Piano Sonata #1 in C Major

This is the third piece of music I ever wrote. I'd be interested in people's view's on it!

it was done in sibelius with the garritan personal orchestra and is an MP3 stream. The score should show up as well! Let me know if it misbehaves.

Sonata no 1 in c major (MP3)

I personally liked your piece greatly; it sounds almost like an early Mozart keyboard piece. The repetition is not antagonizing as Canzano seems to make it; I think the variations that you create are very nice. I wouldn't change it but I seldom want people to change their pieces, they are their creations not mine.

very very beautiful sonata!!!! loved it at all! amazing cohesion you achieved with a single motive! you write in a very pure style, without any superfluous addictions and with absolutely lovely passages in counterpoint, and faultless and delightful overall harmonic writting. very fine overall structure, elegant, coherent, well balanced and highly effective. your "simplicity" is one of the most difficult things to achieve in music - to say just the necessary, and say it with great delicacy, perfect harmony and stunning beauty, avoiding any spectacular, futile hollywoodian device in order to allow shining just the most sober, balanced, highly expressive and rich musical refinement. your music really SINGS. it is amazing that this is just your third composition! it is a perfect piece of art, showing a great maturity of invention and realisation, a very jewel! the ONLY things which sounded strange are the 2 first thrills, they seem slightly dissonant. maybe just a matter of flattening or sharpening their notes, i am not sure without seeing the score. aside that, absolutely perfect work, warm congratulations!!! keep up your wonderful work!

Yes, Schubert, but you also have to realize --- your music does the same thing. Of course you think highly of your own stuff.

I think that you have an issue with keeping you ego in check (and I say having read a number of your comments throughout the forum). I'm presuming that this is because you are young, but perhaps you should tone down your remarks a little bit. Firstly, there is no need to constantly repeat (on the same thread no less) that you didn't like a piece. Once will be enough. Secondly, your music is not the god-sent and holy grail of musical composition, therefore comments like "Yes, Schubert, but you also have to realize --- your music does the same thing. Of course you think highly of your own stuff" you can check at the door. Music is personal, and if this is what someone wants to write, than perhaps the message that they are trying to put forth through their music is different from yours. So to Schubert and Palestrina, I can only say to take Canzano's non-critical comments in stride, and focus on the ones where he actually engages the music, because despite the cocky attitude, he is a great composer, and therefore his advice is valuable. I am not trying to be mean Canzano, I just remember how I was at that age and think I know what is going through your mind when you write comments like the ones on this thread.

Anyway, with that said, I'll comment on the piece: I personally enjoyed the light and playful nature of this tune! It has a great sense of happiness to it and

I liked this sonata very much. You wrote sparkling, joyful music. Moreover, your counterpoint sounds rather professional. Where did you learn that? The only minor point of negative critique is that Mr Canzano is right about some of the trills in the first movement being out of place.

Cheers, :thumbsup: and good luck composing other pieces. I'd love to hear them.

Good job...I found it quite enjoyable to listen to. I agree with a few of the others, the trills in the beginning do not really go well with the theme. Other than that, it is nice. Keep up the good work!

- Jen

the problem with the beginning trills is that they are C-Db trils, not C-D trills as they are supposed to be. Sibelius has this nasty tendency to put in default trills that involve two notes a semitone apart. that is why the later trills (E-F) sounded fine while the earlier ones did not. :)

anyway, i really liked this work, although i do think that some more rythmic variation would be nice.

I like the style a lot, but it seems almost forced to me... I don't really know why, it just does! Trills are ornaments used to decorate your music. Your use of trills didn't seem to compliment the music... If anything, and no offense, they seemed to take a great deal away from it. I really feel that this piece could benefit from more modulations. You seemed to stick in the same place too much, and it can get monotonous after a while... and thats obviously the last thing that you want a listener to feel; bored.

You have some nice melodies throughout the entire piece, but you need more work on how to develop them. You write some little experimental pieces to work on your modulations and developmental skills. I feel if you did this your music would improve ten fold.

Good job, and keep writing.