Harpo Marx playing classics

[TheXtraterrestial]

Solid 22 carat class. He looked like a crazy angel, could make even a corpse laugh and best thing, he made an art form of virtuosity. No eulogy would suffice for this truly phenominal and great pesrson. God is merciful and there is the evidence...... e.T.

[ThePpcastroneves]

GReat, unforgettable, hilarius.

[dalekdude180]

lol i love how he just goes into jazz!

[TheMorfred]

It's all Harpo, but he only actually PLAYS the harp. He only pretends on the other instruments. He could play the harp and piano quite well. Chico used to play professionally, and when he got 'distracted', Harpo would sit in for him. Groucho was a good guitar player.

[zeekyblahIV]

What movie is this from?

[rissalou2011]

I think they just had a look alike in those two windows that played those instruments. I'm not saying that it isn't him, I'm just saying that if he wasn't able to play those instruments then that is the best explanation. Lol

[sw3260]

接的真好



[tommyrock69]

Do we have comedic geniuses as talented as Harpo today? No? OK. Arts have all been removed from the schools. Too bad.

[SedanChair]

0:20 ohhh wow this is getting deep

[rollsroyce59]

The interesting thing about this video is the fact that ..;"Harpo", could play.. Violin, Viola, Harp, Piano; and, he composed works works for operatic singers , Mario Lanza, is just one that I recall.

[friedman1962]

ANSWER MY QUESTION PLEASE! Can he play all of those instruments.

[bvscfanatic]

@friedman1962 I cannot find any documentation of Harpo having been able to play cello or violin. However, as the whole world knows, he played harp and was self-taught on that instrument, according to his son, Bill. Harpo was also able to play piano, clarinet and harmonica to some degree (also self-taught), but his principal instrument and his great love was the harp. I hope that this helps.

[rollsroyce59]

@bvscfanatic I seem to recall in Groucho's autobiography that the Violin was an instrument that all of the Marx boys studied at one time or another. I'll see if I find that exact reference.

[bvscfanatic]

@rollsroyce59 That would not surprise me if it were the case, Royce. Studying the violin was practically cliché for Jewish boys growing up in that period, nevermind in New York and a family inclined toward show business anyway. I look forward to the results of your research.

[FunkMental]

Musical Genius. Nothing More Nothing Less.

[briandonohue100]

I think it's no coincidence that Simon Rattle looks like him (Rattle is the conductor of the Berlin Phil.) -- both great musicians with a depth of human light in them.

[Balletdancer980]

ppl dislike this?

[susanadfnts627]

Excepcional creación visual y musical para un músico de excepción!!!

[mwakin22]

Harpo plays the harp. I used to wonder how he got his name.

[ermayo93]

The epitome of how the silence of one man can come out and enchant millions...

[spinskype]

the music man

[abetelgeuse]

Wonderful Thank you for this treat.

[lackluster12]

Mozart! Beautiful

[dazdope]

ever noticed how much tracy jordan is like harpo? i bet you he's one of his heroes.

[WimGrundy]

Harpo's work could be a soundtrack for a Merrie Melodies cartoon - so0-oO-0O Looney Tunes!

[NeverEndingPromises]

wow harpo knows so may instruments!

I bet he knows them all :O

[skweegie]

LOLOLOL @ his face 2:07

[Pitcairn2]

Magic!

[FredDenmark]

It's a lovely trick ;o)

[soulonice858]

What movie is this from?

[paulspalace]

@soulonice858 The Big Store

[paulspalace]

@soulonice858 Its from The Big Store

[tubegurgur]

Actually, awesomewelles90, Harpo wasn't the eldest. Chico was born in March 1887 while Harpo was born in November 1888.

[fanature7]

Un pur régal!!!

[awesomewelles90]

I think it's funny how Harpo's persona is the most silly and childlike when Harpo was the eldest of the brothers! He's my favorite!

[rfieldsfan641]

anyone know the name of that tune that music box was playing when harpo was trying on the costumes he saw on the mannequins?

[rsrfm24]

Triple Harpo in a great comic musical piece while sounding great...They don't perform and catch moments like this anymore in todays violent digital enhanced effect movies.Marx Bros. Rule!!!

Rsrfm24

[chevalier947]

Look at his eyes from 1:34-1:37! He looks like a mesmerized little doll who is being told a secret by god

[4freespeech]

Yeah, BOOGIE HARP!

[JeffZHigs1]

0.43 is that supposed to be cocaine?

[ciberpucho]

I suppose it's snuff a kind of tobacoo to be sniffed. Search it (in)? wikipedia. (I'm not english speaker, sorry.)

Es rapé, un tipo de tabaco para ser esnifado.

[SlaytanicEd]

@JeffZHigs1 Looks more like snuff to me, just like ciberpucho said.

[TomBarristerX]

It's snuff, which was popular back in the 17th and 18th centuries.

[trilceOOO]

@JeffZHigs1 is rapé, a kind of tobacco

[sillypoochi]

LOVELY

[peacemtn]

Great

[electromusikman]

Excelente!

[salsitta77]

Ahh..such a talented artist..and very clever scene here!!

[ARoundOfApplause]

He was just a s great a delight in person....I know, my Aunt worked in the costume department....he was loved!

[mamat9302]

i would of loved to meet your aunt i bet she`d have some great stories.. i love harpo, lucy all the classic`s .

