The Piano (Das Klavier) Op12

This is my latest composition for 2 pianos and my first composition with lyrics. I am sorry that the lyric is german only.You can find it in the score.I hope you like it!

As far as the lyrics go, I can't comment on them since I don't speak German -- so I'll just go by what I see/hear musically. (On a side note, don't you mean just D Minor instead of D flat Minor?)

First off, I like the actual main melody of the piece, and how it develops as the piece progresses into a triumphal (?) climax. I also appreciate the key changes, which seemed appropriate given the length of the piece :) And the voice leading never felt awkward to my ears.

Some things which did feel a bit awkward was the modulation at 24 -- if you were going for a smooth transition into G Major, then I think you may want to include some F#s in the measures before to make it smoother. However, if you intended for the modulation to be a little jarring, perhaps to make it really stand out, then just keep it as is. Also, despite the actual key changes, your harmonic work inside of each key has not a single accidental, and I think it's really limiting your options available to your work here. Did you keep it that way to keep the purity of a German folk style? If not, I think it'd be a good idea to really try out some different harmonies and see if you can add more flavor and spice to your work here.

What you have here was very nice to listen to :phones: Thanks for sharing! :nod:

First of all: Thank you very very much for your review! :-)

As far as the lyrics go, I can't comment on them since I don't speak German -- so I'll just go by what I see/hear musically. (On a side note, don't you mean just D Minor instead of D flat Minor?)

Oh damn :-D My fault.

First off, I like the actual main melody of the piece, and how it develops as the piece progresses into a triumphal (?) climax. I also appreciate the key changes, which seemed appropriate given the length of the piece :) And the voice leading never felt awkward to my ears.

Thanks! Yes, i do understand "triumphal" and this is what i wanted to achieve. :-)

Some things which did feel a bit awkward was the modulation at 24 -- if you were going for a smooth transition into G Major, then I think you may want to include some F#s in the measures before to make it smoother. However, if you intended for the modulation to be a little jarring, perhaps to make it really stand out, then just keep it as is.

Actually i was allready thinking about this, but i decided not to do it because i wanted to make it stand out a little more to refresh the interest :-) But ill try your idea the next time for shure (havent done any real chromatic modulation till now) :D

Also, despite the actual key changes, your harmonic work inside of each key has not a single accidental, and I think it's really limiting your options available to your work here. Did you keep it that way to keep the purity of a German folk style? If not, I think it'd be a good idea to really try out some different harmonies and see if you can add more flavor and spice to your work here.

Yes, this was definetly intended because i wanted to make it as singable as possible (i have no real idea about writing for voice.) Therefore if tried to avoid harmonic experiments as much as possible. Im planning to include various harmonic experiments in my next piece :-)

(I think i actually need a teacher to learn it faster and not autodidact :-/ )

What you have here was very nice to listen to :phones: Thanks for sharing! :nod:

I am very greatful for that! :-)

Thank you for your review! :-)