Invention No.1 in D Major for Harpsichord, Op.2

Hey Guys

Wrote this three years ago originally for piano but i think it sounds way better on Harpsichord.

Enjoy

InventionI.mid

Holy Crap... :) It's flawless, at least, to me it is. I must say, Andrew, you are definitely one of the better composers on this forum or anywhere else.

I would have to agree with jeremiah. Excellent work. Bach couldn't have done better. Let me ask you, in your music are you trying to emulate the baroque or are you attempting to take elements from the baroque and ultimately combine them to form a new kind of medium (like, say, Hindemith)? If your answer is the first, you're certainly there already, and if your answer is the second, you've built yourself a strong foundation to branch out from. Applause.

Thanks for the comments guys.

Reese, it's a bit of both really. This piece in particular i was trying to emulate the baroque style, however in later pieces i have incorporated the baroque styles with hints of other styles as well. Maybe i will post those pieces in the forum sometime :wacko:

Nice work, Andrew.

It has alot of energy. You more than any other composer I know can keep a piece flowing, always

seeming to take the listener somewhere. I admire that about Bach's music as well.

I wouldn't mind hearing you do a new Baroque work. :D

Oh, and did you mean to post this in chamber or piano music? Usaully people put any keyboard work in piano music.

Whoops, my fault, i thought the thread was for Piano specifically!!

Glad you enjoyed it. I wrote a baroque suite for Oboe & Harpsichord which i may post later. It was posted on music-scores.com last year but you probably didn't see it :innocent:

I, personally, find this piece a little difficult to play, unless you have a partiture or written part.

It sounds beautiful, but meaningless to me, but I guess it's the invention-style.

Keep on. I'd rate it 8.3 to 10. Good work!

If anyone is curious, I put the MIDI into finale and printed it out, then proceeded to play it. It was easier on my steinway than my harpsichord, but I think the harpsichord sounded better.

I think if you posted a score it might help :glare:

Maestro Sapphire

Wow! I'll rate it...oh umm... 50/10!

Amazing!

Keep up the good work.

~Brad

Just curious, how is it a retarded version of Bach?

As far as the piece, I've really enjoyed it. I have listened to it several times, and like it more each time.

I liked the flow of the piece very much, very Bach-ian as it is always interesting even though you use a sort of ternary form. It's not an Invention in the Bach-ian sense of the word though because Bach would have used less material and built more on the opening theme, which, as far as I can see, isn't stated at all by the lower voices. Therefore it is more of a Prelude than a Bach-ian Invention, in my opinion, but nevertheless very well composed.

One question: why does this piece, in a major key, end on the major mediant chord (/ the V of the relative minor?) This is not stylistically justifiable as far as I can see, unless this piece indeed is a prelude to a next movement or such? Maybe you could compose a Fugue to follow it, or make this the first movement of a Suite. I'd love to hear what you'd make of 'forms' such as fugues, allemandes, gigues, correntes, minuets and so forth. This piece would be perfect as a prelude / overture :mellow:

Kudos :D

I'm a bit scared to say this, but it somehow reminds me very much of the Prelude to the English Suite in A Minor. Dunno how, probably the flow of the piece and snippets of the material... But take it as a major compliment ;-)

Bach couldn't have done better.

??? Was that just a hyperbolic praise or are you serious? Because if you are you need to go back and listen to Bach's WTC

Your work is amazing andrew, I really liked that invention, but surely even you will agree you can't do better than Bach.

In any case, great work.

can't**

:P I hate these typos

I actually like that attitude where one considers the composers of the past human, not musical ''gods'', even though some of them honed their musical skills to near perfection. (that's the point, so can you)

Anyway! I don't have much to say about this. It's pretty solid, but not my cup of tea so i'll refrain from commenting any further. :)

I agree with Nico, it's good. . . but not jaw-droppingly amazing.

Baroque really isn't my cup of tea, so . . . I might be biased in saying the aforementioned review, but I don't think I am.