, it's best to not compare the two, but rather celebrate the richness and diversity of musical genius.
@RH-xs8gz
5 жыл бұрын
Wrote one of the greatest symphonies ever while totally deaf. Hands down the greatest composer in the history of Western music.
@johnnicholson8345
3 жыл бұрын
no doubt
@idontgivea1769
2 жыл бұрын
Beethoven himselft wouldn’t agree
@RH-xs8gz
2 жыл бұрын
@@idontgivea1769 did you ask him?
@christianhenry4173
2 жыл бұрын
I think he is well respected but today beethoven would be the greatest producer if he had ears today. But classical music is not that interesting beyond its competitors today
@EK-gr9gd
Жыл бұрын
Verdi considered it mediocre. Nice verdict by someone who never wrote a symphony.
@craigkowald3055
6 жыл бұрын
I have had the privilege to perform numerous Beethoven works, including 2d, 5th, and 8th symphonies, 4th piano concerto, Coriolan and Egmont overtures, and the horn sonata. It is incredible music.
@ralphcordon5688
3 жыл бұрын
So you're a horn player then, right?
@NahreSol
6 жыл бұрын
Great presentation on Beethoven!! You chose the best bits of information to remind me of this great composer.
@Barroid
6 жыл бұрын
And...Beethoven is NOT a Blocker!
@keky2778
3 жыл бұрын
We just gonna ignore the fact that is NAHRE SOL
@planetclownfishbrain7052
3 жыл бұрын
Ya'll keep pretending he wasn't Black, you lying blue eyed devils.
@joeleugene9735
3 жыл бұрын
i know Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know a way to get back into an instagram account..? I stupidly forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me
@quentintucker8320
3 жыл бұрын
@Joel Eugene Instablaster ;)
@AirGuitar
6 жыл бұрын
Beethoven is simply inspiring.
@paologiannini2551
4 жыл бұрын
esecially the music.
@RH-xs8gz
5 жыл бұрын
Beethoven must of had absolute pitch. There is no other way someone could write such brilliant music while almost completely deaf. Absolute genius.
@banana_in_a_tuxedo
Жыл бұрын
I think he had better perfect pitch than most other people with it
@Noctifern
Жыл бұрын
I think he had the best perfect pitch of anyone who has ever lived
@RubenSelassie
9 ай бұрын
reading and writing that why
@omglolgiraffe
7 жыл бұрын
That heiligenstadt reading with the 5th piano concerto was just beautiful
@davemckay4359
6 жыл бұрын
Deaf guy becomes world's greatest composer. That is dedication.
@dontsubscribeme9547
4 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest, not the greatest.
@koolaids-man8668
4 жыл бұрын
@@dontsubscribeme9547 I see someone has never listened to the 9th Symphony haha
@dontsubscribeme9547
4 жыл бұрын
@@koolaids-man8668 turkish march and mozart the greatest.. Not dada da daa..
@nikhil518
4 жыл бұрын
@@dontsubscribeme9547 woah , you saying mozart is greatest is understandable , but he is greatest because of turkish march ?😂 now that is hilarious
@nikhil518
4 жыл бұрын
@@dontsubscribeme9547 You should listen to some music of mozart before saying his best is turkish march
@solitude208
4 жыл бұрын
Reading that letter to his brothers I believe almost made me cry. It’s tragically beautiful.
@hansmuller1846
6 жыл бұрын
The story of the 9th symphony gets me every time. Incredible isn't nearly enough to describe it. Note: You should listen to it. Yes, the whole hour. The ode to joy is great, but definitely not all of the 9th and maybe not even the greatest part.
@randomguy-hc7pv
5 жыл бұрын
What ks the ninth symphony
@dmaxpr
8 жыл бұрын
Cant wait for the Mozart's 5 things!
@TeaPhanatic
7 жыл бұрын
Well done, Rick. The novel, The Black Spaniard, addresses Beethoven's struggle with deafness and his decision to embrace life. Glad he did! :)
@Angl0sax0nknight
6 жыл бұрын
When you listen to the complexity of his music you get a glimpse of the power of his genius... truly inspiring!
