Jingle Bells but 18 classical composers are decorating a christmas tree

[@julaya5977]

the way i can imagine chopin quietly still decorating the tree while the others are fighting (and being pretty sad when the tree ends up being used as a weapon)

[@mahlioz]

Yeahhh, poor chopin :(

[@Nsnt_K]

:( I can feel his sadness

[@Belchmaster41]

I know, but it would have been crazier if Iron Maiden from Twisted Metal (PS 3 console) came in and started shooting fire-balls while Mozart would be busy preparing a faction leader for sacrifice

[@burnbook3076]

@@Belchmaster41 well that got darl

[@sliksta111]

True!!

[@mei8647]

beethoven telling everyone to shut up is always the funniest part of these

[@GrimmDawn8487]

Especially because he's deaf

[@haydennaughton6307]

especially since hes deaf

[@theanemonegirl]

+ bach tackling everyone

[@kph11863]

Nicholas is obviously dealing with the mid-twenties years of Beethoven, yes? These pieces are really quite clever :-)

[@zanczhao3962]

Yeah because he can't even hear

[@somethingelse1096]

I love how Beethoven is telling everyone to shut up when he's deaf lmao

[@blitsriderfield4099]

well he was also incredibly temperamental

[@DerekHartley]

​@@blitsriderfield4099Whereas Bach was well tempered?

[@blitsriderfield4099]

@@DerekHartley XD

[@christianweatherbroadcasting]

Repent and trust in Jesus. He's the only way. We deserve Hell because we've sinned. Lied, lusted stolen, etc. But God sent his son to die on the cross and rise out of the grave. We can receive forgiveness from Jesus. Repent and put your trust in him. John 3:16 Romans 3:23❤😊❤❤

[@chaic4211]

​@christianweatherbroadcasti3491 me and jesus are actually besties 🫱🫲👌🤌🤏🦾🤪

[@DonSMDT]

we really need an animated version fo these

[@petbird19]

YES! I've been thinking about that with these videos. I'd pay good money to make it happen.

[@cultofcreativity27]

I’ll make an animatic

[@mariaochenas3634]

Replying for the notification

[@Salsmachev]

I'm waiting for the ballet

[@o.sunsfamily]

@@petbird19 we'd join the gofundme as well

[@staceyybanez8502]

I love how this went from a simple “help me decorate the christmas tree😊😊” to solving a crime scene and rachmaninoff absolutely going mad

[@sliksta111]

Love how this turned into a court room

[@dbclass4075]

@@sliksta111 Which turns out to be trial by combat.

[@LostApotheosis]

I love that this is essentially musical fanfiction. This is high art.

[@GetUsedToDiff3rent]

I wish it was a show! Although they already did that with Amadeus, which is essentially a half-accurate Mozart fanfiction based on real events.

[@Hybridcrows]

This is why you should never leave 18 composers in a room with a piano and a lust for blood

[@Nsnt_K]

XD

[@RandomPerson-vq9kw]

I mean, as a pianist, it's not just composers. What pianist does not walk into a room with a piano and feel a strong urge to sit down and play it?

[@nat86]

@@RandomPerson-vq9kw ME, well I'm not a pianist but I've been playing for many years and my social anxiety with the fact that I'm really bad at playing the piano makes the urge to sit and play very resistible (I still feel it a bit but not strongly)

[@Determination709]

And a bath of blood becausr its an aftermath of a cataclysm and becomes after cata bath

[@vertigo2120]

man these guys can't do anything festive without someone eventually choosing violence

[@squishy-melonpan3290]

"rachmaninoff makes mozart wish he completed that requiem earlier" 🤣 Thank you, thank you so much for this great work!

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@qwkimball]

Have to admit, I laughed out loud a little too much at that one.

[@FoodNerds]

That was the best!!

[@FoodNerds]

@@NicholasMaMusicYou are a genius! Hats off to you!

[@mariaeddycesario3067]

If I go on watching these píeces, they're going to throw me out of the condo ... BRILLIANT!!

[@mustythemilkman420]

Another composer: (does literally anything) Beethoven: *SHUT UP*

[@winnielim1489]

This was definitely as funny as the birthday one

[@LisztGOAT]

Definitely!

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you! Glad it lives up to the previous happy birthday video hype haha

[@musicgamer8024]

Ikr

[@winnielim1489]

@@NicholasMaMusic Thank you for creating this video and the birthday one!

