May 13May 13 Bright Star, Would I Were Stedfast As Thou Art Free Sheet Music by Robert C. Fox for Voice and Piano/Keyboard | NoteflightAny suggestions for a song cycle? SHORT Keats poems, no operas here!
May 23May 23 A very good idea.But the piano part isn’t very idiomatic. Especially in a style one would expect to be ‘romantic’ from Keats.
May 23May 23 Author 28 minutes ago, Luis Hernández said:A very good idea.But the piano part isn’t very idiomatic. Especially in a style one would expect to be ‘romantic’ from Keats.Well, I didn't have any intention of making it "idiomatic." I just read the poem, liked it, and set it!🙃
May 24May 24 Perhaps you haven’t quite understood what I meant. Piano writing is based entirely on vertical chords. That way of using the instrument fails to make the most of its polyphonic possibilities, and is even less appropriate in the Romantic style or any modern derivative of it.Yes, of course there are moments and compositions that use block chords on the piano, but this is for expressive purposes and in other styles (Impressionism, contemporary).
May 24May 24 Author 42 minutes ago, Luis Hernández said:Perhaps you haven’t quite understood what I meant. Piano writing is based entirely on vertical chords. That way of using the instrument fails to make the most of its polyphonic possibilities, and is even less appropriate in the Romantic style or any modern derivative of it.Yes, of course there are moments and compositions that use block chords on the piano, but this is for expressive purposes and in other styles (Impressionism, contemporary).44 minutes ago, Luis Hernández said:Perhaps you haven’t quite understood what I meant. Piano writing is based entirely on vertical chords. That way of using the instrument fails to make the most of its polyphonic possibilities, and is even less appropriate in the Romantic style or any modern derivative of it.Yes, of course there are moments and compositions that use block chords on the piano, but this is for expressive purposes and in other styles (Impressionism, contemporary).Schumann - Ich grolle nicht, Op. 48 - 7 (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau)
May 24May 24 es, there are plenty of examples.Apart from the dynamics—well, sometimes the software does the best it can—there’s a significant difference. In Schubert, the melody follows its own rhythm, independent of the fixed rhythm of the accompaniment.But anyway, everyone should write however they like.
May 24May 24 Author 2 minutes ago, Luis Hernández said:es, there are plenty of examples.Apart from the dynamics—well, sometimes the software does the best it can—there’s a significant difference. In Schubert, the melody follows its own rhythm, independent of the fixed rhythm of the accompaniment.But anyway, everyone should write however they like.Obviously, if I were to set a couple more Keats poems, and have say a set of three, I can assure you that the other two songs will not have the same block chord texture!
May 24May 24 Another important aspect is the voice leading.Notice how, in Schubert, the accompanying chords move very little.And of course, I would continue to explore those poems....
May 24May 24 Author 2 minutes ago, Luis Hernández said:Another important aspect is the voice leading.Notice how, in Schubert, the accompanying chords move very little.And of course, I would continue to explore those poems....Yes, I have looked at many Schubert songs in 38 years, but not all 600 of course. I write in all sorts of "styles," so I suppose I am but a living ganglion of irreconcilable antagonisms! (W.S. Gilbert, HMS Pinafore) Dialogue, poor Sullivan didn't have to write any music for that part... Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Churchcantor
2 hours ago2 hr Author THIS is still at the top of the page? I think it is a decent setting. Maybe I should write more English Poetry settings. I could certainly set German, do some Lieder...not fluent in the Sprache, just working on basic conversational German, so I would have to analyze a German poem first before I could set it. Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Churchcantor
2 hours ago2 hr Author Keats? I would NEVER set his little epitaph "This Living Hand;" very creepy, seeing as he died very young from Tuberculosis...or Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Terrible Sonnets:" they are quite terrible indeed, even though he is my favorite poet. (Hopkins suffered from awful digestive symptoms, very much like Beethoven. I think I shall refrain from discussing THAT right now.) Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Churchcantor
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