The Perfect Chord For The End Of The World

[@CharlesCornellStudios]

Have you seen Melancholia? What did you think? I just remember this score sticking out to me SO drastically. I didn't even know what it was at the time, I just knew it said EVERYTHING that needed to be said in the film, even without any dialogue. Side note, get all the details for this year's Black Friday event here: resources.betterpiano.com/bf-24

[@ImmortalDecember]

One of my favourite films of all time, by one of my favourite auteur directors. Wagner's Tristan und Isolde is central to the aesthetic theme of Melancholia. Life-changing for me. "The earth is evil. There's no reason to grieve for it. No one will miss it."

[@bowzert]

Wagner be like: "Never let them know your next move"

[@jonathan130]

Its a great film. Just love when films use old classical pieces for their scores

[@sosotravels-v1c]

My dad was like, "Let's watch a film by Lars von Trier! I heard he makes funny movies!" Man, was I in for a surprise ... I heavily recommend watching Melancholia. Let's spread the trauma

[@miffy126]

Doesn’t Vince Guaraldi use the same (or very similar) chord in Charlie Brown Thanksgiving? kzbin.info/www/bejne/anytloZngsmMjcU

[@hoppareiter]

Tristone and Unresolde

[@RandomPersonWhomIHaveNeverMet]

underrated wordplay

[@Simplyveej]

Well played!

[@Swaroque]

It sounds magical, not dark to me. Awaiting resolution.

[@Nienpet]

🏆🥇😂

[@massimovarchione]

🤣🤣🤣

[@DrunkBSshow]

Edging, the Opera

[@roryreviewer6598]

Absolutely 😂

[@crisdekker8223]

Ending in Isolde's Liebesnut.

[@Tylervrooman]

Yo chill 😂😂😂

[@oskarfield8696]

Every Wagner-opera ever be like:

[@bachopinbee5991]

😂😂😂😂😂😂Dead

[@nathanielc3161]

The true resolution chord was the friends we made along the way.

[@TutorioNel]

I never got this joke what does this mean

[@eggman3123]

I laughed so hard when I saw your comment. Well done

[@cooldebt]

@@TutorioNel I think it's an anime reference (my kids watch). Something about not where you end up but the friends you made along the way.

[@DB88888]

Underrated Comment ™

[@Corner_twisted]

I don't get it

[@CapnKV]

Leonard Bernstein said the prelude to Tristan und Isolde was the single most important moment in the history of modern music. Like the love, the chord will not resolve until the very end, in death

[@CapnKV]

Also, the fact that you used Debussy in this video about Wagner, given that Debussy hated Wagner and would make fun of his music 😂😂😂

[@zxbc1]

@@CapnKV Debussy, as was every composer from that era, was hugely influenced by Wagner. Debussy may not personally like Wagner or his music, but Wagner's importance in musical history is undeniable.

[@pianoplaynight]

​@@CapnKV well Debussy used to admire Wagner earlier, though. He deeply admired the Parsifal

[@JanKunzmann]

We have to acknowledge that Wagner took this chord and its progression from Robert Schumann's Cello concert Op. 129 (it appears like 20 seconds in). Wagner's achievement is that he understood the power of using it as a standing chord, not just as a pass-through progression at the end of a phrase.

[@benheneghan8621]

The chord actually resolves on the last quaver of the bar.