[@beccasghostd7695]

@@NicholasMaMusic is it ok if I animate these? I will give credit I just really want to animate it and have seen other people that want it animated as well

[@ellasun5221]

Plays "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" as Tchaikovsky enters with sugar and plums🤣The jokes in here are amazing. And it's so impressive how you could put all these different pieces-each with their own style and key-together to create something so harmonious and beautiful!

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed all the jokes!

[@topkoality21]

I was literally thinking the same thing!! that part made me laugh😂

[@autisticdancer]

Every ballerina in a 10 mile radius once they hear Tchaikovskys music: "WE HAVE BEEN AWAKENED."

[@themadoneplays7842]

Luckily it was Christmas, or he would bring the cannons...

[@julietvalcouer]

Tchaikovsky: Bitches I already OWN Christmas, just give up.

[@Gaftiumgl5678]

i can image the 18 artist go "NOT THERE, PUT IT HERE" and "NO THOSE CRESCENDOS GO UP HERE" and "GOSH DAMMIT ITS TOO LOUD"

[@JesseColton]

HOLY SHIT, I heard the Dvorak 9th Symphony when I was in fifth grade and I have been humming the melody to people for LITERALLY DECADES attempting to figure out what classical composer or song it was, with no luck. The closest I've gotten is a couple people saying "That melody sounds familiar but I can't place it." You just helped me solve a 20 year old mystery!!! it's a Christmas miracle! 😂

[@NicholasMaMusic]

That's fantastic to hear, glad to have helped you solve this mystery!

[@selladore4911]

I CAME HERE TO SAY NEARLY THE SAME

[@theMMAdhatter]

Everybody else probably thought it was Star Wars...

[@katexx4]

Ayyy, Czech here glad you like Dvořák!

[@709vxqsr]

"Debussy wonders why a water sprite has a law degree" really caught me off guard 😂

[@Kadagirl777]

This was wild 🤣The climax was absolutely hilarious: "Rachmaninoff, still not done, uses the tree as a weapon" but I still find myself laughing way too hard at: "Beethoven smacks the bee" / "Beethoven calls Rimsky-Korsakov pathic." 🤣😭

[@leecha3444]

those bits were absolute stomach tickler, even I read your comment and still laughed

[@hortondlfn1994]

I lost it when Beethoven smacked the bee and never recovered it for the rest of the piece. I'm still trying to regain my composure. BRILLIANT, and great fun.

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Haha great to hear, thanks for watching!

[@The_Trackshack]

I can’t be the only one who burst out a laugh on “rimsky-korsakov freaks out a bee in the house” I don’t even know who they are but reading the text as the song transitions to flight of the bumblebee was enough to make me laugh

[@bigmac9636]

Beethoven smacking the bee shortly after and then calling rimsky-korsakov was hillarious

[@Halberds6]

​@@bigmac9636 "Pathetique." - Beethoven

[@masonwong6131]

I love the part where "clara schumann enters, nearly crashes into beethoven" combined with "robert schumann gracefully catches clara before she falls" results in "brahms is not impressed" It's such a subtle reference but I'm glad you included it!

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

wait explain pls I am uncultured

[@masonwong6131]

In short, Brahms was also in love with Clara- Just search up the relationship between Brahms and Clara Schumann

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

@@masonwong6131 ah OK that sounds familiar

[@paulinalevina9690]

Bro doesn´t know tha Clara was cheating

[@masonwong6131]

Clara wasn’t cheating though- Because Brahms never married anyone and had no children

[@amypond7631]

i cannot comprehend how these are ALWAYS so funny and so beautiful at the same time. also, the raw power of beethoven telling people he cant hear to shut up. i aspire to have that energy.

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you! Looks like Beethoven is simply built different haha

[@typo1345]

@Nicholas Ma the man is 80% anger and the rest is musical talent

[@winwinnie4905]

cmon bach tackling ppl to the ground trumps beethoven any day

[@px5383]

The way bach keeps tackling ppl is so funny! This must have taken a lot of effort, kudos to you!!

