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This is a piece I wrote recently, and finally transcribed. (transcription is a work in progress). I wanted it to sort of have a story-like quality to it.

This is my first fantasy which I wrote in 2014. Here I tried to convey several states and, in the end, to channel them in a positive direction and anchor them in a life-affirming way. I also tried to give the music different contrasts, so that even with the repetition of sections in the music, there is still tension and development. I hope that these qualities, in the end, will have a positive effect on your experience of listening to this fantasie.

You have good potential, you should keep listening to your favorite composers, play and analyze their works, create your music whether many people like it or not. I think the most important thing is that you yourself enjoy the process and your development. I don't think time will spare music written solely to please others. But it has always been more favorable to the sincere cries of the soul.

I think it would be useful for you to try yourself in small, miniature, but varied compositions, because, judging by how many means of expression (rhythmic, harmonic, etc.) you use for 5 minutes, it seems that at the moment you do not have so much to try yourself in a large form. And it is most convenient to experiment with them and acquire new ones just in cycles of small pieces. Anyway thank you for sharing your composition!

Nope, when it's so easy to resolve and you're using block chords, you should resolve them by default. The issue with that chord is what I said, but combined with the fact that that 4-note voicing is a bit muddy (you have so many notes, four, but yet "chose" not to resolve the 7th is quite jarring). If in the 2nd beat you have the 7th in the melody, then you could remove it from the left hand. Thus, in beats 2-3 a more idiomatic left hand could have the chords voiced as 1-3-7 and 1-3-5 (assuming the 1st beat has an F or a C). You have a 13th in the melody (that D), over a dominant chord. That needs to resolve by step, not by skip, it's non-negotiable, this kind of non-chord tones in this context must resolve unless they're échappés. 11th and 13th chords don't exist as any sort or remotely stable sonority in that period. This is true for any music of at least until 1-2 generations after Chopin died. This is exactly the opposite of how cadences work. The bass note needs to move from F to Bb, this is non-negotiable in that style, you need a strong cadence at structural moments. Using inverted chords is the opposite of what is needed here. Go analyze 10 Chopin mazurkas, locate every perfect cadence, and understand when they're used. Huh? Not doubling the leading-tone is one of the most basic rules of part-writing, esp. with so few voices available. On top of that, you're combining it with doubling the 3rd in a 1st inversion chord, which should be avoided except in a few cases like when the bass is the 1st or 4th degree. I have Chopin's complete album of mazurkas by my side, check out the second one and absorb the way he does it (how he voices a V7 in 1st inversion and when he uses it).

Thank you, @J.Santos! I'm glad you liked my piece! I used to write more Baroque/Classical style pieces when I was much younger. I might like to make something in a neo-Baroque style sometime, perhaps like a sort of modern retelling of it, but still remaining true to the style. I'll probably continue writing in the romantic style for now, but maybe in the near future I'll feel the need to try it out.

Thank you! I, too, like the dedication better of the two pieces. Parting with certain stages of life is something that is always remembered with special feelings.

Thank you! This is a really atmospheric Etude. It reminds me a little of Czerny's Etude No.50 from Op.740. It would probably sound even more fascinating if performed live!

Incredible Servin. As always I love your pieces, you are talented and ingenious. This piece achieves its goal, perfectly composed. Thanks for sharing! All I've heard about you has been late romantic russian, so I hope someday I can hear something baroque, classical or just different from you. Though if you just feel better sticking to this, that's also perfectly respetable.