[@uacce]

I love a teacher who's passionate, a teacher whose love for what he teaches is contagious. And Charles totally does it ❤

[@cooldebt]

Also a teacher who listens to ALL kinds of music and helps us appreciate the great things in different genres

[@JasonMartineauMusic]

The prelude is in A minor. The chord itself is spelled F-B-D#-G#, the spelling reveals all. The G# is a prolonged non-chord tone, the actual intended chord is F-B-D#-A, which occurs on beat 6. This is a Fr+6 in Am, resolving as it should to E7, V7 of Am, the A# in the melody is an accented chromatic passing tone. This makes it clear that the prolonged F in the opening phrase is also a non-chord tone, which also resolves on beat 6 to E, and that we are in Am even from the very start. The next phrase uses E major to build the opening gesture, then sequences the Fr+6 chord to end up on G7, with a C# accented chromatic passing tone. This is V7/III, secondary dominant of the relative major of Am (which is C major). The next phrase uses G major to build the opening gesture, then sequences the Fr+6 chord a third time to end up on B7, V7/V, secondary dominant of the dominant of Am (which is E7). The big buildup on E7 that follows results in a deceptive cadence to F, which is VI in Am, and the harmonic rhythm picks up from there. The ambiguity is generated by the prolongation of non-chord tones, and the accenting of chromatic non-chord tones on strong beats, the prelude is otherwise firmly in A minor from start to finish.

[@jocabulous]

I like your funny words magic man

[@holdeenyo8914]

@@jocabulous XD

[@holdeenyo8914]

@@jocabulous I understood what he said, but you're comment killed me

[@edwardtoal]

never found it depressing or sad, just very very yearning... and the final reward makes all the yearning worth it

[@ifeelverygood]

Yea, same. In fact I find the opening beautiful sounding. Idk to my ears it a bit of dissonance always sounds better than everything neatly wrapped up in a bowtie. i wonder why...

[@ABombs1]

That's interesting. I can't not get teary eyed at the ending even though I dunno what's even going on

[@michellemonet4358]

4 hours of yearning/foreplay?😂

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

Wagner was a genius for waiting until the very end to resolve the “Tristan Chord”, because the unresolved theme showed their Want and Desire to be together, but they couldn't until the very end. It's brilliant.

[@googooblabla100]

I never really thought the Tristan chord was sad. It sounded more like it was yearning to me.

[@zxbc1]

It was yearning, but the use of the prelude without resolution (even the actual end of the Prelude itself was skipped) was a perversion of the piece into sadness and despair.

[@Monticello19]

The musical score to Vertigo by Bernard Herrmann is filled with excellent tristan chords. That melancholic longing.

[@Schmingus99]

Bernard Herrman is the goat of avant guarde film scores

[@TheLawapa99]

Phycho. The drive to the motel.

[@charlieinslidell]

The movie Melancholia is such an artful representation of depression and the struggle for meaning and motivation. My favorite imagery is of the bride trying to run but held down by wooly grey yarn wrapped around her legs. Something that is supposed to weigh nothing at all has the weight of iron shackles to the depressed. The ending is total panic, despair and overwhelming helplessness to what is inevitable.

[@etzenhammer]

This is what hopelessness is. Constantly destroying your false sense of security, destroying any grounding and in the end it's death.

[@michellemonet4358]

How uplifting😂

[@MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio]

The first time I heard Tristan and Isolde was in the film Excalibur, in which it was also used brilliantly, among several other wonderful classical pieces. Hauntingly beautiful IMO.

[@oskarzgoa8428]

Tristan's chord 😂 a nightmare of harmony classes in musical highschool. Playing it all around the circle of fifths with it's 'unresolving resolve' I'll remember forever

[@PierreLM]

Melancholia is a movie that stroke me powerfully when I first saw it, that atmosphere, that awkwardness and ambiguity of the main character, constantly off amongst other people, except when the world comes to and end... You did a wonderful job highlighting how Wagner work is such an important and highly moving masterpiece !

[@jessicaMApiano]

This piece sounds like what I imagine floating out in space with no tie to the ship would feel like. Beautiful but silently terrifying.

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

It felt like wandering alone not sure where you’re going. You’re alone and sad but slightly getting more anxious the longer it prolongs.

[@wilhelmherzner3016]

The chord that saved Star Wars!

[@CapnKV]

Is it in Star Wars? Where?

[@NSH-pt4bs]

?

[@larsgrass1899]

Saved? Have you seen any of the recent star wars? It's absolute trash!

