Ballade in G-minor

Hi,

this is a work wich came out last year. I composed it for a Pianistfriend. Was 1 week work. About the structure: Maintheme, faster childtheme, maintheme 2, faster childtheme 2 then all again, then finish. Thanks for feedback. One thing i d like to know: Is the second repetition of the 4 Parts too much? should it end without a repeat, after all 4 parts are played?

Ballade in G-minor

Esim

It was really great, i have no real complaint.

Alittle dissapointed though, Every good Ballade should have a Con fuoco part. =)

DITTO!! It was tre boring, IMO. :(

Esim, This kind of trite response from a person who is a reviewer here is a black mark on the reputaion of this site. I notice that you are new here and can only imagine the impression that nico's remarks leave. My first thought is that he considers himself a top dog around here and senses competition. His netiquette is appalling, arrogant, and there's one other A-word that comes to mind. Being young and talented is certainly no excuse.

For an official reviewer to diss a peice - any peice - with little in the way of technical explanation, makes a mockery of what this site proports to be. Certainly in my mind, you deserve an apology.

FWIW, your peice is WONDERFUL! Certainly, one of the most enjoyable and well crafted works I have come across in these forums. Your melodies soar and harmonies are dense and beautiful, with suspensions and dissonances all used very effectively. Stylistically you stay true to the idiom you are exploring. My ears believe what they hear.

Regarding your question, I only listened once (as is my custom with mp3s) and wasn't even paying attention to form, but the form nevertheless became apparent as it unfolded and I did sense towards the end of the peice some extraneous material that seemed ever-so-slightly out of place. (was it where you had the melody in chords in quarternote triplets maybe?) Anyways, your piece speaks. Your personal voice comes through loud and clear, and what you have to say is meaningful. I very much hope that you manage to stick around.

Everyone EXPLODES whenever I say something bad about a piece like its a huge showcase of my non-existant and apparent arrogance.

Congratulations, leightwing, I'm out of here. You got the honour of being the last straw.

Sorry, Nico - but your post just struck me as being insensitive - I don't hate you. I'm just mad at you. Good God, the piece is gorgeous - and anything but boring. You may not like the style, you may not even like the piece, but you should at least appreciate the composers command of the idiom.

Everyone EXPLODES whenever I say something bad about a piece like its a huge showcase of my non-existant and apparent arrogance.

Congratulations, leightwing, I'm out of here. You got the honour of being the last straw.

If everyone is doing it, Nico - you need to look inside and figure out why - and do something about it. You say you're not that way in person - But try to say some of the things you type to someone in person and see how it comes off.

Ok! Thanks first for hearing and the Feedback. I hope, this is not my last Post here but i want to say something about this problem. Its a bit my fault. This Pages name is youngcomposers and i must say (in my opinion i am young) i have nothing to do here with my 37 years if teenies made this site for their fun LOL :( Yesterday i saw first time what the name of the page means. I guess it means this is a teeny page! I saw yesterday the first time that Canzano is 14 years old. I was shocked! I heard his overture in majorworks (starting nice but the theme not strong for my opinion but quite well orchestrated i thought) Now after i know he is 14 it is extremely good for his age. So it allways depends from the point of view. For a Student in the last semester of a Conservatory the piece is not that good but for a 14 year old Boy Man it is very very good and it shows that Canzano has so many talent that he could be a good composer one day. At this time you even dont know what you heared here Canzano, sory! <-- NOW THAT SOUNDS ARROGANT i know. BUT i remember me as i was 14 (i was the same LOL) and its the talent that makes the things difficult. Then: talent is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom. And you can have only talent at that age, but not much knowledge and never wisedom. And all the people who pushes you and say you, that you are outranging. You try to stay cool but at a time you start believing em. Its allways a problem if a young person has talent. You shouldnt get angry Canzano, cause its not your fault. And i hope you will have a outrangerous future with music. I dont wanna attack you Its ok how you are and if its boring for you its boring. But if you came that way in life to get 37 one day, you will understand, that i must smile if i read your feedback (Hey if you would that old like me you would too :) ). Look i am playing guitar since i am 6, and my first bigger concerts with it i hat with 10 first competition as 12. So i am doing all my life music. Not even if you are 20 times more talent then me, the diffrence in knowledge and wisedom will stay between us. And this someone can only understand if he gets older. This is for all young people out there Why i am telling this all! I want you to come down a bit. Because you will someday get older and come to higher levels of competition. There you could be VERY dissapointed if you still think you are all the things that people said to you. This could ruin your life and your music. So put ego by side, take it easy and think about that: Harsh and unconstuctive critique comes allways from people who arent good enough! So dont critisize that way. A proffessional would never do that, he would say nothing if he dont like it or something that could be usefull. For me its sad that i seem to old for this forum. This was very nice to share the work and had listeners and could listen to some nice fantastic work as the fuge or johns piano clarinet first akt :) . I ll post still some pieces then it doesnt bother me that here some people to young or dont like my stuff because its fun and some of feedback is very helpfull and kind so.

Greets

Esim