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you! I thought bach should be fit enough to do the heavy work given how he once walked about 400km/250 miles to meet buxtehude haha

[@blitsriderfield4099]

@@NicholasMaMusic Didn't he also once duel one of his cellists to the death? ETA: Correction...it was a bassoonist

[@OziCastle]

Omg the tension in the chase scene made my heart beat as fast as Rachmaninoff’s piece. Such genius!

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Haha thank you!

[@IloveAmadeusMozart]

Poor Mozart! You guys have no sense of humour, it was just a jumpscare LOL 😂😂😂 YOU'RE A GENIUS, Nicholas!!!

[@lordsnivyofnottingham2948]

Blame Rachmaninoff, who ruined Christmas for everyone.

[@EmmieHunny]

Brahms not being impressed at Robert and Clara Schumann’s romance is peak real-life-inspired drama and I’m here for it

[@cziffrathegreat666]

The first half is basically Beethoven trolling everyone else and the second half is a fight between Mozart and Rachmaninoff

[@sarcasmismyfirstlanguage6611]

as a person who has some music history and theory knowledge, this feels like reading a crackfic but musically. and i love it.

[@baxterjaye3984]

The composition. The references. The characterization. Flawless, no notes.

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you!

[@stormy_person7530]

The fact that Bach repeatedly tackles people to the floor to the start of Tocatta and Fugue will never not be hilarious to me.

[@Aleksandr_Skrjabin]

*"Chopin all that time waiting for help"*

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Some say to this day chopin is still waiting haha

[@Aleksandr_Skrjabin]

@@NicholasMaMusic Untill Mozart slipped over the tree.

[@X.A.N._A]

Well, in the end, he will have to chop another tree 😁

[@paulinalevina9690]

Chopin when Mozart stumble on the christmas tree: Decorations falling to some etude

[@TheKezTortol]

I can't help but Mozart run toward the door in such a cartoony moves, It's perfect!

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

Beethoven just wants everyone out of the house.

[@chewlan9240]

Tchaikovsky playing Russian Dance while Rach is destroying Mozart:👁️👄👁️

[@FireCat37]

I understand why Stravinski is never invited, but I would like to know what happens when he arrives anyway.

[@NicholasMaMusic]

haha who knows, maybe he'll "Spring" into action soon enough ;)

[@chrisoddy8744]

Either that or he swoops in on a pheonix and sets fire to the whole place...?

[@kidkrowtaylor.ৎ]

@@chrisoddy8744YESSSS MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

[@basedokadaizo]

@@NicholasMaMusic you TEASE

[@sirens-songs]

This is literally musical and comedic genius

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thanks!

[@sirens-songs]

@@NicholasMaMusic ofc ofc!

[@cynthiasterling]

This appeals to a VERY specific segment of the population and I’m here for it

[@selinnazsur2328]

"Rachmaninoff makes Mozart wish he completed that reqiuem earlier" BRUHH 😂 Rachmaninoff waking up and Mozart backing away is genius, that's my favorite part lmao Also Beethoven is the consistent bully of the gang and I love him

[@nanwijanarko1969]

Bach just over here tackling everyone. Love it.

[@juliacornejo7802]

Man, Beethoven and Bach sure are savages... Also when Beethoven storms out at 2:29 for some reason I pictured him flipping the piano and leaving This is the most chaotic Christmas tree decoration I've ever witnessed and I didn't even see it

[@phantomlover1467]

I’d be James Lord Pierpont in this situation; grabbing the popcorn and watching the fireworks fly🤣

[@gingerhoof2157]

Chopin and Tchaikovsky were the only one who took their job serious. One was in charge of the tree, the other one prepared dinner

[@maverbantog9536]

True-

[@signbear999]

I loved when Beethoven called Rimsky-Korsakov pathetique.

[@YourDad-dh6fj]

I love these so much! I played piano as a child for 5 years and this makes me wish to play again! The music is so well made and the notation is beautiful, so much art goes into such a whimsical piece! Thankyou so much!

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@GeorgeTsiros]

if i were you, i'd resume practicing/playing playing music is almost panacea for the soul

[@champinuf]

✨Beethoven asking everyone to shut up ✨

[@stephenkemenater6654]

I just love this so much. Beethoven owns my heart since the happy birthday arrangement and here I fell even harder. I enjoyed Tchaikovsky's part as well, since he's one of my favourites ❤ Thank you for blessing us with such a marvellous piece!

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you for watching!

[@jackychan7758]

While he keeps telling everyone to shut up?

