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This arrangement of pieces is meant to emote specific feelings related to the topic. For the first movement, the idea of constantly running around is the theme. With the melody becoming more complex, the feeling of the first movement is humor with a touch of uncertainty. The second movement is about practicing in the band hall with all of its distractions. The third movement is about living next, and with, a drunkard. I hope yall enjoy.

That is so interesting you view that ending as hilarious! To me, this entire work is serious (outside of the title not sounding so). That one true, pure major chord at the end marks this deeply emotional climax that we fought for the whole piece. Everything is on the verge of falling apart, but we finally get this one major chord, only for it to ooze away into a mess of nothing. Isn't it amazing how many more tools for twisting themes and motifs there are when introducing 24-TET? I think this romantic context was such a fun sandbox to mess around with because it makes it so much more striking to hear all of these romantic sounds be "out of tune." I am sure I can see your argument for some of the screeching and obnoxious stuff being humorous, but the emotion in my heart when I wrote it and as I listen to it is more based in sadness. There is not really anything about the meaning behind the gestures that comes from a joke this time around, which I think is why this work stands for being so personal to me.