How Every Famous Composer Died

Описание: This video is a deep dive into the final days of history's most celebrated composers. Discover how even the greatest talents faced the inevitability of death and the health struggles that marked their last moments.

Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:51 Bach
02:03 Handel
03:45 Berlioz
05:15 Verdi
06:14 Dvorak
07:19 Prokofiev
08:37 Mendelssohn
10:07 Stravinsky
11:21 Haydn
12:55 Wagner
14:06 Mahler
15:54 Schoenberg
17:15 Grieg
18:37 Shostakovich
19:45 Bernstein
21:30 Liszt
22:50 Chopin
24:36 Debussy
25:50 Rachmaninoff
27:19 Brahms
28:55 Beethoven
30:48 Satie
32:47 Ravel
34:17 Puccini
35:54 Rossini
37:58 Schubert
39:42 Schumann
41:25 Tchaikovsky
43:19 Vivaldi
44:43 Mozart

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🎶 Music 🎶

Bach- Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Handel- Suite in G Minor, HWV 432
Berlioz- Symphonie Fantastique (Mvnt 5)
Verdi- Requiem (Dies Irae)
Dvorak- Piano Trio no.3 Op.65
Prokofiev- Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt’s Death)
Mendelssohn- String Quartet no.6 Op.80
Stravinsky- Rite of Spring
Haydn- Mass in C Major (Agnus Dei)
Wagner- Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63
Mahler- Symphony no.1 “Titan” Mvnt. 4
Schoenberg- Verklärte Nacht, Op.4
Grieg- Peer Gynt Suite (Aase’s Death)
Shostakovich- Symphony no.10 Mvnt.2
Bernstein- AI generated “in the style of Bernstein” cuz I’m not about to get hit with a copyright strike.
Liszt- Totentanz
Chopin- Prelude no.20 in C Minor
Debussy- String Quartet in G minor, Op.10
Rachmaninoff- Prelude in C# Minor (Performed by Mr. C# Minor himself)
Brahms- Symphony no.1 Mvnt.1
Beethoven- Große Fuge
Satie- Gymnopedie no.1
Ravel- Pavane pour une infante défunte, M.19
Puccini- Un Bel Di,Vedremo (From"Madame Butterfly")
Rossini- Sonata for Strings no.3
Schubert- Erlkönig
Schumann- Piano Quartet, Op.47
Tchaikovsky- “Pathetique” Symphony no.6
Vivaldi- Four Seasons (Winter)
Mozart- Requiem (Dies Irae)

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Misc. notes 📝

This is probably the most research-heavy project I’ve ever worked on. Probably took me a good 80-85 hours to complete from start to finish.

Furthermore, this was BY FAR the most CHALLENGING script to narrate. These European names with the fancy throat “R”…

I originally included a blooper reel at the end (so that you guys could laugh at my 34,482,639 attempts at “Frédéric Chopin”) but it would’ve ruined my end screen setup. I had to crop it out in YT studio. ☹️

There are quite a few scenes in here that are either 100% AI generated (like the opening shot), or animated via generative video models (like the composer photographs).

Additionally, the music accompanying Bernstein’s segment was also AI generated. Of course, I would’ve preferred to use his original music, but seeing as how he died relatively recently (1990), his works are still very much under copyright.

For more insights into my work, feel free to follow me @second_bassoon on 𝕏.

Around a year ago, I made a post on my first channel @secondchairmusic about how Rossini had the best hair of all composers. Turns out he wore a toupee for most of his life, as his hair fell out due to complications from gonorrhea…💀💀