Jascha Heifetz plays Hora Staccato

[cmans79tr7]

Watching Heifetz do what the "players" here call a "down bow staccato", I perceive some similarity in some of the techniques that Jimi Hendrix used in his guitar playing. I wonder if Jimi Hendrix had seen this and had been influenced by JH.

[cartoonangel1]

OMG thts really a hard piece -_- though the notes r not really tht hard DX

[abelardoster]

Heifetz's staccato was unrivalled, no doubt. 

[oscar52014]

Beautiful!!!!!!

[ireneleon1991]

wow!!!!!!I love him!!!

[SuperAnkky]

This is Romanian!<3

[vokuheila]

WOW @ HIS GRIP ON THE DOWN BOW STACS

[BrnRst]

does anyone know on what occasion said Heifetz that Dinicu is the best violonist he had ever heard?

[superidiot123456]

I am SOOOOO glad they had adequate recording devices that they could use with Heifetz :)))))) I swear if they didnt I cound't live...Heifetz is my idol

[MENENETSS]

muy bueno ese violinista q durooo

[cocxoxo]

PORRA :O

[rockermetalhead1200]

Thank you Shane Lane for bringing me here!

[rogerrosales1]

to young generation:  you should listen to this kind of music

[Abraobmx]

very nice!

[unetotaleincognito12]

class dismissed

[Jimistroll]

Heifetz should really be practicing his shitty staccatos.

[melissarobledo]

:o



[theantonioexperience]

I'm sorry, but they said "class dissmissed" ?? Holy fuck. . . How on earth a class would be ... ahhh head explodes*

[Grobanite122549]

how the heck did he do that down bow staccato id like to know :'D

[jfbsrl1]

@Grobanite122549 EVEN MY TEACHER FINDS IT HARD TO DO IT :))

[FlierFrank172]

@Grobanite122549 ..Easy...he spoke the magic words.

[Cocoomann]

omg

[gatt543]

Heifetz is totally a POPING KING.

[MayckHero]

29 idiotas não gostaram!!!

[katielady098]

This man has the greatest bow hand precision and technique that I have ever seen before.

I'll just go smash my violin now.

[cmans79tr7]

@katielady098 - After hearing this I am going to BUY a violin and smash it!

[bagitaxitax]

wuaaau quede petrificada DD:

[MeshiX3]

LIKE. A. BOSS. ...DUDE! O___O

[346ZackFair]

VERY CUTE MUSIC

[mateusbelloni]

ow, bow techn, great

[violinlurrve]

wow this is like, HIS piece. NOBODY can play this better than him, ever; he knows it like the back of his hand x

(He used to call it the "Horrible Staccato" XD)

[AvramIancu1848]

@violinlurrve I think Dinicu can play it better than him because he wrote it, duh...

[violinlurrve]

@AvramIancu1848 ohh.. i didn't know he wrote it.........=/

[turnawry]

@AvramIancu1848 Many composers can't play their own works... Is this news to you? Somehow I don't see Prokofiev playing any of his violin concertos.

[AvramIancu1848]

@turnawry Well then you probably didn't even listen to Dinicu playing his own masterpiece. There you go: watch?v=EHR1eZ23qCw . He was a great composer and compared to Heifetz, Dinicu was a true Romanian. Hora staccato is all about the Romanian spirit... and this... only true Romanians can achieve.

Besides, we are in no position to question Prokofiev's musical talent... or any great composers' abilities and talents...

[sleepytimejesse]

@AvramIancu1848 By that logic you're in no position to question anyone's musical talent. A composer is one who composes, a performer one who performs. These may overlap but it is not necessary to play the violin in order to compose a violin concerto. You need only to know the range of the instrument and how far you can push a performer.

[steinwaygrande1]

@sleepytimejesse Well said. By god you get some dim wits on YouTube - great arm chair critics. Pity they dont know their music or what they are commenting about !

