I hope all you students watching this realise that Mozart or any other composer did not analyse their music as such when they composed it. Composition does not work like that. This is all interesting after the fact.
Isn't the first overtone of the overtone series the 2nd Harmonic, or one octave above the fundamental pitch/frequency? Why did Bernstein call the first overtone a fifth above G?
Bernstein's analysis of one of my favorite pieces of music by Mozart literally (and I mean literally in true sense) takes my breath away...what a musician and what a mind...I'm humbled:-)
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The way Mozart starts the development section in the first movement is not that much of a chromatic adventure. After the Bb major cadence, the chords that follow are: D7, Gm, Ddim7. There is chromaticism in that, but it's not much of an adventure. :P The only real turn is the Ddim7. D7 and Gm are both within the exposition already.
If it wasn't for Bernstein I wouldn't understand music, though. Awesome.
Leonard Bernstein was a genius. A man who was so passionate for music that when explaining it, was shining with a godsend light! Mr Bernstein, wherever you are, God bless you!!!!
The whole problem with Bernstein is easily seen in the comments here by folks who
don't know much about the lingo of music but think Bernstein must be brilliant because he uses lingo that they don't understand. Bernstein's stated purpose is to educate the common, non-musical audience, but his explanations are hilariously inappropriate for such an audience. Does Lenny really believe that any non-musician listening to him knows what the hell diatonic means? Talk about pedantry!!!
Have you ever watched one of Bernstein's Young Peoples Concerts? Believe me, Bernstein knows his audience. This series of lectures are not at all aimed at a common audience, but intelligent listeners who already know their musical terminology.
Many of the theoretical concepts explained here may be somewhat rudimentary, but Mozart's genius was how he used them in such an inventive fashion towards a highly expressive end. There were obviously other composers who knew the theory but lacked the skill to create music that touched the soul in such profound ways. Happy Birthday Wolfgang (No. 255 today!)
WHYYYYY does the video stop in the middle with "and you see what I mean by the beauty of ambiguity" and then I can't go on even one second more???? OUGHHH YOUTUBE!!!!! GOOOOSH!
I am enthralled with this interpretation of the Symphony in G Minor. Leonard Bernstein's lecture gives much insight into the mind of the composers and for many of us today, this is the only way we will ever get to see and hear the great masters of music performed. Thank you so much for giving us the privilege of listening to one of the greatest interpreters of symphonic music in the world.
I wish he'd go into way more detail, I've got grade 8 music theory, this is too dumbed down for me, I know what he means about it being 20th century, it was well ahead of its time! think I'm going to have to transcribe and analyse it now, I need to know more
Although not a musician by training, I like that Bernstein confirmed an opinion of mine that one of the reasons I like this symphony the best of Mozart's last three is the sound and structure of it, which is forward looking. This piece simply doesn't sound like the end of the 18th century, but something more properly of the 19th, or as in the 4th movement, perhaps the 20th century at times. The first time I heard this piece, Beethoven flashed into my mind although I knew it was Mozart.
No argument - it is basic. So are the rudiments of calculus, so why do so many people have trouble with them? Because great teachers are hard to find. The genius is in the explanation.
Second, Im from sweden, Iam 20+ years old and i dont know who justin bieber is, i dont want to know and im not interested. Still in every mozart piece, hell, almost every classical piece uploaded on youtube I see him being mentioned. Cant you guys just enjoy the video and the music? May I suggest you discuss your hate/love for Mr Justin elsewhere?
@ViiniidtSiisus1 I hope you burn in hell for that statement. Passion??? Justin Bieber is a fucking disgrace to this beautiful art form. Along with pretty much everyone else in music today.
Leonrd Bernstein's ability to absorb the complexity of this piece and then explain it with such passion, ease, and naturality is absolutely inspiring.
I don't think many men in this history have done what he has.
5:32 - "That's 'A'!" I personally find that to be absolutely humorous to hear someone like LB say something like that in the middle of such a lecture.
This just makes me mad. I have been a musician all my life, and I am a smart guy - degrees in math and Computer Science plus major in Engineering. I write and arrange music, and I play professionally, plus I have loved this symphony all my life. And to hear this man describe Mozart's genius in this manner, makes me realize I'm just smart enough to realize I don't know one thing about music. What geniuses - Bernstein and Mozart both. And what a commoner I am. Thank God for people like them.
