Freaky experiment shocks Paris. Ep 9 - Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy

[@alex_squeezebox]

Apparently Stravinsky liked this piece so much that wanted it played at his funeral!

[@a-un7952]

Ravel said he wanted to listen to this piece with his last breath.

[@erliLila]

These should be used in Music History classes So well done!

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thanks so much - we are passionate about people just loving to learn about this stuff!

[@IceOfPhoenix88]

​@@ClassicsExplainedwe watched the rite if spring one in class

[@alexscott1257]

Those animators should get medals!

[@ClassicsExplained]

we agree :)

[@jannisopel]

The Faun would love a modern body pillow. I will never listen to this piece the same way again.

[@Rgoid]

You should have seen it in Allegro Non Troppo.

[@arendstunes1891]

This is just hysterical. Loved Debussy lying on the piano and caressing it. Also the way the groundbreaking ballet breaks the ground. And the devil switching out instruments. And more. A triumph!!

[@VetsrisAuguste]

I have said it before, and I’ll say it again... I love this series!!! Being a professional dancer, nearly all of my friends and acquaintances are either musicians or dancers themselves. I have been sharing this series with them and they love it too. I would like to point out, from a dance educator’s point of view, the animations of dancing in this series, despite the simple and humorous style, are quite informed in regards to actual ballet technique and its culture. That is a very rare quality in any artistic representation of ballet, let alone one that is stylized so particularly. Bravo! Edit: the episode dedicated to Rite of Spring illustrates my comments about dance particularly well.

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thank you so much for your kind comment, Eric! We really appreciate you spreading the word. Glad you picked up on the fact that we do feel we do our research - there's a lot that goes into making it quite simple and if we miss out details it is usually because we would rather not complicate the story for those who are new to the subject. So pleased that people go away and learn more. Again - thanks for your support :)

[@hayleysteindorf670]

The opening is hysterical!

[@lucreziia100]

We love this amusing piece on this "serious" piece of music. Most informative as well as entertaining!

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thank you! We are really glad you liked it!

[@franzliszt171]

Bam

[@CelloTuning]

Actually this video is very educational and at the same time it pays tribute to debussy's work. Well done.

[@sophiatalksmusic3588]

Objective: Survive NNN Obstacle: Debussy Faun

[@pianosbloxworld4460]

Debussy! Why did you create this faun?

[@mohhingman]

Even if you have no musical knowledge this music is incredible

[@hardtfelt]

When I was a freshman in college I decided this was (for me) the most beautiful, the most perfect, and the most pleasurable piece in all the repertoire of everything, and I still feel that way (and college was a long time ago). It's a combination of the chords and the orchestration, sublime.

[@carlsmith4568]

Haha I was also a freshman in college when I first heard this. I remember listening to it every night. This is the piece I always answer with whenever someone asks what my favorite song is.

[@stephaniechastain1963]

At first Mallarme was annoyed: said if he had wanted a prelude, he would have written one. But after hearing Debussy's work, SM said Debussy had transferred perfectly, his words to sound.

[@sawcp]

This animation and explanation is a masterpiece in itself.

[@vanivashisht7305]

These videos really help enable me to respect these pieces even more.

[@because_the_internet]

* sexiful fawn appears * this better not awaken anything in me.....

[@pianosbloxworld4460]

it did

[@M0rph1sm55]

Furry culture is older than one might think.

[@ClassicsExplained]

lol

[@ClassicsExplained]

indeed!

[@elihyland4781]

If I had a mouth full of water when I read this, I’d have a lap full of water right now 🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏

[@Packless1]

...good point...! :D

[@meganlewis2377]

Will here be a Pastoral symphony?

[@katttok]

this is hilarious, but also educational, well done!

[@ClassicsExplained]

Much appreciated :)

[@teddythemlgcorgi7309]

Me watching the beginning of the video: 👁👄👁 (Great vid btw!)

[@eladpeleg745]

This channel deserves like 200K more subs these videos are really awesome

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thank you!!!

