I don't know how to name this dark piece

Hello everyone, long time no see. My life has been a mess lately.

Anyways, I thought this piece would be a cool way to get back to posting on the forum. As the title says I don't know what title to give the composition, but it should be something somber and evocative.

Also this is one of my compositions with the most elaborate textures even though the work is only 32 measures long. 

For more information feel free to leave a question. 🙂

Hi @Ivan1791!  Glad to see you're back and still composing!

I think this piece sounds like a really slow dance - a Habanera specifically.  It has that same accompaniment pattern as the famous Habanera from Carmen (by Bizet):

Musically, I love the emotional depth and complex harmony of this piece!  I also love how the melody starts simply and becomes more complex through embellishments such as enclosure and added notes and appoggiaturas.  There is lots of craft to this and it's executed very well!  Thanks for sharing.

I love this piece, in a short space it is well developed and very evocative and with very interesting textures for the piano.

19 hours ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Hi @Ivan1791!  Glad to see you're back and still composing!

I think this piece sounds like a really slow dance - a Habanera specifically.  It has that same accompaniment pattern as the famous Habanera from Carmen (by Bizet):

Musically, I love the emotional depth and complex harmony of this piece!  I also love how the melody starts simply and becomes more complex through embellishments such as enclosure and added notes and appoggiaturas.  There is lots of craft to this and it's executed very well!  Thanks for sharing.

 

Yes haha, some people have pointed it out too. Actually some people on Reddit offered possible lore related to that dance quality. 

Thank you very much! I'm glad you think the piece is well crafted. The texture is a bit more elaborated than what I'm used to, but the melodies and themes work similarly to what I usually do with short pieces.

10 hours ago, Luis Hernández said:

I love this piece, in a short space it is well developed and very evocative and with very interesting textures for the piano.

 

Thank you! Yes, I agree it is one of my pieces with the best textures.

It reminds me of a funeral for a dancer. This is dark and lovely, and I especially enjoyed the performance. 🙂 

I really like the style you are composing in this piece, slightly scriabinesque, but not too twentieth century. I also really like the piece, the ostinato pattern and dark harmonies remind me of le gibet. Maybe that’s why I think of the ostinato as some kind of bell (by the nature of the work I suppose they are funeral bells).

A tittle I would suggest for the piece is “Ominous bells of destiny” or something similar. 

If you want something in Spanish for the name I would suggest to quote one of the late “rimas” by Bécquer. Specially the ending of number 56 “Amargo es el dolor; pero siquiera ¡padecer es vivir!” (For non Spanish speakers: “Pain is bitter, but at least feeling pain is being alive”, though much more poetic). I think that describes the work really nicely.

Thank you for posting this piece.

Rimas by Becquer if someone is interested 

17 hours ago, Thatguy v2.0 said:

It reminds me of a funeral for a dancer. This is dark and lovely, and I especially enjoyed the performance. 🙂 

 

It could be! Thank you very much. Personally I'm not satisfied with the performance but I can hardly do better now and I hate taking so many takes of the same short piece.

15 hours ago, Jqh73o said:

I really like the style you are composing in this piece, slightly scriabinesque, but not too twentieth century. I also really like the piece, the ostinato pattern and dark harmonies remind me of le gibet. Maybe that’s why I think of the ostinato as some kind of bell (by the nature of the work I suppose they are funeral bells).

A tittle I would suggest for the piece is “Ominous bells of destiny” or something similar. 

If you want something in Spanish for the name I would suggest to quote one of the late “rimas” by Bécquer. Specially the ending of number 56 “Amargo es el dolor; pero siquiera ¡padecer es vivir!” (For non Spanish speakers: “Pain is bitter, but at least feeling pain is being alive”, though much more poetic). I think that describes the work really nicely.

Thank you for posting this piece.

Rimas by Becquer if someone is interested 

 

Thank you. Yes, "Le gibet" is a favourite of mine and I also kept it in mind when composing this. Some sounds of this piece could be seen as bells, yes, mainly the chords of the last measure.

Thank you very much for sharing! Actually I have plans on composing a dark lieder in Spanish and I was trying to find good lyrics about death. Something like Béquers "Al ver mis horas de fiebre...". If you know any more Spanish poems related to the theme of death feel free to share them!