PeterthePapercomPoser

Hey Henry I was just thinking about what you said and now that I think about it more there are probably more unexplored variations that could probably start with "Jezus..." instead of "God Rest..." .. I just went with the first successful combination I found honestly

Thanks for the advice. I tried two different other ways of combining the two Carols together so that they would finish their stanzas at the same time. My first attempt was to use a 6/8 variation of "God Rest..." while having the "Jezuz Malusieńki" in 3/4. There were 3 trailing measures at the end of "God Rest..." solo without "Jezus...". In another variation I had both Carols in 3/4 and had 4 measures of "God Rest..." solo without "Jezus...". Also, "God Rest..." has a pick-up anacrusis note while "Jezus..." starts right on the beat. The staggered entrances I used in the mash-up were my solution to these problems with the goal being to have both Carols coincide and finish their stanzas at the same time. I don't think there's any other way of achieving that - I think I tried quite a few alternate ways.

Both the English and the Polish melodies are tossed around the different registers of the choir, sometimes being in the Sopranos, sometimes in the Basses, Baritones or Tenors. Is that what you mean? I don't really think either Carol melody "leads" in this piece.

I felt like I had to find a way to include all 6 stanzas of each Carol in the piece! And the modulations are each prepared by a V chord right before each modulation (in bar 73 the F major chord prepares the modulation to Bb minor and in bar 113 the modulation to B minor is prepared with a Gb major chord). Thanks for your review!

My 2nd submission to the event!

For my 2nd submission to this year's Christmas Music Event I come to you with yet another mash-up of two Christmas Carols! "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Jezus Malusieńki" ("Little Jesus" in Polish). I have input 6 stanzas of each Carol here into the score. I once again wish I had Cantamus as listening to both the English and Polish lyrics at the same time would really enhance the listening experience to those who speak both languages. The piece starts off with a 3/4 variation of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and then follows a stanza of "Jezus Malusieńki" before the Carols are combined together at the same time in various different ways, some of which are slightly polytonal. I've been told that the harmony reminds of the English Renaissance in some parts, but let me know what you think! Thanks for listening and I'd appreciate any comments, suggestions, critiques or just observations! P.S.: Here is my first Christmas Mash-up that I submitted earlier for this years Christmas Music Event:

Thanks! I can't figure out what you mean by "3rd TS"? Google says it might have something to do with 3/4 time signature which I don't think is what you meant. Or that it could have something to do with the Three French Hens in "The 12 Days of Christmas" song? Thanks for your review!

I am confused @AngelCityOutlaw. First you say that there was no way that Vonias could have generated this using AI and then you withdraw your participation because you only want to participate alongside other human-generated works. ???

Because of controversy surrounding the following piece being generated with the help of artificial intelligence it was at first disqualified from the event. But the staff have since changed their mind and will allow @Vonias to participate:

@Vonias - The staff have discussed this further and come to the following conclusions: 1) The Christmas Music Event is not a competition and there are no rules so there was no prohibition at the outset against AI music being submitted (we will include such a prohibition in future competitions) 2) Anybody trying to get an Ardent Reviewer badge should be warned that AI was used to help in the process of producing any given piece of music and @Vonias does mention this in his description. Therefore we've decided to reinstate your piece in this years Christmas Music Event!

You generated the second score after the fact of the AI-recording. So we don't know if the harmonies and melodies were generated by AI or by you because you could have simply generated them with the AI and then simply transcribed the result to get a score.

The staff have discussed this issue and we have decided that we shouldn't allow AI-generated works into the event. People who are going to try to get the "Ardent Reviewer" badge will be tasked with reviewing all the entries into the event and it would be unfair to require them to review an AI-generated work. This is not bullying.

Hi again @Fugax Contrapunctus! Isn't it wonderful that human voices don't have particular set-in-stone range limitations? I'm working on a Christmas piece right now that requires the Basses to go down to a Bb below the staff so I'm probably going to have to transpose the whole piece up a step so the lowest note is a much more manageable C. You have the Altos in this going down to an F# below the staff which I think is manageable despite the commonly regarded lowest note for them being a G. I love the treatment of the fugue subject and the tempo changes here! Is this technically a double or triple fugue? Or perhaps a series of fugues, with a stretto treatment towards the end? Thanks for sharing! Will you be participating the in the Christmas Music Event?

Hello @TheGreatEscaper and welcome to the forum! I love this Mazurka-like prelude you've written! It has so much individuality and character! It reminds me at different points of both Chopin and Prokofiev. The chromaticism is very dark and ominous. The fact that you play your own works is great as well (and apparently you've already played @ComposaBoi's sonata as well! Great job and it's great to see this kind of interaction! You're an asset to the forum!) Formally the piece is a perfect little miniature. The melody sounds like something out of another world when it comes in on the 7th and 11th of the tonality - it's very subversive and surprising harmonically and anything but ordinary. And the accompaniment is like its own melody too that sets the stage for a very ghastly piece that would've been appropriate as a Halloween-themed piece. Thank you for joining us and for sharing this prelude and I look forward to listening to the others! P.S.: Thank you for posting just one piece into the forum to let the reviewers get just a taste of perhaps one of your better pieces instead of suddenly bombarding the forum with a bunch of music indiscriminately! You don't know how many composers do this and it really annoys the people who commonly review others' works here because we don't know which piece to listen to and it turns the forum into a dumping ground for works.