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"I actually don't enjoy listening to Baroque music very much, in spite of my reputation around here of being a fugologist. The only Baroque music I really like are some of Bach's fugues from WTC I & II. I actually prefer Beethovenian-style music…"
"I regret ever participating in this thread, and probably will regret writing this as well, but this is exactly the kind of spat that brought down the old forum. Members have disagreements, fine, we're all human. But then disagreement devolved into…"
"I wrote a lengthy reply a day or two ago that I subsequently deleted. But in a nutshell, I'm still here on this forum because, being a closet composer for decades, I had reached the point where I simply couldn't hold it in anymore -- I needed…"
"We've had that issue since the times of the old forum. Many more members signed up than actively participated. In fact, this seems to be a common trend in online forums."
"I've been busy with things other than music, sadly to say. Hence the silence. I do have a WIP fugue but haven't been able to work on it much. Well actually, I have several WIP fugues, but most of them are on the backburner at the moment. This one…"
"I don't consider my fugues to be that predictable. I do take a rather liberal approach to fugue; I can't stand the monotonous I-V-I-V structure of the strict interpretation of fugue, for example. So I often have strange modulations going off already…"
"Thanks for sharing your methods. It's interesting that I also compose in a similar way: while I often have a vague idea where I plan for the music to go, there's no concrete plan in the sense that in 16 or 32 bars I must be at a certain place, or it…"
"Or it could be simply the result of the orchestrator being a big Beethoven fan, which is then reflected in his orchestration of the material."
"I wouldn't say I dislike Mahler, but generally his music isn't really to my tastes. I'm much more of a fan of Beethoven, and OP being also a Beethoven fan probably wrote a lot of Beethovenian influence into this orchestration (consciously or not),…"
"I feel like this deserves a live performance; the MIDI / computer rendition simply doesn't do justice to the music.
Also, the segno repeat signs near the end seem to have been omitted in the audio playback? Probably a fluke / limitation of the…"
Also, the segno repeat signs near the end seem to have been omitted in the audio playback? Probably a fluke / limitation of the…"
"It certainly feels like the slow movement of a larger work, rather than a standalone piece. Not being an insider to this particular idiom, I can't really say much about it, but I will say that it has at least kept my interest throughout. So at the…"
"While this piece has good moments and the melody writing is not bad, it feels more like an improvisation than a string symphony. It's pleasant to listen to, but I feel like it lacks the grandeur of structure that one expects when listening to a…"
"You'll be surprised, in recent times even Saul has commented on my music every once in a while. Perhaps still not beyond the point of lip service in order to draw more audience to his own music, but hey, progress! ;-) Who knows, maybe we might…"
"IMO the theory/intuition dichotomy is a false one.
Theory arose in the early stages of western music not as a prescriptive dogma to be imposed upon unwitting composers, but as a description of the practices observed by successful composers, with the…"
Theory arose in the early stages of western music not as a prescriptive dogma to be imposed upon unwitting composers, but as a description of the practices observed by successful composers, with the…"
"My personal view is that if my music draws vitriol, then it's probably because I really did screw up. :D
Having said that, though, it doesn't mean I necessarily agree with the criticism. Just that I have a ways to go in order to outdo even the…"
Having said that, though, it doesn't mean I necessarily agree with the criticism. Just that I have a ways to go in order to outdo even the…"
"Do you have Elaine Gould's Behind Bars? It's kinda the de facto standard when it comes to all things notation, and often contains a lot of fine details that you may have missed. It doesn't answer everything, though. There are still cases where it…"
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