4:31 the first time i heard this passage i could not stop to laugh.I was crying with laughter
@michaels7889
4 жыл бұрын
How one could wish Mozart had lived longer! Where might he have gone? Playing this quartet was always a joy and this exposition reveals just why it was so.
@rogerchavez2531
4 жыл бұрын
I think this is an underrated masterpiece. It is bizarre but genius, I found this looking for his most synesthetic moments and this is one of them. Happy listening!
@Alix777.
5 жыл бұрын
It's not comedy, it's sarcastic despair and anger. Excellent analysis, great work.
@Caio0_057
4 жыл бұрын
5:18 I wasn't expecting to laugh at this moment, but it's just really strange and funny! The first violin sounds like she desperately want the theme to go down but is just restricted, so meanders around, while the second violin and the viola laugh at her. It's brilliant musical comedy, almost like something out of "Ein musikalischer Spaß"!
@haritodecebolla
6 жыл бұрын
This is the last string quartet composed by Mozart (1791) and it's a great hint for what's to come in the Romantic music...so does Symphony 41 and other late works. Thank you so much, Richard! Thanks for your work and for making these videos!
@Barbapippo
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful music, and what an incredible economy of thematic material.
@gfweis
6 жыл бұрын
I find the commentary in your videos to be explosively illuminating. Please don't stop!
@m.calloway2624
6 жыл бұрын
Mr. Atkinson, you really have a gift. In the space of just a few minutes, you've honed in on some of the most interesting and enriching things to say about this music. I'm really getting hooked on your analyses. Thank you so much.
@joshuamanley8886
6 жыл бұрын
5:12-6:50 crafty Mozart. His wife and sister said that he did much of composing while sitting up in bed after waking up and eating. He probably had much of it worked out in his head already, his memory being stout, and it was just a matter of writing it down. A gem of transcendence here. Something which Bach achieved around his mid thirties and simply stayed there. Too bad Mozart didn't live very long.
@timothyser9967
5 жыл бұрын
These passages contain harmonic figures rarely heard in Bach, that's true. But mozart never approaches the contrapuntal sophistication of Bach.
@2009xellos
5 жыл бұрын
Mozart was more talented than Bach. Mozart started writing fugues at 12. Bach didn't even write his first composition at 20. MOZART'S FUGUES (number inside brackets indicate the age he wrote them) Missa solemnis in C minor "Waisenhausmesse" KV 139 Gloria (12): kzitem.info/news/bejne/16SurmyDbGN3Zpw Missa solemnis in C minor "Waisenhausmesse" KV 139 Credo (12): kzitem.info/news/bejne/16SurmyDbGN3Zpw Mass in C major "Dominicus Messe" K66 Gloria (13): kzitem.info/news/bejne/06KHsGaYoH1khYY Mass in C major "Dominicus Messe" K66 Credo (13): kzitem.info/news/bejne/06KHsGaYoH1khYY Miserere in A minor, [4-part contrapuntal study] K.85 (14) kzitem.info/news/bejne/wIau14WFjqBiqWU KV125 - Pignus Futuræ Gloriæ (16): kzitem.info/news/bejne/xYdtnayvspiXnXY Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis in C major KV 167 Gloria (17): kzitem.info/news/bejne/uW-KxYmIo4idaH4 Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis in C major KV 167 Credo (17): kzitem.info/news/bejne/uqx51KZnbpqZam0 Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis in C major KV 167 Agnus Dei* (17): kzitem.info/news/bejne/yGiqy4FrkJWcrXY String Quartet No. 8 in F major K. 168 (17): kzitem.info/news/bejne/lIB62KB5gF-qkno String Quartet No. 14 in D minor K. 173 (17): kzitem.info/news/bejne/0muDvHipqnuido4 Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento K243 [double fugue] : VIII Pignus (19): kzitem.info/news/bejne/tmOGqn6ls5pzf34 Misericordias Domini in D minor K.222* (19): kzitem.info/news/bejne/zXt4v6mcjYp7hKA Missa Longa in C K262 Gloria (19): kzitem.info/news/bejne/2nl6rJqEcJmQdaA Missa Longa in C K262 Credo (19): kzitem.info/news/bejne/2nl6rJqEcJmQdaA Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K.339 - 4. Laudate pueri Dominum (24): kzitem.info/news/bejne/xGmoqqt8f4NnlYY Missa solemnis in C, K.337 - 5. Benedictus (26): kzitem.info/news/bejne/yJ53x2d4g2aTaH4 Praeludium and Fugue KV 394 (26): kzitem.info/news/bejne/zm-svKluq4CAgWk Suite in C K.399 - I. Overture K399 (26): kzitem.info/news/bejne/tn6d2WtjrmmoeoY Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 29 in A Major, K. 402: II. Fuga (26): kzitem.info/news/bejne/zoObmoF5rHpjio4 Trio (Fuga a 3) in G Major, K. 443 (27): kzitem.info/news/bejne/tqqCtaiKfZ1pZ20 Fugue In G Minor KV 401 (27): kzitem.info/news/bejne/1Y6mvGGdqZmchKw Fugue In E Flat Major KV 153 (27): kzitem.info/news/bejne/wGio1ouobJeliqQ Fugue In G Minor KV 154 (27): kzitem.info/news/bejne/k6pqmI55nn6pn6A Grosse Messe in C minor KV 427 Jesu Christe - Cum Sancto Spiritu [double fugue] (27): kzitem.info/news/bejne/mm2K3ZyVqmqdhKg Grosse Messe in C minor KV 427 Sanctus - Osanna [double fugue] (27): kzitem.info/news/bejne/mm2K3ZyVqmqdhKg Adagio and Fugue for String Orchestra in C Minor, K. 546 (32): kzitem.info/news/bejne/sXyOrGR3sqWZZ6w Fantasia for mechanical organ in F minor K594 (34): kzitem.info/news/bejne/sqGXxXyDnGSSnZg Fantasia for mechanical organ in F minor K608 (35): kzitem.info/news/bejne/q6GenoabbXyGdqw Overture to Die Zauberflote K620: kzitem.info/news/bejne/xGiKrZacs4apZXY Der, welcher wandert diese StraBe voll Beschwerden (35): kzitem.info/news/bejne/zHhrnKKtaqypYKQ Requiem in D minor K626 Kyrie [arguably the greatest double choral fugue not written by Bach] (35) kzitem.info/news/bejne/ma-YupWYgph9mo4 Requiem in D minor K626 Domine Jesu (35): kzitem.info/news/bejne/ymp6362Lr4yopmk there's more + tons of classical counterpoint in string quartets, quintets, symphonies, concertos + tons of choral, vocal, instrumental canons and canonic minuets Magnificent Counterpoint in the Finale of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony: kzitem.info/news/bejne/uoquv62hoYOLlX4 The Ingenious Fugal Finale of Mozart's G Major Quartet, K. 387: kzitem.info/news/bejne/1qWOqnyFsph7YKA The Incredible Finale of Mozart's K. 590 Quartet in F Major: kzitem.info/news/bejne/z6GYyomgo5iDh4Y Invertible Counterpoint in the Finale of Mozart's D Major String Quintet, K. 593: kzitem.info/news/bejne/qoeY3qd9rauUZZw Mozart: Canon for four voices, in C major, Anh. 191, K 562c: kzitem.info/news/bejne/unlvyH-cs4p0ZG0 *Beethoven wrote his 9th symohony choral parts from studying these two choral works of Mozart
@2009xellos
5 жыл бұрын
@@timothyser9967 "As for the predecessors of these two (Mozart and Beethoven), what I would say is that I like playing Bach because it is entertaining to play a good fugue, but I do not acknowledge in him (as others do) a great genius." -P. I. Tchaikovsky
@timothyser9967
5 жыл бұрын
@@2009xellos I was composing music at 16, does that make me more talented than Bach? Besides, J.S. likely did compose much music before his 'debut' as we know it. Bwv 131 is his earliest extant work, and it is a masterpiece; if that were truly his first, surpassing genius is implied. If it weren't, we can assume a series of preceding works of equal or marginally lesser quality. PS. Are we really impressed by the music of preteen mozart?
@timothyser9967
5 жыл бұрын
@@2009xellos You cite Tchaikovsky's indifference to Bach, yet Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin, Schoenberg, etc, lauded and admired Bach before all others.
@stuartparsons4948
4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic analysis, Richard! I particularly love how Mozart ramps up the syncopated elements in the 2nd part - how each time they reappear he adds another layer to the music to further disorientate the listener 🙂
@danmozartino2864
7 жыл бұрын
Your voice is great, perfect for music written for eternity.
@grannybrer
8 жыл бұрын
I love these, Richard. Thanks for all your work.