@siegfriedkleinmartins7816
2 жыл бұрын
The fact that he wrote some of the most important music works of all time completly deaf speaks a lot of his generosity and cunning mind. He knew it was a life achievment that would put him among the greatest composers.... but yet was a hard task to do. He wrote the 9th symphony and never heard a single note. That is generosity!! Fortunatly I had the chance to sing the "Ode to Joy" twice in a month some years ago, in big open air concerts. Unfforgetable experience!!!! Greetings from Brasil
@TheMakersRage
4 жыл бұрын
The Heilegestat testament breaks my heart every time I read it or hear it read. What a musician and artist. So great his godlike talent we forget he never heard some of his greatest works.
@Madmun357
6 жыл бұрын
My life goal is to go to Vienna in 2024 to see a performance of Beethoven's 9th on it's 200th anniversary.
@zero5496
4 жыл бұрын
think i will go too, I hope Lang Lang will be there, been watching his performance for years and my dad sponsored him multiple times too
@andymilstenmusic8520
4 жыл бұрын
Alfonso Munoz Awesome, hope I see you there!
@omglolgiraffe
3 жыл бұрын
@@andymilstenmusic8520 Ill say hello if I bump into you
@andymilstenmusic8520
3 жыл бұрын
Karthik Selvan Sure thing!!
@markhealey3660
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rick. Beethoven has been my favorite classical composer since the late 1970's. I have many times taken some of his passages to create interesting drum patterns.
@MustBeTuesday
6 жыл бұрын
This was really interesting! I knew he started using lower notes more as his hearing went but I didn't actually realize he had composed music without being able to hear it at all! And I also didn't know he kept his hearing loss a secret, I had assumed being a deaf or hard of hearing composer had been part of what made him famous in the first place. Great video!
@rolandgerard6064
6 жыл бұрын
I can hear your admiration for this amazing composer. Thanks for sharing.
@davidpauker
3 жыл бұрын
I will always love Mr.Beethoven...the Man....his Music...His Spirit... his Mind and his relentless determination to keep on going no matter what ever odds in life that he faced!! That is why this man is an immortal great!!
@MarekPasieczny
8 жыл бұрын
Hey Rick, very well done to your work: lectures on music, composition, composers, orchestration etc. I've been following for some time now. Bravo! We all really appreciate your work!
@RickBeato
8 жыл бұрын
Hi Merek, thank you so much for the kind words! I just listened to your NEO VARIATIONS : Tribute to John Towner Williams. Bravo! It sounds beautiful. I just subscribed and look forward to checking out your other videos. Rick
@discardeddede
6 жыл бұрын
Man, I wish I could have attended that concert. I live in Vienna and I visit Beethovens grave and some of the houses he lived in regularly. I couldn't bare life without his music.
@dalwajo
7 жыл бұрын
Bravo. I love facts about Ludwig. Nearly 300 years and still on the charts. Stunning.
@elsenored562
2 жыл бұрын
0:08 Beethoven was born into a family of musicians 0:35 Did Beethoven and Mozart ever meet? 1:14 Beethoven began growing deaf [age 25] 3:22 [Beethoven hosted a 4 hour concert featuring his 5th & 6th symphonies] This was the greatest concert of all time. 5:12 Beethoven's late works
@jsimonlarochelle
6 жыл бұрын
Rick. I was driven to tears by your beautiful tribute to Beethoven (the 2nd movement of the 5th piano concerto - in the background - always has a tendency to do this to me). It is really nice to have a little overview like this by someone who knows his stuff. Keep up the good work.
@Zweihander21
6 жыл бұрын
Incredible video. I teared up at your reading of those portions of the Heiligenstadt Testament
@daveowens
6 жыл бұрын
"Ah, it seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had brought forth all that I felt was within me. So I endured this wretched existence - truly wretched for so susceptible a body, which can be thrown by a sudden change from the best condition to the very worst. - Patience, they say, is what I must now choose for my guide" ...absolutely beautiful words. I was injured while in the military and had to draw back my live shows substantially back around '13. I've been "signed" a few times, but was much more successful as a true indie, getting music on international radio and signing deals with MTV, Vh1, Paramount Films, performing Fri night of SXSW, and so on. This was an inspiring post Rick. I'm just north of you in TN - we should get together sometime. Lunch is on me!
@integral9x
Жыл бұрын
He was also one of the greatest men to ever live. It takes a true man to rise above all that suffering and create beauty for the world out of his pain
@schatzdaniel
6 жыл бұрын
Beethoven also didn't use any Apple products!