[SG14ever]

@sleepytimejesse Unless you're Paganini, in which case you simply compose songs that are impossible for anyone but you to play :P

[stupidstorm]

@AvramIancu1848 my dear avram, you fail.

dinicu did NOT write this lol......heifetz transcribed it, meaning this isn't exactly what dinicu wrote. And even if it is, heifetz can still play dinicu's piece better than dinicu can LOL

[adrianpopescu09]

@violinlurrve You mean NOBODY except Grigoras Dinicu, who wrote it. :)

[violinlurrve]

@adrianpopescu09 good point :)

[violinlurrve]

wow this is like, HIS piece. NOBODY can play this better than him, ever; he knows it like the back of his hand x

[TwilightZoneRomania]

Din is ROMANIAN MUSIC !

[J05TI]

wow dit is best wel fucking goed

[FelipeOliveiraMr]

seria isto possível??...oh god!!



[marekdrzewiecki]

Great!!!

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! Heifetz's staccato is unequaled.

[1berto1264]

@Dogaradodia search "Michael Rabin plays Hora Staccato"

[violinlurrve]

@Dogaradodia totally!

[MusicSingerlover]

Loved Loved Loved!!<3

[Fereny]

29 don't know what Staccato means

[A4440HZ]

Haha 0:27 . AMAZING

[oneoctavelow]

What I like about Heifetz playing his piece ? Unlike other Western violinists attempting this work he rightly uses the trills throughout as building blocks as opposed to mere ornaments. That is the secret to playing Romanian folk music. on the violin. All those minute, incoherent, seemingly overlapping trills. The music emerges from a combination of trills into something specifically Romanian. The trill is CENTRAL to Romanian fold music. It is not a mere ornament :-)

[shamikami]

@oneoctavelow It`s really fascinating. I became aware of Romanian/ Gypsy music`s unique incorporation of ornamentation (as you say... not a mere ornament) after witnessing groups like Tarf de Haidoucks and Farmers Market. After I realized how different the approach is from standard western classical etc. I became totally interested in that sound!

[GaryHoMusic]

It sounds like he's speeding up around 0:14. I wonder if this is intentional. 

[istrati73]

HORA ! ROMAnia

[onethreesixnine]

Well...first Heifetz is my favoriate and i have been loving his performance for years. I myself started play violin when i was four. I wouldn't say " Zigeunerweisen" or " Bazzini" is very difficult to LEARN, for anyone who has learnt violin for more than six years. In fact I learnt to play it at 13. But the fact is, can you play them like Heifetz did? Put the technique aside, which i don't believe you can play even 1/5 good as he did; you understand the music and the beyond as he did?

[OedipusTax]

What a treat to see videos like this.  I grew up listening to him play, without ever getting to see him live in person. Very grateful to see these and others.

[kyleclef]

I just watched this jaw dropped the whole time...now THAT is bow control.

[xbasket12x]

@kyleclef The best bow control ever. No argument here

[mapoyt]

grigoras dinicu e roman!!

[youprettygidiot]

yesterday, I manage to play it at that speed.

And today my arm hurt so much it can't move, holy shit

[SteauaBucuresti]

Dinicu´s version is more of a Romanian version, based on the Romanian soul. while Heiefetz is playing more universally than Romanian.

[stuballs42]

@SteauaBucuresti Who the hell cares how the ROMANIAN'S play this song !!!!!

HEIFETZ is the Bomb!!!! Meaning for those who may be a little more advanced than me "The Best"

[dunavbalkan]

@SteauaBucuresti Good point, which shows that if you have the technique to play it and here the bowing technique is so impressive, you are equally entitled to play this piece, the piece is for everyone to try, but the Romanian way is obviously important too, I just posted this thought under the wrong comment apparently agreeing with something I didn't intend to agree with.... hastily changed !!

[AprilEliz]

Amazed!

[masterbutan]

Btw Jascha is the greatest violinists of all time.

[roandy]

@masterbutan based on who's saying?

[outoftunefiddler]

For those that like the Maestro's playing, I recommend looking at the (full-length) movie on AOL/Truveo (It's free) called"They Shall Have Music"...Heifetz's playing is featured here and it's a story about street thugs in NY and his stolen violin!........The cinematography is so good you could mark a score with the fingering......

[acla9000]

OMG!! It's just the RCA recording my father has, I'm quite sure! We have still the album but unfortunately the record player got broken down. So that I had the chance of listening to this gem again! Thanks a million.

