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0:00 Intro: Chopin and the problem of assessing contemporary artists.
2:22 Chopin T-shirt, the Ab Polonaise, Op. 53 and cavalry charges.
4:18 Valldemossa in Chopin's time and now. Raindrop Prelude.
6:56 Schumann's first 'Genius' review and George Sand's appraisal.
10:24 Chopin's greatness despite narrow output. Comparison with Mompou.
12:06 Comparisons with Bach, Beethoven, Weber and Mozart.
15:11 Review 1: Comparison with contemporaries. "Artistic Nonentity".
17:32 Chopin's Waltz idiom
19:03 Review 2: Excessive dissonance. Mazurkas.
21:07 Review 3: "Eccentricities of notation". Chopin's ornamentation.
23:01 Review 4 (Rellstab): "Repugnant Contortions".
25:00 Chopin's fingering (Op. 10, no. 2), "crudest modulation" (Op. 59, no. 1)
27:40 Improvisation and George Sand's description of Chopin's creation.
29:50 Chopin's deletions. Conclusion.
This video is a deep dive into the wonders of Chopin and the reception of his work by his contemporaries. Positive accounts of Chopin's genius by Robert Schumann and George Sand are contrasted with negative journalistic comments of the period. Matthew King plays examples of Chopin's work, focussing especially on his extraordinary mazurkas.
Musical excerpts in this video include performances of Bach's 6-part Ricercar from The Musical Offering, played on a fortepiano by Leo van Doeselaar; Chopin's first Étude, Op. 10, played by Pollini; Étude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11, played by Anna Fedorova, and Chopin's
Ballade no. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 played by Krystian Zimerman.
The Music Professor video about Chopin's Raindrop Prelude: youtu.be/xS-8cLSvdhg?si=6p1ZIb7jVLIznaa4
The Music Professor video about the Prelude in E minor, also featuring negative comments by critics: youtu.be/cXjrLB1yaT4?si=kHWqwPmYgXKJhuaX
The Music Professor video about Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Ludwig Rellstab: youtu.be/Ejsh-NZCWm8?si=mMc-zImuMeWQz_4F&t=473
Links to The Music Professor shorts from Chopin and Sand's apartment in Valldemossa:
https://youtube.com/shorts/3R4oK14urw...
https://youtube.com/shorts/wqY3RfElA6...
https://youtube.com/shorts/8YCDDz0q_X...
https://youtube.com/shorts/PkgytAnOmP...
https://youtube.com/shorts/44DMHOQj3F...
https://youtube.com/shorts/7ENecev0sJ...
The Music Professor video, 'Is Mompou the 20th Century's Chopin?": youtu.be/HK6ce0JXaJk?si=mvY5zhe6dEQhibgU
#chopin #critics #themusicprofessor
Pianist and Presenter: Matthew King (https://www.matthewkingcomposer.com)
Edited by Ian Coulter (https://www.iancoultermusic.com)
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0:00 Intro: Chopin and the problem of assessing contemporary artists.
2:22 Chopin T-shirt, the Ab Polonaise, Op. 53 and cavalry charges.
4:18 Valldemossa in Chopin's time and now. Raindrop Prelude.
6:56 Schumann's first 'Genius' review and George Sand's appraisal.
10:24 Chopin's greatness despite narrow output. Comparison with Mompou.
12:06 Comparisons with Bach, Beethoven, Weber and Mozart.
15:11 Review 1: Comparison with contemporaries. "Artistic Nonentity".
17:32 Chopin's Waltz idiom
19:03 Review 2: Excessive dissonance. Mazurkas.
21:07 Review 3: "Eccentricities of notation". Chopin's ornamentation.
23:01 Review 4 (Rellstab): "Repugnant Contortions".
25:00 Chopin's fingering (Op. 10, no. 2), "crudest modulation" (Op. 59, no. 1)
27:40 Improvisation and George Sand's description of Chopin's creation.
29:50 Chopin's deletions. Conclusion.
This video is a deep dive into the wonders of Chopin and the reception of his work by his contemporaries. Positive accounts of Chopin's genius by Robert Schumann and George Sand are contrasted with negative journalistic comments of the period. Matthew King plays examples of Chopin's work, focussing especially on his extraordinary mazurkas.
Musical excerpts in this video include performances of Bach's 6-part Ricercar from The Musical Offering, played on a fortepiano by Leo van Doeselaar; Chopin's first Étude, Op. 10, played by Pollini; Étude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11, played by Anna Fedorova, and Chopin's
Ballade no. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 played by Krystian Zimerman.
The Music Professor video about Chopin's Raindrop Prelude: youtu.be/xS-8cLSvdhg?si=6p1ZIb7jVLIznaa4
The Music Professor video about the Prelude in E minor, also featuring negative comments by critics: youtu.be/cXjrLB1yaT4?si=kHWqwPmYgXKJhuaX
The Music Professor video about Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Ludwig Rellstab: youtu.be/Ejsh-NZCWm8?si=mMc-zImuMeWQz_4F&t=473
Links to The Music Professor shorts from Chopin and Sand's apartment in Valldemossa:
https://youtube.com/shorts/3R4oK14urw...
https://youtube.com/shorts/wqY3RfElA6...
https://youtube.com/shorts/8YCDDz0q_X...
https://youtube.com/shorts/PkgytAnOmP...
https://youtube.com/shorts/44DMHOQj3F...
https://youtube.com/shorts/7ENecev0sJ...
The Music Professor video, 'Is Mompou the 20th Century's Chopin?": youtu.be/HK6ce0JXaJk?si=mvY5zhe6dEQhibgU
#chopin #critics #themusicprofessor
Pianist and Presenter: Matthew King (https://www.matthewkingcomposer.com)
Edited by Ian Coulter (https://www.iancoultermusic.com)
