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Is Brett’s first documented composition his lofi or are there earlier pieces that hint at the brilliance to come?
😂
That's a very solid debut 😂 but he definitely had composition classes in the Con
LOL 😂
Ahhh 😅 I like this comment
What’s the Con? They keep mentioning it but idk what it is
Shostakovich stays true to the stereotype. Out of all the composer kids' pieces out there, his is already the most depressed. Nothing more in character for him than starting his career with a funeral march. The first of a long line of pieces inspired by horrible historical events.
I like that Eddy apologised when he learnt the story behind Shostakovich's first composition. Man, what is it like to live a childhood full of depression...
@@Nozomi_kun yeah Shostakovich also lost his dad when he was 13. I wouldn't say he had the worst childhood of all composers because it seems like he had a very loving family but the historical events wore him down so much, throughout his whole life.
to be fair, his later childhood compositions were more chill
I can't be the only one who thought Beethoven's first composition sounded just a little bit similar to moonlight sonata's third movement
He for sure had a strong character, art style I would say
same
it seemed more like mozart's piano concertos to me
Yep, me too
the very start of it I had the exact same thought
I correctly guessed Bach because of the organ 😂
Same
That and the fugue-y vibe. Bach liked his fugues. XD
Same.
Saaaaame, hahaha
Same
I think we should learn by now that Mr Brett needs to trust his gut
If only he would stick with his first guess! And if Eddy would stop offering paper to Brett's scissors! But then, it wouldn't be Twoset.
@@londongael414 true!
There's this thing called Human Design... totally bona fide etc. Have been studying it for years... which ascribes to each of us an 'Inner Authority' i.e. The place from where we make decisions and it's NOT with our minds. NOT! Never! The Splenic Authority is instant; a little voice that kicks in with the RIGHT answer every time but those with this authority often end up going through all the mental machinations that takes them away from the answer or, in this instance, are swayed away or distracted... in this case by Eddy... For HD one needs a time, date and place of birth. No. it's not astrology. It's far, far, far deeper than that though it does play a role... There are many other 'authorities' btw...
Ikr how many times have we told him this 😆😆😅😅😄😆
Its amazing how 5 year old Mozart is still so recognizable.
Tchaikovsky : Known for using minor scales and somewhat sad mysterious melodies . His first composition : Joyful , happy cheerful wHo hUrT YoU dUdE ???!!!
Life hurts him so bad
Reminded me of the Sleeping Beauty Waltz
I don’t know why but I was certain it was Tchaikovsky the moment I heard it. I’m not sure exactly why it just sound very much like him.
Family members died young + he was homosexual in a time/country where it was illegal
@@mathiasstewart2914 me too...The Nutcracker Suite has happy melodies.
The 11 year old Mendelssohn was freaking unbelievably mature and in full command of compositional techniques. That piece was insane. It sounds like Beethoven at 25.
“Why did Dvořák write a polka?” Well, polka is a Czech dance... Zdravím Čechy!
this
Ahooj!
I thought it was a Polish dance? Don't the Polish claim it's Polish or?
@@nesirosern8596 its CZ and ima saying it as PL
Další člověk z Česka ! Hello people !
I'm sure TwoSet doesn't mind me taking a break from PRACTICE to watch this video
We gain musical brain knowledge 😂
no- keep PRACTICING while watching
Nah bro,go practice.
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same here
You should do a version with their last piece. Some composers changed drastically in their lifetime, like Beethoven's final piano sonata with an early rag time trend. Also Liszt's first composition sounds EXACTLY like the Czerny dexterity exercises.
That’s a great idea
Yeah but it's a much easier game since usually the last pieces are quite well-known
The Luciano Berio version of Schubert 10 (which is sketches he wrote weeks before dying) is a TRIP if you're into that sort of metaphysical stuff
Speaking of Liszt, he kinda changed multiple times, so maybe a midlife piece is also a good idea
Ragtime? More like boogie-woogie.
I'm an Indian classical musician and i got introduced to Western classical through your videos, thank you
Indian classical music is awesome!
