Barber - Summer Music for Wind Quintet (Part 1)

[dimsimlord]

fucking beautiful

[bluestripetiger]

i usually dont like atonal music or 12 tone music--but this wind quintet touches my soul--it speaks to me. The music is so gentle in nature and relaxing.

[bluestripetiger]

i usually dont like atonal or 12 tone music---bu for some reason i find this little wind quintet to be deeply moving--its sweet and gentle and speaks to my soul.

[mtv565]

@ch252525 People question the good, old Bach's harmony and ended up with crappy atonal music. Who listens to atonal music? I don't! It sounds like someone who failed harmony badly. Enough said. The good old is gold. If it aint broke, don't fix it. Don't try to "improve" or "question" things which are already great for the sake of it - cos you'll ruin it! Bach's harmony is perfect, don't question it. Shut up and listen and learn from it!

[dimsimlord]

@mtv565

Music has to progress. You can't reiterate the past forever or you end up being stale like Bruckner. If you think atonality can't be beautiful you've never listened to any C20th Russian composer; do you think Petruschka would sound better if it used Baroque tertiary form? I don't. Bach's harmony is not "perfect" either; his music is impressive because of the mathematics involved; something Schonberg and Webern both do; both of whom are extremely atonal composers.

[mtv565]

@dimsimlord The music of every isolated tribe has been found to be tonal, and that can't be a mere coincidence. Obviously then, tonality is a natural instinct. A liberation is not a liberation if it violates a natural instinct. We've been eating nothing but carbon molecules. Why don't atonalists break the monotony and eat something else for a change? We've been breathing nothing but oxygen. Why don't atonalists break the monotony and breathe something else for a change?

[dimsimlord]

@mtv565

All world music is not tonal. Most Asian music is pentatonic with uneven intervals that sound extremely dissonant to a Western listener; and as for tonality go listen to an Indonesian gamelan play and try to name what key it's in.Or the Middle East; considering much of their music is both keyless and microtonal.The Japanese folk scale is septatonic, in Japanese folk music a "tonal" resolution does not exist. In fact; atonalists e.g. Grainger drew inspiration from these cultures.

[mtv565]

@dimsimlord Those you mentioned are the minority. Most of world music is tonal. And what makes Bach's music great is his music has deep emotions, not because it has mathematics. Just because his music is well-organised doesn't mean it is mathematics. Listen to any amateur fugues on youtube, most of them are "souless" and emotionless.

[dimsimlord]

@mtv565

The ones mentioned are not the minority; basically all non-Western music is nontonal. And "souless"ness is a subjective point. You're uncultured and ignorant.

[mtv565]

@dimsimlord You're the one uncultured and ignorant.

[dimsimlord]

@mtv565

A fugue is mathematical by definition, FYI.

[mtv565]

@dimsimlord Just because Bach's fugues are well-organised doesn't mean it is mathematical. You're really ignorant.

[dimsimlord]

@mtv565

Music theory is mathematics. Or do you identify intervals some other way?

[mtv565]

@dimsimlord If what you said about music theory = mathematics, then all composers' music are mathematical, not just Bach's. You're exposing your ignorance for everyone to see!

[dimsimlord]

@mtv565

I never said that wasn't the case. Google "serialism". Which incidentally is atonal.

[mtv565]

@dimsimlord Nobody cares about serialism. I only care about Bach's music.

[FCO0710]

@dimsimlord with my ear? Lol

[mtv565]

@ch252525 Why should I always question when I find it fitting and I agree with it? That sentence is true for all pieces I encounter. If you find it wrong, that's your business.

[mtv565]

@ch252525 Don't be a fool yourself. Learn to think. Learn to be more open-minded. Stop being suspicious that everything you read is fake, then you might as well stay at home and sleep. Don't even bother to surf the internet. Don't bother to say it's retarded to argue on the internet because that's where ideas are exchanged and you learn something.

Eg; Bach's Prelude in C major from Well-Tempered Clavier works fine on its own (just appregios!) without the Gould melody.

[mtv565]

@ch252525 Not mine, I read it somewhere. It simply means harmony is more important than melody. You can have the most beautiful melody but when your harmony is unfitting, the whole thing screws up!

[Winderax]

This piece of music is making my soul vibrate at the same rythm.. such beautiful songs should be more known..... Too bad most of the other teenagers are listening to this factory-made pop music, because this kind of music is so emotional that you enjoy even more life. I guess I really am going to be in music after all, 4 years of oboe aint enough I feel like playing all my life with other people that share the same interests as me.Still stuck in my fourth year of highschool.

