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> Composers!, what are you all writing?
des
post Oct 14 2008, 11:50 PM
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I'm curious to see what sort of music is being written by everyone else.. what are your current projects?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Oct 15 2008, 08:43 AM
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I am trying to add finishing touvhes to a piece for string quartet and soprano; no text, just vocalisations. Apart from that I am arranging stuff for the adult choir for next summer's show.
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post Oct 15 2008, 09:27 AM
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I have just finished a quartet (with Vn, Va, Vc) for a flautist friend who owns alto and bass flutes in addition to the usual flute and piccolo, so each of these is used in different sections.
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post Oct 15 2008, 03:50 PM
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Im going to attempt to write a sonatina sometime soon.
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post Oct 15 2008, 11:02 PM
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Some months ago I started work on Mozart's 2nd clarinet concerto (as he was foolish enough to write only one). It is tougher than I expected. Despite reading Chuang C Chang's expose of the system by which Mozart composed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I still have not managed to create the authentic Mozart sound.

Meanwhile I am working on Renaissance-style counterpoint.
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post Oct 16 2008, 01:44 PM
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QUOTE(Mad Tom @ Oct 16 2008, 12:02 AM) *

Some months ago I started work on Mozart's 2nd clarinet concerto (as he was foolish enough to write only one). It is tougher than I expected. Despite reading Chuang C Chang's expose of the system by which Mozart composed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I still have not managed to create the authentic Mozart sound.

Meanwhile I am working on Renaissance-style counterpoint.


have you read Rosen's Classical Style book?
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post Oct 16 2008, 03:31 PM
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Hello (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This is a scherzo or dance movement I wrote for a cello ensemble. No pretense that it's profound but I hope it's cheerful. A little Caribbean except for the extra beats.

Runs for just on 2 minutes.

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m...979244&q=hi

Hope you like it.

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post Oct 16 2008, 04:39 PM
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QUOTE(Mad Tom @ Oct 16 2008, 12:02 AM) *

Some months ago I started work on Mozart's 2nd clarinet concerto (as he was foolish enough to write only one). It is tougher than I expected. Despite reading Chuang C Chang's expose of the system by which Mozart composed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I still have not managed to create the authentic Mozart sound.

Meanwhile I am working on Renaissance-style counterpoint.


Really, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) .

How does Renaissance-style counterpoint differ from Baroque? Is it less formal?
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post Oct 16 2008, 06:20 PM
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How does Renaissance-style counterpoint differ from Baroque? Is it less formal?


1. Extensive use of modes - by the baroque the Major-Minor system dominated
2. Stricter in terms of what is considered correct, and what is considered incorrect or poor taste
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post Oct 17 2008, 07:58 PM
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A violin concerto. A stage setting of Aesop's Fables. Various songs for the choir I conduct....the list goes on...and on...and on!
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post Oct 17 2008, 08:04 PM
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A stage setting of Aesop's Fables.


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Sounds very ambitious! There must be 600 plus fables, how many did you cover?
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post Nov 4 2008, 09:58 PM
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QUOTE(des @ Oct 14 2008, 11:50 PM) *

I'm curious to see what sort of music is being written by everyone else.. what are your current projects?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


I recently finished a 3 movement suite for soprano sax and piano in memory of my childhood best friend who died at the age of 10.

It may be getting its first 'proper' performance later this month in a concert.

I've also just started a piece for alto sax and piano, and it seems to feature a cadenza....we'll see what happens!

Lots of other ideas forming for new pieces, and wanting to explore different styles etc. I find composing so rewarding, and am my most content when i'm doing it. I also find that my best ones seem to get done very quickly! Sometimes it all rushes out in under 20 minutes and I have to try and get it down before its gone!

Keep up the good work everyone, the world needs more original music! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)
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post Nov 17 2008, 01:03 PM
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I'm writing a prelude and fugue for Organ (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
a SATB choir carol for christmas and I'm just wating to hear from a radio station to see if they will broadcast it.

and I might start work on my Opera soon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

Ben again.
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post Dec 1 2008, 11:28 PM
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I just wrote, sung, played, sequenced and recorded "The Most Important":

The Most Important
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post Dec 2 2008, 12:01 PM
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I just completed the the first draft of a short (1.30) middle movement of a string quartet. It is about total dejection, misery, and abject despair, but ends on some uplifting chords which will lead into the final movement where I hope to create a feeling of mature acceptance and understanding of the vicissitudes of life. [The first movement was about youthful naivety and simple joy]

Also I am working on a simple fugue to illustrate the conventional structure and what is involved in making one.

Still stalled on Mozart's Second Clarinet concerto. However much I try to be Mozartean my melodies come out like a hybrid of Herbie Hancock, Shostakovich, and Pierre Boulez.
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