[@Purple11011]

I'm pretty sure this is a reference to a previous video on the channel, not like this chord literally saved anything.

[@larsgrass1899]

@Purple11011 oh, definitely a reference. But I'm still ticked off with how Disney has ruined star wars.

[@georgebauerschmidt5289]

the Melancholia Prologue · using Tristan und Isolde as a way to provide a short review of the entire movie is pure genius and the music is a huge part of why I watched the movie in the theater 4 times in 2011. The pathology of the melancholic state is that it cannot let go, unable or unwilling to part and bring itself to rest. Based on the in-depth review of the video we can see the music does the same bringing all aspects of the directors vision in complete harmony with itself.

[@annikakolb6667]

this was done so well, thanks Charles! I'd watch the heck out of a series of this - musical analysis paired with storytelling commentary and references to historical and recent uses. Shows so well how broad your knowledge on music and its power is

[@lucaskopke6886]

Mahler 9 first movement has to me the most accurate depiction of despair in music, it almost sounds like someone hopelessly gasping for air while drowning or trying to hold in tears, in the climax moments of course as the whole first movement has more than just that like any other mahler piece

[@locle9005]

Charles doesn't just teach us music. He's teaching emotion as well

[@masonmount17]

That note on the top at 16:31 is sooooo beautiful

[@billyalarie929]

Jesus Christ, I’d love to listen to this whole thing one day.

[@annikakolb6667]

made me cry ngl

[@oskarfield8696]

@@billyalarie929you should! Its a beautiful opera!

[@AudunWangen]

I was on a business trip all by my lonesome when I figured I should go to the movies, and Melancholia was on that day. It was a slow weekday, so I was the only one there. Alone in the dark, with only the big screen illuminating the room in desaturated soft browns, greens ,blues and yellows, and that music. Man, that movie made an impact. Both the movie and the music hold that tension going, and it feels like a 9 hour opera marathon. It's "lump in your stomach" music, and even after the tension is released, that lump of melancholia, a deep latent silence and mournful peace remains.

[@michellemonet4358]

But... what about the movie?

[@AudunWangen]

@@michellemonet4358 It's a masterpiece. Not many people I know have watched it, but I highly recommend it.

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

“Tristan and Isolde” is an amazing opera, because that “Tristan Chord” is finally resolved at the very end.

[@ShaggyOtis]

That movie broke me in the same way that my first psychedelic experience did. It wasn’t exactly a good/bad or happy/sad even though the movie is about depression and is genuinely heartbreaking. The score absolutely influenced that duality. I think those of us that do experience major depression are always walking that line. I’m sure many of us would feel a sense of relief if we knew the world was ending, even though that could generally be considered “sad”. Crazy stuff…

[@michellemonet4358]

Now I gotta see it. I am prone to melancholy.So you recommend it?

[@ShaggyOtis]

@ absolutely!

[@kmatevosyan]

What a brilliant analysis. Enjoy it every time.

[@salvatorelofaro6498]

It's amazing how excited I am by your expositions, from Kingo Amada, Nintendo and now the Tristan agreement. I personally really like the Arturo Toscanini version, advise the listening . It's nice to see your enthusiasm (I love your expressive faces) and your research presented like this. So nice channel and nice content, thanks!

[@emilyrln]

Oh wow… that final resolution brought tears to my eyes 🥲

[@USAANDFBI]

Wow what a crazy amazing roller coaster of emotions

[@stasiokinik]

Omg, that resolution after that whole journey with finding the tune is just divine, incredibly well written

[@jonathangalvez5044]

15 minutes ago is craaazyyyy Love this channel ❤

[@kwaddell]

Thanks, such a chord will come in handy right about now :)

[@michellemonet4358]

Yes. We all need that chord now, eh?

[@Don2Rich]

The true testimate of musicianship is finding inspiration in all places and Charles does this better than anyone. If I was leading a major band I'd hire him as my pianist.