@elemusic19
3 жыл бұрын
I think that the last 10 measures of the development might be one of my favorite moments of Mozart's music.
@peterjongsma2754
5 жыл бұрын
Lucid presentation. Thank you.
@patrckhh20
6 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. Reminds me of my days studying quartets at New England Conservatory.
@petertuffley7475
6 жыл бұрын
You yourself have presented a masterly exposition! Thank you!
@johnyringo6890
7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant commentary & analysis, without fault. 100% correct.
@willrobinson1229
6 жыл бұрын
OK, Now I get the concept of musical humour. Mozart really made me laugh :)
@willrobinson1229
6 жыл бұрын
Listened again today. The off kilter version of the main theme sounds and feels the same way laughter does. Brilliant.
@malipieroman888
8 жыл бұрын
Perhaps Mozart was taking some inspiration from Bach's B-flat minor fugue of WTC II for the contrapuntal ingenuity here? The same figure (based on a simple scale) is present in the 3rd measure of the fugue. The contrapuntal techniques used throughout the fugue are quite similar - inversion, canonic imitation, and a combination of the two. Just a thought ^^ Great videos!
@Richard.Atkinson
8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it is the same configuration - I hadn't made that connection before. We know Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven were all well-acquainted with the WTC, despite the big deal everyone makes about Mendelssohn's Bach revival.
@noahshafner
5 жыл бұрын
Mozart actually made a fragmentary arrangement for string quartet of that very fugue in 1782. Out of the several Bach fugue arrangements that mozart made, the B flat minor seems to be the only one that he left incomplete, breaking off after 39 bars.
@enricochestri
6 ай бұрын
@@Richard.Atkinson thanks to the Viennese baron Gottfried van Swieten.....
@brianbernstein3826
7 жыл бұрын
this motive will work any time you have quarter notes ascending or descending in scale... because that's all the motive really is, straight quarter notes converted into repeating 4 note contours. you can even reverse the contour of the 16ths and still have them be nothing more than ascending or descending quarter notes.
@Richard.Atkinson
7 жыл бұрын
True. Some contrapuntal feats are not as difficult to produce as others.
@brianbernstein3826
6 жыл бұрын
beautiful piece though! thanks so much for all your great videos and analyses
@steve.schatz
6 жыл бұрын
Bravo Richard!
@zevyzions
3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos. Do you have anything on Mozart’s “Dissonance” quartet (K 465)? I can’t wrap my head around it.
@mottiadler8700
8 жыл бұрын
Great! Thanks a lot Richard
@jimringer5540
3 жыл бұрын
Bravo! When will we have another Mozart?
@WMAlbers1
6 жыл бұрын
well... that certainly puts me on Mozart's trail... still some Schubert's quartets are also interesting!
@praaht18
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Thanks.
@qweuio
8 жыл бұрын
Great vid as always! Any chance you would also do the finale of k. 465?
@Richard.Atkinson
8 жыл бұрын
I would love to do one on that amazing finale. I'm adding it to the queue, but I'm working on many others first.
@qweuio
8 жыл бұрын
That's great, thanks! Looking forward to it as well as the other vids of yours.
@salvatoremartella5397
3 жыл бұрын
Grazie. Bravissimo. .....ma, SOPRATUTTO, MUSICA STUPEFACENTE!! Nessun altro Compositore lo ha poi raggiunto!!!
@Alexmalism
7 жыл бұрын
That grace noted second violin section at the ending actually sounds like in alla turca style.
@martinweiss3054
3 жыл бұрын
Will you do the second movement- perhaps the most sublime ever written!
@Richard.Atkinson
3 жыл бұрын
It's gorgeous!
@enricochestri
6 ай бұрын
@@Richard.Atkinson 1st theme: alternately C major-D minor: I think that's modal modulation? Also find it in Wagner (the magical fire music in the 3rd act of Valkyrie: E major-D minor, if I remember correctly))
@jboushka
5 жыл бұрын
This development section sounds so "modern" and dissonant/
@kina2447
5 жыл бұрын
I love this video
@cesardevalladolid5749
5 жыл бұрын
Great!! Thanks!!
@FougarouBe
7 жыл бұрын
Very interesting !
