What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles
""Always at least an hour a day" is one idea I heard once about composing routine and I quite like that concept. You might do more, but never less and it keeps process turning over and advancing. I had a composition teacher that said "I only write…"
"if one wants to be precise, it's a transcription of that concerto for solo piano (and/or any other instruments it might involve after transcribed). But, provided it is in sonata form, I'd say yes, you can call it a sonata.
After all, you can surely…"
After all, you can surely…"
"Labelling is always a problem. It's really a matter of convention and perception. A concerto for violin and orchestra is a violin sonata in everything but name. Just as a symphony is a sonata for orchestra. One expects a concerto to have an…"
"I agree too that it's a sound practice to create a version for instrument + orchestra and for instrument + piano. The problem, really a small detail that for some reason has captured my interest, is nothing more than the interchangeable use of the…"
"I'm not sure what the problem is. As long as both versions are seen as one piece in two different forms.
There are many instances of works being scored for reduced forces right down to piano solo.
Obviously, it depends on the nature of the music…"
There are many instances of works being scored for reduced forces right down to piano solo.
Obviously, it depends on the nature of the music…"
"I agree with you.
The composer I know that did this is teaching composition in a University Music Dept. which makes it all the more surprising to me.
It becomes a different work, and sometimes the piano reduction can be very effective in its own…"
The composer I know that did this is teaching composition in a University Music Dept. which makes it all the more surprising to me.
It becomes a different work, and sometimes the piano reduction can be very effective in its own…"
"Traditionally they call this "transcription", or "clavier", and this is essentialy different music, sometimes good, sometimes bad.
Orchestra and piano are different things. You cannot represent Aivasovsky's paints using the technique of gravure, and…"
Orchestra and piano are different things. You cannot represent Aivasovsky's paints using the technique of gravure, and…"
"A little point that I picked up; there are countries where, concerning performance and broadcasting fess, the composer/publisher split is not 50/50 eg. I can think of a case where it's 2/3 to composer and 1/3 to publisher, but under that contract it…"
"I'm curious to know what it is it about the GEMA system that you consider outdated?
I can't really add more to the answers to your questions but could add that I believe under reciprocal arrangements between societies (internationally) they deduct…"
I can't really add more to the answers to your questions but could add that I believe under reciprocal arrangements between societies (internationally) they deduct…"
"I used Cubase LE (came with a Tascam interface) for a little bit of audio editing and didn't like it at all for anything MIDI eg. couldn't hold the cursor stationary and keep MIDI notes playing. It's far behind Digital Performer which is what I use…"
"Concerning your first question, generally whatever solution is chosen the section will try and move bows together, it's more a question of bow management: what the section leader thinks is good for the whole section to achieve the result. They won't…"
"As a string player myself I don't really mind if phrase markings are "too long". I presume you are talking about trying to anticipate how the bowing would work in practice. I think it's probably better for the composer not to worry too much about…"
"Congratulations, a nice work; I like the way the viola line runs, it would be very satisfying to play, and with the underlying harmony it seems to evoke a certain nostalgia."
"Do you know about the site: www.dynamicrange.de ? The engineer, Andrew Levine of blumlein records, who mastered our latest CD told me about this. One can see how a CD complies, then put a logo on the CD to indcate the rating, in our case a "DR11"…"
"In fact prior to the MacPlus that I got in 1987 as my first real computer I had for a short time the Yamaha QX1 hardware sequencer, an expensive monster in those days. Probably still qualifies as being a computer. Fortunately after about 18 months…"
"For me it was MOTU's Professional Composer and Performer 1.22 on a Mac Plus in 1987. Professional Composer later became Mosaic but sadly never made the jump to OSX so I went to Sibelius. Performer ran parallel to Digital Performer for a while then…"
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Thanks for the advice on divisi strings
ps if you have a minute please have a look at my short piece for viola and piano thanks
score
http://www.box.net/shared/tc1sncexig
mockup
http://www.box.net/shared/1gcefo7f0v