@theothercanadian I wish that were true. Maybe a top student at a top school. But I have met many many music majors who would no more think this way and be able to teach and explain this than they could nuclear physics in Swahili. He's great.
@danmcglaun The concepts he talks about are rather basic, circle of fifths, chromatics etc. My friend who is studying composition at the University of Toronto says all of this material is included in the Royal Conservatory of Music's RCM Grade 3 Harmony course, which is a pre-req to get into any university.
Mozart's genius was not in the fact that he used the circle of fifths, it was in the way he used it, with subtlety and very well thought out. Bernstein was a great lecturer, and great at explaining things; no one thinks he's the first to recognise the circle progression in classical music.
I also live in Toronto, I am studying composition at York University. How is your friend doing at U of T?
@colourfulwithaU I'm not saying he wasn't a genius, I love Mozart. Although, I do sometimes joke that I'm glad he died before he could compose another oboe concerto - the one is killing me!!!
I am by no means knowledgeable as a composer. I was telling the guy there is no way he could be impressed by this as a professional musician.
My friend is TYH. If you know the acronym, you know him. I'm a high school oboist going into performance at either UT or Laurier.
You'd be surprised how common the circle progression is. It's not unique to Mozart. Bernstein left out a few things about it. For example, if you play dominants through the circle of fifths (G7, C7, F7, Bb7, Eb7, etc) you will notice a pattern which is not only downward and chromatic, but also contained within tritones existing as chord tones (as we know, every dominant chord contains a tritone). The chromatic line Bernstein described jumps from 3rds to 7ths to 3rds to 7ths. Interesting, eh? :)
@kirkanthonybs76 he is humble in admitting his ignorance waht else you want? Is it a crime to say one is smart? It seems that nowadays if one doesn't degrade himself by being proud of haven't read a book you are arrogant? What the fuck!
@danmcglaun Perhaps you're not as smart as you think you are haha Bernstein is just breaking down the piece and analizing it with a simple chord progression analysis, finding cadences (PAC is V-I in root position in case you don't know) then find pivot chords that serve as links to go to another key, etc, etc. In fact, we had to do exactly that kind of analysis for our midterm. On the other hand Mozart was a real genius, nothing to add to that statement.
@danmcglaun And we DO have that kind people nowadays, the only difference is that hundreds of years ago being a musician was a very rewarding career. Today if your parents discover that you are a genius at the age of 3 they will make you learn astrophysics and quantum mechanics. Imagine if Stephen Hawking had made a Symphony instead of being working on the Big Bang theory, I bet it would sound a little better than "alright".
Major in chemistry, major in piano performance, minor in biology.
@AochoAochoA you may or may not be retarded.. research what einstein said about mozart, now look at the salaries of now day composers (john williams, hans zimmer) now be quiet.
iam studying computer engineering and studying composition on my own and the help of some privat teachers, but this doent turns automatically me into a smart person o.0.
Gould said this to be his favourite Mozart work because at the end it sounds like Berg. It's absolutely true, regarding that semi-dodecafonic serie of the last movement, well shown by bernstein at 8:06. What the hell passed through Mozart's mind to write that? I agree with Gould, tough!
can someone list all the scale types he talked about? What types are there besides Major, Minor, Mixo, Dorian, Blues? (I know obviously a ton but what are they? Could really use some help!!!)
He's not talking about scales so much as harmony. In the case of a diatonic scale, it is simply referring to the natural scale of the key, be it Major or Minor. ie, g minor's diatonic scale is G-A-Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G. So a "chromatic" scale simply has extra notes which are not in the original key.
Other scale types include Phrygian, Lydian, Aeolian, Locrian, Ionian, Pentatonic, Whole Tone, and the various Minor scale variations...just to name a few.
I like how he effectively explains the piece through both his words and his playing. On a random side note, does anybody else think that he kind of looks like Ian Mckellen?
ive read primary sorces that indicate Leo bernstein had a considreable coke habbit...I would not be shocked if he did a line or two shortly before this filming.
Although I'm a nonmusician and a musical know-nothing, I find this utterly fascinating.
I can't resist remarking that I'm more than a little surprised -and more than a little pleased- at how closely congruent is his exegesis to my own lay intuitions.
I find myself saying, "Yes, that pretty much what I always thought" (consider this a boast if you like).
tonica-dominant-tonica-dominant...he´s not quite right there. the mechanism is the very well known sequences of falling sept accord , without a tonica in between, bach is full of those, just check hei inventions). the reason mozart writes what seems to be a tonica, is that this way the music "stays within the key board".