[legomyeggo123]

this piece was written for heifetz :)

[milstein91]

@legomyeggo123 no

[evilshadowlover117]

@milstein91 i think he/she means that it sounds perfect for heifetz and it really matches his style... not written for him literally :/

[legomyeggo123]

@milstein91 ever heard of a joke?

[fadmaid]

@legomyeggo123 no it was not

[legomyeggo123]

@fadmaid ever heard of a joke?

[unetotaleincognito12]

@fadmaid lol actually heifetz is the one who arranged dinicu's song so it was

[21346678467875AWS]

Heifetz has the weirdest down-bow staccato...yet it works...

[gordon1smith]

Even though both violinists used a Russian-style grip, Heifetz held his bow arm higher than Milstein did.

Watch Heifetz' bow grip change when he performs staccato downbow. You can clearly see the fingers of his right hand tense up and bend away from the bow. He did it without dropping the bow by hooking his thumb inside the frog. In all the Heifetz videos I've ever watched, that technique - downbow staccato - is the only one in which Heifetz changed his grip so obviously.

[MrAgentCooki]

when you can make a spam of crazy technique requiring shiz like this sound good, you know you're a bamf.

[OlaViola93]

I;m so desperately want to learn that kind of staccatos

[MrAgentCooki]

Does anyone else think that his bow hold isn't exactly "normal"? However it seems so efficient for him. xD I guess everyone has their own style...

[khira07]

@MrAgentCooki There are different bow holds, Heifetz is using the Russian bow grip as well as Milstein.

The Franco-Belgian bow hold is used by Oistrakh, Perlman, Menuhin, etc. Even Suzuki uses them, and since the Suzuki method is by far the most popular learning method for the violin, the Franco-Belgian bow hold is widespread.

[dekool88]

same guy, same violin, same playing, same smile, different piece and clothes evry time

[tetrisclock]

Thank God there were cameras filming him like this.

[paganpoet3]

@tetrisclock ....the "camera" saved them by "killing" them.....

[saywansas]

f you want to listen a drop of real music and to see what a violin can do , search this : Vioara Maestrului Nicolae Botgros

[violatione]

@saywansas I listened.

[ErktheEngineer]

Heifetz owns the bow.

[rogerstill71]

Intimidating!

[bouzidih]

jasor

[bouzidih]

cé genial

[dilibau]

class dismissed...I think that pretty much sums it up

[Michael4236]

So much staccato... HOW THE HELL DOES HE DO IT!!!

I can only do about 3 flying staccato notes together,

4 spiccato, 0 flying spiccato, and probably 0 for all the other staccatos.

I bet you in the dictionary, the definition for him is: "The impossible"

[kitkatrivera]

(Applause)

[xxMagicGuyxx]

is heifetz even human O.O" ??!!

[galexwong95]

Godlike!!!! Insane bow controlling!!!

[jovanotti09]

Romanian Music by Grigoras Dinicu (a great violonist who wrote it for his graduation in 1906 from the Bucharest Conservatory)

[jovanotti09]

Romanian Music by Grigoras Dinicu (a great violonist who wrote it for his graduation in 1906 from the Bucharest Conservatory)

[MrMusicdruggie]

I would give my right arm to have bow control like that. But then I wouldn't be able to hold a bow anymore...

[calvin22082200]

godlike

[BananaHobo]

i would give anything to see him play in person

[lezare2012]

I have learned the Accolay, Mozart 3, Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Mendelssohn, and Mozart 5 (in order). I have played for only 4 years. What do you suggest next? I am interested in Vieuxtempts 4/5,Saintsaens 3, and Barber, etc. What do you suggest?

[CircleSquare369]

@lezare2012 Bruch concerto is pretty fun and not too difficult/long.

[Tcygtcyg]

@lezare2012 Maybe u should try the Wieniawski Concerto No.1 1st

[yamensaadi1]

guys go to google and write geniousforum !!!!!!!!

and then go to its blog and see how to choose strings and how to choose a bow and if you have a special request then write in the comments

[TheMikester307]

So where did Heifetz find this piece? In his mailbox!!! Somebody no one had heard of wrote it for him and sent it to him!!!!

