March 2, 20251 yr DISCLAIMER: WORKING WITH A TWO MONTH DEADLINE....! I wanted to come up with something memorable, and suitable to pair with what has been written. Fiddled with this simple rondo theme. Everything is subject to more fiddling---tempo might increase, parse down opening statement texture wise (simpler right hand), a little more rhythmic variation... But this is something close. ABACA Sonata form rondo--- This is the opening--the second half will be a partial statement with strings leading and a brief breakdown and codetta leading into a major key B section -about 1.5 min or so... Some German 6ths in there and a Neapolitan or two....learning... Edited March 4, 20251 yr by Rich
March 2, 20251 yr The piano has an “eclectic” style. The accompaniment sounds classical with alberti patterns and the like. Paro in the right hand there is melody with dense chords as in a later romanticism. There are also ornaments that sound baroque. Good mix....
March 2, 20251 yr Author 2 hours ago, Luis Hernández said: The piano has an “eclectic” style. The accompaniment sounds classical with alberti patterns and the like. Paro in the right hand there is melody with dense chords as in a later romanticism. There are also ornaments that sound baroque. Good mix.... Yes-- My main models--rondos/style I really like were Hummel (1816 piano concerto in a minor, 3rd mvmt) and Ferdinand Ries' piano quartets in general- both "early romantic". The rondo form held on into the mid-1800s. ( The simple sounding opening with the alberti bass/arpeggios should be build on/complicated later--hopefully with more romantic gestures.) UPDATE: Thinking about your comment--- I'm going to go with a semi-quaver pulse for the accompaniment--what I call "block chords"---more early romantic and amendable to intensiification /morphing...at least as a starting basis. To tired today--this weeks work, and scoring the string partial statement of theme.... Thanks for the comment--it got me thinking. Wish I had more time to "make the sausage".... I'm likely going to thin the chords in the right hand as I want there to be a build up on subsequent A theme entries--but these are where things are headed.... The ornaments (gruppettos/mordent) are pretty common as written in classical/romantic pieces. It certainly lends itself to elaboration. I definitely want to break up the melodic rhythmic patterns a bit more. Thx for the listen. Edited March 2, 20251 yr by Rich
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