[@LambentOrt]

My favourite piece by my favourite composer. I first heard it when I was 14 and completely mesmerised me until today. ❤ Apparently, Ravel also loved it, so much so that he requested that it be played at his funeral, even though the pair of them had fallen out before Debussy's death that preceded his own.

[@chip715715]

I loved it! I didn't know that this was based on a poem! I learned so much!

[@ryheartrainbow540]

This is the rite of spring vibes

[@lutek1]

How wonderful. I didn't know the piece but I'm gonna look it up right now. Thank you for yet another great installment.

[@jared0111]

it's one of my favorite pieces of music of any genre i've encountered in my life which i've largely devoted to the process of discovering the best music possible from all eras and continents. i want to make sure to not understate it, haha. it's a big deal. i heard it was michael jackson's favorite piece of music too, actually. the more you listen to it, the more wonderful details you'll notice. i can't even begin to convey how much i adore the chord progressions in this one. the impact at 8:10, the culmination of all the melodies and harmonies dancing with each other, is one of my favorite moments in the piece for sure.

[@ИванИванов-я9ы8н]

Did you like?

[@natasza.mroczek]

Beautiful episode, as always 😍😍😍

[@CatLover69420]

That opening is quite INTERESTING

[@erick-gd7wo]

The animation is simply *genius*

[@laurencestaiff7338]

Wow what can I say? Terrific interpretation on such a revolutionary and important piece of music. I never get tired of listening to it. Thank you! If I could be so bold as to make a request for an animation on Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique. I realise that it is a big ask 🙏🏻

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thank you very much :) You should be pleasantly surprised that your next suggestion is in fact the video that is soon to be released!

[@JantineOmta]

super! thanx for explaining

[@MaijaBurns]

Wow, this is so underrated. I have to research a lot of composers and orchestral pieces and its so lucky to have these very expressive and vibrant cartoons to break down the story behind them! Thank you!

[@VdeVenegas5]

Magnifique

[@diannedawson6366]

OMG! This is amazingly hilarious!!! Thanks so much, I love it!

[@ClassicsExplained]

You're welcome thanks so much !!

[@bobbyblue85]

“antique cymbals” 😂😂😂😂

[@essentialist12]

This is actually how I feel listening to this piece

[@robinhahnsopran]

Goodness, this is DELIGHTFUL! At "le symbols" I giggled into my tea and spilled it everywhere.

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thanks so much :)

[@pogeman2345]

I would like to see an animation about one of my favorite pieces: Also sprach Zarathustra.

[@ClassicsExplained]

You won't believe it, but it's in production already :)

[@pogeman2345]

@@ClassicsExplained oh wow that's nice. maybe Symphonie Fantastique or Symphonia Domestica then

[@ClassicsExplained]

@@pogeman2345 one of these two is also being worked on :)

[@thepostapocalyptictrio4762]

Hey. Love your channel. If you’re taking request, I’d love Satie: Gymnopedies Honneger : Pacific 231 Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint Carl Orff: Carmina Burana Subscribed. Can’t wait for new stuff

[@_rstcm]

Add Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe to the list too.........PRETTY PLEEEEEEEZZZZZ WITH SPRINKLES ON TOP!

[@abigel6457]

Great video as always!! I would love to see a Béla Bartók piece explained by you!

[@monicacall7532]

The Miraculous Mandarin perhaps? Of course they might have to rate the cartoon for adults only!

[@RoyalDrummr]

This is a wild piece and a wild episode! Great one nonetheless.🙏😭🤣

[@albuch520]

Triton was never thought to summon the devil

[@albuch520]

It's myth

[@rosiebond6853]

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!! Perfect mix of humor and academia.

[@marazulization]

This channel should have millions of subscriber! Its amazing ! Thank you so much ! I’m in love !

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thank you so much!

[@miuzefreak]

"Because you're worth it… " 😂😂😂😂😂 4:33 Educational, entertaining and funny.