[@stephenkemenater6654]

@@jackychan7758 such a mood 💖

[@bossmanzzz]

It’s so expressive, I feel like I’m watching a movie

[@yuki_listening]

the part Rachmaninoff faints because of Mozart jump scare is my favorite part amazing lmao

[@darubyprincxx]

that cheeky little resolving chord at the very end made me bust out laughing. i could produce a full stage play to this based on your transcription notes ALONE this is amazing

[@mauriziobernaez1763]

"Rachmaninoff wishes Mozart had finished that Requiem earlier" Help ☠️

[@fuyunatsu6805]

Beethoven:- tells Listz to shut up- Listz: -plays louder- What was that? sorry I can't hear you over my superior piano playing. Beethoven: 😠😡🤬

[@sreehanreddymajjigapu9316]

Beethoven: I can't hear your superior piano playing

[@nickichambers9328]

I LOVED the Mozart jumpscare. I totally pictured a fnaf animatronic version of mozart doing the jumpscare with that exact music! This was, as always, a masterpiece.

[@dawnnoele]

Thanks to you, I have figured out why Beethoven is my favorite classical composer. I too am a curmudgeon who is always telling people to shut up., so it makes sense. 🤣 Once again, brilliant work! 🥰💕

[@p4ncaikz]

The fact that this is really funny, has a story and genuinely sounds good is bizarre to me, 10/10!

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Haha thank you for your praise!

[@ThisGuyAnimates]

From decorating a christmas tree to almost murder? Shit went from 0 to 100 REAL FAST

[@bhavyaduarahmusic2638]

Bach tackling everyone and Greig proving his innocence are my favourite parts in this video! Amazing work though 💞 and a Happy New Year!

[@cheesesavage3353]

Welcome to another round of 5-year-olds fighting for a piece of rubber. In this video, we learnt that... Beethoven is a bully. Get him out of here, I just want to sleep in the fireplace.

[@Itibitydetsku]

"5 years" actually 150+ years olds XD

[@eppla]

i love how beethoven is telling everyone to shut up again

[@pianothingsmusic]

Unbelievable! 😂😂 You really point out all those characteristics! Love Beethoven’s outraging attitude 😁😁

[@mrsusan5672]

"Sets up the Christmas tree in B minor" - genius!

[@MadTeaMarie]

I love these! EVERY time you make one, there is no doubt I will save it to my phone, make it an alarm for something, and listen to it while watching repeatedly. They are comedy gold AND ear candy!

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you, I'm honored to hear that!

[@petbird19]

Such a genius composition! It had me laughing so hard with the chase scene!

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you! It was a great joy to picture the scene and write it out as well!

[@quinteraquinn]

That Fur Elise/La Campanella duo at 2:15 was so groovy! Loved that combo!

[@ПолінаАрхангельська]

When I once again listened to the video about the fight of the composers for the last piece of cake, which even after thousands of plays makes me laugh, I thought: "Hmm, what if this genius did the same but with Jingle bells?". And oh my god! On the same day I stumbled upon this video! I just want to say thank you for the incredible work and the genius of both the composition itself and your jokes :). Keep going, we are waiting for your new masterpieces!

[@arvidschu7510]

Imagine playing this in front of an audience 😂

[@amigasdelsenor]

This is masterful. Not only two themes from Jingle Bells, but also Silent Night, and so many pianists! The narration is hilarious. Had to watch it again to follow the analysis of themes...

[@DR-hc4vz]

I dont play the piano, I dont even know who half these people are. But this is wonderful, and you should keep doing it!

[@kathyjohnson2043]

And here I thought it was only in my house that there was so much drama in putting up the tree!

[@_theparlinka90]

This is just too perfect, it’s the exact demonstration of how music can describe situations, feelings and emotions, also the video was excellently made, keep up the good work my guy!

[@Beanie1879]

Dvorak new world mixed with beethoven's 5th would make a great joke classical piece. The chopin and silent night was another great idea that was going somewhere.

[@johnpaulhumphrey2981]

The piece ends without telling us if they ever got another tree. The composer forces us to ponder a deeper reality. It raises the question about starting a conversation on if valuable things can be replaced if broken, things such as earth, relationships, etc.,

[@Apyyre]

0:17 But how do you not write a fugue

[@clickerflight819]

I cannot express in words how much I LOVE these! I hope you're able to continue making things like this. Probably the only way I'll listen to classical music

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you, definitely interested in making more of these styles of composition videos in the future!