Or Music Theory...if you knew what you were talking about. Musicology is a different field that studies different cultures and their musical heritage.
@yogi726 I do, in fact, know what I'm talking about, being an musical academic. Musicology goes far deeper than simply cultures and musical heritage. That's called ethnomusicology, and is a branch of pure musicology.
I had to watch this for a research project in my Music Appreciation class. It really opened my eyes to the genius that was Mozart. It also helped weed out the class considerably!
The very best instructional video I ever find on Youtube! Thanks Leonard Bernstein. There are few people who have analyzed and understood Mozart. Richter said he couldn't understand and play Mozart. Why? Perhaps we should ask Bernstein?
@raskolnikov1873 I'd recommend then that you get the DVD set How to Listen to and Understand Great Music on The Teaching Company site by Prof. Robert Greenberg.
Not that this wasn't great, which is truly is, but there is one thing that confuses me.
At 4.24 Bernstein totally stresses the freedom the composer had on the development section. He says that there is nothing to bound Mozart's freedom. But then he takes it back and says that there are diatonic laws to control the freedom after all. Hmm.
Word up!!!...I just love this stuff...the man was an absolute genius, brilliant teacher and musician. He loved music so much that it was a complete pleasure for him to impart his knowledge to others.
Stop being such an elitist a**hole...I can speak in whatever manner I choose and still have a great appreciate for the genius that was Leonard Bernstein...get over yourself already.
As a typical egalitarian and, no doubt, a faithful subject of today's dictatorship of relativism, it was inevitable that you'd level the "elitist" charge. No matter. Reject all ghetto speech.
Maestro does that in 1 continuous take
TheChairoplane 1 month ago
Good lawd this was fantastic.
Does anyone know of any other analyses like this? I want to see this done with all my favourite pieces.
Sodhats 1 month ago
My musical mind just jizzed all over the place.
LSAphotographyuk 2 months ago
Bernstein explains why atonality rocks in a controlled manner.
Medsas 3 months ago
Awesome.Lennie was irrplaceable. TY e for posting.
paulostroff99 4 months ago
Beautiful!!!
marian444 4 months ago
he is deeply understanding the harmony
Will84ABA 4 months ago
I hope all you students watching this realise that Mozart or any other composer did not analyse their music as such when they composed it. Composition does not work like that. This is all interesting after the fact.
behzadbayati 4 months ago
this is one of the most awesome music vid i've found so far!
89ErwinR 4 months ago
Isn't the first overtone of the overtone series the 2nd Harmonic, or one octave above the fundamental pitch/frequency? Why did Bernstein call the first overtone a fifth above G?
rahuul1414 4 months ago
The best music teacher ever!!
falstaff63 5 months ago 2
Bernstein's analysis of one of my favorite pieces of music by Mozart literally (and I mean literally in true sense) takes my breath away...what a musician and what a mind...I'm humbled:-)
rbfunkestra 5 months ago
Thumbs up if you watched till the end :)
opa301 5 months ago
This is not before performing Mozart! this is a part of the Norton Lectures!
maxbigazzi 7 months ago
CHROMATIC ADVENTURES!
qwertykeyboardqwerty 7 months ago
ohhhh bitte fuck you bugger plz plz plz .....
TheEvianism 8 months ago
what the hell is that noise at 3:27?
jrfitz88 8 months ago
@jrfitz88 It's Bernstein groaning to the music, he did this while conducting too, I assume because it helped him "get into it".
StevenOBrienComposer 5 months ago
Those two top comments are complete polar opposites
houndoomdude2 8 months ago
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Al Final el beneficiado de este proyecto fuimos nosotros los Venezolanos y nuestro Sistema de Orquestas, el creyo que podia cambiar a la juventud y a una sociedad amante de los SPORTS, Holliwood Estrellas de Cine y Musica Rock, no supo ver el problema desde un punto de vista SOCIAL y COMUNITARIO, para el Yanque toda su sociedad GIRA EN TORNO AL CAPITAL, no queremos Orquestas, eso no vende lo que vende son las MARCAS y sus Agentes de Bolsa que son Atletas Farandula Fashion Lujo Movies & IDOLS.
