Sonataform Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) Write a work for piano under 10 minutes. Post your entries here, include a midi recording and PDF file. No other specifications! I'll perform and record the winning composition. Due date Friday June 13th Go! Edited May 11, 2014 by Sonataform 3 Quote Link to comment
ChristianPerrotta Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Questions:1) Can one person submit more than one piece? If som how many? 2) Can we submit things we have already written and that are aready here in this forum? 3) Can it have more than one movement? Thanks Quote Link to comment
Sonataform Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Questions: 1) Can one person submit more than one piece? If som how many? 2) Can we submit things we have already written and that are aready here in this forum? 3) Can it have more than one movement? Thanks Good questions, you can only submit one entry (so make it a good one!). You can also revise your entry until the due date. You can submit a pre-existing piece but I'd encourage you to compose something new. It can have more than one movement as long as it is under 10 minutes. Also, it can be difficult but if it's too difficult I may not select it for that reason. Try to go for musicality over virtuosity if possible. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Austenite Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Sounds like my cup of tea. I hope to do better in piano music at this stage :nod: ! 1 Quote Link to comment
Thatguy v2.0 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 A Sonataform competition rematch?!?!?! Yes, revenge will be mine. I'm in 1 Quote Link to comment
xrsbit Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Nice. I might give this a shot. 1 Quote Link to comment
Austenite Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Nice. I might give this a shot. Well, this is getting really interesting now... A Sonataform competition rematch?!?!?! Yes, revenge will be mine. I'm in So... you're looking for revenge? Watch your step ;) ... EDIT: 1.000th post. 2 Quote Link to comment
Matai Mo Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Do we get drugs if we win? Im in. Quote Link to comment
Thatguy v2.0 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Do we get drugs if we win? Im in. Drugs will allow you to win, take them in advance. 2 Quote Link to comment
Austenite Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Music is my only drug. 2 Quote Link to comment
Sonataform Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Drugs will allow you to win, take them in advance. Coffee is the only drug that helps me compose. Quote Link to comment
luderart Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Count me in. I am already putting the finishing touches on a three-movement piece specially composed for this competition. It is around 2.5 minutes long. Might I call it a "sonatina"? Or does that always entail the following of sonata/sonatina form? What other names are available for a short three-movement piano piece? Quote Link to comment
DanJTitchener Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Count me in. I am already putting the finishing touches on a three-movement piece specially composed for this competition. It is around 2.5 minutes long. Might I call it a "sonatina"? Or does that always entail the following of sonata/sonatina form? What other names are available for a short three-movement piano piece? Well, does it follow a recognisable form? If all 3 movements are 2.5 minutes combined, then your work sounds like a collection of 3 miniatures. Quote Link to comment
luderart Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Well, does it follow a recognisable form? If all 3 movements are 2.5 minutes combined, then your work sounds like a collection of 3 miniatures. It follows the form of my bagatelles, soliloquies and sententiae for piano (i.e. AABBA1, AABBC, AABC, or somesuch). Only the movements are more related to each other and intended to be played as a whole (following a pattern of fast - slow - fast) than is usually the case with my sententiae. I think that calling them a "collection" of three miniatures or sententiae would not describe them in the best way possible. And each movement is a little longer than a 'sententia'. That's why I was thinking of calling them 'sonatina'. However, I want to be sure that that would be acceptable. I won't do so if the name is not used more loosely but is restricted to pieces strictly following sonata/sonatina form. Quote Link to comment
p7rv Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Might I call it a "sonatina"? I think you should go whole hog, and call it a "paragraph". 2 Quote Link to comment
Shadowwolf3689 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I think Triplum or Terzetto would be a good name for a three-part composition, one also reflecting your independence from hidebound traditional forms. Sonata just means a piece that is "sounded" (ie played, as opposed to sung) and is a rather generic title—though in no way an inappropriate one, as a study of the œuvre of John White (with many sonatas under 2.5 minutes and bearing no relation to the textbook sonata form) will show. 1 Quote Link to comment
luderart Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I think Triplum or Terzetto would be a good name for a three-part composition, one also reflecting your independence from hidebound traditional forms. Sonata just means a piece that is "sounded" (ie played, as opposed to sung) and is a rather generic title—though in no way an inappropriate one, as a study of the œuvre of John White (with many sonatas under 2.5 minutes and bearing no relation to the textbook sonata form) will show. Thanks Shadowwolf. I will go ahead and name it 'sonatina' then, since if John White has even used 'sonata' for works "under 2.5 minutes and bearing no relation to the textbook sonata form", then surely 'sonatina', being reserved for a shorter and simpler work would be even more appropriate. Quote Link to comment
luderart Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 My submission: http://www.youngcomposers.com/music/listen/6183/piano-sonatina-no-1/ Quote Link to comment
Nocturnal Adagio Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I wasn't intending to enter this one but since I was inspired to write an etude for my aunt anyway.... Etude for Shirley Glad to see you have more than just me submitting a piece this time around though. Quote Link to comment
ChristianPerrotta Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 This is my submission: Tocata-Fantasia. (May the difficulty here not be reason for the piece not to be chosen...) Quote Link to comment
sanctushilarus Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I have a piece I might submit, but due to the nature of the writing it is very impractical, if at all possible, to make a MIDI rendition. Does this disqualify me? Quote Link to comment
Timmy Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Here is my submission: http://www.youngcomposers.com/music/listen/6391/ Quote Link to comment
Austenite Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Dang -- I got completely screwed up on this one! Somehow I had the idea that this was due in June, not May - much less May 9th!! Of course I wouldn't be able to write a quality work in the few hours left before the deadline, esp. when not at home. :mad: :sadtears: Quote Link to comment
EmperorWeeGeeII Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Wait... we were having a piano competiton?? Dammit! Did i miss it? :/ 1 Quote Link to comment
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