My Compositional Work
I'm just getting started with compositional work. As a part of my academic curriculum, one of the sections of my Music paper is composition. I'm an absolute beginner, a novice.
The Last Leaf
This was an orchestral composition that I had submitted as a part of my IGCSE (10th Grade) music exam requirements for the Cambridge Boards. This song is based on O Henry's short story bearing the same name. I’ve incorporated a full orchestral score to bring out the various moods of this story, trying to capture the emotional roller-coaster that O. Henry masterfully weaves into the story. The story concerns a poor girl who was struck by pneumonia and was seriously ill. Having given up all hope, she looks out of the window watching the leaves of a dying ivy vine fall like her failing health during the ensuing storm. She was waiting for the last leaf to fall since she believed that she would also die with the last leaf. A masterful artist living next door has his first masterwork as he tricks her by painting the last leaf making her realize her folly and saves her. But in this process, the artist loses his life!
I’ve tried to incorporate a romantic style with a bit of influence from Beethoven’s 5th (Oboe solo). The song uses long flowy melodies with fiery passages which convey the poor girls sickness (both mind and body), the storm, and the death of the master artist. I’ve tried to keep it simple but at the same time have a luscious orchestration for the opening building up to a con-fuoco section transitioning to an adagio section.
I suggest you grab your headphones to listen to this piece.
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A Ditty For Mozart
This was the 2nd piece that I had submitted for my IGCSE (10th Grade) music exam for my Cambridge Boards. I composed this as a tribute for Mozart. I tried to use a light and joyful touch to the piano. The song is characterized by a lot of Alberti bass with a short main melody motif. I also tried to follow a ternary structure with the middle section incorporating the same theme in a darker minor key which modulates to different keys finally arrives to the theme in the home key.
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Invention 1 - The Won Battle
This is my first attempt at composing something. Honestly, this was not an inspired composition - I was just trying to apply some compositional techniques I had noticed some of the great composers use.
I used this for my 9th grade first semester exam.
You may ask - then why the name? I felt the feel of the song somehow brings a jubilant victorious texture. Hence I gave it this name.
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