Last Pieces by 14 Great Classical Composers

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Enjoy this video showing the last pieces by 14 famous classial composer.

0:00 31 Years Old: Franz Schubert - Die Taubenpost, D.965a, 1828
0:51 35 Years Old: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K.626, III. Sequenz, VI. Lacrimosa, 1791
1:39 38 Years Old: Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet No.6, Op.80, IV. Finale Allegro molto, 1847
2:25 39 Years Old: Frédéric Chopin - Mazurka in F minor, Op.68, No.4, 1849
3:09 43 Years Old: Robert Schumann - Theme in E-flat major, 1854
3:37 53 Years Old: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.6, Op.74, IV. Adagio lamentoso, 1893
4:33 55 Years Old: Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quintet in C major, WoO 62, 'Last Musical Thought', 1826
5:14 58 Years Old: Erik Satie - Relâche, XXI. Petite Danse Finale; La Queue du Chien, 1924
5:42 63 Years Old: Edvard Grieg - 4 Psalms, Op.74, IV. In Heav'n above, 1906
6:16 65 Years Old: Johann Sebastian Bach - Before Your Throne I Now Appear, BWV 668, 1750
7:11 71 Years Old: Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in D minor, Hob.III:83, II. Minuet ma non troppo presto, 1803
7:52 73 Years Old: Franz Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No.4, S.216b, 1885
8:28 79 Years Old: Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff, Act III, Part II, Tutti gabbati!, 1893
9:09 85 Years Old: Camille Saint-Saëns, Feuillet d'album, Op.169, 1921

Composer(s): Various

Original Music: Various © (1750-1924)

[PianoMusicBros]

It's time to listen to the last works by some of the greatest classical composers! What's your favorite last work?

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[dl_nev]

You can hear how Mozart was haunted by death. And Chopin was already saying goodbye to this world, it wasn't sad, it was pure void.

[JulieRiley-wt]

So many of these seem as though their composers were still in their creative prime, with plenty of energy and ideas still left to share with the world. Even the oldest composers seemed so full of inspiration. That is except Mozart's Lacrimosa. Whereas many of these pieces could be seen as a celebration of life, Mozart's seems like a resignation and departure from music as much as it was from life. As an artist, he seemed to embody every emotion and feeling he had, and this was his last piece to share to the world about these complicated and nuanced feelings of what death and forgiveness felt like, and the result became one of the most iconic and chilling pieces in the classical repertoire, as a bitter and sobering reminder of an experience that we all await.

[chris]

How appropriate the last piece Bach wrote before he died was "Before Your Throne I Now Appear".

[chrismcdonald]

How has no one mentioned the Tchaikovsky? The last movement of that symphony is absolutely heartbreaking

[danielszantoekeblad]

Love how every composer has a rather simple last composition and then theres liszt at 73 years old with mephisto waltz no.4 😆

[tobiascrysel]

It is a shame that a lot of these great composers died so early. Imagine the pieces they could have created later in life.

[songur]

It is a pity that Schubert only lived 31 years, but i love him the most. I can not stop asking myself what works he would achieve if he would have lived longer.

[umbraacustluminaacust]

Saint-Saëns' last piece moves my heart so deeply. A bit like a lullaby for the long slumber... 🖤

[Octavio]

If Lacrimosa was Mozart last piece, he was in such a genius phase of his creative life.
How many masterpieces we lost 😢

[Jimbarleyy]

Chopin’s last piece really sounds like a final sigh of life..💔 Same goes for Tchaikovsky

[lorddarkrai]

Schumann is one of those guys that truly deserve some hugs. You only know him as a catchy composer and with a few amazing tracks up his sleeve until you learn more about his life and what he did to himself and

[griffinhaltom]

"On the night of 17 February 1854, Schumann, suffering from severe aural hallucinations, claimed that he heard angels dictating a theme to him. If Clara Schumann’s diary entries are to be believed, Schumann immediately wrote down the theme, and on either 22 or 23 February started writing variations on it. At 2 in the afternoon of 27 February Schumann tried to drown himself in the icy Rhine; he was rescued by bargemen who dragged him ashore. The next day he returned to these variations and (it seems) completed them. He sent the work to Clara, but by then she had already left to stay with a friend at the advice of a doctor. On 4 March Schumann voluntarily committed himself to an asylum in Endenich, where he would die just a little over 2 years later."

[wolfycayman]

0:03 Die Taubenpost, Franz Schubert.
0:51 Lacrimosa, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
1:39 String Quartet No.6, Op.80, IV.Finale: Allegro Molto, Felix Mendelssohn.
2:25 Mazurka in F Minor, Op.68, No.4, Frederic Chopin
3:09 Theme in E - flat Major, Robert Schumann.
3:37 Symphony No.6, Op.74, IV. Adagio Lamento, Ptoyr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
4:33 Last Musical Thought, Ludwig Van Beethoven.
5:14 Relache, XXI Petite Danse Finale: La Queue du Chien, Erik Satie.
5:42 In Heav'n Above, Edvard Grieg.
6:16 Before Your Throne I Now Appear, Johann Sebastian Bach.
7:11 im not typing all of this, Joseph Haydn.
7:52 Mephisto Waltz No.4, Franz Liszt.
8:28 Tutti Gabbati!, Giuseppe Verdi.
9:09 Feuillet d'album, Op.169, Camille Saint - Saens.

hope this helped!

[fpschubert]

Schubert's early death at the age of 31 is so sad! Like in his tombstone " "Music has here buried a rich treasure, But much fairer hopes"

[marendenison]

1:13 man. This is the first time I’ve heard Mozart’s Requiem on piano, , the chord progression in this… wow.

[JenBlair-jwyt]

Verdi last song is now my most favorite he ever wrote the part where it slowly grows was amazing

[AwesomeBrony]

2:39 I think the fact that Chopin's last piece was a mazurka shows his love for Poland.

[Estrosss]

Satie's final work reminded me of an ending to a comedic movie. Satie was known to joke and be really satire so it's pretty fitting. He went out with a bang!

[HikikoSunny]

Beethoven last piece is such an interesting topic, the last thing he completed was his new final movement to opus 130, but Last Musical Thoughts is the last substantial thing he wrote (and the only way it survived was by a piano transcription that Diabelli made)

Beethoven left many sketches throughout his life: 6th piano concerto, 10th symphony, oboe concerto (possibly lost), early versions of works, etc. We have luck that we have so many sketches to see, Mozart as examples didn't leave many sketches behind (and a part was destroyed by Constance)

I think I got a little off the subject of the video, huh?