Ken320 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 (edited) For woodwinds and strings, this was inspired by a Tom Waits song that poses the question, 'Who will put flowers on a flower's grave?' I'm kind of fond of it, but my opinion doesn't count cuz I'm the composer. What do you think, YC's? Here is a youtube video of the music: Edited June 24, 2017 by Ken320 MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu A_Rose_In_Repose > next 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Hernández Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Very nice. I like the chordal feeling and coming of the violin. Good lesson this is about the control of dissonance. For me is an "elegy"...Nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark101 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 This is lovely. I did find it quite melodic, however some of the very clipped phrase endings (for my taste) would have been better, a little less clipped, but I really liked it. Very nice orchestration too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken320 Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Thanks for your comments, Fellas. I’m glad you liked the work. Luis, it is an elegy, as you say. The chordal gestures represent a cry or a sob or a sigh, something that can happen in a single human breath. And right again, it is a piece where dissonances figure prominently. Because grief is a strange thing and a tear is oddly satisfying in its catharsis, though on the whole, crying is a profoundly painful thing. I felt that the gestures should contain elements of each, consonance and dissonance, both of equal value. Mark, it sounds like you would have preferred proper phrases and more continuity instead of the gesture approach which is more episodic. That's a good point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark101 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 5 hours ago, Ken320 said: Mark, it sounds like you would have preferred proper phrases and more continuity instead of the gesture approach which is more episodic. That's a good point. Hi ken, no, I think there were only 2 or 3 very clipped phrase endings that flashed by so quickly I nearly missed the melodic element in them, but that was all, and now that you've given an explanation of your motivations, even they make a bit more sense, possibly representing a choked sob. 5 hours ago, Ken320 said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Hernández Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Nice pictures!, good you mentioned it in the chat. So I came again to hear it! It's a very beautiful work. Reading what you said about Tom Waits, I remembered this: One day I'm going to die here tooAnd they'll plant me in the dirtLike some lame bulb That never blooms come any springNot any springNo, not any spring Not any spring It's the final part of The Magdalene Laundries by Joni Mitchell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken320 Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Thank you, Luis. I had never heard that song before. I should go back and listen to more of her since I have always liked her. Even at sixteen, when it's not cool for young macho men to like female singers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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