First, thank you very much for your review.
This piece was my first try on mixing styles in order to write a tonal piece in a classical form which still shows that it is a contemporary composition.
It's sort of a parody. There's a trivial diatonic run which ends in a tone-row. The tone-row is repeated by the trombone, while the piano plays a dancy rag-time rhythm with tonic and dominant chords.
This CANNOT be taken serious and it is not what it should be.
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At measure 334 or there abouts, there is more dissonance in the piano part than in the rest of the score, yet it ends up sounding cartoonish. More like vaudeville than anything serious.
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On purpose - see above. This part first appears in the exposition after second theme, when the piano suddenly starts with a weird fugue which ends sounding burlesque. Whether it works, I cannot say. That's why I want you to review it. You say it doesn't. Maybe it doesn't. I of course fully understand what you mean.
The only thing I want to tell you is that what I did was on purpose and not because I didn't know what I was doing.
Nevertheless I appreciate your criticism! This was a try and I want to know from you whether it works or not. But do not try to take the tone-rows serious ;-)
Greetings
ralph