[@ddoyle11]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thanks!

[@ryheartrainbow540]

I love prelude a lApres midi dun faune

[@redbrian3655]

1:27 For every "hater" there is the equivalent "homey"...... your videos are so so so clever, and I love 'em! Your Faun reminds me of Stewie from "Family Guy."

[@ClassicsExplained]

Hugely appreciated :)

[@vivalavideoable]

Amazing. Great work. Debussy is one of the GOATs for sure. One interesting side-note: George Steiner believed that Mallarmé (and his insistence on uncoupling language from fixed meaning) marked the true beginning of modernity and the end of “Logos.” “It is this break of the covenant between word and world, which constitutes one of the very few genuine revolutions of spirit in Western history, and which defines modernity itself.” I find this music to be undeniably beautiful and meaningful, which makes it easy to scoff at the uptight Parisian aristocrats who were so ill at ease with the themes being explored. But their intuition that, if we started pulling at the loose threads of the tradition, we may unravel the entire tapestry weren’t entirely wrong, were they? 🤔

[@TristanMA]

Nijinsky, who danced and chorographed Faune, also danced Petrushka, Golden Slave (in Fokine's Version of Scheherazade), and Spectre in Le Spectre de la Rose.

[@ClassicsExplained]

All wonderful ballets

[@artursanincomposer1767]

Wow great videos. Classical pieces explained with humour and nice animations. Great work :D. Could you maybe make one for Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe :D

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thank you for your feedback! and thanks for the suggestion too - adding to the list :)

[@meganlewis2377]

@@ClassicsExplained but what about Bolero instead?

[@Rex-wn3yf]

Only 23.8 K subscribers!?? what's wrong with this world?!!!

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thank you! Spread the word!

[@targzema7856]

Reminds me of that scene from Disney's Hercules

[@enscroggs]

I would have mentioned how Nijinsky's choreography largely confined the movements of the dancers to two dimensions. as if they were imagines on a classical period vase rather than actual living beings.

[@ClassicsExplained]

Yes, we were originally going to talk about that but wanted to keep things as lean as possible for time. That is right though - they danced as if in bas-relief, a little like on a classical Greek vase. There was a very narrow proscenium and Bakst's amazing backdrop was brought right up to front stage.

[@linorf]

would you say this restricted something?

[@GoldenOwlEvents]

This presentation is delightful edutainment 😊

[@nathanhol42001]

Claude de🅱️USSY

[@chocolatechipbleach8341]

Can we please have one of these for “Gaspard De La Nuit”? It’s my favorite piano solo piece and it’s very programmatic I think you’d do it wonderfully ❤️💕

[@ahanal2550]

I loved this! Funny and informative

[@jukeban646]

What an amazing job !! Could you please do Gaspard de la nuit please 🙏 😊

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Thank you!

[@ClassicsExplained]

Pleasure!

[@TristanMA]

Debussy also did Clair de Lune, Nocturnes, and La Mer.

[@ClassicsExplained]

Love Nocturnes :)

[@wellurban]

Wonderful and entertaining! Have you seen the part of Allegro Non Troppo that uses this piece? The film is an Italian parody of/homage to Fantasia, and the animation for this piece features an ageing pervy faun in a way that’s simultaneously hilarious, beautifully drawn and strangely moving.

[@srivatsansubramanian5425]

DEBUSSY is the revolutionary composer of all time

[@franmunckel1489]

Amazing work! Please can you do carnaval des animaux by Saint-Saëns?

[@ignotasracickas5681]

Trionfi or Carmina Burana by Orff would be majestic

[@ClassicsExplained]

noted!

[@johnhagan-zr4pm]

"It's not so easy doing sexy moves in the body of a man on goats legs" I didn't find it a problem at my mom's funeral in 2023.

[@nineletterproductions3772]

Brilliant! Thanks so much :):):):):):)

[@ClassicsExplained]

You've welcome :)

[@kynthiadelion]

Love this one ❤

[@ClassicsExplained]

Too kind Cintia - thanks so much for the support; lots of videos to come :)

[@mikonatt]

Very good video! keep going!