[mtv565]

@ch252525 Didn't you know - harmony is king, melody is queen? Without a fitting harmony, the most beautiful melody would be useless!

[mtv565]

@ch252525 Then something is very wrong with the harmony.

[mtv565]

@ch252525 I hate atonal music! Tonal music rules!

[MsPandaRosa]

there's a melancholy to this piece that gives it a poignant beauty, part's the "disharmony" that  works more than you think it would

it's a piece for a beautiful sunny day, a day that's yet sad for no real reason

kind of like the day my grandfather died, thoughtful

[mtv565]

something is wrong with the harmony of this piece or was Barber deaf like Beethoven???

[Igneous01]

@mtv565 .....

Listen to some Schoenberg and Stravinsky... then all will become clear.

[jhernandez16]

I'm assuming the player's part are transposed. However this score is in C. As the horn isn't transposed either.

[jjmsmusic]

@DoctorEternal I can definitely see what you're saying with some of the latter sections, but I think the earlier bits of this piece, in particular the two rhythmically driving sections, are really cool use of the wind quintet setup :D

[jjmsmusic]

I love wind quintets! This is one of my favourite classical pieces :)

[dimsimlord]

The clarinet goes into bass because BARBER didn't want to read all the ledger lines; of course a clarinet player would be able to read them.

[wgheller]

That is inspiring!

[fremsley001]

Beautiful piece, beautifully played. I love the quirky ending.

[eurisko618]

@DoctorEternal Can you elaborate on "so full of holes" please?

[Jimbothenoob]

Is that clarinet in A or Bb?

[toscaplayer90]

@Jimbothenoob Bb :)

[Jimbothenoob]

@toscaplayer90 Hooray, that means I can play it

[dorkfaceflutexo]

I really want to play this.

I love Barber <3

He graduated from my High School!

[MarcoAJuarez]

@dorkfaceflutexo That is so cool!

[samigraceday]

Those time signatures :O But I love love loooove this song! Especially at 2:19..

[samdajellybeenie14]

7 people need to have their ears (and brains!) checked.

[eurisko618]

Really lovely music. Back when my ongoing music education was being soaked in the brine of serial music, music of this sort, and all fine tonal/romantic music going from c.1980 back to Tchaikovsky was virtually banned from educational forum in which I worked. Fortunately, I held on to my love for fine music of any period (secretly) and once the schools of atonality gradually dissolved into less bitter work, I rediscovered Barber and many others who had been frowned upon so mercilessly.

[Jimbothenoob]

@eurisko618 Quit taking yourself so seriously.

[werjoi]

OOHHH MMMMYYYY GGOOODDD!!!!!!!

[foreignboy221]

I don't understand why so many people don't get the clarinet part. It's all in the range of the A or Bb clarinet... it's untransposed, and parts are written in bass clef only to get rid of obnoxious leger lines.

[fluidicmethod]

Virtuoso! How in the world did you stay together and agree upon various tempo changes without losing it, there are so many places closer toward the end that simply have no downbeat to cue each other

[TheDavid2222]

Samuel Barbr is great! We played School for Scandal in youth symphony and I played the French Horn part.

[foreignboy221]

I love the Wind Quintet. I seriously think it may be my favorite musical medium. You can get sooo many interesting and beautiful timbres from it. I only wish I could compose music like this!

[KStrick92]

I absolutely LOVE this! <3

[Tengent]

The harmonies in this piece are gorgeous. My favorite wind quintet of all time.

[peteran19951]

the musicians make this seem sooo easy :)

[peteran19951]

the musicians make this seem sooo easy :)

[tedskes]

This is incredible !

[SaltyGuava]

GOD I LOVE THIS PIECE and this recording is great, too!

[rugbyplayer9999]

Just out of curiosity (I'm a brass player): Why are clarinet, oboe, and flute all playing in B when clarinet is pitched in B flat and oboe and flute are pitched in C?

[kikgiki]

@rugbyplayer9999

I think this is the general score but with the parts untransposed.

[rugbyplayer9999]

That would make sense. Another question: Why does the clarinet play in bass clef in some parts?

[kikgiki]

The Clarinet is Doubling on Bassclarinet, listen carefully and you'll notice it. Bassclarinet is sometimes written in Treble Cleff (french) and other times in Bass and Treble (german).

[XilusZeknas]

The reason the clarinet is in bass clef sometimes is just to read the part easier in the score. If it were not for the clef change, you'd see a lot more ledger lines (in some parts you can see the clarinet playing a D below middle C). The actual Clarinet part does not include clef changes, and is in the correct transposition. So no, the clarinet isn't doubling on bass clarinet.

[kikgiki]

Yes you are right! sorry bout that!

