Bethena - Scott Joplin Original

[@Daniel0889]

I love how the title says "Original" like Joplin uploaded this to KZbin 115 years ago right after he recorded it. :D

[@naturlent2336]

but youtube wasn't around 115 years ago

[@DIVINITY333]

Naturlent r/Woosh

[@naturlent2336]

D. r/Woosh

[@literallybiras]

people in 2120 might put titles like that

[@naturlent2336]

@@literallybiras ruined

[@liamjenkins1500]

This song doesn't sound nearly as old as it is. Joplin was truly ahead of his time.

[@naturlent2336]

really? because the songs these days have just repeating chords, in my opinion this sounds like its right in its time

[@洪諒]

@@naturlent2336 I think he's referring to the melody not chords

[@naturlent2336]

​@@洪諒 even so, the way the melody is laid out it has good control of the alto notes and the main notes together. this sounds just like scott joplin, listen to the F major part of "Solace" and youll see.

[@royalrod_]

I don’t whether to be depressed or nostalgic when listening to this... but after learning about Scott’s love life, this number just hits all the right feels. It’s like he poured all his feelings on to the keys that could explain everything without saying a single word. History and music (Ragtime) is beautiful

[@Yep6803]

Also, Joplin was what would call nowdays femminist! He mutual divorced, wrote Tremosheena using a woman like protagonist... he needs to be remember more.

[@williamma2147]

"Bethena, A Concert Waltz" (copyright registered March 6, 1905) is a composition by Scott Joplin. It was the first Joplin work since his wife Freddie's death on September 10, 1904 of pneumonia, ten weeks after their wedding. At the time the composer had significant financial problems; the work did not sell successfully at the time of publication and was soon neglected and forgotten. It was rediscovered as a result of the Joplin revival in the 1970's and has received acclaim from Joplin's biographers and other critics. The piece combines two different styles of music, the classical waltz and the rag, and has been seen as demonstrating Joplin's excellence as a classical composer. The work has been described as "an enchantingly beautiful piece that is among the greatest of Ragtime Waltzes", a "masterpiece", and "Joplin's finest waltz" -From Wikipedia..........

[@rsr789]

It's a masterpiece.

[@horaciofrasca6786]

El golpe

[@kittenm2784]

It's beautiful, I feel like it means sorrow. The forever loss of the joy that didn't last long enough, the happy tones feel distant like is so hard to go on, and the shared happiness will remain like a dream to continue to live.

[@gerardomorenoperez7120]

When you find something on wikipedia, it can be kind of demeriting to say it :/

[@morganwallace5819]

@@gerardomorenoperez7120 conjugating nouns in your criticisms can be "demeriting" See how that looks? Just listen to the song

[@ImaginateHD]

Everytime i hear this, i just can't contain myself i myself am at the age of 16 and see and think so much of my life is still ahead, that i will one day here the ringing of my own wedding bells, listen to my child's first cry and live to be an old fellow.. brings tears to my eyes!

[@gospelsendersministry5060]

You're 23 now man what's up?

[@gwkonyoutube]

Hope you're doing good right now my man

[@naturlent2336]

your future your profile pic truly shines bright

[@migs_xyz]

You're 24 now man what's up?

[@charmalajamal7775]

im 16 and feeling the same thing, so amazing to see this comment from 9 yrs ago

[@IlseBelievesInPink]

This sounds like a love story with a tragic end. Joplin was truly amazing at conveying emotions with his music~

[@redcommander27]

The closing, and especially the opening segments of this song have one of the most beautiful piano tunes I have ever heard.

[@MossWaffle]

Have you ever heard black-capped chickadees calling to one another? It's the *actual* original, even the key is the same.

[@feilongish]

The piano has the ability to make anyone emotional. It touches the deepest part of your heart.

[@9Cisar]

One of my favorite pieces EVER. Even before i knew the story about Joplin's wife, I could tell that this was about a woman he knew. Not just about her as a person but her life as well. The emotion and the way the pattern of the music is set up tells an amazing story. Joplin is a genius and a master. Love it!

[@kikodftm1008]

just listening to this son my mind travels to so many memories of my past, so many colors and figures, so many emotions in just one song, masterpiece.... is ecstasy for the mind and imagination

[@Kya37]

Made me cry. It's a bittersweet song and makes me think about my grandparents when they were alive.

[@sharkbiteleft2651]

Joplin was a gift to us. We will have his genius forever. He was one of the innovators of what is "ragtime" The man was born to do it!!!!

[@royalrod_]

Sharkbiteleft That's why he's The King of Ragtime 🙃

[@naturlent2336]

@@royalrod_ why is he known as king of ragtime. is ragtime a royalty country or something?