I also got to introduced to western classical for Twoset 😅❤
Can you please if you don't mind recommend me some pieces/songs that I can start listening to? I've always listened to semi classical in Bollywood and been interested in it. I've always wanted to listen to Indian classical music but I dunno where and how to start listening to it. So if you could recommend it'll be of great help.
@Heidrun Schwartz @Panchami BhatG Playlists by Lata Mangeshkar are classics in India
Samee
Did you know that mendelssohn could also paint incredible watercolors?? And also, he had skills for literature writing, because at age 14, his translation of the play Andria by Terence was published (it was the first one in german), and is still used today as a reference! translation :o And I forgot to mention that he met Goethe at age 12, who was already impressed by the young boy's musical abilities, I mean, praised by Goethe isn't really common I guess 😅
Mendelssohn was also crucial in the development of conducting techniques and concert programming. We owe him even more than we think 🤩
Just looked at his watercolors. Incredible ! Schoenberg was another composer with high painting and writing skills. I also just learned that Prokofiev was a very strong chess player, who would befriend world class champions like Capablanca and Botvinnik.
@@antoniong1449And of course the revitalization of Bach was brought through him.
Schoenberg also could play tennis @@InXLsisDeo
Fun fact about the Diabelli variations: The blurb at 7:09 says Diabelli invited a number of composers (including Schubert and Czerny) to "contribute one variation each", but Diabelli actually had to publish Beethoven's contribution separately as Beethoven wrote 33 variations by himself. Beethoven's Diabelli Variations are considered to rival Bach's Goldberg Variations as the greatest set of variations for piano ever composed.
I remember that Mozart's son was in there too😊
what?
Honorable mentions to Godowsky's Passacaglia on a Theme of Schubert and Rzewski's The People United Will Never Be Defeated
@@InfluxDecline, don’t forget Reger’s Variations on a Theme of Bach
I have an orchestra audition in half an hour thanks twoset for giving me a chill video to watch and calm my nerves! Edit: I played the third movement of Vivaldis Concerto in A minor for violin (adapted for viola) and I got into the orchestra!
good luck bro
Good luck!!
Wish you the best of luck m8!!!
Good luck man👍👍👍
GOOD LUCK
Men, that's hard for non-musicians! But I got Mozart!
Hard for 'learner musicians' too! But I got Mozart as well... the rest was lost on me! Fun vid though with Eddy doing all the analysing stuff and Brett relying on his instinct (which he should stick to!)
i’m not a musician, but i got chopin, tchaikovsky, mozart, shostakovich and brahms
@@keyaunna. wow, that’s great!
The look of pure shock on Eddy’s face whenever someone started singing 😂😂
For a school final, I wrote about Shostakovich and how he used music to express himself, and to go against the Stalin government. ClassicFM has an article about it and this man had one of the worst lives. I showed his 8th string quartet to a friend who doesn't listen to classical music and she was shocked at how horrible sounding it was. Btw, she also said that about Brett's lofi!! Lol
shostakovich is my favorite composer of all time and his 8th string quartet is one of if not my favorite string quartet out there lmao
When I first heard his 8th string quartet and learned what lies behind it, I cried all night
These types of videos where the audience can guess along with them are my favourite
SPOILER 0:30 Mozart - Minuet in G major, KV 1 1:40 Bach - Preude and Fuge in C major, BWV 531 2:40 Prokofiev - March from Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 12 4:05 Beethoven - Nine Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63 5:05 Debussy - Madrid, Prrincesse des Espagnes 6:10 Liszt - Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli 7:30 Rachmaninoff - Scherzo D in minor 8:35 Mahler - Piano Quartet in A minor 10:10 Brahms - Scherzo in Es minor, Op. 4 10:20 Schostakovich - Funeral March in Memory of the Victims of the Revolution 12:30 Meldelsohn - Violin Sonata in F major 14:10 Tchaikovsky - Anastasie-valse 15:40 Chopin - Polonaise in G minor 16:25 Elgar - The Language of Flowers 17:10 Dvorak - Forget-me-not Polka in C major, B.1
Tchaikovsky’s one is so happy and sweet that I thought Tchaikovsky is the least possible answer😅!! How interesting!!!! Bach and Mozart are obvious and it’s so cute that their compositions are so consistent and distinguishable😊 I really like this video. Artists’ first work are very powerful and say a lot about them
I was surprised how many I got! Well, I didn't get many, but I was still surprised I got any. I agree re Bach and Mozart - I thought Rachmaninov was also very recognisable, and Liszt. It is really interesting to hear these - I wonder how often any of them are played.