[dimsimlord]

@rugbyplayer9999

Bb/A Clarinet is sometimes written in bass clef. It's not common, but it happens.

[cervantespr]

@dimsimlord I was going to ask the something. It must be an A Clarinet instead of a Bb... even the alto (Eb) is in G cleff... im dumbfounded

[dimsimlord]

@cervantespr

All clarinets are normally written in treble. Bass clef is sometimes used but it's not common.

[cervantespr]

@dimsimlord sorry *the same thing* heheh but yeah but where do the clarinet have those keys ... OOOOHH i get it! There is no space to draw a G bellow the staff so a treble clef helps to realize its only the G below in a G clef... right?

[dimsimlord]

@cervantespr

What on Earth are you talking about? The clarinet would have used bass clef because Barber would be unused to writing with so many ledger lines.

[murrayjamesm]

Because this is a non-transposing score in concert pitch. The parts, not seen here, would be transposed as you indicated. If you watch the clarinet line, you'll see the music dip into bass clef. This is for legibility and is common in concert scores. Also look at the horn--no key signature is given. This is by convention only; it doesn't mean the horn is playing in C.

[iluvvsmp2]

Just curious (im not a professional with classical music or anything) but what do you mean by non-transposing? You are not able to transpose this into a different key?

[hanssky]

the score is in concert pitch.

[sahand144]

7:17 my favorite part!

[frenchhornheroe]

fabulous musicianship, the way the move together with their dynamics, and how well they blend is just phenominal!

[sahand144]

Must be very hard. The band im in cant even play a single note of that

[stephanieeverett]

I love this piece. Beautiful.

[lvtmp117]

This is so amazing- I wish we could play this at schol except 1. its so difficult and 2. we don't have a woodwind quintet. Yet.

[lvtmp117]

If notes could be felt- then the bassoon notes would be made of silk~ so wonderful

[CardwellProductions1]

I have synesthesia, a condition where my senses are mixed up, and the bassoon is a tan piece of leather to me!

[raypizzi]

..... INCREDIBLE Music and AWESOME Musicianship. Thanks for posting this breath of fresh air. 500,000 Stars.

[sutphoe]

ah...double tounging for bassoon...fun.

[frenchfish170]

hey ,

would you know were i can get a hold of this piece, because my quintet is interestend in performing it!!

[Smarttyy]

imslp (dot) org, they have just about everything when it comes to classical scores over 70 years old.

[Mewsician123]

Great site! Thanks so much.

[BuckshotLaFunke]

I am 62 now and have loved this composition ever since I bought a vinyl album in the summer sales when I was 17, blind, i.e. without hearing. What a marvellous idea to put it on YouTube and how lovely that you should enable me to read the score!

[clarinetfanatic]

I wish I can study under Karl Leister. Your my hero!

[ThaSchwab]

Considering the fact the Barber has only been dead for 17 years, yes. Everywhere.

[green291]

BRAVO!!! karl leister!!!!!!!!!!great playing!!!the quintet it's from Berliner Filarmoniker?????

[klarinetta]

Yes bravo Karl Leister for doing the same djob over and over no matter what piece you are playing.

[Clark98]

...Is the horn... in B? O.o

[howiehowiehowie1324]

The horn is in F. The score is written at concert pitch.

[ellisonhorne]

"Then she thought,...how this same little Alice would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman: and how she would keep, through her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather around her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a wonderful tale,...and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys,...and the happy summer days."

- Lewis Carroll

[chambchan]

This is wonderful! I especially like that we can follow the score. Thanks for posting it!

[RICKCRITT]

Publishing rights are for performance. This is no different than reading the score at the library. Very helpful post!

[allandy4u]

such a beautiful piece. thanks for the post. 7:30-7:40 is absolutely beautiul

[SingingStovepipe]

Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet by Samuel Barber

[mrmaxibon]

Possibly the best quintet piece I've heard. Great playing- well done :)

[huntbot]

Hope you speak English - it would be great if you'd set up a musician account with youtube so you could post the entire piece as one file - no 10 minute time limit on those special youtube accounts! Great work putting the score up. Fun to follow along. Is the Nielsen 5-tet next?

[dgh17]

Absolutely wonderful. You guys are amazing. This piece is perfect.

[bogdangugu]

such a pleasure to listen a real profesional windquintet...

[mutualism]

Very difficult. Very good players. Bravo!

[2ndbsn]

beautiful piece and very good performance,

[szilszabee]

Szóval az úgy van, hogy egyre jobben lecsípi a videó végét a drága lyutyúb :S sorry. A második rész végén viszont teljes egészében meghallgathatjátok az utolsó puttyot :P