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I see! That is interesting. Alas, I cannot comment on the score. I can say it was enjoyable to listen and watch. Next time, please post the score.

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We meet again @Vasilis Michael or should say: Mr. Schubert. ❤️ While it says it sonata, the overall does not follow what we think in that sense. That is why there is the clarification: binary. Binary implies AB. We must ask this follow up question; How did manage write a Binary sonata? Rather easily. Muzio Clemeti wrote plenty of these. However, what I am impressive this time is the dramatic pause after the TR zone that leads up MC. I did not expect to hear that in early classical sonata(binary) form. To me, that is something that Haydn or Mozart would do. As @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu noted this does sound like Scarlatti. But I am extended the olive branch further and saying Clemeti, too. Late barque and early classical sonatas are rare to hear. It is refreshing to hear.

Not nessacarily. It could work with in the current frame work. The current frame work is a bi monthly competition. The constraints for each one is voted on: forces and etc. So style can be voted on. Then after that, those who want to join have to say so and are given two months to write a piece. so I can see this working Oh that is right! There were nine entries! :)

As a judge, it was honor to review each of 12 entries of this competition. I enjoy give feedback to this composers. I hope they learn from this experience! I feel that (maybe) having at having work in the ensemble category and possibly others and showing how members how you can take draft to full polish piece could be requirement. Again I said maybe.. For the time requirement: 3-6 mins with a 5 mins would work. Ensemble: we can always vote on this. Let us add style to the mix! Let challenge them only write in one write style and see what happens. So the core requirements: “Write a piece in early romantic style (Chopin, Schuman, Schubert) that is roughly 3-7 mins long given the following forces..”

Behind Bars: A double bar line preceeds the new key only if the key belongs to new section.

@PeterthePapercomPoser: I finished my reviewing.

Entry:Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Average Score: 10 Review: You know, I was not expecting piece inspired by the composers of the 2nd Vienna School as part of this competition. I must agree with @MK_Piano with the engraving! It is done with such care! Great job on that front. I must say that instrumentation and orchestration of that is on par. And yes you can play it. It is very creative and it has it unique form. Form when it comes to 20th century, well...let us not bring up. Form in the classical sense was toss out of the window and modern composers were more focused emotion and new ideas. Yes, this went above what expected of the expected and exceeded. Overall, I think this is best one!

Entry:Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 10 10 6 10 5 5 10 10 Average Score:8.25 Review: I have concerns about the engraving about this piece. First, there are many empty measures. There is easy fix for this, though. Do not show them. It will create more professional score. Next up is the trills in the violin section. Place the trill sign above each note vs trill with line. The method you used is for a single note that could be held. Why did you forget to use double bar line when you change keys? and there is different section? With the horn part, please remember what the sounding note is! The consecutive use octave double in a row could be challenging for even for the most experience player. The triple stop you wrote is not possible: it does not have open string. Besides that, it is a nice piece.

Entry: Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 10 7 10 8 9.5 10 10 10 Average Score:9.3 Review: Overall, I did not notice any engraving issues on the score presentation. The only thing I would recommend would be to use expression sim. when there is the same type of articulation. That way, you do not have to write out the articulation for each note. The execution of the piece of this piece has meets the challenge. Each part is easy to read and playability. The creative and originality reflect the German lieder in tone and character. Hence while it unique to this contest, it original in the sense that melody and harmony and creative in the instrumentation and such. Homophony is the primary texture throughout this piece and sounds like chorale.

You mean, VSL. Cine Perc is rather solid library. Still used today in demos. I own it (Musio). When I can afford it, I would like to own BBSO and oddities.

@PeterthePapercomPoser I am sorry about that. 😕 I will reverse what I said. And rescore it.

Entry:Un clair jour d'été Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Average Score: 10 Review: I was blew away by this entry. Great job.

Entry: A Song of Beauty and Melancholy Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 9 9 9 10 4 4 7 8 Average Score:7.5 When I looked at the score at the distance, the first thing I noticed was that Piano and According parts are not separated but connected. It appears as if it one instrument and not two separate instruments. You have to disconnect the bars between piano and the according. Another issue I noticed is that is weird beaming patterns and stems positions. For instance, in the pick-up you have steams downwards, that is not correct. When they are connected like that, it should be up, since the majority of the notes are above the middle line. It looks just nicer that way. Another thing I noticed is you break beams a lot. This makes harder to read! You do this a lot in measures where the meter is 2/4. The only time beams are not connected is in vocal music. I see no vocal part. You have a lot of unnecessary dynamic markings. Hairpins are wonderful things. I would not use mezzo dymanics as much. Possibly changing from F to P is more effective vs F to MF. Also save those tripple markings for special moments. However, this is highly creative. You have written wonderful textures using different instruments and timbres. I see no problem there. It was just overall engraving. Total: 60/80

There have been only three entries out of 14 who said they want to join.