January 5, 20188 yr Hello everybody! I have decided to compose an introducing overture for Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. It's for my thesis for music. With the music I have tried to make the characteristics of the main charachter Macbeth clear to the audience. To develop myself, I always try something new with all my compositions. So, I sometimes write for a completely new instrument to learn more and to develop my skills. This time I wanted to write a piece, which is based on five themes: Ambitious Noble & loyal Cautious Brave Opportunistic On the basis of these five themes I composed the music. The inspiration for this technique came from Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zbCfP9wGt4 In the scherzando finale I want to emphasize that, although Macbeth is a tragedy, the play ends pretty optimistic. Scotland the brave is played when Malcolm becomes the new king of Scotland. Huray! Although I am not very satisfied with the result, I like the experience with this completely different idea of only using themes and motifs for an entire play. Enjoy! Maarten *The audio is not exactly the same as the score. *Score in C.
January 5, 20188 yr Great Work! I'm happy to see your evolution as a composer. I like very much the way you take advantage of the colors mixing unexpected instruments and your harmonic languages. The music you write "enters" my mind straightforwardly, and I love it because it's fresh .... Perhaps you're not totally satisfied ( I guess we should never be with our works) but this is nice work and coherent from the first to the last bar. I love Macbeth story (big fan of Verdi's opera) and your music took me to that worl. Congratulations!
January 6, 20188 yr Author 13 hours ago, Luis Hernández said: Great Work! I'm happy to see your evolution as a composer. I like very much the way you take advantage of the colors mixing unexpected instruments and your harmonic languages. The music you write "enters" my mind straightforwardly, and I love it because it's fresh .... Perhaps you're not totally satisfied ( I guess we should never be with our works) but this is nice work and coherent from the first to the last bar. I love Macbeth story (big fan of Verdi's opera) and your music took me to that worl. Congratulations! ¡Muchas gracias, mi amigo! I love Macbeth's story too! It's a masterpiece and in my opinion the best tragedy of Shakespeare. Thanks for sharing your opinion.
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