Schroeder Beethoven Sonata

[@Doug19752533]

im a classical pianist....... this is what i see and feel when i play. Once a female friend i was very close with, and who loved to listen to me play, commented on how when i would play (particularly this piece) that the expression on my face would change, as if it would become almost transfixed, like i was in another world where it was just me, the piano, and the music. "when you play, where do you go? what do you see in your head?" she asked me once. i didnt know how to answer. "just images, really. feelings, emotions that i cant put into words, as if they transform into something tangible". i later found this video and showed her and with a big smile she said "i understand now. i wish i could go there with you". i told her "you DO go there with me. you're here in my head and heart." that female friend is now my wife of almost 10 years : ), this was played at our wedding. and she STILL loves to listen to me play it. only thing that would have made this video better would have been including the first few minutes where Lucy is listening to him and they start talking then arguing. Hes playing the 3rd mvt from the Pathetique, she picks up the bust and exclaims "whos this? George Washington?" clearly annoys Schroder, and she walks out. he takes a deep breath, and begins the 2nd mvt. ironically, once i had a particularly bad argument with my wife, one i thought would lead to divorce. i went into my studio, sat at my piano for a few minutes, took a deep breath, and began playing this. no reason, it was just what came into my head to play at that moment. a few minutes later, she came in with tears in her eyes, and said "thats the song from the Snoopy video you showed me. did i go with you to that place you go this time?" i told her she always goes with me. she sat and listened as i played through the movement and when i finished we gave each other big tight hugs.

[@viv9138]

this is working me up omg😭

[@elcuervocroata1539]

Very beautiful and romantic history. I'm so glad about you.

[@lewissmith3896]

Nice one my man.

[@RhymesWithCarbon]

I firmly believe I have a bit of synesthesia with music. Music makes me envision places, things, weather. When I watched this as a young child I firmly remember saying "they're showing what I'm feeling!" It sounds like you have a bit of that synesthesia too. It's hard to articulate but it's really powerful. Thank you for sharing that story with us.

[@GuitarBassCigar]

'A Boy Named Charlie Brown' When watching this as a child in the 70's it was definitely lost on me how beautiful this is.

[@MarcusTalbert]

I know

[@codiserville593]

Well. At least you realize. It is starkly beautiful

[@Willotaku9000]

The floating people section, the candles and the waves freaked me out as a kid, and now I view them as nostalgia.

[@b1rr4]

likewise

[@trillline4563]

I believe those were saints.

[@EnDoubleJay3309]

Thanks, I needed to be reminded that there was beauty in the world.

[@Mirach84]

What do you mean "was"?

[@victoria-caroljeanqiu8886]

He said I love music and romantic

[@MarcusTalbert]

I know right

[@rumblebird9888]

There still is, you’re not searching hard enough

[@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk]

Old cartoons were a different thing... Tom playing Liszt, Bugs Bunny impersonating Stokowski, Schroeder playing Beethoven...

[@SummoNerd]

They're all pieces of they're own time

[@KatiePiszczak]

@@SummoNerd cherisH

[@loganfruchtman953]

Bugs Bunny also played Liszt

[@loganfruchtman953]

Bugs Bunny also played Liszt. Mickey Mouse in Fantasia and when he was conducting William Tell and Donald kept interrupting him

[@KOTYAR0]

This makes me want to cry for some reason

[@robbyb26]

Because it's incredible :)

[@TomYale]

Probably because it's called the Pathétique, translated from French as passionate, sad or moving.

[@notsoancientpelican]

KOTYAR0 the reason is that you have a human soul

[@mephisto136]

Me too...is nice to feel with such intensity sometimes

[@Zorn76]

It's all too beautiful

[@donaldhaney2697]

Not bashing the newer generations, but back in the day, our cartoons used to sneak culture & learning into our cartoons and kid's shows. This is why more geniuses [including the forefathers (game designers) of legend] were cultured & raised then...

[@TomYale]

I know you're not bashing younger generations, just stating an valid observation, considering also the musical and literary allusions in a lot of Loony Tunes cartoons. As a matter of fact, some of my younger friends on Facebook might agree with you. They're not parochial about more recent music and other forms of art, and they have good things to say about things not only from our generation but even from those before ours.

[@sxyslyvxn]

'Sesame Street' was good about those too, plus if you listen to some popular songs, many melodies were based or originated from numerous classical works. One of my favorites was one called 'Joy' by Apollo 100 based on Bach's 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring'. And Looney Tunes used the Overture from 'Tannhauser, among other works

[@bess_e2186]

Hahahahaha glad my parents let me watch Charlie Brown obsessively. Now I’m addicted to music!

