Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major

This is my submission for the Young Composer's 24 Prelude and Fugues project. I decided to be a little bit modern with the prelude and more Baroque ("correct" style) for the fugue, but not without hints of modernity. I also tried to make the the prelude a mock inversion of the fugue's theme to make them a bit more connected. I haven't done something like this in a while, so it was cool to revisit this kind of writing!

very beautiful prelude and great contrast with the fugue...

This is a really nice piece! Very emotional and expressive, especially the prelude. Thanks!

Thank you both! I still find these rules kind of limiting, but I'm glad I can still bend them enough to create something nice.

Wow!

These are amazing! I love the emotion that you manage to convey through such a simple idea in the prelude.

The fugue flows very well, and nothing seems to jar or halt its movement.

Well done, and thank you for this valuable submission! 

Two lovely compositions! 

I really like them. 

12 hours ago, Maarten Bauer said:

Two lovely compositions! 

I really like them. 

 

Thank you!

On 8/23/2018 at 10:45 AM, aMusicComposer said:

Wow!

These are amazing! I love the emotion that you manage to convey through such a simple idea in the prelude.

The fugue flows very well, and nothing seems to jar or halt its movement.

Well done, and thank you for this valuable submission! 

 

I'm glad you find it worthy of the project! I'll move this over to the piece submission link when the score function is working a bit better.

Another beautiful prelude.  I found it very lyrical and could easily imagine someone singing it.  For someone who doesn't like to be bound by the rules, you certainly use them well.  I do quite like to have a set of conditions to meet from time to time.  It makes you explore in greater depth, what you can and can't achieve, using those restrictions, and as such it expands your understanding more than it would when no restrictions are applied, if that makes sense.

On 9/2/2018 at 11:42 AM, Mark101 said:

Another beautiful prelude.  I found it very lyrical and could easily imagine someone singing it.  For someone who doesn't like to be bound by the rules, you certainly use them well.  I do quite like to have a set of conditions to meet from time to time.  It makes you explore in greater depth, what you can and can't achieve, using those restrictions, and as such it expands your understanding more than it would when no restrictions are applied, if that makes sense.

 

Haha, well the 9ths and parallel fifths are rampant in the prelude but thank you!

Wow. Absolutely gorgeous and even soul-stirring. The prelude is just captivating.

The fugue ... I never got to listen to the darn thing, the player keeps sending me back to the beginning of the prelude just as the fugue begins. And I can’t adjust the tracker. 🙄 I’ll have to come back later and listen again. Someone needs to change these media players.

I bet the fugue’s awesome, though — looking at the score, it looks perfect.