The Aeolian Harp piece by Henry Cowell

[Motaro76]

Henry Cowell was yet FAG boy.

[kirkpear]

Sounds more like an autoharp than an aeolian harp.

[Danjeliss]

Coucou le collège Paul Langevin.

[szszrocks]

I THINK THIS IS GREAT!

[orkorkork3]

lol it looks as you would cook something in the piano

[bayesianconspiracy]

You could knock me over with an f.

Brilliant!

[charmeueueur]

awesome!

[lurxtlifeson]

wonderful performance. i don't know how the original goes because i'm just getting into cowell, but it's a great composition using great techniques developed by a great musical pioneer and played by a great pianist!

[bambam420425]

nice

[Linkwiththesword]

I couldn't do that lol

[Sesquiltera]

I know this piece, some things went a little bit wrong so to hear. But this piece itself is rather clumsy to play.

[rhapsodyinblue18]

beautiful & rather pensive sounding.

[brennanyoung]

Great video! A few bum notes. (Of course I must compare with Cowell's original recording!) If you get a chance to make another video of this (perhaps with two cameras, one pointed inside the piano), and a little extra practice, it would be amazing.

[Milkwig]

that was the stupidest thing i've ever seen. your just strumming across piano strings

[ChoiChrisLi]

Wow it sound very nice! But my teacher say it is not good to touch piano string because they get rust faster from finger oils.

[pianaoki]

Thank you! Yeah, definately get permission before you do this. An alternative is using like a plastic card or something like that.

[madderbass]

Would a guitar pick be a good choice as well?

[pianaoki]

possibly, I don't know. I just know the piano technician from my conservatoire said plastic cards (credit card style) is what he'd recommend.

[szszrocks]

@ChoiChrisLi That is true but it's ok. Think about it, would you want to listen to this song or get rust on your piano strings?

[ChoiChrisLi]

@szszrocks I would always like to listen to this song. It is so beautifulness -^-^-

[szszrocks]

@ChoiChrisLi now you're getting it

[kenhimurabr]

Marvelous! =]

[MovieMaestro36]

Isn't it fun to play on the strings?!?! Ever since I started I always wanted to but was told not to but now I'm playing Crumb's Makrokosmos and it's awesome! Great performance btw. I think if I played this piece though I'd get tired of strumming.

[pianaoki]

It was so fun! Slightly nerve-wracking at the time though.. obvious where it goes wrong! Hope to do it again someday... thanks for the lovely comment, good luck with your performance!

[MovieMaestro36]

Fascinating.

[DOSphantom]

Lydia what an appropriate name for a musician! lol

[Xanthous04]

is it possible to get the sheet music for this?

[pianaoki]

It is, I got it from the library at my Music college, I can't remember what edition it was though. Although I think there is only one. it was in a book with a group of his pieces for piano.

[thephilbert]

Cowell made a new form of notation for "prepared" piano pieces like this.

[newporno]

I enjoyed this very much! Is there a score for this? How is the notation written?!?!? I realize it's a piece from Cowell, did he come up w/ a way to notate this?

[richragsdale]

boy i sure do love cowell

i would love to see/hear more of his music

being performed here on youtube

great job and

thanks for posting

[piano6861]

Nice!

[giopagoda]

It was written before his imprisonment. the latter pieces (written after that) aren't "exploratory" as this one, and are often "religious" and "folkish", like the Hymn and Fuguing tunes

[elgranrafa]

beautiful! i love this piece, thanks for playing it and posting

[stuartron29]

As a builder of aeolian harps, I have a special appreciation for this piece.

[bubbaXzone]

sweet i just learned about cowell in western music and this piece!

[flightlessbumblepig]

elegantly played

[GolumTR]

I think that the reserve meant to emulate the timbre of an actual Greek Harp, of course taking liberties whenever the piece would benefit from it.

[beethovenboy]

This actually sounds a little reserved for Cowell, is this one of his later pieces after his imprisonment?

[pianaoki]

If Cowell lived from 1897-1965 and this was written in 1923, It's a long time before he died... i think it's an earlier piece!