Luis Hernández Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 (edited) The announcement of the new competition brought this to my mind. In fact, only the 4 first measures are by Henry Cowell, and it's not part of a work. It's the start point for an exercise proposed by the author, just to make it polytonal. And so I did (I'll understand it's not for all ears). The idea was to keep the spirit of the choral. Edited September 7, 2016 by Luis Hernández An ametric variation added MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu Var Cowell > next PDF Var Cowell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monarcheon Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 This is really great. I love the fact I can tell the melody through the quarter note triplet figure, while everything cascades to the right cadence. Some of the whole note bars cut the action a little too abruptly sometimes, but I can tell that's a transition. How long did it take you to write this? You'd do well for the fall competition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Hernández Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 I wrote it quickly. Just in an afternoon. Ok, afterwards I madre some corrections. It was an exercise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyfry Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Great! I think you succeeded in keeping the spirit of the original. In spite of the polytonal language, the music isn't "ugly" to me. Is this exercise from "New Musical Resources"? I've been wanting to pick that book up for a while, if only I could find an affordable copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Hernández Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 Yes it,s from that book, which is very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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