ELTIGRERO86 9 months ago
Klasse Musik kann nicht genung bekommen.Lutz-Bernd Bernstein
06Bernstein 9 months ago
@MrPopliphaha aren't urs too? 0.O (measure urs...)
asdf1231997 10 months ago
I wish everyone were as literate as him.
Lisztman88 10 months ago
Do I need to promote Egypt?
ExploreEgypt 11 months ago
@ExploreEgypt ?
ajok822 10 months ago
wow.... one of musics greatest geniuses analyzing another of music's greatest geniuses.... too... much.... greatness.....
Kinskuath 11 months ago 11
The way Mozart starts the development section in the first movement is not that much of a chromatic adventure. After the Bb major cadence, the chords that follow are: D7, Gm, Ddim7. There is chromaticism in that, but it's not much of an adventure. :P The only real turn is the Ddim7. D7 and Gm are both within the exposition already.
If it wasn't for Bernstein I wouldn't understand music, though. Awesome.
colourfulwithaU 11 months ago
Leonard Bernstein was a genius. A man who was so passionate for music that when explaining it, was shining with a godsend light! Mr Bernstein, wherever you are, God bless you!!!!
Flyinghomeman 1 year ago
The whole problem with Bernstein is easily seen in the comments here by folks who
don't know much about the lingo of music but think Bernstein must be brilliant because he uses lingo that they don't understand. Bernstein's stated purpose is to educate the common, non-musical audience, but his explanations are hilariously inappropriate for such an audience. Does Lenny really believe that any non-musician listening to him knows what the hell diatonic means? Talk about pedantry!!!
theBike45 1 year ago
@theBike45
This was a lecture at Harvard for music students. Very appropriate for that setting.
colourfulwithaU 11 months ago
@theBike45
Have you ever watched one of Bernstein's Young Peoples Concerts? Believe me, Bernstein knows his audience. This series of lectures are not at all aimed at a common audience, but intelligent listeners who already know their musical terminology.
freshhh1994 9 months ago
Everytime he lay his hand on the piano beautiful sounds comes out! What a genious, he plays a complex passage and keeps talking like nothing!
MaghoxFr 1 year ago
It takes a genius to understand a genius
contrymnon 1 year ago
I had the same reaction to this that Wolfman had at Top Gun.
Sage80 1 year ago
How can anyone not like this? My mind has trouble keeping up. Pure genius!
ldsgroover 1 year ago
@ldsgroover
Study. This is not hard to keep up with if you've studied music theory or composition.
colourfulwithaU 11 months ago
lol at around 6:17
Rheinmetall1 1 year ago
Very interesting! And I thought Mathematics were hard.
Rheinmetall1 1 year ago
ELGORITHM FUTUR GRAMMY AWARD
ELGORITHM 1 year ago
Many of the theoretical concepts explained here may be somewhat rudimentary, but Mozart's genius was how he used them in such an inventive fashion towards a highly expressive end. There were obviously other composers who knew the theory but lacked the skill to create music that touched the soul in such profound ways. Happy Birthday Wolfgang (No. 255 today!)
nycsym 1 year ago
WHYYYYY does the video stop in the middle with "and you see what I mean by the beauty of ambiguity" and then I can't go on even one second more???? OUGHHH YOUTUBE!!!!! GOOOOSH!
mtoussieh 1 year ago
I am enthralled with this interpretation of the Symphony in G Minor. Leonard Bernstein's lecture gives much insight into the mind of the composers and for many of us today, this is the only way we will ever get to see and hear the great masters of music performed. Thank you so much for giving us the privilege of listening to one of the greatest interpreters of symphonic music in the world.
journeyer58 1 year ago
I want to know what Justin Bieber has to do with ANYTHING
is there some planet I can go to where Justin Bieber doesn't exist?
Prancer1231 1 year ago
I wish he'd go into way more detail, I've got grade 8 music theory, this is too dumbed down for me, I know what he means about it being 20th century, it was well ahead of its time! think I'm going to have to transcribe and analyse it now, I need to know more
btyremanable 1 year ago
Have you made a transcription and analysis? I'd love a copy please.
ldsgroover 1 year ago
@ldsgroover no not yet but I might do, as this lacks detail
btyremanable 1 year ago
@btyremanable
I'm analysing that passage right now. Is it something to do with Bb7, F7, etc? Or am I missing the point?
colourfulwithaU 11 months ago
3:34 ... If you could follow that you're obvioulsy from the same "great musicians" planet than me
sebastianrc 1 year ago
As I sit here in a remote college classroom at 11:27 P.M. watching these lectures at Harvard on VHS, I think to myself.