[@lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo]

the sheer drama. the pure comedy. this is peak entertainment

[@lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo]

i think stories are best when left largely to the imagination and this?? this is almost entirely imagination but so vivid

[@yudorapetraitis3490]

when i tell you the “wander” part had me dead- my fav genre of videos

[@frogathy]

oh my GOD the way you wrote fur elise in the style of la campanella had me absolutely kicking my feet

[@stuckinthehaze]

Beethoven telling everyone to shut up will never not be funny considering he ... well, might not be able to hear them anyway.

[@marendoreengiesbrecht293]

This is gold! The way you described all the characters in the score, so accurate. Beethoven trying to shut up everyone😂

[@briancornish2076]

For a minute I thought James Lord Pierpont was a classical composer I hadn't heard of but of course he made the whole thing possible.

[@cobbercube]

you know you are in trouble when you hear symphony no 5 by beethoven while you play the piano

[@topkoality21]

🤣

[@tabtab03]

I wish there would be a way to express how amazing this piece of art is. Really, I am blown away by the creativity and musical genius behind it!

[@johnpaulhumphrey2981]

As someone who grew up on classical music, these are the memes I actually understand! This made me laugh, thank you!

[@TheRedLawnMemer]

This channel is underrated for such effort, you deserve millions of subscribers ❤ This is the second time you made my day 😊❤

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you!

[@gegethejing]

I. need. The WORLD TO WATCH THIS MASTERPIECE you have truly made my day merry christmas you genius 🎄

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Thank you for watching, merry christmas to you too!

[@maroonkitty]

Love these, even without the score I can absolutely hear them wander into each scene. Brilliant

[@edsherrod5216]

Whoever composes these is a genius! I can tell when the different composers comment because or the styles used. Great Job!!!

[@mystogan6556]

Dude Rach's etude really fits the tension vibe between him and Mozart. Lmao this is the best bro. Really love it!

[@deborahjalali9547]

I am crying with laughter!! Brilliantly presented and performed. I visualized all the action and am still laughing!!😂❤️ Thank you!

[@LacedWithOreos]

Beethoven telling everyone to shut up....Imma assume this is before he was deaf, right, got it. My favorite part was when Ravel summons Ondine to be his lawyer

[@DarkestElemental616]

I am so glad you waited until AFTER I had mostly recovered from the flu to post this so I could laugh properly.

[@Samantha-vlly]

I wish I watched this on Christmas Eve, probably made my Holiday Special🎄 The chaos is still going lmao

[@nikro8275]

You have to be a genius to make shit as good-sounding yet funny as this

[@hal_lee1493]

Istg this is more engaging than most movies I've seen recently

[@JSB2500]

Immeasurably so.

[@Spamkromite]

Indeed, since when Undine has had a Law degree? Oh wait, wrong game 🤣 Damn, I just can imagine them in my head like some sort of animated comic strip each time something happens. It's a very cool way of narrative, music and some context in words to understand why that piece of music is there. It's amazing storytelling 😻

[@Gabriel_JudgeofHell]

Wait since when did undyne have a law degree. oh wait wrong game

[@Nowheres_Channel]

Ah yes. Literally any soundtrack of a silent movie.

[@alexandraeverafter1015]

My Christmas morning started on a high note with this video, just as entertaining as the birthday piece! 🎄🎵🔔

[@NicholasMaMusic]

Happy to hear that, thank you!

[@bikergirl2000]

Just brilliant. And thankyou so much for the green progress line for those of us who can barely read a single melody line....

[@kstchl35]

2:07 i love how accurate this is

[@chengli2782]

Schubert wanders n the room and Beethoven tells tells him to shut up and he apologises and leaves really got me

[@theclassicalera215]

same

[@leecha3444]

The moment Bach tackles Mozart to the ground was effing funny like, it was a full-on horror movie before with a whole lively chase, then MOzart surviving just to get tackled like, 🤣😇🥲🥲🥲

[@kitkatmuffin]

Beethoven missed the chaos because he was too busy telling people to shut up

[@agucci]

The composers of Christmas will collaborate really well, given the opportunity. Great stuff!