@@londongael414 Yeah! I also wonder how many pianists/orchestra play them. And I think it’s interesting that Bach, one of the most productive composers, wasn’t good at preserving music when Eddy said that. 😆
It's soo funny coz Tchaikovsky music is soo related to happiness though cartoons
I'm not a musician whatsoever and I'm not an aficionado either (I'm an illustrator but enjoy watching Eddy and Brett a lot) and even I could get Mozart and Bach right, it's true that their styles are very present 😊
@@newbie4789 Thank you for your reply!😊 I am not very familiar with this part although I do recall some content about that in my high school music class back in the days. Can you recommend some names of the work for me to look more into it? Thanks💕
On a more serious note, I am genuinely astounded by Eddie's ability to pinpoint works by Beethoven, Debussy (like he did here) because it reminded him of some other work. There is a computer running his brain that enables pattern matching on a different level than us mere mortals. Vow
The moment before he went “ohh” for Debussy, the piano plays a power chord which is SUPER classic Debussy and it’s what made me think of it too along with the French. Super interesting to see a tiny hint of what would make up debussys future harmonic language even in an early work
Wouldn't you love to be in his head for these games they play?!
@@jennfeeley1410 I am pretty sure no
It’s just a lot of experience and listening. He is really smart though.
9:12 i knew it was Mahler because of Shutter Island. It's playing during several scenes where the main character meets a German psychiatrist from Dachau. And also plays during a couple other dream/memory sequences and shows the vinyl record up close with Mahler written on it.
7:08 some extra trivia: Beethoven was in fact one of the composers also called to write a variation for the waltz. Because Beethoven was Beethoven, he decided to write 33 variations, together spanning an hour-long work which is often considered to be one of the greatest variations sets ever written. Diabelli published it as the first part of his Vaterländischer Künstlerverein - the second part was the remaining 50 variations by 50 other composers, including Liszt and Czerny, but also Schubert (one of the multiple choice options). Also, Liszt was a massive Beethoven fanboy when younger, which is why his variation and a lot of his early pieces sound like middle/late Beethoven.
I don't get where the question is?
@@forte.3. what do you mean question?
@@ShaunakDesaiPiano i think he is just a 12 year old boy who tried to be mean by telling you 'no one asked'. Thabk you for the facts btw, I didnt know that
@@wolfilius2514 haha I suppose that makes sense. I’m glad my fun fact went down well with someone.
Idk if you will see this..l but I always try to be some of the first to comment on every video in hopes that you will one day see my comments. I just want to tell you guys how much I appreciate you all! I am a violinist and I am going through a lot right now, and I can always be cheered up by your videos. I feel like you guys have changed the face of classical music and brought joy to so many’s lives. You are life changers for so many, and no words can describe how much I appreciate you all. I really hope you see this because I need you guys to know how important you are to so many people. Thank you so much for all of the amazing videos, and keep up the good work! You are 2 amazing people that happened to meet and make something even more amazing: Two Set Violin! Thank you again!
Whatever you are going through, Grace, I’ll say a little prayer for you 🙏 Such a lovely compliment you made for twoset.