Will there ever be another Bernstein? I hope there will be, I really do..
Celolapia1 1 year ago 19
Although not a musician by training, I like that Bernstein confirmed an opinion of mine that one of the reasons I like this symphony the best of Mozart's last three is the sound and structure of it, which is forward looking. This piece simply doesn't sound like the end of the 18th century, but something more properly of the 19th, or as in the 4th movement, perhaps the 20th century at times. The first time I heard this piece, Beethoven flashed into my mind although I knew it was Mozart.
ryoushii 1 year ago
No argument - it is basic. So are the rudiments of calculus, so why do so many people have trouble with them? Because great teachers are hard to find. The genius is in the explanation.
danmcglaun 1 year ago
@renee3439 That person should be murdered...slowly...for saying such a silly thing. Just fucking unbelievable...ha!
ongakubcn 1 year ago
Wow...I want him to be my music teacher...!
ongakubcn 1 year ago
Hey, anybody know where i could get the piano score for this song??
gentat1 1 year ago
@gentat1
It was composed for orchestra. If you want, I can send you the conductor's score with all the instruments.
colourfulwithaU 1 year ago
go to imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.40_in_G_minor,_K.550_%28Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus%29 where you can find the whole score and arrangements for piano.
ldsgroover 1 year ago
First, nice video thx for the upload
Second, Im from sweden, Iam 20+ years old and i dont know who justin bieber is, i dont want to know and im not interested. Still in every mozart piece, hell, almost every classical piece uploaded on youtube I see him being mentioned. Cant you guys just enjoy the video and the music? May I suggest you discuss your hate/love for Mr Justin elsewhere?
just my 2 cents
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mozart is kinda like justin bieber. both have the same passion in their music.
ViiniidtSiisus1 1 year ago
@ViiniidtSiisus1 TROLL!
sstuddert 1 year ago
@ViiniidtSiisus1 I hope you burn in hell for that statement. Passion??? Justin Bieber is a fucking disgrace to this beautiful art form. Along with pretty much everyone else in music today.
Alexander87oclock 1 year ago
Wish he was my teacher
timsentim 1 year ago
@timsentim
agreed
cwergin7 1 year ago
Leonrd Bernstein's ability to absorb the complexity of this piece and then explain it with such passion, ease, and naturality is absolutely inspiring.
I don't think many men in this history have done what he has.
TheCuddlyDevil 1 year ago
Lenny era un genio, e ho avuto la fortuna di conoscerlo...Thanks God !
federricoilgrande 1 year ago
7 people to hell!
Will84ABA 1 year ago
he looks like magneto (x-men)
alanadair69 1 year ago 3
Clap clap clap awsome
000borica 1 year ago
5:32 - "That's 'A'!" I personally find that to be absolutely humorous to hear someone like LB say something like that in the middle of such a lecture.
AllTriadHexachord 1 year ago
Thank you, Lenny, the greatest musical mind that America ever produced. You are missed.
JamesHowardYoung 1 year ago
@AliceinChains8593 Turns out, nobody cares.
GryphonWahle 1 year ago
I'm speechless... this is like... indescribably magnificent... To realize that Mozart could become even more perfect terrifies me.
stalemate2001 1 year ago
I love listening to this guy! A genius!
EDGJZConglomerate 1 year ago
can anyone tell me, wich TV appearance of Bernstein is this?
stratobanez 1 year ago
Awesome.
PTR131 1 year ago
PURE GENIUS!
iguarni 1 year ago
music is in this man's vein! our world is so much more beautiful with music beasts like him!
milala6891 1 year ago
Blows my mind....
Markramier 1 year ago
9:20
popkocher 1 year ago
This just makes me mad. I have been a musician all my life, and I am a smart guy - degrees in math and Computer Science plus major in Engineering. I write and arrange music, and I play professionally, plus I have loved this symphony all my life. And to hear this man describe Mozart's genius in this manner, makes me realize I'm just smart enough to realize I don't know one thing about music. What geniuses - Bernstein and Mozart both. And what a commoner I am. Thank God for people like them.
danmcglaun 1 year ago 75
@danmcglaun The movie Amadeus would put you in the same shoes as Salieri: Love and hate, equally intense, for the same reason and same person.