[@SummerMationss]

I’m from 2004 but I grew up on older cartoons rather than the newer ones.

[@calvinnigh5489]

Not as great as Peanuts, but “Little Einstein’s” introduced me to classical.

[@itsjustrenee1320]

Peanuts is art

[@mrs.h3779]

This was when there was beauty in children’s movies. I have watched this movie many times with my children this year.

[@TaraNewhole]

I’m so blessed to have grown up with this. 💙

[@thegodofcreepy]

Whenever I listen to classical music, I imagine stuff like in Fantasia. When listening to this piece, I picture an old man on a cold winter evening, trying to get firewood, and trying not to get blown away by the wind.

[@untherioncelsar777]

I have always seen a man trying to climb a hill. He keeps getting most of the way up and then sliding down. Resolutely marches up and then slides again. He goes home and stares at the hill out of his window, imagining the thing he wants at the top (maybe the grave of his wife), and can't bring himself to go all the way up.

[@jennifermcbryde8887]

Yo this should be in Warner Bros's Fantasia

[@rebelflower7339]

This is very pleasing and relaxing to the ears.

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

This song makes me imagine a walk through the park on an Autumn day with leaves blowing around and clouds rolling in the sky.

[@TomYale]

What song? This is one of Beethoven's sonatas.

[@thegodofcreepy]

I picture an old man getting firewood in winter, while not trying to get blown away by wind. I love how music and all other arts are subjective.

[@ruslans2006]

For God’s sakes when will people learn.

[@RhymesWithCarbon]

This always makes me feel like I’m in church - must be the imagery in the cartoon that I’ve memorized for ~40 years. I like your imagery too, it’s incredible how it can be so many things to so many people.

[@HowardLive]

The artists even made the instrument look remarkably like Beethoven's own Broadwood fortepiano. 😊🎵

[@TomYale]

I looked it up. Wow, they sure did.

[@Doug19752533]

i love the images at the end of Beethoven at different stages of his life

[@RhymesWithCarbon]

It is in my will to play this very thing at my funeral. I hope that’s a long time from now, but the music, imagery and sensations are timeless.

[@georgephillips6775]

I want someone to make a collection of all the cultured Charlie Brown clips SO DAMNED BAD

[@ericc5347]

Yo i fucking loved this so much as a kid and when my piano teacher was still alive i wanted her to teach me this song sooo bad but she had no idea what i was talking about shed never seen it. And i was 7, and she died when i was 9. So its not like i had a lot of access to information lol. We didnt even have smart phones and this certainly wasnt on youtube which was barely even a thing. Im so happy i found this now, the most dramatic piece of art in any cartoon ive ever seen. She was good enough a teacher she couldve had me playing this at 7 years old. Maybe if i have enough brain cells left ill learn it on my own. I miss you elise ❤

[@TomYale]

Yes, it is beautiful, but my name's not Yo.

[@ericc5347]

@@TomYale i didnt say it was, tom

[@josh_schroeder]

yes. beautiful piece. i love schroeder and his best ear to music.

[@asn413]

it ocurred to me that this is an illustration of the artist by himself. the first movement is angry and brutal, then comes this. sadness, but beauty emerges among it like flowers among ruins of war. then a roaring lament comes at the bridge, the main theme returns, then perhaps the end is after they're all cried out, and they just let go. at any rate its one of the most beautiful pieces of music of all time to me. and this is my favorite perfomance of it. thanks for posting it

[@grgl140]

Simply beautiful

[@88gschannel39]

It's 2024, I'm 36, and this will always be one of my top favorite scenes. Peanuts and Beethoven bringing definition to Classic.

[@trinitycraft4778]

I love Beethoven because his music is awesome

[@ruslans2006]

Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor, 2nd movement in A flat major

[@davidfong1565]

When I saw this on tv a few years back, after I began to appreciate classical music as an adult I loved it! I think introducing children to classical music in their programming, including cartoons is an excellent idea! It was in the things I watched as a kid and later I would find out who the composers of the pieces were & it was a great part of my education.

[@YvonE5]

Listening to this Beautiful Sonata Makes My Heart ❤️ Soar 😌💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

My sister was learning to play the piano, and watched this scene whenever it came on tv. It was still her favorite Peanuts moment, many years later.