[pillowdoor]

really? how lucky she was!!!

[ElectraAlan]

Could Harpo really play the violin that well? Was that really him?

[caraelse]

I think the violin´s sound wasnt played by him

[candr]

Harpo was self taught in several musical unstruments, starting when he was just a young boy and loved music. LOL the interesting thing was that he never learned how to read music.

[MrFloppy19]

i could listen to him play for HOURS, WONDERFUL JOB HARPO

[GavinS1965]

How good is that?

[BigNickontheDrum]

his face at 2:40 - :O

hysterical!

i've been watching videos of harpo and chico all day, what wonderful talents

[deja2048]

harpo would have been perfect for amadeus except he would never

have spoken and he was too

complex a buffoon and a serious

musician for the amadeus audience.

there is only one harpo and one mozart.

[122200as]

The piece Harpo was playing was Mozart's piano sonata in C minor.

[DeftGnome]

You mean C major

[jerspeisn]

you just got owned

[valiouchke]

c'est si joli !

[cassluvdogs]

When Harpo plays on his harp...it always relaxes me... ; )

[taleisyn]

ooooooo........ chills all up n down my body

[m0nk3ym43r]

dude, wuts this piece called?

[CxHxRxIxSxTxIxAxN]

listening to Harpo play ALWAYS puts a smile on my face^_^

[iactaaleaesto]

It's pure genius. Harpo is a poet-musician and his music Heaven's sound. Thank Harpo!!!

[plasticPlaystation]

Great variations!

[birdonet]

Por esas manos daría mi alma.

[Vikkibeth]

Excellent. Well done.

[Chocolatelover123]

Can anyone tell me where I can find these videos??? He is such an inspiration!

[codonauta]

They are inside the Marx's brothers movies. In the most of the Marx's brothers movies there is a moment when Chico Marx sit at a piano and plays, and Harpo at an harp and plays. But I don't remember exactly from which those movies this video was extracted.

[beccita]

I think this is from the film "The Big Store."

[albatros777]

The Marx brothers movies are amazing and kind of ADD.

They go from smashing things to performing pieces of music beautifully.

[ElectraAlan]

What's even cooler is that "The Big Store" has Harpo and Chico's only piano duet ever on film!

[JeffZHigs1]

best part in the movie!

[dougcapehart]

What a trio! :)

[mcmlxvi]

Did anyone noticed that the harp goes from his left to his right shoulder at 1:06?

[tuni31]

that was the mirror :P he plays on his right shoulder all the time. ;)

[yellowpig93]

beautiful! absolutely brilliant! :)) love harpo marx!

[skyemcleod1]

Thank God we have these films to remember him by: THE ONE AND ONLY! He could do ANYTHING! ~Love you, Harpo!!!XD!

(thanx for the post-we need to keep him on youtube for every generation to see REAL genius!)

[mozartjpn137]

What a talented comedian!

[sapphiresanchez]

what a genius! I find this very peaceful and emotional listening to it..

[MzrtLegacy]

Talent and entertainment at it's absolute best. Thanks for posting this vid

[TomBarrister]

The first work is based on the first movement of Mozart's well-known Piano Sonata in C Major K. 545. The second work is based on Beethoven's Minuet in G.

This is from the movie "The Big Store", which was not one of The Marx Brothers' better efforts.

[fuckmyassgirl]

its amazing ive never heard beethoven minuet in harp

[fuckmyassgirl]

Whats the first song?ive never heard that before

[fuckmyassgirl]

este no se parece al minuet de mozart cual es?

[pomeeelo92]

la sonata en do mayor K 545 (primer movimiento)

[dyczkosia]

harpomania, harpomania, harpomania :)

Thank you for sharing!

[brendaPMB]

No, I don`t play an instrument and I study to be a film maker.. I just don`t like the hollywood of today that`s all..

And I don`t have to learn how to play an instrument to like harpo... or any of the brothers, do I?

[brendaPMB]

I was called old fashin by one of my collague mates... it was some days ago...becuase well I like old classics ( comedy clasics and some other genres too) I study to be a film maker so I ahve to see clasics.. but then again the guy who said that to me was a guy who liked watching crap movies of today.. he tried to sound funny when telling me that but didn`t make it lol

[waboozz]

This is one of my favourite Harpo scenes.. It's pure magic! You're righ folks, it's really sad you cannot amuse very many people with that kind of humour these days.

[gayjuggalo]

@waboozz i quite agree. im wonder why though? oh well. just out of curiousity what movie is this from? I'd love to watch it.

[ToonGal12]

@gayjuggalo It's from The Big Store ^^

[littlemissmello]

@waboozz are you kidding me? I don't know ANYONE who doesn't like the Marx Brothers, once I've showed it to them!

[littlemissmello]

I like the whole part, but it's also quite cool how they jazzed it up a bit

[MissHarpoMarx]

I know...the entertainment we have now days is not real entertainment!

All we have now days is crap...back then people would probibly have been insulted about what all is in the movies now days! Why dont we just go back to pictures like they used to be?

[yokcocuk]

ı love it :))

[42nateboy]

Yokcocuk,I will risk sounding old fashioned.

I really miss entertainment as it used to be,

before bad language,and graphic violence.The

classics will always be so,I'm ashamed of what we accept and tolerate today.

Glad you liked it,your friend,

Walter.