[@disinformationworld9378]

5:45 it’s because the G# is a non-chord tone to A. In classical music theory you get an augmented sixth chord. The standard resolution is to V. If the chord is FBD-sharp A it’s called the french 6.

[@disinformationworld9378]

In classic music theory this is a standard progression to resolve aug 6 chord to dominant.

[@disinformationworld9378]

If you want your mind blown listen to Scriabin. Prometheus or fourth piano sonata.

[@scarf550]

@@disinformationworld9378 agreed, Scriabin expands on what Wagner was doing in his own may.

[@bagdarcan]

Thank you! I've been watching arguments on this chord that can be easily analyzed by means of common practice era music theory. We need true music theorists talking about such topics and sadly, while I admire them greatly in many ways, jazz musicians generally don't have a comprehensive understanding of the subject.

[@epthopper]

@@disinformationworld9378 yes, the weirder part is what comes next, where he never resolves to the tonic and instead repeats the same progression in a different key, then continuous to delay a resolution for almost the entire opera

[@JohnnyJohn116]

You sir make music that much better 😊

[@parabolicps4766]

One of my favorite YT splainers covers one of my favorite films. I'm so happy... in a very depressing way of course

[@michellemonet4358]

Haha

[@thelyghter7927]

OMG, I literally cried in this video. One of the best music pieces. What a CHOICE to talk about this, in the middle of more light tones videos, videogame music, jazz, cartoons, etc. And I like how you linked to the movie, but also talked about the real Opera

[@strippins]

Best video you have ever done. More classical music analysis please!

[@vyvianspipes]

The intense few chords closing out the final moments of Gustav Holst’s Mars movement from his Planets Suite would be perfect ‘apocalypse’ chords, (given they had relevant dynamics, and any well-needed arbitrary instrumentation and orchestration). The Tristan chord might be a bit mysterious, but it sounds really quite mysterious, peaceful, unknowning and unsuspecting, a bit fairytale-esque, even to tonally queue emotional dramaticism romance! Those couple of Mars chords have the exact harmonic structure and foreboding tone to wreak a scene of havoc. And how I love that Tristan chord and its variants, some of which I imagine myself wandering timidly through an abandoned castle after dusk! 😬

[@clarinetguyuk]

The last chord of Mars is just a bare perfect fifth (ie. a power chord - C5), which is as harmonically simple as you can get. Its power comes purely from its register and orchestration. The repeating penultimate chord is more interesting in that it is a C-G-Db-Ab cluster which could be looked at as a Db5|C5.

[@vyvianspipes]

@@clarinetguyuk yep! That’s the chord I was thinking of! :-D

[@tduncan146]

My favorite piece of trivia about this opening is Debussy including the opening/chord and laughing at it in Golliwog's Cakewalk. Funny coincidence that you bring up another Debussy piece to talk about this chord!

[@robfel68]

When humor meets music theory we all get abit crazy. Love your videos Charles, never stop 😂

[@ollieyou184]

This feels like the kind of song that plays at the beginning of classic black-and-white horror movies.

[@jaredrossbrinkman]

The ending of the Liebestod when there is a final resolution as it builds and builds over the course of the entire opera is truly sublime. I spent many hours studying this piece in school. Melancholia is truly a beautiful film as well. Lars Von Trier's unique style of editing FPS and utilizing multiple layers is astounding. Great video.

[@jaredrossbrinkman]

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[@jaredrossbrinkman]

About 4:30 in is the climactic build.

[@grbrrrrr]

A "one individual chord" that sounds so important reminds me of the same chord used in Bond films.

[@dasheldonkey]

Your stuff is SO good, man. Thank you for being *exactly* who you are, Charles. I've been through college theory, but I teach music and I find you to walk the line between detail and acessibility with *certain* mastery. Keep it up!!

