Glenn Gould - So you want to write a fugue?

[sirjuandabicho]

Gracias por compartirlo.

[Infinity1994MC]

A masterpiece - obviously - it's GOULD!!!

[aleaquatarkus]

somiglia molto al kyrie del requiem di mozart...........esaminate bene

[artyzach]

This is awesome. :D

[bamboozel1234]

@HerlockSholmes123 lol i didnt mean it in a bad way. its true, they sing or play something and play it again in a higher octave or whatever. its good

[bamboozel1234]

fugue - the musical copy and paste at its finest

[Raymondbl]

@bamboozel1234 lmao that made my day.

[Voime09]

Cool!

[jamesthenabignumber]

@HerlockSholmes123

I read that Chopin, when directing his students to practice, would get them to practice Bach, rather than his own compositions.

But you're right, he never wrote a fugue!

[Zarhejo]

@jamesthenabignumber But... he did? v=D0RrT6hMOgI

[jamesthenabignumber]

@Zarhejo Yes - you are right!  "Chopin Fugue in A minor, Op.posth.P3 No.2"

[ChrisHealeyMusic]

Is it "or so..." or "Hope so"?

[Ulveren]

I've now got a burning desire to write a fugue.

[4hm3dimr4n]

@HerlockSholmes123

I'm sure Chopin didn't think of a fugue as a tedious boring exercise. Especially one's by Bach since he was a lover of Bach. If Chopin were alive today and could understand English then he'd really enjoy this.

[Dzikslol]

a fugue about writing a fugue - such a clever idea :P

[SatanPanda]

brilliant haha

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

1 person can't write a fugue

[hellboyreloaded]

@newFranzFerencLiszt i really lol'd

[F1R1NMAHLAZAH]

@thegoddescomposer nah, you just have to understand the structure and plan it out before you write it, first come up with your subject and place it at the various points in the exposition, then come up with the various countersubjects, then Just replicate everything where it needs to go

[Eirilski]

@F1R1NMAHLAZAH I love the use of the word "just" here. The hard part is to have the subject, the answer, the countersubjects and the episodes to actually work together as a musical whole. I also know how to write a fugue, and I've tried, and I've failed.

[F1R1NMAHLAZAH]

@Eirilski i didn't say i knew how to write a good fugue :)

[scottishwildcat57]

@Nykytyne2: plundge right in and write one XD!

[dahmin]

Hehe...

[turixism]

White people..

I kid Gould. This gets me giddy every time. :P

[thegoddescomposer]

Yes i want to write a fugue ! ! !

but u guys know how hard that is ! ! ! ! ? ? ? ?

i have to split my brains in 4 or in 5 parts !

Glenn Gould is such a Genius boy

[00bean00]

I wish he had the first voices stop so we could hear the next ones, just like in Bach's fugues.

[googlekopfkind]

so you want to write a fugue ? i did

[Pianoantics]

why did he choose the voices to do this and he certainly enjoyed singing his music at all times at the piano right along in time with every note he played.

[oleioleo]

the violin remind me of something. what is it?

[ShittiestChannelOnYT]

@oleioleo Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 perhaps?

[empoleon9999]

@oleioleo The first few notes might remind you of Tartini's Devil's Trill; they reminded me a little of it.

[5BLD]

@oleioleo

a violin, maybe?

[gybemm]

@oleioleo

yes it resembles the beginning of a Branderburg concerto I think, it is obviously on purpose, a genius

[oleioleo]

the violins remind me of something. what is it?

[krustyloaf]

"Arguing on the internet is like running at the special olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded."

[Majik47]

@cammyjee I'd like to find that out. Can you recommend a guide?

[Mkamalid]

1:42 bass always gives me chills

[fuckshitass911]

seriously nobody gives a fuck about how to write a fucking fugue. if you feel the urge to write a fucking fugue, keep it to yourself asshole.

and

"Just forget the notations and play one,

Just ignore the notations and try."

i think these two statements describe his performances pretty well.

[pcecchet]

@fuckshitass911 Prick

[MrChumFm]

@fuckshitass911 I believe it is only you who doesn't give a fuck about how to write a fugue. But that's just you.

[Pretendkid]

@fuckshitass911 Your username aptly describes YOURSELF.

[MoteyJoe]

@fuckshitass911 You must wake up every morning and say to yourself, "How can I hate my life more?" :)

[Nykytyne2]

Ridiculous and beautiful.

[Trinitrotolaissance]

GENIUS.

[thedrumbum1990]

"For a canon in inversion is a dangerous diversion,

And a bit of augmentation is a serious temptation,

While a stretto diminution is an obvious allusion."

LOL

[bhinderbinder]

Glenn Gould was off the scale....a genius' genius.

[bontempo01]

This is simply amazing. Glenn Gould really was a genius.

[marekpiano]

beautiful! the pizzicato part at 2:50 and its context is.... i don;t have the right words for it. heavenly or something..the instrumental part is a beautiful transcription of bach brandenburg concerto no 2 i guess..

[shockthetop1pc]

I'm surprised I couldn't find any other fugues actually composed for human voices on youtube- all I could find were transcriptions of bach fugues...

[JupiterIV]

@shockthetop1pc Well there is that one fugue called the "Geographical Fugue" for speaking chorus, that relies more on interlocking rhythms than four different interlocking melodies.

[JoJaDaRu]

I wish he composed more but I'll take all I can get.

[TaterGumfries]

That Glenn Gould sure was somethin, weren't he?

[D0ct0rsmeh]

@TaterGumfries absolutely 

[wkriski]

this is awesome and funny

[pepper669]

Wonderfully funny!

[AEFic]

This is freaking awesome.

I'm going to go write a fugue.

[MeNuWamv]

@AEFic Join the club :)

[AEFic]

@MeNuWamv It's a small club these days.