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About 15:14 I'm from Tchaikovsky gang, didn't actually know the piece regarded as his first composition, but thought of him immediately because of the diminished chord that appears in one second and vanishes, and after three bars within the waltz you can know you're hearing a piece with the "melodic supremacy", actually a very Tchaikovskyan thing. The more "whistlable" a piece, more likely to be Tchaikovsky
Im gonna integrate the word "Tchaikovskyan" into my daily vocabulary now
"The more "whistlable" a piece, the more likely it's Tchaikovsky". I've been listening to classical music for around 5 years so I'm still trying to find "my" type. Somehow I always end up with Tchaikovsky and you just explained perfectly why that is. His music is like valium to my ears, if that makes sense. I just finished mowing my lawn and whistled or hummed Swan Lake the whole way through. Either I think of Tchaikovsky when I'm in a good mood, or Tchaikovsky puts me in a good mood, I'm not sure. But I do know that his music and me being happy are inextricably linked. And now I have a name for it, whistlable...
11:40 *"Ive made it into the video!!"*
I'm not a musician, but still guessed the first two correctly. A testament to how well TwoSet educated us over the years Didn't get the 3rd one, but my guess was the same as Brett's 😆 so that's something
9:52 - This exchange inspires me as an artist in general. Don't abandon those pieces! Someone somewhere really enjoys them and wants more!
If you can guess the composer slowly, you can guess the composer quickly.
Love Brett's expressions : anticipation, delight, surprise, flummoxed... the whole gamut of human emotion :)
Y'all missed the fact Chopin has written this piece when he was seven. What the hell.
Just got my degree from conservatory, Thank you Twoset for inspiring me to practice! And it's also nice surprice to find this video just after the graduation concert:)
Congrats! 🎉
Congratulations!
The pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms, I knew 100% because I have the sheet music in collected books. Since most of the pieces played were geared towards the piano, I'm not surprised Brett and Eddy had trouble guessing the composer. Too bad there was no Paganini or Vivaldi examples.
I just watched Ray Chen's review of Brett's Mendelssohn and on the zoom in on Brett at the beginning of the video, I was like, "That's our booooy!" So proud
3:01 eddy as a horrifying bird 5:10 eddy with a wtf face 5:20 my grandma when technology 13:23 me when exam
Bach was super easy because it's overcomplicated on an organ.
If you can guess it slowly, you can guess it quickly.
Eddie's surprised face when the violins in Rach's scherzo came got me rolling on the floor 😂
For not being a huge classical fan I am stoked that I instantly recognised Mozart, Beethoven and Liszt. Also I guessed Tchaikovsky right when they both got it wrong
9:11 Wow! This piece was composed by Mahler 49 years before he was born! He truly was a genius!
that text was a typo. it's from another twosetviolin video where they try to guess composers from their more obscure works, and that text about 1811 and King Stephen is referring to a Beethoven Overture
@@atlassolid5946 I mean yeah I was joking, of course it's just a mistake.
@@EminAnimE1 oh my bad, i thought for a sec you were implying that it wasnt written by mahler. my mistake!
I knew it from shutter Island
Hey guys, I just saw the ABC doc about your backstory. I'm not a musician, but a lifelong classical fan. Near my home is a major music conservatory. Some of my friends are students and grads there. I see what they endure. Your insight is spot on. I love what you've done, mixing a high-end music career with an online creator gig, doing it on your own terms. It's not only brilliant, but entertaining as hell. I'm in Rochester, NY, USA, home to Eastman School of Music. It's such a privilege to attend free concerts by the best music students in the world, even call some of them my friends. It's great what you and a few others, like Jacob Collier, have done with new media - to override the old rules. I wish you were coming here on your tour. Even nearby, like Buffalo or Toronto. As a former filmmaker, I appreciate the quality of your visual work too. BTW, I enjoyed this game even though I suck at it (only 2-3 right). Keep doing the right thing. You rock!
Holy shit I can't believe I recognized Chopin's Polonaise in G Minor! I played this piece well over a decade ago, but I never knew it was Chopin's earliest documented composition. Even more so, he happens to be one of my favorite composers, so it's extra special to know his first compositions. The nostalgia hit me so hard.
