September 22, 200817 yr A short bagatelle based off of the chorale melody of the same name. schmuckedich.pdf schmuckedich.mid
September 22, 200817 yr Your piece feels more musical as I listen to it, I think due to the rhythmic constency. However, I am still having trouble relating to the tonal patterns. What tonal principals are you composing from (or is it just that your ear is better trained than mine)?
September 22, 200817 yr Interesting - hard for me to say much more about it. I am so used to the hymn and Brahmns rendition of it in his last organ pieces. Any reason for having such chromatic lines?
September 22, 200817 yr What tonal principals are you composing from (or is it just that your ear is better trained than mine)? I was going to ask if this is serial, but after the first measure, it doesn't seem to be.
September 22, 200817 yr This really didn't do much for me. The lines are all interesting, but put together all sense of cohesion is lost. There are little cuts of melody here and there, but it otherwise gets drowned out by the complex harmony (EbGbDbb? That what that chord is supposed to be?) These are just first impressions, and I'm no scholar... I'm a bit lost as to what you were going for... This doesn't feel "trifling" as wikipedia claimed bagatelles are, and I surely don't know the source material. ... really trying to make a joke out of Schmuck*
September 22, 200817 yr Author as wikipedia claimed lol. moving on. but it otherwise gets drowned out by the complex harmony (EbGbDbb? That what that chord is supposed to be?) To be honest, I didn't think as much about the harmony or chords as I did the actual lines themselves. More of a linear piece as opposed to a vertical one, I guess. :x That is to say, I didn't go through the piece and go "k, this chord is here, that chord is there, we'll be in C minor here *except for the very beginning*" ... really trying to make a joke out of Schmuck* huh? I was going to ask if this is serial, but after the first measure, it doesn't seem to be. It isn't. :x Any reason for having such chromatic lines? YES, actually. I wanted the lines that WEREN'T the actual (modified) chorale tune to be in the forefront, so I used chromaticism in an attempt to obscure it.
