"Out of curiosity I've checked My Page and found that I've posted 45 compositions on this site, of which 24 have received comments from other site members. I've made comments on 18 compositions posted by others.
Those…"
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Three Fairy Songs for solo flute by Jon Corelis
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The rose in full bloom
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The rose in full bloomfor solo fluteThe rose in full bloom for solo flute:…Continue
Snow Country
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Snow CountryFor solo flute.The sound file was created with software as a demo.Score and sound file available at:…Continue
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Three Fairy Songs for solo flute by Jon Corelis
Three Fairy Songs for solo fluteSound file and score at:MuseScore Three Fairy Songsor:YouTube Three Fairy SongsSound file only at:SoundCloud Three Fairy SongsPROGRAM NOTE: Fairy music, wrote folklorist…See More
"Thanks for the reply, and for liking it.
I compose a lot for flute, and still am uncertain about rests. I've gotten conflicting responses on my pieces from flute players, from "why aren't there any rests?" to "why are…"
"Very nicely done, john. My only suggestion is that there is an extended passage where there don't appear to be any rests. But then, I have heard James Galway go on for so long that I myself became out of breath, so maybe this isn't a…"
Irish Dance for Solo Piccolo - Basler Piccolo Version
A lovely tune by Jon Corelis Original from here: https://youtu.be/eBinPlqgk6o
The rose in full bloom
The rose in full bloomfor solo fluteThe rose in full bloom for solo flute: Variations on a traditional Irish airScore and computer-generated audio file at:MuseScore The rose in full bloomorYouTube The rose in…See More
"Ah well, I'm probably one of the few who never watched Game of Thrones.
Let me see if I understand. You said a few posts above that you follow meters closely, and harmonies close to the original sometimes. In order to "apply the…"
"Thanks for the further commens, which I do find interesting.
Yes, one of my sources says that the original would have been performed by three male voices -- evidently the old mystery plays were performed by all male casts, like most traditional…"
Butterfly
ButterflyFor solo flute. This composition is based on a traditional Japanese melody, though it strays rather too far from the original tune to be called an arrangement of it.The sound file was generated with software as a demo.Audio file and score at:MuseScore Butterflyor…See More
"Jon,
Don't get me wrong, I like much of what you did. Though I think you could have been a little bit more adventurous harmonically. I'm not talking here about original harmonies, but rather the harmonies in general. You do a good job of…"
"Thanks for the response. My version follows the original 16th century version closely in its meters. The harmonies I've modified more, but where they sound unusual to a contemporary listener, it's probably exactly because those…"
"Jon,
Perhaps I'm not as familiar with the original as I should be. But I feel there are uncomfortable meters, and harmonies. The variations are interesting."
"Thanks for the response; I'm glad you liked it."
"Hi Jon,
Atavistic and effective, it really evokes the times. Thanks for posting!
Gav"
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- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- Web, Choir, Small Ensemble, Songs
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- Classical/folk/medieval
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not at all.
- Where do you live?
- Northeast Wisconsin
- About Me (Must include at least one paragraph of biographical information about you as a composer) - blank or minimal answers on this line will cause your request to be rejected. Include a link to your website if you have one.
- Jon Corelis was born in California and grew up in and around Chicago, where he earned a degree in Classical Languages and Literatures at the College of the University of Chicago. He later took a doctorate in Classics at Stanford, and taught Classics and Humanities at Stanford, the University of California, and the University of Minnesota. After a subsequent career as a software specialist in Silicon Valley, he now lives in Wisconsin. His poetry and other writings have been published in print and on web sites in eight countries, and he has given lectures and readings by invitation in America and Europe.
He more recently has turned to composing songs and instrumental pieces. His music has been featured on the web site The Flexible Persona, has been performed in concert by the Wisconsin ensemble a very small consortium, by the New York State flute quartet Party of Four, and at Denison University's TUTTI 2019 Festival, and has been recorded by flutist Robin Meiksins for her YouTube recording project 365 Days of Flute, and by clarinetist Emily Mehigh for her YouTube recording project The Miniature Month of May.
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- joncorelis.com
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Articles from New Music USA
Posted on August 16, 2019 at 11:28am 0 Comments 0 Likes
One of the music sites I look at sometimes is the well-established New Music USA.
In this blog post I'll mention two recent articles from that site which composers may find interesting.
JULIANA HALL: PULLED INTO THE POETS’ WORLD is an extensive interview with one of the most prominent…
ContinueBrief review: A Medieval Songbook: Troubadour & Trouvere
Posted on June 13, 2019 at 4:57pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
A Medieval Songbook: Troubadour & Trouvere by Feltcher Collins, Jr. et al. (University Press of Virginia, 1982) is a valuable resource for performers and listeners of medieval music.
Although the phrase Medieval music is likely to suggest to the general listener Gregorian chant and the church music of such composers as Hildegard von Bingen, there also exists a considerable body of Medieval secular song, most notably by the Minnesingers of the…
ContinueBrief review: Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's The Dancing Master, edited by Jeremy Barlow
Posted on May 27, 2019 at 12:23pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's The Dancing Master, edited by Jeremy Barlow (Faber Music 1986) may be of little interest to most people, but of the highest interest to those interested in its particular subject. Playford's Dancing Master was a collection of traditional songs with basic dance notation which went through numerous editions in the 17th and 18th centuries. It's usually described as a collection of English tunes, but many of them have origins…
ContinueBrief Review: The Great Walz
Posted on April 25, 2019 at 10:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Great Waltz is a classic "Hollywoodization" bio-pic, one which hardly pretends to be accurate, but which uses the life story of a historical character as a basis for atmosphere and entertainment. In this case the subject is "The Waltz King" Johann Strauss II, who was responsible for the craze for the dance that conquered Vienna and much of Europe in the mid 19th…
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- At 7:23pm on April 5, 2019,
Gav Brown said…
Welcome Jon!
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