Lullaby for Nico

Hello. I wrote this piece for Nico to help him out of his depressed state. Nico, this piece is from my heart. It is, I think, the way we all feel about you here at young composers. Thank you so much for all of your help, support, and advice. We appreciate it. Enjoy your Lullaby. :D

For_Nico..MID

WAY too much dissonance for a lullaby :D

Pretty solid effort. Well-organized, not overly dramatic which is good for a lullaby. That said, I think you could probably do more to develop that first theme. Also, I feel that the transition to G minor at 1:14 could be handled more smoothly? Not quite sure how you'd go about changing it though.

Oboehazzard,

This piece is reminiscent of the late works of Nerschmitzner, especially during his damper phase. I was especially impressed with the dark cello work during the second minute.. Around 1:17 I almost cried. It was beautiful. wow. If I had to present any constructive criticism, I'd just say that you should try and use more minor ninths near the conclusion. It would be really effective, I think.

That said, I think you could probably do more to develop that first theme.

um, Caltech, are you on crack? He clearly inverted the theme like nine times and presented it more creatively than any of YOUR stuff. Just because you're jealous doesn't mean you have to go around crapping on everyone else's pieces.

When Nico signs on we can ask if it helped him get to sleep.

:D

Why was this post invisibled? :D

Nico might suspect something. Don't want to ruin a quality prank, y'know...

Chris strikes again.

but I would agree to a certain degree, (for once) I'm not going to quote Chris. But Dissonance in a Lullaby? those two words in my book should never go together. several parts of the piece sounded more like an atonal improv than a structured lullaby.

I hope you don't take my advice the wrong way, but when you say the word Lullaby, people expect you to have a soft gentle sound, not so harsh with all the dissonance.

i wanna say it's a joke but i'll feel bad if it isn't one.

This is a prank?! by oboehazzard?

What will be cool is when these invisibled posts are visibled :D

Yea - I was thinking that myself ;)

Nico, you scare me.

He just likes it because it's about him.

Review: haha.

I've heard your other work, so haha.

;)

hee.

I hope no one thought I was serious about what I said to Caltech. I'd never dare. :D

What a night. Although out of this we did see Nico being polite, and lie through is teeth.

"um, Caltech, are you on crack? He clearly inverted the theme like nine times and presented it more creatively than any of YOUR stuff. Just because you're jealous doesn't mean you have to go around crapping on everyone else's pieces."

AHAHAHAHAHA :sadtears: I didn't see that until just now :(

Well, now that the cat is out of the bag... might as well show what was going on, right?

Show who what was going on?

The invisible posts have been made visible.

O well I do think that was pretty funny what that guy said in the chat room last night. Remember? He said, "That piece is better than 99% of the atonal stuff I have heard on the board." The funny part is that I just clicked random notes on Finale :P

May I point out, though, that most Whitacre peices are full of dissonance? Listen to "Sleep," it's not a lullaby, but it's full of dissonance.