[@andrewmazzarini2742]

Tristan und Isolde is basically the musical equivalent of edging. Wagner just made you sit through a 4½ hour tonal goon session and by God you're gonna love the resolution!

[@katharineshade9550]

Makes me feel like I am desperately treading water in the middle of the ocean and gasping for air in between wave after wave of shockingly cold briney water…

[@ifeelverygood]

Modern language has such a way with words lol

[@ericrakestraw664]

I just realized if you raise the bass note of the Tristan chord up one half step, the bright new chord that results (B maj 6/3rd inversion) sounds pretty close to the final resolution of the entire opera.

[@mennob2862]

Thank you for this episode, this movie changed my life.

[@jonathan130]

Finally, we're seeing videos about the most important classical composers! They truly deserve this recognition, these are the people who shaped music as we know it. I'd love to see a video on chopins ballade no 1 too! It's an incredible and revolutionary piece of piano music. Performed by Krystian Zimerman of course :)

[@jazzew]

Wow...this chord makes me think of a lot of old film noir, thrillers and suspense movies! The dramatic black and white lighting as something dastardly is afoot! Also, the chord makes me see a lot of different colours mingling together like sprinkles on a grey blob.

[@creepig]

PLEASE do analysis of Over the Garden Wall soundtrack!!!

[@Sasquiny]

Good idea!

[@Jinkaza1882]

I am so glad you gave a shout out to Frankfurt Symph. They are doing it right there, and it is topnotch.

[@Phi1618033]

I'm reminded of one music critic who described Tristan and Isolde as a five hour orgasm.

[@kaimagic5203]

bro i'm so happy that you made a video about the tristan chord. im really into wagners music (i know the guy was a real prick) but the music itself is really astonishing at times!

[@padenbang7375]

Arcane season 1, final scene, song breakdown!!!! "What Could Have Been" I NEED THIS!!!

[@Corner_twisted]

Everyone, like this comment so that Charles Cornell will see it

[@padenbang7375]

YES PLEASE 🙏🏻

[@bazooka6602]

Could you please do a video on the evolution of the God of War soundtracks? Starting with the original games in the Greek saga, it’d be great to explore how the music developed-especially the main theme for Kratos, which defined the series early on. Then, moving into the more recent Norse saga, I’d highly recommend covering Bear McCreary’s work, as he created what I believe to be one of the best game soundtracks ever for God of War: Ragnarok and its DLC Valhalla. Some standout tracks from Ragnarok I’d suggest covering include ‘God of War: Ragnarok (feat. Eivør),’ ‘A Son’s Path,’ ‘The All Father,’ and my personal favorite, ‘Ragnarok.’ The DLC track ‘The Path’ is also a fantastic addition. It would be amazing to see the changes in music from God of War (2018) to Ragnarok and even dive into Valhalla, where themes from the Greek period reappear in the Norse style. Key tracks from God of War (2018) to look at could be ‘Memories of Mother,’ ‘Witch of the Woods,’ ‘Valkyries,’ and ‘God of War.’ I’ve been obsessed with this series for so many reasons but seeing as your mainly a music channel I’d l over for you to explore these games soundtracks in one of your videos. (Also Bear McCreary has a blog on his website for every project he does and I think it’s a good reference for you) Love your vids and hope you keep up the great work

[@markbeck8384]

I love this movie, and the music was a perfect choice.

[@blake7408]

Nice! my favorite piece of music. I love how it represents in harmony the philosophy of arthur schopenhauer and buddhism, the feelings of deep despair, suicide, depression, sexual desire, orgasm. This to me is why this piece is so fascinating and profound. What other piece before this put such emotions we all feel throughout our lives into music? I cannot think of anything even close before this piece that displayed such feelings in such an astute way.

[@studiopm2.555]

This would be the perfect piece to play at trumps inaugural. 😱

[@michellemonet4358]

Hehe.yeaaa. The full 4 hours?

[@arklowrockz]

A mesmerizing soundtrack to a mesmerizing film.