[@forbiddenfursona]

mmm oneshot niko

[@Aramanth]

Wonderful video!! I love the Impressionists & Symbolists, always inspiring! 💕🍇

[@pablodesarasate499]

that oboe at 6:30 is really cool

[@mmelanoma]

Hello! I love this channel. I hope you consider other Debussy pieces to make a video on :) thanks!

[@edepillim]

Excellent.

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thanks so much :)

[@KristaJobson]

Fantastic!! 😆👍

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thanks!

[@anonym3]

well done.

[@asherperkinsmusic2767]

Loved it

[@TristanMA]

The Tritone also appears in Puccini's Vatican Disaster Drama- Tosca, for Scapria's Motif.

[@maggiee639]

Wait so the fawn n*ts on the nymphs shawl?! Wow people were wilding back in the day

[@aydenpostigo2910]

Hello Classical Music Fans

[@randomchannel-px6ho]

Great video but the medieval tritone ban 3:48 is a myth. It is still very significant that Debussy often treated it and other dissonances just the same as a consonance and broke away from conventional tonal harmony.

[@Rgoid]

I had no idea at the time but this was on Bruno Bozetto’s Allegro Non Troppo.

[@treffenwillwieder4561]

Brilliant!

[@biffdorkinton555]

Delightful.

[@markhughes7927]

Ahhh…the Gallic muse….what hath Earth elsewhere to show more fair?… (Hope you do one on ‘Jeux’)

[@guillaumebriand8961]

Could you do Ravel's Daphnis and Chloé, Scriabin's Prometheus, or anything Mahler next? :)

[@ClassicsExplained]

You've picked three of my favourite pieces (any Mahler symphony goes for me - but particularly the 9th!)

[@mmarci23]

I loove this show 😍

[@dianamarcekova9615]

Wow. I never thought that a piece from one of my favourite composers would be about about a kentaur who wants to bang a faun. Wow.

[@snojetsst9420]

This incredible piece of music is ASMR 1894 Style.

[@milgaru]

how about doing erik satie next? it'd be fun trust me

[@GHARGHI666]

Expresionismo en estado puro.

[@lorinbridges6699]

Someone should now write a story based on the sound of the music. Impressionism inception.

[@nathanhol42001]

Welp, guess I can’t use this one in a public school music appreciation class

[@leeturner1202]

Actually, that is exactly where I first heard this piece. (7th grade, around 1960). However, the teacher was somewhat less explicit in her description.

[@severmiu9097]

Great channel. Please do some Enescu 😊

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thanks - and noted!

[@RachelDeRosier010894]

5:40 (Electric Zoo plays)

[@魏文华-d4d]

I like the two flute part.

[@thevalarauka101]

lol of course it was Diaghilev who made it a ballet... and Nijinsky who choreographed it... same people who did Rite of Spring and other weird things like that

[@sandradermark8463]

Didn't know this was based on a poem. The better to know

[@TIZNYC]

this is genius

[@kittymervine6115]

Looked up a performance. Ballet Russe. I'd have done it with that faune.

[@ClassicsExplained]

😃

[@enjolras76]

Debussy's mah man.

[@ClassicsExplained]

Ours too!

[@LittleB2007]

I found your channel today and, boy, it's truly stunning. Please keep up the good work! Personally hoping for Bach, Mahler and Shostakovich... By the way I love how every character in this video takes the famous "sexy faun" laying pose randomly. lol

[@ClassicsExplained]

that's actually funny! this pose should become viral 😃

[@SongbirdAlom]

4:41 very clever.

[@elgeneral5279]

Tri tones were never considered "evil" in medieval times. There are many pieces of sacred music from the era that use them.

[@ClassicsExplained]

Thanks for your comment - we address this more in-depth subject here: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGrbhaCOec-cqdk