@RH-xs8gz
5 жыл бұрын
And didn't use autotune!
@Brucesterious
5 жыл бұрын
He used Samsung
@K2KOfcoursegg
4 жыл бұрын
It was 1800 you dumb
@K2KOfcoursegg
4 жыл бұрын
Apple was invented in 1960
@jtrawson1559
4 жыл бұрын
@@K2KOfcoursegg When Jobs was 5!
@timhalley6987
3 жыл бұрын
His letter to his brothers makes me weep.
@aquamarine99911
6 жыл бұрын
Love Beethoven, and love rock and roll. And naturally, a subscriber to your wonderful channel. Good choice of the 2nd movement of the 5th piano concerto as the background for his heartbreaking letter. You said so much, but could also have mentioned not only Hammerklavier but his last piano sonata, Op. 111, one of the most sublime works by anyone of all time. It incidentally introduces jazz/boogie woogie to the world, but also deeply spiritual ambient music. I hope there's a heaven, not for my sake, but so that Beethoven could finally find a place of happiness.
@kyleethekelt
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yes. I can well imagine him and George Gershwin tearing it up. The man was known for his skill at improvisation.
@sbingham1979
5 жыл бұрын
What I find so refreshing is your knowledge of all KINDS of music. It is somehow inspiring and comforting to see your enthusiasm so evident across such a varied musical-style spectrum.
@christianlester687
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rick, beautiful stuff. As Brooke said, I knew some of this. I could not have recited the pieces played on December 22, 1808. The only thing that I would add is that I read, in "Beethoven's Hair," that he went completely deaf by 1811. The 7th Symphony is, by far, my favorite. I need to check out Missa Solemnis. Just saw American Bach Soloists perform Bach's Mass in B Minor, this past Sunday, in San Francisco. Thanks again for the inspiration.
@quailstudios
5 жыл бұрын
Beethoven has always been my favorite composer. Thanks Rick.
@mcrettable
6 жыл бұрын
if I was in that cold theatre, all of beethoven's music would've warmed me up for sure
@rexreg
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. It's great seeing your passion extended to older music in the Western tradition. If anyone is interested in Beethoven's late work, give a listen to his Grosse Fuge for string quartet. It was written after Beethoven's deafness had become complete & was one of the last pieces he wrote. After its premier the Grosse Fuge was ripped by the critics of the time, as it is very dissonant &, in places, difficult to listen to. By the time the early 20th Century had rolled around this work was finally being recognized as the great work it was (& is). Stravinsky stated, "[the Grosse Fuge is] an absolutely contemporary piece of music that will be contemporary forever."
@Fumozart
2 жыл бұрын
Große Fuge is hard to get into tho
@GodsUnrulyFriends
4 жыл бұрын
The very first music I remember in my life was the Scherzo from the Ninth. To this day, I can't listen to his music without being profoundly moved. The Andante from the Seventh brings me to tears every time.
@dl5272
6 жыл бұрын
Well done, I knew many of these things already, but your presentation gave me chills all the same. It's nice to see that you (like me) see no need to make qualitative distinctions between popular and classical music; they can each attain the sublime.
@simplyhamm
6 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the most powerful and now my favorite of all your videos thus far. This will help me when I go back to my classroom in a few weeks. My 6th grade music students will benefit from your expertise. Thank you.
@ralphcordon5688
3 жыл бұрын
As a music teacher you didn't know any of those facts?
@suzanneemerson9787
Жыл бұрын
@@ralphcordon5688 He didn’t say that. He enjoyed the presentation.
@jenniferpeers4475
3 жыл бұрын
So well presented. Thank you Rick. This was very interesting and is a wonderful tribute to the greatest composer ever.
@37BopCity
7 жыл бұрын
Very nice Rick---- I too am a Beethoven fan. But you've left out one of his supreme achievements------his opera "Fidelio". I have listened and studied it for many years, and own about eight of the highest-rated recordings. Some people (myself included) think it's the greatest opera ever written. I never get tired of listening to it. It has everything and then some. Every composer since Beethoven has had to look up to him. As Brahms once said, "You have no idea what it is like having to work in the shadow of such a giant".
