MaestroMarvel

Why so hard on the percussionists and drummers? lol :w00t: :toothygrin: :P :D

We can only hope that the future holds more of Mozart's Mystery Pieces!

I don't appreciate sarcasm normally, but you bring up a good point, as well as the posts before you. Sometimes boredom needs to be overlooked for the sake of the piece.

It was in the news the other day that pieces were discovered said to be penned by young Mozart. Here's the article! Foundation Uncovers Two Lost Mozart Works What do you guys think?

I wrote my view on boring players without reading more than the prompt. That was not a wise choice. I realize now that you, SSC, and Norby have both more correctly defined your view points, which are more similar to mine than I can express. Great insight in your posts. I enjoyed the read. "Maestro"

Only during repetitive figures. However, as a composer, you have to develop your use of rests. If everybody is playing all the time, players have nothing to anticipate. I struggled with the middle range instruments for a long time. I used to give violas nothing but running 8th notes in my trios and quartets. I got over that. You learn to divide the action between parts so you can have a repetitive figure shared around the orchestra. Also, I just write interesting material for most of the instruments in the orchestra. If players hear something interesting going on, it makes them want to play harmony. That is what I would expect. I'm a violist and second violinist in my school group by request. So yeah, I used to worry about boring the players. Now I just focus on making sure my music is just right. My music has the notes I require, not more nor less. "Maestro"

Terrific Choral writing. I would love to hear this piece live. Like Riku said, I enjoy that all of the parts have a meaning, yet they still combine to form magnificent chords. "God Scatters Beauty Now with Semi-Live Recording", lol. An interesting headline... Anyway, nice work. "Maestro" Jamnez Vuitlaer

Score please. I'd rather comment with specifics after I see the score. "Maestro" Jamnez

I don't write much, but I love the work of Victor Borge. When I'm playing the piano for my friends at school, I flip keys from major to minor. "The Entertainer" becomes "The Undertaker". lol I also do that thing where you play the music upside down, and I've done the Page-turner routine. Victor Borge was brilliant.

As a violinist, I greatly enjoyed reading through the work. A great introductory movement. There was some problem with extended techniques that sort've confused me, but it was better after I looked at it again. Quite an easy read. Clean composition, inventive in places, and a joy to play as well. I look forward to the following movements.

Magnificent work. I'm currently learning to play it. I will post a audio file if I get it down good enough. I'm glad you snapped out of your writer's block. A very grand piece, various moods, and overall quite inventive. As said before, I hear a little "Pour le Piano" in the making. Bravo, bravo. And more importantly... Encore. I'd love to hear(and perform) other works of yours, if you write in this style all the time. Again, nice work.

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As well as being an orchestrator, I can help you all by actually getting the piece performed. I have an ensemble entirely at my disposal the size of the New York Philharmonic. I can pick and choose smaller numbers of players if you'd rather do chamber music, but I could at least have them play it and make you guys some tracks. Suggestion. Start with piano and vocals. Rewrite the piano in the strings. Add woodwinds. Add brass last. I've written several operas and had several works performed by my orchestra. I would be glad as always to oblige my friends and neighbors. I would say that this is a long ways away, but I'd give you some time in the fall or next spring, maybe. PM me if you want to set something up, Dan Gilbert. I'll start working on preparing my musicians for opera music, LOL. Great plot, and good work on the discussion. You guys need to stop talking and seriously get this underway.

http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/orchestration-part-3-strings-discussion-12271.html http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/orchestration-part-3-theory-strings-12269.html Here's some help Qc has given. I found both quite helpful. A little dull in the 2nd and third, but a nice work. All of my concerns have been addressed by others, so I won't copy them.