[holmesau]

Heifetz's right arm explaining the purpose of down bow staccato:

"because I can"

[goldeneagle1087]

Geeeezz.... lol

[Ishayau]

THE PERFECTION OF PERFECTION!

[brassmonkeyjew]

Killer fiddler!

He can play on my roof any night :)

[stuballs42]

Sorry, I meant blow you away!!!!

[stuballs42]

I know this is all about Heifetz,( and rightfully so ) but if anyone has a chance listen to the greatest Alto Sax player "Al Gallodoro" play this same song on the alto sax!!

It will brow you away ,as Heifetz does here!!!!

[MusicCloud1]

I just noticed he can do staccato with the stick facing either the fingerboard or the bridge....just amazing.....think about 95% of people have to play this with the bow facing fingerboard.

[cecicarnu]

Que hago tocando el violin jajajajajaja.

[Bachismydiety]

UNBELIEVABLE!!! WOW!!! :)

[TaviYamato]

romanian music at its best bitchs ! ROMANIA IS THE BEST FUCK USA !

[mihai0197]

gggoooooddddd

[Elswyn]

With my eightteen years of age I'm not exactly an expert, but this piece just stuns me.

Sublime.

Also I was named after this man =]

[MadCat787]

@Elswyn Which name? 'Jascha', 'Musical God' or 'Heifetz'?

[ruither2009]

master.

[doopie007]

if you ever visit Romania you might get surprises from violinists playing this and more in local pubs or wedding orchestras. And most of them didn't attend any musical schools. They just learned from their parents and relatives. The piece is originally inspired from Romanian folclore as you perhaps may already know.

[JohannesJacobs]

@doopie007

We know nevertheless well plated, greetngd johannes jacobs violinmaker

[JohannesJacobs]

@doopie007 But despite very  well played, greetings Johannes Jacobs Violinmaker

[zzxxyy543]

@doopie007 I saw lots of gypsy violin players play this in Romania and they were really good but they tended to rush it, if that is considered to be a bad thing I like Heifetz's speed and rhythm and wonderful bowing, but I don't know if that would be considered too slow- I don't know enough about Romanian folklore or this score or composer, indeed I am willing to be educated on whether the composer wanted it fast or slow... but I do like this!

[doopie007]

@zzxxyy543 it has nothing to do with tempo, or with the violin player. It has everything to do with a traditional sound. I like better the Grigoras Dinicu version simply because I am Romanian and I feel this is the way it's suppose to sound. No doubt maestro Heifetz had his own wonderful touch. Music is like chocolate, we both like it but you may prefer milk chocolate and I might like it dark. No reason needed, no explanation. Let's just enjoy!

[zzxxyy543]

@doopie007 Salut! Well, I shall seek out Dinicu and compare. ... In fact I shall finish off all the variety selection, it is Xmas after all :)

[stuballs42]

@doopie007 You can go to all the pubs,bars,clubs,niteclubs,loun­ges,etc.anywhere,anytime,and you won't find ONE

person playing this song that can hold a bow to this man!!!! This IS , what practice,practice,practice,mea­ns in order to be the best in the world!!!! PLEASE don't try and say some Romanian in some club somewhere can top this !!!

I just plain don't believe it!!! Sorry!!! and if he or she" can" try playing " Zigeunerweisen" or " Bazzini"

[malecsia]

@stuballs42 i don;t see why is this so surprising to you... i studied music at University and had a lot of colleagues that play this piece very easily and with natural staccato, some of them just have it in their blood, like Dinicu had it. Also Zigeunerweisen and Bazzini are played in highschool.

[stuballs42]

@malecsia Ok !!! Its easy !!! You win !! Funny how some people just don't want to give credit where credit is due!!! Sounds like a lot of highschool players should be in stage making money if they can play as well as the Master!!! He (Heifetz) is still tops in my book!!! Case closed!!!!!!

[dmjanse]

@malecsia as my professor used to say, you can teach a monkey to play with enough hours of practice. but HOW that monkey will play is the question. do your collegues also have careers like heifetz did?

