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Don't we do that already by talking about arcane, meaningless elements like how we composed something or the intended form or what we want people to think of by virtue of a title -- its just marketing. Considering a piece in a genre, or even owes to specific genres is just marketing.

Welcome to YC! Before I forget and while I'm looking at it. The criticisms: -m.24 onward: Euphonium 1 is gonna be angry. I'd suggest bouncing that line around a bit to give them ample breathing time. -fix your beaming. There are quite a few instances in here where the beaming can't be justified in any meter. Quite confusing. -If you are going to do shifting asymmetric meter, you should probably notate the piece in 8/8, not 4/4. Otherwise, notate it in 4/4 all the time. E.G. you aren't allowed to do stuff like m.21. -make sure you can sing every line. If you run out of breath, they probably will too. Most of your lines seem to forget the fact that phrasing is usually determined by the amount of breath that is natural for a human being to be able to sing. -dynamics. Quite important. -m.86: how on earth did that happen without you knowing about it? -In general, you have a lot of similar motion. I could use more contrary. What I liked: the harmonies very much "brass ensemble"-y. A little tired at times if you were at a brass festival, but pretty appropriate here. It's very ethereal. Unfortunately I didn't hear much in the way of melodies. But I don't think you were particularly looking to write a memorable melody line. As for Elizabeth's concern about muddiness, that's unfortunately the nature of the beast (tuba/euph quartet). I think you've spaced the voices out pretty well, considering. Except the tuba: the tuba could be much lower. And higher. In the future, I'd recommend keeping in mind that tubas can play pretty high and that you may want to thin the texture at times. If everyone is playing the absolute whole time, it sounds like a pile of mud. With low voices especially, if you voice it right, two voices can sonically fill the ear with the sound of full tetrachords. Give variety in textures, you have three very different instruments at your command here. :) Take advantage of it. Thanks for sharing! :phones: