valkirr

Thanks for the reply! I agree with everything you said. I usually end up producing stuff like this--not very melodic. I'm trying to work on that, but I lose direction a lot. I also gotta agree with you it doesn't fit the poem very well. That wasn't exactly what I was shooting for, but I can see how I could have made it a little more relevant to the poem. I mostly wanted to convey death. One thing I thought about a lot--and something that especially inspired the epic moments--were the lines in the poem that talk about the Earth being man's great sepulcher and the mountains, valleys, planets, and stars decorating his tomb. One day I think I might like to write a more suiting choral work actually based on the poem. But I really dont know much about writing for voices--or for a lot of things for that matter. I'm still trying to learn a lot about music. Anyway, here's a second version where I added some more to the organ part and tried to make it a little more substantial. thanatopsis2

Hi, I wrote this piece for a small project for my English class. We were supposed to create something unique to us and our interpretation of a poem about death and the afterlife called "Thanatopsis". I did this in about two and a half hour yesterday. It's kinda choppy right now; I hope to go back later and make some of the sections longer and develop the themes more, but I hardly ever go back to pieces. Please listen to the MP3 if at all possible. I wrote this in Sibelius, but I used sound library other than Kontakt that I really like, and the midi has many differences from the mp3. MP3: Thanatopsis Thanks for any critique! thanatopsis.mid

Thanks for listening! I'm still quite a novice at composition, and when I begin writing pieces, I ususally don't think things through and plan ahead, I just write. I think I'm shooting for ABA, but I should probably lengthen that middle section... I see what you mean by the rondo, but with the ideas I have in mind I think ABA would be more fitting. I began writing this piece as a challenge to myself to create more memorable melodies. My tutor said my other pieces are orchestrated well and all, but they lack any memorable or consistent melody. An example: Arabesco

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title-29-94 Work in progress. Woops, this should be in writer's block I guess. I was going to delete this but I dont see the option so Ill just wait for this to be moved. sorry.

Hi! Thanks for the comments! I agree with you about that section. I do want it too feel more intense there, but I suppose it is too much. I've tried to tone that section down a little, but it still needs some more work. I've made a lot of progress. (I'm I slow composer). Now I'm going to start on a slow, middle part. http://h1.ripway.com/valkir/march15_.mp3 march15_.mid

I've yet to think of a title.... This is the first thing I've composed in a while. I've just been rather uninspired. I don't really like where I'm going with it, I've started copying and pasting, and I'm afraid I'm going to end up trashing it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm going to bed... maybe something will come to me in a dream :D march15_.sib march15_.mid