[Violator1991]

@doopie007 Actually, it has a composer - Grigoras Dinicu.

[tOoydoi]

romanian music!

[LeChanathon]

Whoever knows how to learn this bloody amazing right-hand technique, TELL ME NOW!

[violinlova]

Staccato at its best

[NationalistPersia]

OMG Freaking bow Control lol

[NationalistPersia]

OMG freaking bow control lol

[loveismydestruction]

that bowing is nigh impossible. I am working on learning it, and I swear, it will be the death of me yet!

[cannoir]

goosebumps !

[shadowolfloner]

O_O

Whoah. It's like :) then it's like O_o then it's like n_n and then it goes all :S

and then it's all x_x and then it goie back to like :) and then it gets louder and becomes ;P and then ita's all like :D when the piano goes all crazy!!!!!!!!

[MrNymoron]

alright he got me here. stellar

[L337SK337Z]

this is how to make rock n roll!

[246trinitrotoluene]

does anyone know where i can find sheet music to this

[gabrielfernandez92]

write on google "hora_stacc_score.pdf" and then click the first link..

[gibsonpaddy]

Learn it by Ear

[246trinitrotoluene]

@gibsonpaddy

right, i'll also learn all the little accents and bowings that heifetz wrote.

smart.

[gibsonpaddy]

Ur no good so if u cant learn that by ear

[246trinitrotoluene]

@gibsonpaddy leren engels

[longhov]

heifetz lo toca como si las huevas, el violin esta conectado as ucuerpo y lo toca con una confianza envidiable

[gdlgma]

I like this sound better than the modern high quality sound. This one... well I can't explain it but I just like it.

[goldie0800]

@gdlgma - it's probably because it was recorded in Mono and not Stereo. Just my opinion.

[JorgitoRafael]

mediocre playing - who is this man anyway?! lol jp, one of the greatest - certainly my role model

[Shekhina01]

Incredible!!!!!!

[catacart]

Grigoras Dinicu a lasat in Romania acesata inestimabila comoara

[raoultak]

Staccato is no problem for Heifetz, up and down ......... as many technical issues are no problem for him. Heifetz is a pupil of God.

[Sxrule]

"Heifetz is a pupil of God"

That is a fantastic comment!

[gibsonpaddy]

Heifetz is a pupil of God. Very nice words....

[Ingenue001]

@gibsonpaddy pupil of Auer :)

[VioLynn0803]

i cant get over that continuous down-bow staccato he did.....to make STACCATO look like a smooth bow is remarkable. I love Heifetz because of his natural ability to make stuff like that look easy.....

Did anyone notice his bow hold changes when he does that staccato bow? (You know what I'm talking about.)

[lakesidemourning]

I was just about to comment asking if anyone knew why he changed his bow hold, haha. It weirded me out because my teacher always STRESSES the nescecity of perfect bow holds. So there most be some technical advantage of doing the staccato this way. I guess I'll ask around till I find out, haha.

[MrTHepAtH]

The fact that this virtuouso defied the natural limitations of not being able to keep an arm moving straight for prolonged periods of time, and wrist related issues (you all know what Im talking about; the up bow staccato) proves that Heifetz was one of the greatest violinists who ever lived.

[pyroticmaniac]

MAN those down stroke staccato phrases, like the one that starts around 0:26 or so... inCREDIBLE.

[adrian170785]

ol traditional folclore muzic and dances on balcan a the same in proportion 70-80 % bucouse ol slavians an avaro-uigurians take folclore to dacians o tracians a the same nation and only give them a slavic o maghiar language and in a smol proportion give an folk of slavians that explane way balcan slavians dont have nathing traditional in muzic ,dances,customs with rusians polands, belorusians,half of ucrainians in proportion 80%.that is the fact

[RacedriverMuhaha]

huh?

[cogermax91]

superb !!!!

[VancoldGH]

I love it...

He's really feeling the music...

I really enjoy it!

[Alanmusic87]

what is that bow!!!!!!!!! awesome

[bigsis314]

in my opinion the grey and white and black ands to the music and wat not.Its makes it seem more classy