Eddy's "I don't know opera" should be a theme cause I'm sure this is not the first time I hear it
This is such a fun and entertaining video! Even nowadays, you can tell that a composer has changed their style so much!
The start of Beethoven's piece (4:07) is very similar to the start of the third movement of Moonlight Sonata
Except the Moonlight is so much much better. I wonder what exactly he did!
If you look many of Beethoven later masterpieces you can actually find that some of the motifs are from previous less known or unpublished works
Three seconds in from that first piece and I knew it’s Mozart straight away idk why.
Angry Salieri in the background (from Miloš Forman's Amadeus) made me think it too :-D
This reminds me of those old game videos from 2018 - 2019, and I love it!
I just composed my first piece yesterday. It was inspired after Shostakovich Funeral March for the Victims of the Revolution; but it progressively lightens up nearer to the resolution. Btw, I am 13 years old.
OMG I REALLY LOVE YOUR GUYS' CONTENT! I really appreciate how you guys help me improve my skills when playing the violin. I also enjoy you guys making me feel so happy and feel better about myself! :)))
Love it when you guys do "guess the composer" vids!! I learn about so many cool compositions I'd never find otherwise. Esp when you explain your reasoning, you two are so informed...even when you mess up, your thought process is still informed lol. More plzzzz
Another ordinary day when Twoset's self-esteem is crushed by prodigies lol Famous composers at a young age: already started to compose music with their unique character; Me at a young age: I DOn'T wANt to PlaY thE PIaNOOOOO!! So practice and hard works are important, but talent is just, another thing lol
I see u everywhere in the twoset comments 😲
@@n0b0dyxno yeah sorry I indeed kinda comment on all their videos.
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@@simplytwosetter And why not? You don't need to stop because someone says so.
@@simplytwosetter it's ok lol, I want u to keep commenting, make the twoset community big
I played along this time! Here are my guesses though I didn't do as well as I expected. 1 Mozart -Early Classical vibes 2 Bach -It's a fugue 3 Prokofiev -I hear parts very reminiscent of "Love of Three Oranges" 4 Beethoven -Fortepiano sound and showing off piano skills 5 Debussy -In French and I know his music started out more traditional than what it turned into. 6 Liszt - Chopin wasn't on the Liszt 7 X Shostakovich -Also known for more traditional sounding early works 8 X Shostakovich -Only one on the list who was known for chamber works. Clip was not long enough for me to hear any "Mahlerisms" 9 X Saint-Saens -Reminds me of Danse Macabre 10 X Rachmaninoff -Has the drama of later works with less finesse 11 X Schumann -Just guessing here 12 X Schubert -cuz no clue 13 Chopin -Melody over pulsating chords is a Chopin mainstay 14 X Schubert -Despite the English lyrics it is reminiscent of a Schubert song. (could be translated lyrics to throw them off) 15 X honestly had no guess
I thought the same with #9! That tripped me up so bad 😆
You can sense that sort of early folk bohemian style in dvořák
Woh a few days ago I thought you should make a video of this exact thing! So excited to watch!
I love these kinds of vids so much! Super fun and entertaining AND educational. Couldn't ask for more!
I love your musical game videos!
LOVE this challenge! So fascinating to hear these 1st documented compositions!
Please keep this sort of videos coming! I really missed them!
twoset always coming up with amazing and entertaining ideas!
This was so engaging and fun, little head scratching, too! Thanks for giving us this enjoyable challenge!... did fair...
The only reason I knew the Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Listz was because I do this thing every few weeks where I teach my elementary school students about composers who started very young. A lot of them still think only adults can play good music, and were amazed to find out that there are so many people who started out so so young and quite a few of them are taking private music lessons
So fun! I'd love to see you do something similar about ulta contemporary classical composers, operas (like the cunning little vixen) too.
Weirdly enough as someone with no musical knowledge, I immediately thought of swan lake as soon as the Tsaikovsky piece played
at 10:15 I suspected Brahms cause of the rithm, but as you guys did I immediatly corrected myself with the "It's not that heavy", then after seeing the options and listening after 10:35 I turned back immediatly and I was 100% sure it was Brahms cause it got really dark with a false and masked sense on the scherzo melody (if that makes any sense?)
