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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.

I was recently inspired by @gaspard's vision for a "Space Battle" variation of Brahms' Lullaby (for @chopin's Lullaby Challenge): I also link his YouTube video here: Brahms Lullaby, Space Opera Version (not orchestrated) You may also view his hand-written score here: And you may also listen to his performance of this variation on his clavichord below. In my orchestration of the piece I tried to channel @gaspard's vision for a "Space Battle" variation. I added some dissonance in certain places and tried to make the orchestration overall sound as big as possible. Let me know what you think of this collaboration! I really got a kick out of writing this orchestration. In the spirit of the original poster, I have included my hand-written score as well as a score exported from Musescore. I hope you don't lose yourself in the mess of files! LoL Edit: Also, it would be useful to know if the original Brahms' Lullaby is still audible in both the original and orchestral version. Thanks for any comments, suggestions or critiques!

This is a revised version of an old fugue that I uploaded last June. It did not get much attention back then, so I hope for feedback regarding the relatively strange counterpoint, especially in the last page.

Hi again, I had the thought that I wanted to do some smaller stand-alone pieces that would require less stamina for people to play and that were short enough that I could do the calligraphy aspect without a significant time investment (I don't use stencils or anything)....the thought kind of arose out of doing the piece for Mike's slur video which was along those lines. Here they are with the scores in the video, and the newer one is on flemish virginal instead of clavichord which is cool. They're not a set but they're both small so I figured might as well put it in the same post. It would be awesome if someone out there decided they wanted to play stuff like these, since I made them so they wouldn't be such a huge undertaking but would still give people the vibe they're looking for with the late Renaissance.

Piece I'm debuting with a friend at a new music festival in Illinois next month! tethers - nocture for two guitars in g major.pdf tethers - audio.mp3

You owe me a HUGE favour for this 😈😈. Probably people find the heaviness of BEEing unbearable too.

Yo Peter, I really love this variation! Before 0:33 your manipulating of Brahms’s original melody is amazing when you use some Stravinskian chopping juxtaposition method to chop up and extend the melody with great effect. The first three notes become motive like, the notes after become syncopated. And then the D E F phrase such a great use of harp and glissandos throughout the strings and woodwinds to add some mysteries in it. The next phrase you push those mysterious power to climax and then suddenly you leave a purified version of the 2nd sentence of the original melody! The glockenspiel is so beautiful here as well as in the whole piece, and combining the piccolo here is so like purified crystal. I am sure the baby can be consoled here after the first half of suspension haha. I think it’s very clear here, but less clear in the original version, probably just because of the timbre of clavichord making it less clear? Although you are the paper composer, I have to say that @gaspard’s handwritten score is so beautiful which makes yours messy muahahahaha! Though of course it’s much better than my Beethovanian handwriting haha!! Thx for sharing! Henry

Another pertinent musical quote from "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera:

Hey Pabio @Fugax Contrapunctus, This is a lovely gigue like fugue! As usual there is a far reaching point when you reach C sharp minor in b.127. The continuo is definitely a great addition to the two violins. Thx for sharing! Henry

Oh God, It's absolutely mesmerizing

Beautiful motet and exellent counterpoint 🙂