[@Orang315]

I just love looking at my colorful rock collection while listening to this 🤗👍👍👍

[@carolnoelle2468]

This piece is so famous and nice 👍🏻 The Peanuts series was so educational for kids, wish it would still be aired, and wish todays’s cartoons were like this oof

[@crono3015]

The Nostalgia Critic gave this a shout out on his FB.

[@rumblebird9888]

Too bad he aged like milk 🥛

[@23eourytbn82]

I loved the Peanuts comic strip as a kid, I related to Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz. Saw this movie when I was little, this part was my favorite

[@usagitsukino608]

this blew me away a bit as a kid

[@MrSunSetts]

Best music video ever made.... ermm.... i mean best art video.

[@dreadstheheart]

This i why we need art

[@loganfruchtman953]

Piano Sonata No 8 “Pathetique” Second Movement

[@toycop6279]

My 7 year old started crying on this part of A Boy Named Charlie Brown

[@trillline4563]

[@emanuelelombardi9824]

So simple and elegant.

[@Corvette1658]

The piano guy at my uncle church he was playing this song at my cousin wedding in 2004. Before the wedding actually started.

[@シャルドネ-n9w]

Listening to this music, I feel so relaxed and calm down. Lovely!! Also the pictures and movies are very artistic. It's my favorite science.

[@MarcusTalbert]

Will forever love this

[@rwboa22]

My introduction to Beethoven.

[@lingling_3301]

oh man, this is beautiful

[@tylerebarnes8610]

A epic masterpiece 🎹😁😁🎵

[@grgl140]

Beautiful

[@exodia9817]

Beethoven, you were a musical artist.

[@TomYale]

I'm pretty sure he would've known that, being one for most of his life.

[@josh_schroeder]

only the best musicians didn’t think they were.

[@trinitycraft1358]

I love the music because it is so beautiful and amazing

[@beethovenrocks6641]

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathétique" Op. 13 Grove. 13 Bia. 184 II. Adagio cantabile

[@keturahwilson3366]

This part is so peaceful and amazing

[@anniefinch6843]

I remember this program and this music is neat.

[@MaluCLBS]

There was something creepy, yet hypnotic about this part of the cartoon. I would think a lot of kids would fast forward through it, but I never did. Peanuts animated was something else.

[@wwphoto1]

First time I saw this I was on mushrooms

[@mrmanofsteele]

If you look back, all of the full length peanuts movies were made made with adult themes and not just as kids entertainment.

[@springtimemarion]

I love this. Besutiful !

[@nathannoe1259]

This song and scene in the peanuts is beautiful

[@unclebrussels]

Thanks for posting this.

[@brandonthepinocchioVIBES123321]

I like Beetovens music but this 1 always Ed made me depressed and cry yet it’s still beautiful.

[@springtimemarion]

Awesome ! Ilove this.

[@PHope-sl4nj]

Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 2nd Movement Adagio.

[@20LeeBrian1]

When I walk and close my eyes, it reminded me of going to a museum and seeing images of pokemons! BTW I love pokemon so much!

[@MarcusTalbert]

Happy 2022 everyone

[@criticalangle90]

This was really weird to me as a kid, 10 years later, its still pretty weird, but so nostalgic

[@lucaszavaluentie4855]

Pathetique Sonata no. 8

[@TomYale]

That's what it is alright.

[@claudiagomes3270]

Very beautiful. I would like to know what art is featured in this video

[@ritchievalens8582]

excelente tema que alimenta mas que al oido, al espíritu y muy buena animación.

[@Lymington214]

I think I've found my favorite Peanuts character.

[@segala7853]

Billy Joel uses the first theme in the song "This Night"

[@justinfendelet8675]

Kids of the 70s and 80s were introduced to classical this way .p.s. KISS ripped the melody "great expectaion"

[@huaraches8934]

I swear that kid was such a nerd for Beethoven

[@rumblebird9888]

He’s a fanboy

[@andreweden9405]

They even showed Beethoven's death mask towards the end there!

[@albertnash888]

I was expecting Lucy to walk in.

[@claraschumann6987]

who played this? amazing interpretation

[@smithrs]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingolf_Dahl

[@huskerrican3818]

I wonder if it was Vince Guaraldi

[@sergioaugustonilsenribeiro1230]

@@huskerrican3818 It was Ingolf Dahl

[@Anon26535]

Good ol' Ludwig Van.

[@shenloken2]

This is filler done right. The Peanuts is one of the few classic cartoons I know of that can put such art in a movie like A Boy Named Charlie Brown and make it work.

[@ZakWolf]

It's like the Peanuts version of "Fantasia!"

