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"The Pierrot of the Minute" (Mov. 3 & 4)

Hi all,as an emerging self-taught composer, most of the time my music is not as good as other composers' one and those few times it is I find myself being ruled out without the judges even listening to it (which is quite disrespectful, especially if…

Started by Gabriele in Performances

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Symphony No. 1 in E Flat Minor-"AWAKENING"

Symphony No. 1 in E Flat Minor“AWAKENING”I. As the Shadows Twine II. A Great Contemplation (8:34)III. Rebirth (14:56)IV. In Passion, Pulse, and Power (21:32)My ambition for this work was to create a symphony that begins rooted in traditional…

Started by David Lilly in Music Analysis and Critique

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Orchestration of Beethoven string quartet in Eb-Major, op 127

Of the late string quartets I feel that the first of these - his first major work after the 9th symphony, written from May 1824 till January 1825 - stands somewhat in the shadow of the following quartets - it least it was so for me. And I was…

Started by Gerd Prengel in Music Analysis and Critique

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Back from Bali trip - here's what I (musically) learned

Hello friendsBack from vacation to the utterly enchanting island of Bali last week, and as a result of two half-day workshops I attended (one on gamelan, the other on rindik), there are some high-level, personal observations I came away with. These…

Started by Frank Paul in Music Analysis and Critique

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String Quartet No. 1, Op. 1 (NP4 demo - 15:40)

Now that NotePerformer 4 is out, I thought I'd revisit the string quartet I began as a student nearly 50 years ago and (mostly) finished in 2020, to see if I could get a more faithful rendering from the updated version. This being a string quartet,…

Started by Liz Atems in Music Analysis and Critique

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My First Symphony - 2nd Movement

Hi all,So here's the 2nd movement of my 1st symphony. The oboe in the beginning takes the melody idea taken from the closing one in the first movement. From there, the music develops into several characters and themes, but mostly in a bigger sense…

Started by Sam Umar in Music Analysis and Critique

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Cosmic Vision Pleiades

Hey folks! I introduce "Cosmic Vision Pleiades"This is a recording of an improvisation I did at a very creative time in my life - in 2014. Everything was done linearly in one take. It is a record of a complete performance.I only had one motif…

Started by James Townsend in Music Analysis and Critique

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Bajo la Gótica Ventana

Bajo la Gótica Ventana Bajo la Gótica Ventana ("Under the Gothic Window") is a survival of the rich but today little known folk song tradition of the Californios (the Spanish settlers of pre-statehood California.) The song is poorly attested: the…

Started by Jon Corelis in Music Analysis and Critique

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"Clouds" - A Song-In-an-Hour challenge! Would love some thoughts.

Hello all! Hope this post finds you well in this middle of the week, (At least where I am). Tonight I challenged myself to make a song in an hour or less. So, with about 40 mintues of work I produced this piece! Would love some feedback on the…

Started by Layne Lee in Music Analysis and Critique

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Canon

Hello everyone, wrote this little canon yesterday. Hope you enjoy it. Any advice would be amazing 😻 https://musescore.com/user/61733869/scores/10968094

Started by jonathan land in Composer Forum News

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Just a Thank You message for this site, from a newcomer

Posted by Frank Paul on January 22, 2023 at 7:00am

Dear Gavin (and anybody else this ought to be addressed to)

I just wanted to take the opportunity to say a big, big Thank You for this wonderful site you've created. I only joined CF about a week ago, but already I'm so impressed! There's…

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Posted by Jon Corelis on March 19, 2022 at 10:01pm

A performance of my composition Three Fairy Songs by flutist Beth Ratay as part of the Boston New Music Initiative's Prismatic Congruency program is available on YouTube at:

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THE MORABA' DANCE (رقصة المربّع) | FOR SOLO VIOLA

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A contemporary piece for Solo Viola Composed by Wajdi Abou Diab and Premiered by Noemie Chemaly

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Symphony No. 1 in E Flat Minor-"AWAKENING"

Orchestration of Beethoven string quartet in Eb-Major, op 127

Back from Bali trip - here's what I (musically) learned

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 1 (NP4 demo - 15:40)

My First Symphony - 2nd Movement

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