@eriktempelman2097
6 жыл бұрын
Rick, your brief exposition of Beethoven and his achievements brought as much tears to my eyes as his music has done. I salute you! As small token of thanks, let me add (.. not as the only one) fact #6: Beethoven met classical guitar virtuoso Mauro Giuliani too, while in Vienna, and Giuliani was of course influenced. So even for our favourite instrument, Beethoven has indirectly done wonders too: just check out Giuliani's "Grand Sonata Eroica". Thanks again - you are a treasure!
@porridgeandprunes
6 жыл бұрын
And Beethoven wrote four pieces for mandolin and harpsichord.
@TDawg736
4 жыл бұрын
The allegretto of Beethoven's 7th: that's where it's at. And the sonatas "Appassionata" and "Pathetique" , especially played by Arrau. Listen to them and be amazed by the beauty.
@franciscordon9230
6 жыл бұрын
Extremely moving! Thank you!
@vaishnavi2773
3 жыл бұрын
Beethoven was not composer of the all the time but also he was the greatest minds of all the time🙏🙏❤️
@ladbeethoven9
4 жыл бұрын
Beethoven is my favourite classical composer. The Ninth Symphony is my favourite
@gregorsamsa4617
6 жыл бұрын
Rick, your storytelling skills are almost as good as your lectures on music! Thank you
@AugustBurnsSam
8 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! I'd love to see more of these.
@MEMORIA1316
3 жыл бұрын
He was a badass. The excerpt you read is heartbreaking, yet his story is inspiring.
@EdMuse1122
6 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear at least a couple of details about Beethoven that I didn't previously know. BTW, while it might be in doubt whether he met Mozart or not, he certainly became acquainted with Salieri, an acquaintance that resulted in a very odd set of a cappella partsongs in Italian, to texts by Metastasio. BTW, I conducted the Mass in C a couple of seasons ago -- what a wonderful piece! At the time of that 1808 concert, it was still "fresh," having only been completed a little more than a year previous.
@TrevRockOne
6 жыл бұрын
I knew all these things, but Beethoven is also my favorite person in the history of the world.
@christopher8220
6 жыл бұрын
XLNT vid Rick! Yep - It truly is incredible how the 9th has endured and been used for so many purposes through-out human history since that time. I consider the 9th to be the greatest musical piece written by a human on planet earth. We will be seeing the 9th performed in Dallas by the magnificent DSO later this summer. I can not wait!!!
@supertal6074
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! These composers were just on a different level in talent. Those were different times and led to the climax of talent and perfection. They were just incredible!
@uglykidney
6 жыл бұрын
When I listen to Beethoven’s story , It’s make me thinking of Django everytime.Because both of them had fated the worst misfortune that every ordinary man might be gave up to his fate.But they both not only just overcome their troubles but their was cross over boundaries of himself before disability and created greater masterpieces than before. ( actually their works has been shape theory for many generations of musician ) . So they ain’t just great musician but also great among mankind. ( First time when I was read about Django’s history I was impressed by great mind and great willing to play music of him more than even beethoven’story and His story remind me that awesome abilities doesn’t came from physical skill or talent but actually started form inner mind and willing to play music.
@Larry30102
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rick What you presented got me a little verklempt🤗 Not enough homage has been payed to these guys. Beethoven’s one of my favs...thx again
6 жыл бұрын
I swear that your content is never disappointing. Your channel is really interesting and helpful. Thank you so very much.
@liquidlogic7426
6 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video! I love the 5th piano concerto. Keep making great videos!
@theodoreplayspiano3029
Жыл бұрын
Blast from the past with these old videos of yours ❤
@davelester1985
6 жыл бұрын
Been to the Vienna cemetery three times now to stand at Beethoven's grave next to Mozart and many others buried there. You made a nice video that spoke to his greatness.
@TomRivieremusic
7 жыл бұрын
Truly incredible mastery of compositions and what a pianist.I have spent 6 months trying to perfect and play a piece that he composed, you really have no idea of the technical virtuosity that he had when you attempt to play his piece. Mind-blowing!
@Pinklaeti75
6 жыл бұрын
Great video ! Very educational.
@fabricio_santana
6 жыл бұрын
What an enthusiastic musician and what a great channel. I love seeing this kind of stuff.
@joshcharlat850
6 жыл бұрын
Oh Rick! Those words from Beethoven made me burst into weeping...such irrestible emotion!! So moving...was totally unprepared for that!