@zhihuangxu6551
3 жыл бұрын
Btw I wonder why do some Haydn and Mozart works (mainly string works) also, like Baroque works, sound one semitone lower than the score? For example, this video sounds in D flat major, which is a torture for people having absolute pitch feelings such as me
@frankstein9982
5 жыл бұрын
This finale is really laugh-out-loud funny, which takes some effort when in a concert hall. On the other hand it's just too poignant that this piece of divine comedy wound up being the last Mozart wrote for string quartet.
@Richard.Atkinson
5 жыл бұрын
I always laugh when I hear the pink closing theme.
@composer7325
8 жыл бұрын
Magnificent
@davidconjefferson
4 жыл бұрын
I did this on accident in mvt. 1 accidentally when I composed my Symphony in A! Make a falling piano note video to Steve Reich’s Piano Phase.
@jelleth044
6 жыл бұрын
Does the cello line at 1:21 reach C5 or C6? I think the clef written there sounds an octave lower than written
@jimp4170
5 жыл бұрын
It's an old form of notation where the cello plays an octave lower than written in certain treble clef passages. Cellists pretty much hate it. Passages like this are more commonly rendered in tenor clef in modern editions, but you still see it in 19th century editions (CF Peters, eg) - especially in Dvorak, Schumann, and sometimes Brahms. The big problem with this system is that it's never evident whether you are to play an octave lower than written or at pitch. The loose rule is that if the treble clef appears without a passage in tenor clef before it, you play it an octave down. If the passage comes after one in tenor clef, you play it at pitch; but even this is not a hard and fast rule. It presents some confusion if you are encountering an obscure piece for the first time. I think (but am not certain) the tradition comes out of Rococo Italian music where this indicated the cello had the melody, even though, oddly, you most often see the practice in German editions. This happened about the same time that the more exotic c clefs (soprano, mezzo, baritone) started disappearing from instrumental music.
@anthonyehrenzweig7697
4 жыл бұрын
@@jimp4170 Thats very interesting - I never knew that - how very odd.
@anthonyehrenzweig7697
4 жыл бұрын
Alternatively you could interpret that clef as "the Tenor Clef" - that is - the clef for the tenor voice which is one octave below the treble clef. So in this edition the cello is going up to tenor "high C".
@MarekWodawski
5 жыл бұрын
I'm curious about the achievements of other brilliant composers (Bach, Beethoven etc.) it you simulate their death at the age when Mozart died
@leonhardeuler6811
3 жыл бұрын
Beethoven composed eroica, Bach composed wtc 1. Im more interested in what would happen if Bach or Beethoven had Leopold Mozart as a father instead of mad drunks.
@tinibari456
5 жыл бұрын
While the main theme of this movement is certainly simple and essentially an elaboration upon a quarter note descending theme, simplicity is not an issue when it’s as charming and beautiful as this, and the four note descending theme contrasting with it’s odd three note non-descending cousin produces a sort of complexity that can only be achieved by pitting the two themes against each other. Certainly no monkey composed this.
@enricochestri
6 ай бұрын
My old piano teaching book (John Thompson's modern course for the paino) stated: all great things are simple (referring to Beethoven's second movement of the 5th symphony)
@321Lopper
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. I never heard this piece before - really complex and almost abstract and at the same time its a joke. Go show this to anyone who says Mozart is simplistic and overrated. This is the „late“ Mozart but he was in his mid thirties and who knows what he would have written if he had lived for another 30 years.
@brynbstn
6 жыл бұрын
Mozart took to such nerdy flights, whereas Beethoven always imbues an earthiness, his music always has emotional meaning
@brynbstn
6 жыл бұрын
I haven't recently, thanks for the referral. And just to be clear - I'm not saying Mozart's music does not have emotional meaning, I'm saying there are occasions when the intellectual outweighs the emotional ...
@nellonjk8016
7 жыл бұрын
Did I just see the Cello reach C2?
@Fraizh
5 жыл бұрын
I would like to coin the term 'analysis ratio': real analysis in relation to observations on the score that are there for anyone to see. For me, this video, as do many others in the genre, does not exceed 50%. Of course, 'real analysis' is also subjective, but to me, it is more than a summary of the motives and techniques Mozart uses. For example, the outcome of the analysis of a Bach fugue can be the same as that of a much lesser contemporary. But why is the Bach fugue so much greater? Does a summary of the kinds of material and techniques used in a building tell something about its architectural value?
@TedKitzis
Жыл бұрын
I will be shoving this movement in the faces of those stupid people who doubt Mozart's genius at every moment. And, like the Jupiter, it's great that it's in a Major key. Not every great work in the minor.
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