Finadene671 1 year ago
@danmcglaun you cant get through a music major without understanding these concepts
theothercanadian 1 year ago
@theothercanadian I wish that were true. Maybe a top student at a top school. But I have met many many music majors who would no more think this way and be able to teach and explain this than they could nuclear physics in Swahili. He's great.
danmcglaun 1 year ago
@danmcglaun The concepts he talks about are rather basic, circle of fifths, chromatics etc. My friend who is studying composition at the University of Toronto says all of this material is included in the Royal Conservatory of Music's RCM Grade 3 Harmony course, which is a pre-req to get into any university.
theothercanadian 1 year ago
@theothercanadian
Mozart's genius was not in the fact that he used the circle of fifths, it was in the way he used it, with subtlety and very well thought out. Bernstein was a great lecturer, and great at explaining things; no one thinks he's the first to recognise the circle progression in classical music.
I also live in Toronto, I am studying composition at York University. How is your friend doing at U of T?
colourfulwithaU 11 months ago
@colourfulwithaU I'm not saying he wasn't a genius, I love Mozart. Although, I do sometimes joke that I'm glad he died before he could compose another oboe concerto - the one is killing me!!!
I am by no means knowledgeable as a composer. I was telling the guy there is no way he could be impressed by this as a professional musician.
My friend is TYH. If you know the acronym, you know him. I'm a high school oboist going into performance at either UT or Laurier.
theothercanadian 11 months ago
You'd be surprised how common the circle progression is. It's not unique to Mozart. Bernstein left out a few things about it. For example, if you play dominants through the circle of fifths (G7, C7, F7, Bb7, Eb7, etc) you will notice a pattern which is not only downward and chromatic, but also contained within tritones existing as chord tones (as we know, every dominant chord contains a tritone). The chromatic line Bernstein described jumps from 3rds to 7ths to 3rds to 7ths. Interesting, eh? :)
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neutronbob22 1 year ago
@danmcglaun I feel your pain.
neutronbob22 1 year ago
@danmcglaun I bet you also have a monument to your arrogance next to your degrees
"a man is as intelligent as his humility"
kirkanthonybs76 1 year ago
@kirkanthonybs76 Way to completely miss the essence of what he's saying...
ryanlock2u 1 year ago
@kirkanthonybs76 he is humble in admitting his ignorance waht else you want? Is it a crime to say one is smart? It seems that nowadays if one doesn't degrade himself by being proud of haven't read a book you are arrogant? What the fuck!
MaghoxFr 1 year ago
@danmcglaun this is all theory stuff that takes years of schooling to grasp- don't feel too bad
kimattbort 11 months ago
@danmcglaun Perhaps you're not as smart as you think you are haha Bernstein is just breaking down the piece and analizing it with a simple chord progression analysis, finding cadences (PAC is V-I in root position in case you don't know) then find pivot chords that serve as links to go to another key, etc, etc. In fact, we had to do exactly that kind of analysis for our midterm. On the other hand Mozart was a real genius, nothing to add to that statement.
AochoAochoA 10 months ago
@danmcglaun And we DO have that kind people nowadays, the only difference is that hundreds of years ago being a musician was a very rewarding career. Today if your parents discover that you are a genius at the age of 3 they will make you learn astrophysics and quantum mechanics. Imagine if Stephen Hawking had made a Symphony instead of being working on the Big Bang theory, I bet it would sound a little better than "alright".
Major in chemistry, major in piano performance, minor in biology.
AochoAochoA 10 months ago
@AochoAochoA you may or may not be retarded.. research what einstein said about mozart, now look at the salaries of now day composers (john williams, hans zimmer) now be quiet.
anty123123 8 months ago
@danmcglaun
iam studying computer engineering and studying composition on my own and the help of some privat teachers, but this doent turns automatically me into a smart person o.0.
orleomarty 9 months ago
Gould said this to be his favourite Mozart work because at the end it sounds like Berg. It's absolutely true, regarding that semi-dodecafonic serie of the last movement, well shown by bernstein at 8:06. What the hell passed through Mozart's mind to write that? I agree with Gould, tough!
martimtavares 1 year ago
He is genius.
twaddler01 1 year ago
Would love to have the transcription sheet music for this...
vnguyen06 1 year ago
What I wouldn't give to have had a conversation with Bernstein! =O
davidjb100 1 year ago 2
Thanks Leonard. Please come to tea tonight.
