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Made a small tribute to Ferdinand Cheval. He lived from 19 April 1836 – 19 August 1924 and was a French postman. He had much imagination and one day he decided to make a palace of his own. 33 years long he build his own fantasy palace: 'Palais idéal'. One can still visit it in Hauterives. This piece of music is not so much a musical description of the palace but a tribute to the man who build the palace of his dreams with relentless perseverance. He made inscriptions in his palace and one of them reads: 1879-1912 10,000 days, 93,000 hours, 33 years of struggle. Let those who think they can do better try." If you ever feel like giving up the arts: think of Ferdinand Cheval! Hommage à Ferdinand Cheval.mp3

Thank you again Peter, this is the pure music.

Wow! If Gould says it's ok, I stand corrected. It's true that when I first looked at the score (having not had the recording yet), the rhythm in the first measure gave me a little confusion at first, but in the 2nd measure I immediately knew what you meant... which I suppose is what really matters. And I think it really shows that you sing each line while listening to the others... they all sit very well and are very singable. It's a good practice that I wish more choral composers would follow. (I do that too for my compositions, trying to sing one part in the correct octave while playing the others at the piano... although when I sing the soprano and alto parts, it sounds like Florence Foster Jenkins at best and an angry coyote at worst!)

Cool! Nice job. Did you know there's is another user on this website who also participated in this competition? You really milk all the cues in the short cartoon for all they're worth and almost every event has it's own musical gesture or mood. Great job and thanks for sharing! P.S.: could we also hear the music by itself without the film?