luderart Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 The great composers have often spent up to several years to finish a single symphony or opera. I wonder whether any of you have also spent such lengthy time to finish pieces of yours. Since my pieces are generally all very short, I usually finish them in several days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Three years I believe... for a piece that I don't even like anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderart Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 I haven't finished the first one yet, so that'd be about maybe 13 years give or take. I suppose unfinished pieces wouldn't count. Unless you are still working on it. Are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrsbit Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Six months for a piece of one and a half minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrsbit Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 lawl there is no smallest possible finite length n00b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojar Voglar Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I think my symphony no. 3 will be the longest in time of composing it. I had my fist ideas in 2009 and at the end of 2012 I still haven't finished it. Otherwise my longest composition to work on it was the Cello Concerto - took me about a year to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianPerrotta Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 my Great Fugue No. 1 has taken several months to be finished... I don't remember exactly how many of them =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violinboy1996 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 The first movement of my 1st symphony took me a month to write, but now I have TONS of work to do with it. Lots of orchestration to change and fix, because I rushed a lot of it. The good thing is that I have a composition teacher who gave me a lot of advice, so it's gone from one month to about 5, and still many more for sure. And that's just the first movement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p7rv Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 >lawl there is no smallest possible finite length n00b 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plutokat Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 7 months I spent just putting notes to paper on my thesis. Technically Im still working on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siwi Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Around six months to write a 30-minute cantata, although longer to think about it beforehand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrsbit Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 -1 is smaller than 0 nerdface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtfreestyle224 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Keep in mind that the great composers didn't have Sibelius... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orchdork02 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 -1 is smaller than 0 nerdface -1 has a greater absolute value than zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderart Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 Keep in mind that the great composers didn't have Sibelius... Even Sibelius didn't have "Sibelius"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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