[@Pirabit943]

The perfect song for the end of the world for me has always been Theophany’s final hours.

[@gabriele_balzano]

Melancholia is a masterpiece

[@danistheguy]

This is timed pretty well for current events. Respect sir.

[@sandeegrey5977]

The USA isn't the world

[@dougcargill6730]

Tristan und Isolde is one of the most magical pieces of music. I’ve seen it a few times and you simply flow with the music (emotionally) until the end.

[@rossbooth4635]

This movie was so dark, but also so beautiful. That final shot, holy hell.

[@christianlesniak]

Great chord to have a cakewalk to (at the apocalypse)

[@dallinforsyth8762]

Could you talk about Vienna Teng's "Hymn of Axciom" at some point? It's such an beautiful song but still is the most interesting sounding musical piece of art I've really ever heard. It's a musical goldmine of everything talked about in your videos and I think it'd be amazing for you to cover! (Bonus points for the Bluecoats 2014 performance)

[@jonthecomposer]

The m7b5 is my favorite chord. Not only is it completely within the major key (7, 2, 4, 6), but it sounds very exotic especially for being simply of the major scale. So between that, a m6 chord's inversion of the m7b5, and a fully d7 being a bass note away from a 7b9, these chords can allude to many things in many directions.

[@HenningUhle]

Charles, I like your enthusiasm in every video. I don't know the movie. But as a dude from Leipzig, Germany, I know of the most famous son of the city. Yes, he was never an easy guy. But his music was always amazing. Speaking of the "Tristan Chord", I've found out that just around this chord there are tons of articles. To this day, there is no clear interpretation of the chord. And I think that's what makes it so special. Regarding the full opera, it was said back in the days that there is no musical work which is similarly dangerous like Tristan and that the whole piece will probably be banned. And it is said that this climax and resolution after THIS long time is the most brilliant thing ever written in music. So thank you for bringing this up.

[@RetirededKat]

You can't capture hopelessness without some of the prerequisite resignation, in my opinion.

[@Althestane]

Literally the SECOND before the climax, KZbin interrupts the vid with double unskippable ads. Well played, algorithm, well played.

[@radiozelaza]

I used the quote from protagonist of Melancholia in the opening of my album The Nihilist...

[@Verdekiwi]

2:50 wait! Also this one is over the rainbow!

[@JohnnyTronny19841]

This movie and the soundtrack (essentially only Tristan and Isolde) had a GIGANTIC EFFECT on me - I even started working on a one man "synth orchestra" arrangement of this prelude.

[@JohnnyTronny19841]

then you go into Claire de Lune. Why is it your goal to make me sob today? lol

[@Pantheos]

At some point he's more like a sports reporter talking about the opera as if it was a football match :D

[@ffggddss]

I first heard this piece in Leonard Bernstein's TV series where he was presenting his ideas on music to a university class; I forget the title of the series. Some comments here say that the mood or emotion evoked by T&I is not so much sadness, as yearning. I lean toward that view, but I feel that it is far deeper than even that; the rush of emotions is truly beyond description. I guess "yearning" is the closest I can think of. Captured with more simplicity, but much less intensity, in Schubert's short piano piece, "Sehnsuchts." Fred

[@PabloJuncosaLopez]

I'd like to suggest something, Charles: The minor sixth leap at the beginning (a-f) that falls into e afterwards is already giving the hint of a D minor tonality. The first chords, not being played but sounding inside my head is thus Dm, the root. The melodic movement afterwards falls chromatically into an eb, (half step above the root, same function as V7b9), which is the minor seventh of Fm7b5, sixth degree of Ab melodic minor. This is still a modal interchange. BUT, then one of inner voices resolves into the root d, the seventh of E7#11, fourth degree of B melodic minor. There is when it happens the whole modulation. It's a feeling of I V I, where the harmony jumps using minor thirds (D minor, Ab minor, B minor). Do you understand what I mean? Congratulations for your funny and educational channel! Amazing!