@brentchapman1958
3 жыл бұрын
Damn! You edify like no other. Feel a bit smarter and a bit better as a human being with every one of your videos. Thanks, Brother.
@Geotubest
6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. Wow just wow. Thanks.
@NassosConqueso
6 жыл бұрын
Great presentation! One of my favourites!
@PatrickAshe41
3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Although having read four different biographies and visited several of his homes and gravesite in Vienna, I can honestly say I did know these :) (The Mozart thing is definitely argued, of course.) Many great tidbits and factoids.
@barbaraterracciano7716
6 жыл бұрын
Hello Rick, Thank you for talking about Beethoven I Truly Love his music with all my heart. I am playing Pathetique.I am in heaven.😘
@pedroV2003
6 жыл бұрын
Rick I loved the video. LVB is my all time favorite musician and composer. I wonder if you had any thoughts on why improvising used to be an important part of classical music and no longer is? As I recall Beethoven was renowned for his improvisational skills and won many competitions against other virtuoso of his time. Would love to hear your thoughts on the subject.
@davidbudo5551
4 жыл бұрын
Improvisation requires higher levels of abstraction, which in turn is a consequence of higher levels of intelligence. Intelligence is the ability to maintain variables and manipulate them within the brain - the more variables you can maintain and the degree to which you can manipulate them determines your level of intelligence. High levels of intelligence are strongly associated with open mindedness, which is a highly desirable personality trait in artists. Today, IQ is on the decline, and individual artistic expression has taken a backseat to fame; take what has already worked and regurgitate it ad nauseam, while exerting the majority of your energy on your manufactured image. I love when people laud musical artists today as "genius" only to hear uninspired jingles, disguised as songs, designed to be instantly mapped by the least cognitively capable of our species. As with everything, practically all music today is purely instant gratification, offering no emotional complexity for our brains to marvel within through repeated listening sessions. When instant gratification is your primary mode of operation, exerting energy in abstracting improvisations will not compete with the path of least resistance. Listening to Beethoven is akin to a meal where every bite offers flavours to ponder upon, while music of today is a fast food combo that makes you giddy for five minutes, after which, you're already looking for your next meal. Today's music tells you how to feel, while truly creative music shows you how you feel. The latter requiring more effort coincides with Beethoven's classic quote, "What is difficult is good."
@pedroV2003
4 жыл бұрын
@@davidbudo5551 interesting theory though I'm not sure I agree with you. I'm not sure that there is any scientific evidence of the decline of IQ's and I can tell you first hand that improvising has not been a part of classical music for a very very very long time whereas it used to be considered an essential tool. Improvisation continues to be a part of almost all other genre's of music including but not limited to rock, r&b, soul, jazz, blues, Latin, etc. All that said we definitely agree on Beethoven.
@ralphcordon5688
3 жыл бұрын
@@pedroV2003 I think improvisation ceased to be part of the musical education during the second half of the 19th century. Compositions had become more complex, and composers started to complain about musicians, who would include their own improvisations into the pieces, and thus make them unrecognizable. That would lead to a common ostracism of the art of improvisation in general. "You have to play what is written there and nothing else!" So throwing the baby within the bathwater, sadly. Ever since it didn't find back into the classical musical education. Hopefully it will come back someday in the future. Students of composition anyway, might still have to learn the skill. Just my thoughts, I don't know if it's all correct.
@pedroV2003
3 жыл бұрын
@@ralphcordon5688 could be. I should probably ask some of my classical musician friends.
@ralphcordon5688
3 жыл бұрын
@@pedroV2003 Actually, as a classical musician, playing, say, in an orchestra, you need a lot of skills, such as sight reading among other things, but you don't need improvisation. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't learn it from the very beginning, when you start to learn your instrument as a child. The dilemma is, when you learn your instrument the classical way, you learn to read music right away yes, but you don't learn to play just by ear, whereas those who learn it otherwise, don't learn to read music. Both skills should be learned simultaneously; maybe they do it nowadays, who knows.
@johnforguites4800
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, can't believe that I had missed this one! ...and the 4th is my favorite too!
@timbreuer4543
8 жыл бұрын
Super nice video! Thank you!
@cdvorpiano
6 жыл бұрын
This was a wonderful presentation which I am passing on to my piano students immediately! I didn't know about #4! Excellent!