3NUNS 1 year ago
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why does he keep touching/wiping his huge shylock jew nose?
gregapage 1 year ago
I saw this once before studying theory, and once after. It was fascinating both times, only now I appreciate Mozart's genius more.
colourfulwithaU 1 year ago 4
so great!!
its intreasting, also can help us to understand and memorize
eijnay 1 year ago
Thank you very much for uploading this. I've become hooked on him and am looking for everything I can find here with his incomparable explantations.
lim7lim 2 years ago
he has the coke drips.
sicnarf25 2 years ago
yeah, but you still learned and got the point, did you not?
btw, this is your old university teacher. what's up?
sicnarf25 2 years ago
very interesting
meluzyna55 2 years ago
can someone list all the scale types he talked about? What types are there besides Major, Minor, Mixo, Dorian, Blues? (I know obviously a ton but what are they? Could really use some help!!!)
fcmilsweeper9 2 years ago
He's not talking about scales so much as harmony. In the case of a diatonic scale, it is simply referring to the natural scale of the key, be it Major or Minor. ie, g minor's diatonic scale is G-A-Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G. So a "chromatic" scale simply has extra notes which are not in the original key.
Other scale types include Phrygian, Lydian, Aeolian, Locrian, Ionian, Pentatonic, Whole Tone, and the various Minor scale variations...just to name a few.
yogi726 2 years ago
he was THE MAN. Rest in peace.
orannisthedestroyer 2 years ago
He seems like he is in an entirely different world when he plays. In a good way :D
ChewyNet1 2 years ago
I like how he effectively explains the piece through both his words and his playing. On a random side note, does anybody else think that he kind of looks like Ian Mckellen?
d7ave 2 years ago
only in this video :b but he does look a bit xD
beatrixsnapefan 2 years ago
This helps me a lot. Also, is it just me or does it seem like Leonard Bernstein did cocaine before the filming?
new01 2 years ago 4
hmmm ieverything about him says yes hes had coke lol, keeps rubbin nose, eyes looking everywhere, and hes well into the music and describing it
djwilko7 2 years ago
ive read primary sorces that indicate Leo bernstein had a considreable coke habbit...I would not be shocked if he did a line or two shortly before this filming.
sicnarf25 2 years ago
8:08 - 8:15 !!!
It really sounds like some 20th century "avantgarde" and he did it for fun!
Mozart <3<3<3 <3<3
dragmio 2 years ago 3
Che genio, che insegnante naturale. Tutto veniva facile al suo intelletto, e lo comunicava con tanta chiarezza e semplicita', senza snobismo.
Haidimbya 2 years ago
Leonard actually shows what A genuis Mozart was, converting and Moving from Key Note to Key Note !!
Mozafunkula 2 years ago 2
Although I'm a nonmusician and a musical know-nothing, I find this utterly fascinating.
I can't resist remarking that I'm more than a little surprised -and more than a little pleased- at how closely congruent is his exegesis to my own lay intuitions.
I find myself saying, "Yes, that pretty much what I always thought" (consider this a boast if you like).
polymath7 2 years ago 10
Bernstein is an amazing communicator
mdoub 2 years ago 2
tonica-dominant-tonica-dominant...he´s not quite right there. the mechanism is the very well known sequences of falling sept accord , without a tonica in between, bach is full of those, just check hei inventions). the reason mozart writes what seems to be a tonica, is that this way the music "stays within the key board".
QuintusVIIV 2 years ago
Thanks Leonard Bernstein-I understand the piece more thanks to your talk.
japanesesweet 2 years ago 4
hahaa, i have to study this and many other pieces for my history 4 exam
what a way to spend a summer...
fangsta007 2 years ago
My musical mind just jizzed all over the place.
kurtharris21 2 years ago 58
I love you. you just made my day
Superclarinetmorman1 2 years ago 2
LMAO!!!!!
guitaristavista 2 years ago
I wanted so bad he would stop talking and keep on playing the piano. that was soooo beautiful!
redwhiteshoes 2 years ago
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seriously... too many big words not enough piano
mastersam93 2 years ago
It's a lecture to begin with. It's not a concert.
Tolstoy111 2 years ago
He is a genius!! I wish he would have made more piano recordings... his piano playing is excellent.
ReturnOfTheStienway 2 years ago 2
This is from his harvard talks. Six discussions, each about an hour and a half long. You could probably find it somewhere for a reasonable price.