[@Olive_Gamer139]

Xenogenesis/Back One Day is the Earth outro song.

[@Zwylo]

Has Charles done Schindler’s List? I feel like analysing the soundtrack of that film would be great.

[@kronos6948]

Dude...Nice job bulking! Like Hawk from the Road Warriors said to Lex Luger "Bulk is for big boys, cuts are for kids!" Keep on putting on that mass dude.

[@haruntekin6724]

Youve gotta listen to the Act 3 Prelude in this opera. One of the most INCREDIBLE things ever.

[@migduh]

This channel gives me happy nutrients in these dark times. Thank you Charles. 💙

[@danieltatemusic]

Top choice of recording...! :D Fabulous sound.

[@danieltatemusic]

Although it was quite mad after all that how you just smack spacebar during the last chord CAN A GUY NOT ENJOY HIS HARD EARNED DRINK?! XD

[@CarlWidegrip]

This was the first opera I ever saw in concert. Cool stuff!

[@arthurmorgan7557]

Not a great dude but one of the best composers who ever lived. Definitely check out Wagner.

[@ofthenearfuture]

This is a beautiful and underrated film, and never would have expected you'd pick it lol, but loved your breakdown as always

[@aaronclift]

I’d say that “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” is equally important to the development of modern music. I’d love to hear you tackle that one.

[@paxwallace8324]

His cumbersome description (lack of a home base or lack of direction) is encapsulated by the powerful word AMBIGUITY. To truly understand the expressive power hinted at by this word is the subject of Bernstein's 6 part lecture series about Tonality and linguistics "The Unanswered Question"

[@gabimeredith1]

I have a pretty strong argument for how I hear it: The opening chord can be respelled as G#-6, just with its 6th in the bass. This is an our tonic minor sound. Then the E7#11 is just the bVI7#11 which is a common sound in blues and jazz actually, you can also call it subv/v. And it resolving at the end to B major support this, as G# minor is the relative minor of B major. You hear this exact vamp in the pink panther theme funnily enough.

[@eladpeleg745]

I don't know if it's the most depressing chord but sitting through the whole 4 hour thing definitely is.

[@seanonel]

Wagner himself was not necessarily a bad man; it was just that the Nazis chose his music over other composers... Many of the Nazi marching tunes were innocent songs written by innocent people such as “Erika” or “Schwartzbraun ist die Hazelnuss”. Very interesting to research. I would highly recommend it... Also, along the lines of historical music, there are people who have discovered the actual scales and melodies for the Psalms of King David. Again, a very interesting topic to research!

[@mountainmgtow5421]

And from the ashes is played Gymnopedie, by Erik Satie. A truly melancholic denouement.

[@DeutschlandGuy]

8:04 "SURLEY the next bit will tell us." ... Well, no.... No it doesn't... and don't call me Shirley". (Do you see what I did there? 😅🤣😂) 10:23 "SURLEY this dominant chord is going to resolve, right?" ... Again... No... No it doesn't... And I told you not to call me Shirley. 😛😜🤪

[@jackhayes2369]

Gonna be honest I never expected you to cover anything related to Lars von Trier film 😂

[@nicholasfogg7964]

The Tristan chord is an ascending appoggiatura onto the French augmented sixth of A minor!!!

[@tilmaen]

i love how the "hr-Sinfonieorchester" is nowadays almost ubiquitous when it comes to classical music on youtube. Now thats public spending well invested ;)

[@zxbc1]

The best Tristan rendition was still Bernstein's BSO version. The audio quality is not as good but the interpretation was the most sublime.

[@kbrichmo8547]

Carolina Crown did a fantastic rendition of this piece in 2023

[@maissthro3645]

That opening reminded me of FFVI intro. Such ominous ambience just sounds so deep and barren of hope for what is going to take place.

[@MaxPorta-k6m]

Great Video. Great choice of music.