[@davihomem7342]

@@naturlent2336 yed and im count of mapleleaftown

[@k_otey]

@@naturlent2336 duh

[@naturlent2336]

@@k_otey dont say duh to me, you upload phantom forces

[@Violetcopo]

Who doesn't LOVE this song? It's beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

[@IncognitoKiwoy]

This song has a special place in my heart because whenever I hear it, or even when I first heard it, it brought me my most bitter and sweet past memories with the ones I love. I think what Scott Joplin was trying convey through this song was his most memorable moments in time with his deceased wife who shortly passed away after when he composed this piece.

[@shannonlawsonnashville]

The opening melody makes me weep

[@naturlent2336]

then i can make you weep and day of the w e e -k- p

[@Mortimer50145]

It's the minor-key section at 3:30 that makes me nearly lose it.

[@UdoTheWorrior]

Such a meaningful piece... quite sad too. Joplin was such an amazing composer.

[@Hahshdhbcbcyoutube]

This piece is one of my fave.

[@captainopvious7498]

"Some have an ear for music"

[@DIVINITY333]

Amazing

[@omarbonilla355]

Benjamin....

[@mnattsmith8272]

"Some are mothers, and some can dance" 😥

[@omikron6218]

@@mnattsmith8272 "Some guys are good at talking to girls, some guys can afford buying expensive shoes. I'm not one of those guys, but Baby, I Can Dance dance dance dance dance dance dance dance"

[@madhusudhanreddy4932]

Where is that bit tho?

[@Casey5693]

I play the piano. I must learn "Bethena" before I die. Edit: Last year, I almost learned the whole song. I'm so happy. Edit: I can now play the song, but I haven’t perfected it. Maybe one day.

[@__-of3bt]

Casey5693 I need to learn the piano and play this before I die

[@Glaistig-ug4iq]

Nicholas Jay, same. If only to play this beauty. 💕

[@omikron6218]

Be careful if you completely learn it, there is a chance you might die on the spot.

[@Targoon_Music]

you guys are lucky to have a piano

[@naturlent2336]

@@Targoon_Music getting a piano these days when your young feels impossible. but back then, things were a lot simpler

[@michaelhansen6802]

Just about makes me cry everytime I hear it.

[@krazykelsey18]

A few years ago I heard this song on an episode of MASH ("Dear Peggy" to be exact) and I drove myself wild trying to find out the name of it. It's such a lovely little tune and it broke my heart the moment I heard Mulcahy play it lol... Thank God for Wikipedia today, I feel like I made some kind of groundbreaking personal discovery... A defining moment in my life, however trivial. I could die right now and not care at all-- as long as I know the name of this song.

[@Deputybull]

It is amazing how a simple piece of music is woven into a television or movie production and how it sets the mood. I have had this happen to me several times with obscure musical pieces and I know exactly how you feel. It caused me to buy a CD more than once.

[@cartermorton3729]

Love that episode

[@supered227]

Today, September 10th, is the day Scott Joplin's wife passed away. 102 years ago.

[@YoYo-nt7yf]

Wow And here I am lostening to this song after watching the movie.

[@naturlent2336]

@@YoYo-nt7yf ME TOO my favorite part was when scott joplin walked downstairs after looking at john stark, then the narrator said scott joplin died at 1917, it happened at the start and end of the movie

[@TheNintendoFan3]

I unintentionally listened to this song exactly today, September 10th. Now it's 107 years ago.

[@georgequank]

@@TheNintendoFan3 I also unintentionally listened to this song on September 10th. 110 years now years ago now.

[@dudleydelany8186]

I love the melody. It's such a haunting refrain!

[@trickykid3000]

HAUNTING!!!!!!!!!!!! i love this song so much. scott joplin favourite musician. its like a sad song but very masculine at the same time. much better without words

[@jmrabinez9254]

Masculine? In which sense? 🤨. I don't understand very well. I would like an explanation, please.

[@Dakotsrules]

In my opinion, I think Beethoven's Sonata is more overtly tragic because it includes more dissonance (esp. in the beginning). I think Bethena is more of a reflection of nostalgic romance that is no longer. Both songs without a doubt are about love and are brilliantly composed pieces.

[@vxqce2098]

It does feel very cheerful for a song that was in memory of his dead fiancé Freddie who wished for Scott to call her Bethena because she didn’t like her birth name

[@marcorval]

Which sonata?

[@marcorval]

​​@@vxqce2098where did you get that fact from if i may ask?

[@dolphsavage]

I'm not a sensitive or sentimental guy, but TCCOBB put a lump in my manly throat and I cried some manly tears... and this piece of music is beautiful and moving and fit perfectly into that film. Think I'll go watch it, again, for the 30th time.

[@meadowfrance]

I first heard this on MASH, the episode Dear Peggy. Father Mulcahy plays the beginning of it at the start of the episode and it makes me cry every time I hear it.

