Three Short Christmas Carols

The first two of these were written some eighteen years ago, but I've recently run them through NotePerformer and tweaked the arrangements a bit. The third was written yesterday. As the title indicates, these are just tiny little miniatures, but an

Started by Steven Linden in Music Analysis and Critique

2 Replies · Reply by Steven Linden Dec 16, 2022

Reverie (for Melissa Keeling)

Hello. I am a flute player that has started to compose for flute. This is the first "real" piece I have written. I have done some exercised and loops before, but this is the first I feel is completely realized. I've attached the score and a midi reco

Started by Mike Zellers in Music Analysis and Critique

4 Replies · Reply by Mike Zellers Dec 16, 2022

Grief's Coronation - Solo piano composition

Hi all,

I would love to get your feedback on one of my solo piano compositions titled "Grief's Coronation".

The piece was inspired by the tragic death of a youthful, popular, and widely loved acquaintance.

In writing the piece I seemed to find myself un

Started by Mark Reilly in Music Analysis and Critique

10 Replies · Reply by Colin Dougall Dec 20, 2022

Elegy for orchestra

Hi, I'd like to share with you this new piece, called "Elegy for orchestra":

http://www.gerdprengel.de/elegy.mp3

It is based on a melancholic melody which is presented in 4 different ways...I hope it will speak to you ...

Gerd

Started by Gerd Prengel in Music Analysis and Critique

11 Replies · Reply by Emily Bond Dec 16, 2022

Song without Words In D major

Hi,

I'm performing here my latest work for piano

Song without Words In D major

Regards,

Saul

Saul Gefen · Song Without Words In D Major

Started by Saul Gefen in Music Analysis and Critique

2 Replies · Reply by Saul Gefen Dec 18, 2022

Fugue in G

I call this a fugue, and it has the outward trappings of a fugue, but I'm pretty sure this isn't something Bach would write. :-P There are many unconventional things about it, and I probably broke several rules of good fugue writing... but I really

Started by H. S. Teoh in Music Analysis and Critique

11 Replies · Reply by H. S. Teoh Dec 21, 2022

La rosa inflorese for solo alto flute

La rosa inflorese for solo alto flute

My adaptation, with the addition of an introductory taxim, of one of the most popular Sephardic songs. I posted a version of this for standard flute in this forum some time ago, but I think this alto flute versio

Started by Jon Corelis in Music Analysis and Critique

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Luna Noir

Hi everyone! I want to share this small composition I made in a 40's - 50's style. The orchestra is Noteperformer 3, written in Sibelius, it has a custom fabfilter reverb to make the thing sound kinda old I guess... Despite I have more than 1 decade

Started by Javier Medina in Music Analysis and Critique

6 Replies · Reply by Javier Medina Dec 6, 2022

Song without Words In B minor

Hi,

Performing here my latest work

Song without Words In B minor

Regards,

Saul

Saul Gefen · Song Without Words In B Minor

Started by Saul Gefen in Music Analysis and Critique

4 Replies · Reply by Saul Gefen Dec 18, 2022

Variations on a theme of Pergolesi

Variations on a theme of Pergolesi

For string trio. The audio file was created with software as a demo: PergolesiStringTrioMS4.mp3

Version of 23 January 2023

A demo score (watermarked, without ancillary material) is available in a public access file h

Started by Jon Corelis in Music Analysis and Critique

5 Replies · Reply by Jon Corelis Jan 26

Song without Words In E major for Piano

Hi,

It has been several weeks that I'm composing this collection of Songs without Words. I have also composed several Songs without words a few years ago and didn't post all of them on this forum as of yet.

I will post the earlier Songs Without Words g

Started by Saul Gefen in Music Analysis and Critique

10 Replies · Reply by Saul Gefen Dec 18, 2022

Musical Polyminiatures: Please add links to your miniatures

Hello,

I defined a somewhat new music form, or genre, called Music Polyminiature, and more generally, Music Polycomposition. This is described in the first video of channel

https://www.youtube.com/@Polyminiatures

(Please press READ MORE in the chann

Started by Andrew Gleibman in Music Analysis and Critique, Music Technology, and The Art of Composition

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Symphony no. 15

My most recent composition is the 15th symphony so at least numerically I have managed to equal Shostakovich! Had a lot of problems getting this started (though not as many as trying to write something new at the moment) but eventually it started to

Started by David Owen in Music Analysis and Critique

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How strictly do composers expect performers to follow the score?

[Not sure which forum this belongs in; please move if appropriate.]

I thought I would submit for discussion a question I've been wondering about, which is how strictly do composers (I mean of course those who write for actual performers rather than fo

Started by Jon Corelis in Music Analysis and Critique

4 Replies · Reply by H. S. Teoh Nov 30, 2022

Orchestration of Beethoven's string quartet c#-minor op. 131 - mov. 6 - 7

This quartet is considered by many as the greatest string quartet ever written. Leonard Bernstein recorded a magnificent performance with string orchestra of which he said (if I remember correctly) that it meant to him so muchlike no other performanc

Started by Gerd Prengel in Music Analysis and Critique

1 Reply · Reply by David Owen Nov 26, 2022