ROCK5LIN 2 years ago
wish i could play the piano like that...
let alone understand what im playing...
phoolisness 2 years ago
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mostly because i thaught thats all all 3 of the vids wer lol
nickedynicknick 2 years ago
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dude.... just wanted to hear the music.. everything else ruins these videos a lil... not that its bad but... i mean come on
nickedynicknick 2 years ago
at 2:28 he gets the dominants and tonics mixed up. he says "tonic" on the dominant and vice versa.
thereisonlyonething 2 years ago
No he doesn't.
lolshea 2 years ago
you're right, the intervals are just inverted. my mistake
thereisonlyonething 2 years ago
bernstein is my idol.
yeahitsfred 2 years ago
this make me raelize that i dont know anything about real music
cagethug 2 years ago 6
I would like to join u on this statement and add I just discovered that music is not only art or talent but it seems to be science as well.
camry4ever 2 years ago 3
Yarp. Musicology, as it's known. :p
eoghdes18 2 years ago
Or Music Theory...if you knew what you were talking about. Musicology is a different field that studies different cultures and their musical heritage.
yogi726 2 years ago
@yogi726 I do, in fact, know what I'm talking about, being an musical academic. Musicology goes far deeper than simply cultures and musical heritage. That's called ethnomusicology, and is a branch of pure musicology.
If you knew what you were talking about.
eoghdes18 2 years ago
Ah yes...simple prefixes change the meaning quite substantially. My apologies.
yogi726 2 years ago
I had to watch this for a research project in my Music Appreciation class. It really opened my eyes to the genius that was Mozart. It also helped weed out the class considerably!
JustinTheClaw 2 years ago
Itchy nose much?
guitars2112 3 years ago
reminds me of music school days ( :
hundredAnd1 3 years ago
Leonard Bernstein is the greatest music educator in history.
TimboBandit 3 years ago 6
i know how 2 play this song lol!!
0XxEmoLovexX0 3 years ago
It is true!!!
vitovito1234 3 years ago
well said!!! it is true!!!
vitovito1234 3 years ago
Wonderful...
Dainrock 3 years ago
The very best instructional video I ever find on Youtube! Thanks Leonard Bernstein. There are few people who have analyzed and understood Mozart. Richter said he couldn't understand and play Mozart. Why? Perhaps we should ask Bernstein?
ipublica 3 years ago
I didn't think I could like Mozart more....then I saw this video.
miltyu97 3 years ago 7
theory, who said you don't need it to be great. DAM MIT WOLFFFFF
faisalleszion 3 years ago
This is magnificent. I'm a better man for having watched this.
raskolnikov1873 3 years ago 30
@raskolnikov1873 I'd recommend then that you get the DVD set How to Listen to and Understand Great Music on The Teaching Company site by Prof. Robert Greenberg.
Jitpring 1 year ago
Not that this wasn't great, which is truly is, but there is one thing that confuses me.
At 4.24 Bernstein totally stresses the freedom the composer had on the development section. He says that there is nothing to bound Mozart's freedom. But then he takes it back and says that there are diatonic laws to control the freedom after all. Hmm.
gwaur 3 years ago 2
amazing
Acousticas711 3 years ago
All that complexity, with reliance on such a simple method... It's so brilliant.
ExVash 3 years ago 2
this is gold
gavoltaire 3 years ago 3
great! Bernstein has to be honored.
It is funny how nose is itchy hahaha
Adamalgorithm 3 years ago 2
A diatonic scale is not necessarily all white notes.
fritocheeto 3 years ago 3
I honestly think I could listen to Bernstein speak about music forever and I would never get bored of it. He is such an incredible teacher.
buttoncarrot 3 years ago 4
Word up!!!...I just love this stuff...the man was an absolute genius, brilliant teacher and musician. He loved music so much that it was a complete pleasure for him to impart his knowledge to others.
nessie96 3 years ago
"Word up"?
Are we now embracing ghetto speech?
Jitpring 3 years ago
Stop being such an elitist a**hole...I can speak in whatever manner I choose and still have a great appreciate for the genius that was Leonard Bernstein...get over yourself already.
nessie96 3 years ago 4
As a typical egalitarian and, no doubt, a faithful subject of today's dictatorship of relativism, it was inevitable that you'd level the "elitist" charge. No matter. Reject all ghetto speech.
Jitpring 3 years ago
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you are a fag. Get the fuck out.
sicnarf25 2 years ago