[@Josie5100]

Absolutely beautiful! So sensitive it breaks my heart.- Accompanying picture is Braque like....

[@Cortanasboyfriend]

This song has a bittersweet tone to it. I love it

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

I love the melody...lovely haunting achingly beautiful..

[@tontosage]

You play beautifully. Scott Joplin would be proud.

[@garygardner1309]

Bethena one of my favorites

[@America100000able]

I often think of this song as Scott Joplin's Moonlight Sonata. Love and heartbreak. Very tragic.

[@christophermiller9980]

I feel the same way about it!

[@sarahweiss4887]

I love both versions. when I get this piece in my head it stays for days.

[@woutbakker7319]

It gets me teary ...

[@TheOmishRabbi]

This is my favorite version of the song. Thanks for uploading!

[@ciokotoff]

You are welcome.

[@recurringdream]

Such a beautiful tune, and a great performance of it.

[@louiseyykins]

HOPE THE DAY COMES THAT THIS MUSIC WILL BE RECOGNIZIDED WELL DONE SCOTT JOPLIN. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[@shannonlawsonnashville]

I hear his emotions from the loss in the opening, then the memories of the relationship as it bloomed and the beauty & joy, to the darkness of her illness and ultimately her death, just to come back to the place of origin… Dealing with his grief & melancholy. I see it all with my mind through the music.

[@k_mma]

Bejamin Button and Freddie Alexandra, beautiful stories that have been passed to me and so amny others, who will pass it to many, their stories live on.

[@acenturyofblackmusic1655]

fav joplin piece

[@elymedinanails9681]

I loooove this melody!!!! ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

[@aubreylear]

the sting is a great film. reignited interest in Joplin's work.

[@ericgeorgescu3391]

2 years later and still can't escape it

[@Dylonely_9274]

One of my favorite solo piano pieces ever.

[@funnyuser2796]

Understandable. You can really feel Joplin's sorrow. This piece is unlike any other of his works. Shakingly beautiful.

[@richardturner5861]

Beautiful! Never heard this one before.

[@shawdycat]

This reminds me my Great-Grandma Elvira Jiménez (1909 - 2010), she was a very active, nice and catholic person until her death, she worked since 1923 until 2005 as able as she was for it, she told her family a lot of things about the XX century's Mexico: how she lived the Mexican Revolution, how she was the family De La Parra's maid during the 1920s, how she lived in El Salvador on the 1930s, how she worked her bussness since the 1930s until the 2000s, how different Mexico City was before than currently, how she experienced Europe when she traveled there, among so much other stories. I miss her, I wish she could be still alive with me, with my sister, with my father, with my uncle, with my family. She could tell a lot of her life and how she lived the XX century's world, it was a miracle when she turned 100 years old. I love her and I'll keep her in my memory until my own death.

[@lemonsnlimes333]

oh....this movie makes me cry, waaa! so beautiful!

[@AustinDeYoung]

3:31 i think is the best part when the sad part of their story begins this part is why im here

[@fmouquet6632]

It's very beautiful !!!

[@MegaSuperCritic]

This was such a good motif for Benjamin Button

[@StrideLatinProgRick]

Capolavoro di un genio assoluto, e bellissima interpretazione.

[@donaldfuck]

Un uragano di emozioni

[@Aashaw32]

oh gosh I keep crying at this! The movie was amazing, overall very touching.

[@PabloGetúlioMacedodossantos]

Eu passei a amar essa música depois q vi benjamin Button ela é tão delicada e suave mais com um toque de alegria

[@James-sl7wd]

So Amazing!!!!!!!

[@amielewis1]

I jst love Scot Joplin!

[@trickykid3000]

god that is is so amazing.....rip, id like to see anyone do something so masculine and emotional at the same time ever again

[@charrmmee]

beautiful music. u cant please every1.

[@mw7527]

Ah, Bethena, how you play me. I look at you and you look away. I go away and you look back. Your strings are delicate but unyielding. My hands can but tremble over your keys yet to touch your ivory soul is beyond my reach. Bethena, oh Bethena how you play me.

[@thegasstation416]

Heard this in a old M*A*S*H episode and as a musician i loved the opening chord progression. so its time to ear it out and learn it,

[@TTChorusOfficial]

Hermosa canción

[@122294leelem]

This is a beautiful piece, it has such a nice rich sound to it. :-)

[@tabithapage3458]

sooooooo beautiful i love love love scott joplin hes awsome his music is so woow! :)

[@lauraedwards5053]

This is such a lovely piece my friend is playing it for solo and ensemble great interpretation!

[@guywgane3]

Did you know that two of Joplin's Rags were used in the original Jaws film?

[@craigvanpelt327]

Wonderful. So sad Scott Joplin didn't become rich and comfortable when he was alive. So sad.

