Claude Debussy - Beau Soir

[MadameClassique]

Such beautiful music!

[fantasticfish13]

7 people couldn't remember...

[ZeekWolfe1]

I hate war. But I hate Nazis, Communists and Muslim terrorists even more. The brave men and women who die in wars against such evil have given their lives so we can contemplate the beauty of "Beau Soir," If we lose such wars, then we must hear the "Horst Wessel Song," the "Internationale" and god only knows what kind of music Arabs like. The Taliban won't even allow music. So you can wipe away the pacifist tears.

[14emilymae]

The high note at the end is breathtaking <3

[tooangelica]

Youtube is blessed to have people like you creating such soul enriching videos.

[MrPaevo]

There was never a period "before the wars"--war has always existed.

[knicklas48]

@MrPaevo Right. And the only 'peace' is in the grave. 

[zmurrey]

7 People are associated with the United States Federal Government

[aerozden]

Dear Thespadecaller, this is a very beautiful composition. The music, the poem and the paintings are so wonderfully combined. AND, this is an original video made by you. Why should people click on "dislike"? The message may be old-fashioned so why repeat it... I think the message needs being repeated as long as we continue killing each other. A military war is one thing, but the message should be extended to cover to every aspect of life. At work,for instance, don't we kill our rivals every day?

[bglogan89]

when i see this pictures and the poem i must think about the final sequence of the great dictator from charles chaplin...thanks for the nice words

[GregTenikoff1992]

Can anyone recommend me music or composers who have produced music along the same lines as this piece?? I'm more of a jazz muso (piano), so alot of this music is new to me, but im really liking what i hear so far and id really like to start playing some soon...i know theres a tonne of stuff out there, i just dont know where to start looking

[trigger565]

@GregTenikoff1992 Maybe you should try Erik Satie, he's also a French Composer from exactly the same period and has written some very intriguing music. Check his 'Gymnopédies' and 'Gnossiennes". A real nice piece to learn on the piano is "Clair de Lune' by Debussy. A third very interesting composer from the same period is Maurice Ravel (Very know is his 'Pavane pour un infante défunte" but he has written a lot of other beautiful pieces).If you like it more jazzy,you could take a look at Gershwin

[anakarinaborbolla201]

This is absolutly beautiful!

[oshie789]

@timmer7000 i say it's impossible because eventhough i would love to see it happen, human history has shown that (at the very least up untill now) people always seem to find an excuse to start a war, there have always been wars and i'm afraid that they won't be stopping to be here in near future

[ageofsagittarius]

Sadly, there has never been a time before war. As long as human greed and hubris exists, there will always be attempts by one group to dominate another.

[cobaltjones]

We can do away with war. We choose not to on an inter and intra personal level, because we have yet to imagine a dynamic peace. When we think of peace, our associations are bland and dull, because they lack sex and ether, and their synthesis. Particularly in America, we have yet to entertain collectively profound states of ambiguity. We're stuck in dichotomies, either all this or all that. For example, our childish patriotic action movies with simple foreign villains and violent solutions.

[oshie789]

"no war" is rationally speaking impossible. people will always have fights, and a war is nothing more than a fight grown big

[Max0Inq]

Bullshit.

If you think we live in the age of wars you should have be more patient on history lessons.

We have the opportunity to live in the most peaceful era since the manking evolved.

Shame to put such political statements next to good music.

[Fuliginosus]

I love the music, the poem, the choice of artwork, and the message.

[blueztx]

Shame. Politicizing a beautiful piece of music.

[josiewosie22]

i am singing this song at my pagent and i am so excited(:

[pamfan221]

Beau Soir is Handsome Night in English right?

[MasteredSoundtracks]

Aww, noice..

I AM SOO LEARNING THIS SONG!!

[twinchomckeith]

Gorgeous.. But Clair de lune is still my favourite.

[shoesOMG000]

agreed.

[robertasanta]

there is no time without war existing.

therefore remembrance is not possible.

the poem is nice but not true

and poems are not poems without telling the truth

you should have written about the future, because the place inside us that wishes for a better world is created by hope

and hope looks to the future

[julielvsliason]

Nice dream, but since the first caveman picked up a rock to bash in the head of his fellow caveman, man has been fighting one another. It is the nature of the beast, and we are all beasts of nature. From the lamb to the tiger, to the scientists who developed the bomb.

Best to imagine how to minimize the damage we do to one another, instead of lamenting over the fact that there will always be those who want to brutalize the weak.

Seems like the weak and strong all switch places eventually.

[polyopulis]

what's with the picture of bush and dick at 1:16?

[bbertram3]

what is the painting at 0:47 with the lion?

[kcope001]

@bbertram3 That painting is "The Sleeping Gypsy" by Henri Rousseau.

[siramad]

my favorite from debussy. I love the Bouguereau painting at 1:57

[gaugin1903]

Who is playing so beautiful?

[HayleyCullen4]

debussy is my favourite...and Chopin and mendelssohn..oh and verdi.

[InosensuNoUtagoe]

beautiful...

[mrcoffeecake]

Instead of thinking how we can use more power, we should move back to realizing how powerful mankind can be.

[1021CDA43]

Beautiful SC.

[Thespadecaller]

That we can even imagine life without war is a testament to the higher self in us all. Perhaps in each of exists a place where we can glimpse the best of humanity.

I did not create this video and poem to discourage or depress, but to lift our imaginations to the best we could seek to achieve. When we fall short, it would be a wonderful consolation to look back one day and realize a new truth; the world is less violent because we cherish peace.

[gulfgypsy]

@Thespadecaller It's when against all odds, we try to rise above the baser instincts and strive to raise the lives of those around us, that we begin to reach for the potential for good, within each of us........