Intriguing video. Thank you as always
excited to see u guys in ur world tour! travelling half the world for this!
I really enjoy these types of videos. I always discover new music to listen to. Loved the Rachmaninoff piece.
I guessed Debussy too, cause I heard it was french, but it’s difficult to hear what operatic language it is because the singers are going all over the place.
It actually isn't opera, it's an art song :)
I guessed Bizet because I heard French and I knew he was an Opera composer.🤣
the 5-year old mozart one isn't that surprising, autism has the potential to do some crazy things
I feel so proud! I acting Guessed some of these, and I have no formal music training, just have been listening to classical music all my life.
Beethoven's nine variations sounded really similar to the melodies of moonlight sonata, tbh.
He was probably feeling lazy and figured nobody back in the pre-internet days would notice if he re-used a theme from music he wrote as a child.
Love the video. You two are such joys.
Just bought my tickets for tour, I'm so hyped!☺
I'm studing the Polonaise by Chopin right now and I had no idea that it was his first piece Thanks for an iNteresting video :)
Eddy is just damn impressive on how well he catches small details and how well versed he is in the history of composers and their origins. His recall is unreal.
Hey twoset violin, I’m a huge fan from Taiwan 🇹🇼❤️! It would be very awesome if you would make a video reacting to chinese traditional orchestra music (not the stupid music battle of course) , and compare the similarities and differences between that and western orchestral music! I’ve been playing the erhu (often known as the chinese violin) since I was 11, and it would be very awesome to see chinese traditional music get the recognition it deserves. One piece in particular is 《印象國樂·大曲》performed by 新竹青年國樂團 It is a beautiful piece and probably the best version of it out there. Please consider this video idea 🥹
12:27 this sounds so good.... WHY DO THEY ALL SOUND GOOD EVENTHOUGH IT'S FIRST PIECES?!?! 16:27 damn
So enjoyable to watch!
The Prokofiev's first piano sonata is epic ! I love this composer.
Shosty was a huge fan of Mahler, so I'm not surprised he might have quoted him (he does in some of his pieces)
nice fun video, tsv. more learning about composes and pieces.
I really wanna meet Brett and Eddy in person...you guys seem really nice to hang out with and talk about classical music. ❤❤
Mahler piece was beautiful.. was waiting for Sibelius 🫶🏻
These are all some extremely talented kids playing with simple melodies and I love it
I love guessing with you guys and getting it right haha
Good thing the video dropped out now. I had a very ridiculous day. Thankyou so much for this.
Don't mind me I'm just blinded by how much brett smiled in this video 🤩 more than all his life combinedd
Ahh my practice is in danger again when they uploads…
can't wait til a world tour that visits brazil!! maybe you guys could come to the amazon opera house!
I hope one day I can see you guys on tour
I'm not a musician at all never learned an instrument or anything but i was so proud of myself for guessing Beethoven right it just felt like his vibe
Brett is sounding extremely Australian in this video and I'm totally here for it
I was surprised to have guessed half of them correct 😂 Aside from the ones I knew based on the vibes it gave off, some sounded like their later pieces like Beethoven's moonlight sonata and for some reason I also thought of Mendelssohn's violin concerto when it was Mendelssohn's part. I learned so much classical music from you two.
I started following you this week and I don't regret it haha
lmao get duped by Mahler
it's really impressive to see a human being can composed a masterpiece at the age of 11. when i was 11, i can only play jingle bells on my guitar 😌
I am the proud director of an 11 yo child and can guarantee he could make no masterpieces. It’s wild to look at him and thinking about him writing complete musical works. Wild!
meanwhile chopin composed polonaise at age seven
Dont know if anyone here noticed but rachmaninoff's first piece was for violin and piano "romance in a minor"
More videos like this plz!!!!
I love how focused eddy was when listening to the excerpts lol
Would love to see the un-edited full video of them doing this