[@SQUAREHEADSAM1912]

He did have a decent place, many actually, at different times of corse, all of which are now gone. He had enough money to life the rest of his life without working. He didn’t suffer financial problems until he was ill with dementia.

[@christianmenzel8286]

looove it, ive learnd it and im so happy that finally i can play this :)

[@ShirahoshiPrincess]

The harmonys,the notes, the sounds of 0:24 make inside my heart a feeling of melancholy hope...a forgive love.. something like that. :) shiver

[@marklyell9309]

Excellent interpretation ! I like the skip rythym in the main theme and elsewhere. It's an exceptionally beautiful piece comparable to Beethoven or Greig in ability to convey emotion. Joplin put his soul into this.

[@jordiedmond5744]

Best song ever written

[@brandonleroux6059]

love this

[@awkwardpotato03]

My friend told me to listen to this and this is amazing :0

[@umopapisdnupsidedown2938]

Boredom ._. oof.

[@awkwardpotato03]

umop apisdn upside down oof indeed.

[@umopapisdnupsidedown2938]

@@awkwardpotato03 hi

[@TheYellowochre]

life is bittersweet

[@bananahead82]

Elite Syncopations!!!

[@axoxg13]

this is my favourite piece , reminds me of my mom :) ily mommeehh

[@eremselle]

music rips my heart out.

[@MrMoiisme]

I learned a dozen of Joplin's song, yet I play them robotically, like a music box. I'd love to understand the inner logic of these tunes... Joplin managed god knows why to reconnect with the basics of the western classical music tradition. His music is melodious structured equally to that of Schubert and Mozart, long before him, at a time where all composers in France (Satie, Debussy) and elsewhere were going mad and messing up the structure everywhere.

[@gregorybordelon]

well put!

[@thomasisernhagen8263]

I know that you probably aren't going to see this, but one thing that helps for me is to, before you play the song, take a couple seconds to feel whatever emotion you want to feel. For example, before playing this song, try to feel really sad before you play it and that will help. Don't just sit down and play it, take a couple seconds before to put yourself in the right mindset.

[@k_mma]

this song really emcompasses the stories in the film adaptation of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

[@sreknoy]

@TheSabrist It is 'Sad young man in a train' by Marcel Duchamp

[@joelcrofts]

ive seen benjamin button 4 times and i keep crying in 3 different places lol even its so moving

[@mrkip1950]

Thank you for posting this.

[@justify798]

Hello everyone, this is unique in its own way. If you like these types of pieces from Scott Joplin then check out Binks Waltz played by Scott Kirby. You will not be disappointed.

[@Mcennedymuffin]

this song played at the end of the courios case of benjamin button .. awesome movie awesome song ...

[@AllelieFlogio]

Curious case of benjamin brought me here.. It sounds so amazing and quite familiar

[@cebukid70]

Great job! I too play this piece. I like how you swung the melody.

[@fandecuneytarkin]

@pal0palo It is a painting by French artist Marcel Duchamp, and its name is "Jeune homme triste dans un train" (sad young man on a train).

[@zhangluyi7386]

most impressive in The curious case of benjamin button

[@MancBalletShoes]

aw i love this so much, its beautiful. i first heard it in the ballet 'elite syncopations', (if anyone likes ballet AND scott joplin, go watch it! its fabulous.) :)

[@SASAYATP]

i love it~

[@afromenafly]

perfect...I play it and it is...WOW...little bit difficult:)However it is perfect composition...Scot Joplin is/was great!!;):)

[@ciokotoff]

I don't think it's a picture of something. I felt like it fits with the mood the song gives you. I saw it on the internet while I was listening to Bethena and it seemed just perfect.

[@WhiteBoy1938]

I came here for the legend, I wasn't brought by Benjamin button

[@TheAdalias]

Who is benjamin button?

[@Ant-io9bb]

Adalias it’s a popular movie where a guy is born old and ages backwards. There is also someone who plays piano in the movie but I don’t remember this piece.

[@xbchng]

@94sealover the RAD Intermediate or Intermediate Foundation syllabus has this song as their Rond De Jambe piece... :)

[@mvsvto7019]

喜怒哀楽がこの一曲の中に詰まってる

[@BifSlamkovich]

This song for some reason reminds me of Earthbound, and the old school Nintendo games.

[@lametempsycose]

Une bulle de bonheur comme je les aime.

[@AntonRelin]

This is one of Scott Joplin's original rags and though I am happy to hear that people are enjoying it from the Benjamin Button movie this song was really Scott Joplin's first song after his wifes death and all about his grievances so don't think of it as some kind of thing to make a boyfriend watch but think of it as a classical master piece from 1905...

[@jazzlars7122]

Great!

[@ericgeorgescu3391]

My man bejamin knew it

[@hannahlafleur653]

that chord progression... i'm such a nerd why is this a turn on help