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Pastel in B minor - Blue Portarit


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This is a merely short, improvised piece for piano which is a depiction of one of my favorite paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe; and, while composing, I only thought of the color blue. Enjoy!

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I think it's a lovely piece of music. Sounds impressionistic. Improvisation is a somewhat underrated technique for composing; sometimes the spontaneous stuff yields good results.

 

To be honest, though, I don't see it as a "greatly emotional" piece, as instructed for performance at the start. Playing it freely and fragilely makes perfect sense, but the content seems more introspective than outwardly emotion. If a performer played it with "great emotion," I think it would look incongruous. Normal expressive rubato would probably suffice.

 

Very nice composition, thank you for sharing with us ☺️

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On 10/15/2018 at 9:40 PM, SergeOfArniVillage said:

I think it's a lovely piece of music. Sounds impressionistic. Improvisation is a somewhat underrated technique for composing; sometimes the spontaneous stuff yields good results.

 

To be honest, though, I don't see it as a "greatly emotional" piece, as instructed for performance at the start. Playing it freely and fragilely makes perfect sense, but the content seems more introspective than outwardly emotion. If a performer played it with "great emotion," I think it would look incongruous. Normal expressive rubato would probably suffice.

 

Very nice composition, thank you for sharing with us ☺️

 

Thanks! You definitely make a good point -- I think I just over-think that stuff since I have such a clear idea of what I want from a performance.

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