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Hellooo, This is a very short galliard for keyboard with the diminutions written out, in a real performance scenario the diminutions would have been improvised by the player on the spot, but since i can't perform it and i don't have a harpsichord (yet) i just have written them note by note. Enjoy! LOB 107 Gagliarda Detta la Maritima.mp3

The members have voted in the poll and decided upon a theme for the next competition - "From Nothing, to Something"! This competition has no monetary awards - only kudos and badges. We are inviting the members/competitors to review and to participate in the creation of the badge awards that will be dispersed at the end of the competition! So if you have any ideas for particular badges that would accord with the kind of music that will be submitted for this competition and the theme of this competition, let us know in the List of Manually-Awardable Badges thread and we will take your ideas into consideration! Please reply to this thread to declare your intent to participate in this competition! The winners will be determined by popular voting polls! The duration of each piece should once again be between 3 - 7 minutes. Reviewing the entries will once again be spearheaded by the members/competitors at large. You are free to use the Official Competition Reviewing Template or you can review the entries in any way you see fit or create a template of your own making! Thank you for whatever time and effort you are able or willing to give towards reviewing the competition entries! There will be tiered "Ardent Reviewer" badges given out for this event: Featherweight Reviewer - for reviewing 33% of the entries Welterweight Reviewer - for reviewing 66% of the entries Heavyweight Reviewer - for reviewing 100% of the entries We are instituting a policy of not allowing any AI generated works in the competition. Because of this you will be required to detail how you created your piece and submit a PDF score or midi file for the perusal of the staff and members at large. The musical entries to the competition are final once submitted. This is for the sake of consistency of reviewing (so that each reviewer reviews the same piece of music without any changes). Instrumentation: As per the poll, the competitors will be tasked with writing a piece for a mixed trio/quartet/quintet of individual instruments/players/singers. Deadline: As per the poll, this competition will take 2 months, so the deadline to participate will be Thursday, September 24th, 2026. @MK_Piano's theme for the competition can be found below: What greater challenge of a composer than to take nothing and turn it into something! Your goal is to take the text from Paul Verlaine’s summer poem “Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été,” (So, on a bright summer day it shall be) and turn it into a piece! This poem is short, but filled with evoking images of what summer can feel like. Attached is the poem in English: So, on a bright summer day it shall be: The great sun, my partner in joy, Shall make, amid the satin and the silk, Your dear beauty lovelier still; The sky, all blue, like a tall canopy, Shall quiver sumptuously in the long folds Above our two happy brows, grown pale With pleasure and expectancy; And when evening comes, the breeze shall be soft And play caressingly about your veils, And the peaceful stars looking down Shall smile benevolently on man and wife. The poem in French and English Entrants to the competition thus far: @MrBelegro @Fruit hunter @Ninja Nolan @Kvothe @TristanTheTristan @MK_Piano @Matthew M @GMoneywroteasong Here is the submissions thread for the competition where participants are encouraged to post links to their composition (rather than posting their piece directly into the pre-existing topic - make your own dedicated topic so the members at large can review your music there):

Thank you so much, my dear Henry ! Your comment truly means a lot to me, especially coming from someone with so great music perception and skill of composing. I'm especially happy that you noticed the Scarlatti influence. His sonatas have been one of my greatest sources of inspiration ever since I began composing, and the Binary Sonatas are my own humble tribute to his extraordinary musical world. These sonatas also hold a very special place in my heart. They are my musical diary, reflecting my thoughts, emotions, and experiences over the past few years, which makes your appreciation even more meaningful to me. Of course, my goal has never been to imitate Scarlatti, but rather to let his spirit inspire me while gradually finding my own musical voice. Your observations about the echo effects, the sudden modulations, the dialogue between the hands, and the changes of mood made me smile because those are exactly the elements I enjoy exploring the most. Thank you once again for your wonderful words and for your continued support over all this time. It truly means a great deal to me, and I hope you'll continue to enjoy the musical journey ahead.

I intend to participate.

Ello! This was as a small test i did with the vocal synthesizer i use to see if i could use other soundfonts with it, and it turned out pretty nice, i like this aria very much even though it has it's flaws. I hope you guys enjoy! LOB 104 Dolce Cioccolata.mp3

I want to join!

Ah ah ! Chers collègues compositeurs, que ce message serve de déclaration officielle de ma participation. Je suis ravi que mon thème ait été retenu comme gagnant. Je suis sûr que vous allez tous adorer ce poème français et j'ai hâte de découvrir la musique que vous allez composer ! TL,DR: I’m in boss 🫡

I love the suggestions. I also didn't notice that I'd had them playing where only the instrument above the secondary was playing melody. Just sort of happened that way I suppose. Regarding piano, I would've liked to do something more for the 41-48 section for it, but for the sake of maintaining simplicity, I thought against it, as I quite liked piano playing the role of rhythmic and harmonic support throughout this score. And it seems great minds think alike ;) Thank you for reviewing! -Unc

Hi @Vasilis Michael ! This one is wonderful! Recently I finally get more in touch with Scarlatti and your piece shows heavy influence of his Sonatas: echoing of passages, abrupt and wonderful modulations, all the m.d. and m.g., dexterity and touch required to play, abrupt changes of style or mood. Yours is no less wonderful than Scarlatti's Sonatas I can definitely say. Thx for sharing! Henry