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Bicinium: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


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I was bored yesterday, so I composed a bicinium based on 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.'

 

Let me know what y'all think!

 

I used cantamus.app to render the voice, by the way.

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On 3/9/2024 at 7:06 AM, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Hi @Hcab5861,

I really like how you change the harmony for the original Twinkle melody with a chorale usage of the melody! Although it’s a figured bass scoring, I would really wanna know the RH of the harpsichord (piano) too!

Thx for sharing!

Henry

 

Here you go!

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On 3/1/2024 at 11:42 PM, Hcab5861 said:

I was bored yesterday, so I composed a bicinium based on 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.'

Ah, yes.  Boredom.  The mother of all invention!  LoL (or was that necessity?)

Have you heard Ernst von Dohnányi's Variations for Piano and Orchestra on this same melody?  It has quite a monstrous introduction that I don't like that's meant only for comedic effect to build tension and expectation for the Piano's innocent entrance playing the 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' theme.  Also - there's a passacaglia at the end that I don't really like either.  Most of it is good though - you should check it out!

I really like this rendition - cantamus manages vocal renditions quite nicely!  I do wonder how a whole choir sounds.  And is there any way to add any reverb?  The only bad thing about it is that it's so dry.

Musically the piece seems to always be going somewhere harmonically and it's never clear where and what waypoints it might visit on the way.  Very interesting to listen to - thanks for sharing!

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