[@rumblebird9888]

I don’t get why they never used this house design for Schroeder again, it was detailed and had a nice window view, kinda dumb how in later specials it’s just a plain background

[@josh_schroeder]

as my last name. i invoke josh schroeder to be one with all only to this tune.

[@NoMastersNoMistress]

Note to the musical illiterates: this is not a "song," it's second section of a piano sonata, Beethoven's 8th, in fact. "Songs" almost always have lyrics, i.e. generally really awful poetry. Now go Google the "Sonata form." You're welcome.

[@TomYale]

ikr?

[@drestonjclaw2839]

Alright look you snob nosed high horse twit. Songs don’t always contain “really awful poetry,” and many have lyrics that could make you break into tears, have defined the lives of generations of people, and have done just as much good as classical music ever did. So SHUT. UP.

[@robertocozzarin]

🤗🥰🥺😢😭😰💋

[@PalePrudence]

This is beautiful, but it freaked me out as a kid.

[@mojohns44]

Someone please tell me the actual name for this song! Long ago I heard a version of this called Midnight Blue on the Radio and cannot track that one down without starting here.

[@123kaystar]

Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Sonata Pathétique, II. Adagio cantabile

[@mojohns44]

Thank you Karalyn. When I listened to Sonata number eight I only went through the first movement. I didn't know the second was so radically different and the exact music I was looking for. Beethoven was a genius.

[@123kaystar]

Morgan Johnson No problem!

[@dmfalk]

The early-'80s electronic version you remember was by Louise Tucker. Not the only pop song based on the second movement of the "Pathétique" Sonata. (John Lennon's "Grow Old With Me" is loosely based on the same movement, and that wasn't the only time he dabbled in Beethoven!)

[@mojohns44]

@@dmfalk Thank you. I always seek valid information and you have provided me with a fragment I have desired for many years.

[@victoria-caroljeanqiu8886]

That songs called Beethoven 8th

[@TomYale]

You're obviously unfamiliar with classical music. It's not a symphony. It's the second movement of Beethoven's Opus 13, the Pathetique Sonata.

[@Sal_The_Alicorn_Blader9]

@@TomYale I think they’re talking about the 8th sonata (cause it is the 8th sonata)

[@krischan67]

And all that on a children's piano with the black keys just being painted on it.

[@AlaXastar009]

Does anyone remember the name of the movie this was in? I remember having it on VHS so many years ago, but for the life of me IDK what the title was

[@TomYale]

I should, since I posted this. I also saw it when it came out on theaters. A Boy Named Charlie Brown from 1969.

[@estetty]

@@TomYale Fitting music video imaginery for 1969

[@DragonMaster-wd8td]

It was also in "You Can Do It Charlie Brown."

[@angelfabianmesina6099]

Own by peanuts worldwide

[@professordeportugadoyt113]

:')

[@unclebrussels]

Seems to me Beethoven's mom died in the portrayal, or Casper.

[@snizz6913]

Any one got any Acid ?

[@TomYale]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIvPg6dmareMb7s

[@OfirBeck]

I tried to find the man who played it , but he wasn't there

[@smithrs]

Ingolf Dahl.

[@JEP177777]

I believe the pianist was Lillian Steuber, concert pianist and professor at USC at the time. She recorded the cycle of Beethoven Sonatas for 'SC, and was also friends with John Scott Trotter. Edited: It was Lillian Steuber. She is credited in the Wikipedia article on Play it Again Charlie Brown.

[@estetty]

Reference to The Man Who Wasn't There by Coen brothers

[@douro20]

​@@JEP177777 She was a brilliant pianist, perhaps as much in love with Beethoven's works as Schroeder was in Charles Schultz's cartoons.

[@euyunallahgreeks_called.me3307]

If Satan was a little boy his name would of been Schroeder

[@joemancini327]

Something tells me they took LSD to make this......

[@alexwilliams1003]

I've watched this on many o' mushroom trips lol epic!

[@claraschumann6987]

sad they cutted the piece whhhyyyy

[@outspokenfreespirit]

wtf is this weird imagery about tho

[@TomYale]

It's a kind of abstract animation they did back in the 60s. What's "tho"? Did you mean to type my name?

[@JoeDirt2791]

TomYale it’s just short for “though”

[@BlueTrane2028]

A commenter on a different upload of this theorized that Schroeder was literally channeling Beethoven’s spirit. You see scenes from the town he lived in, the faces of people be knew and finally him on his deathbed with angels above. This was already one of my favorite memories as a child... but it is incredibly moving in that light. I’m shook.

[@grgl140]

Beautiful