@tom2314
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. I loved how his music played in the background as you talked about it. I agree completely about Beethoven being one of the greatest minds of our time. I consider him on of the most important humans to have ever lived.
@hendriphile
4 жыл бұрын
“Beethoven... the greatest creative benefactor of all time, bar none....” - Louis Biancolli
@MehulPandit
7 жыл бұрын
Cannot agree more. He indeed was one of the greatest minds. It was such a spiritual experience when i went to his grave! Thanks for the video!
@johntate6537
6 жыл бұрын
I've loved Beethoven since I was a kid and thought I knew quite a lot about him, but the Heiligenstadt Testament was a revelation, and heartbreaking. It made me think that not only was Beethoven a great musician and mind, but an extraordinary man to be able to do what he did.
@SNOWLAND88
6 жыл бұрын
Great content! I'd love to see more videos about famous composers. Keep up the good work!
@benf340
6 жыл бұрын
Straight to the point I like it
@zackguitar07
6 жыл бұрын
Wonderful job, Rick! I am a jazz guitarist and a elementary music teacher who recently finished my masters in music education degree. My thesis was on Beethoven’s 3rd symphony and the period around the Heiligenstadt Testament with a deep analysis as to why that symphony was the most significant to that point in music history. I’d love to share my paper and/or presentation with the annotated score if you are interested! Keep up the good work!
@leona7522
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you!
@John_Schulz
6 жыл бұрын
Superb Commentary. Thank You Immensely.
@malcolmjohnwright
5 жыл бұрын
thank you Rick... you have an amazing memory and your ability to ,retrieve the information in it, is astounding to me... thank you once again... very informative and entertaining all at the same time!!! wonderful stuff!!! ;'0) M
@acethegreat3963
5 жыл бұрын
I obviously know of Beethoven and some of his work but I knew dick about him until now! Man, what a story! Excellent video Rick beato
@ericdaniel323
6 жыл бұрын
I'm just glad you said "van" and not "von." That's a pet peeve of mine.
@jrpie1215
6 жыл бұрын
fantastic video
@JohnnyArtPavlou
6 жыл бұрын
#3 is very moving. Of course you hit us with a great music cue.
@mysticmouse7261
3 жыл бұрын
Ok now i'm crying. What a Titan! Gift to Civilization.
@dev--null
6 жыл бұрын
Wow, nicely done Rick!
@waltertomaszewski1083
6 жыл бұрын
Beethoven was far more introspective in his sonatas (private musings, reflecting on his life or Life in general) than in his symphonies (meant for general public consumption). If you want to know Beethoven the man, listen to his piano sonatas; if you want to know Beethoven the crowd-pleaser, listen to his symphonies.
@davidbudo5551
4 жыл бұрын
Crowd pleaser? He inspired and challenged people. He didn't write symphonies to please them, particularly from the third symphony onward.
@hemiolaguy
3 жыл бұрын
Beethoven poured some of his most intimate ideas into his string quartets, particularly the later ones. Music that absolutely no one else in history could have written.
@ze_rubenator
3 жыл бұрын
His 1st, 2nd and 4th Symphonies are pretty conventional (by classicist standards), but the others are all groundbreaking in one way or another. As far as introspection goes, we can't ignore the 8th symphony which more than anything shows B's self-awareness. It is ostensibly him parodying himself, embracing his own tropes and shortcomings.
@kishorebajaj4353
6 жыл бұрын
Say what you must and as you must, has there been one other than Beethoven in music emotion, spirituality and endless reflection. Beethoven too was mortal but yet lives on !
@dougmphilly
6 жыл бұрын
excellent stuff. the best channel for music heads.
@TyDie85
6 жыл бұрын
This video is definitely going into my music favorites playlist. it's my playlist for music AND music topics. I love beeth-oven (B&T reference). Thank you for this video
@StratMatt777
5 жыл бұрын
Wow that's amazing that you can remember and verbalize the entire contents of Beethoven's letter. I don't see how that's possible... All this time I've been astounded with your mind-boggling knowledge and skill and effortless application of that skill, but now, thanks to this video, I realize that you're just Beethoven reincarnated. I've got you all figured out Rick Beato!!! It was only a matter of time!
@YuriPolchenko
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Impressive!
@michaelnurge1652
6 жыл бұрын
I actually knew most of that already...but it's wonderful to get it out there.
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