Malinowski, Scarborough Fair, chorale prelude

[RhemStar]

Thank you for every music you upload. sorry to rip it out on youtube to my ipod. but its way much better than the music we have today. well. THIS IS MUSIC.

[vanburikwouter]

You sir, are a genius

[lomax343]

Magnificent

[Yossus]

love it! i once had fun in doing an impromptu a cappella pop rearrangement of this with a bunch of other singers, but this is amazing!!!!!!

[s165455]

do you use this to make a living, or is it simply a hobby of yours?

[smalin]

@s165455 I'm more or less retired now, and I've never earned a living from this, but I wouldn't say that it is "simply a hobby"; at this point, I'd be more inclined to say that it is my life. Also, it is finally (about thirty years after I first started working on it) starting to make a non-trivial amount of money.

[whythewar1]

@smalin You turned one of my child hood songs into a masterpiece.

[GrauenausderTiefe]

first of all: I am a fan of your animation work. Second a question: Did you study music or composition ? maybe piano? or anything like that? or did you learn it by yourself? You do a skillfull work

[smalin]

@GrauenausderTiefe I studied piano from age eight; my college degree was in music theory and composition.

[dhaddox]

Brilliant! This being a familiar melody really goes a long way toward understanding what's going on here.

[smalin]

@alexneszmer No, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (see the Wikipedia article for Scarborough Fair).

[alexneszmer]

@smalin Ya, I had a feeling, I was hopeful though because I live a couple hours away from Scarborough, Canada. Awesome video, amazing talent, and thanks for the quick response.

[b0ttomzone]

A really nice piece, I'll definitely look at the score, I'm sure I can learn a lot from it... did you find it difficult to work with a melody with such strong modal tendencies?

[smalin]

@b0ttomzone  No.

[TikiFury]

no alien robots?? aww.... pitty, loved them! very interesting piece, reminds me of cannons from the baroque...

[RectumPilum]

You wrote this piece? Nice!

[rotsenon]

Stephen Malinowski, you are one good composer, and i admire your work as a computer programmer aswell, it should had been a long journey to get that Music Animation Machine come true, Respect.

[Is2012TheDate]

Beautiful. That's one of my favorites song from The Graduate. Good work.

[CelloPlaya08]

Oooo lovin this!

[cellojellojones]

Thanks for all your postings!!

I play your posts for my music appreciation classes. I will surely use this one!

[peteralaric]

brilliant and beautiful, as ever! i was never one to believe in reincarnation, but now i'm not sure... it's possible that Bach walks among us! ;?)

[smalin]

Trust me, I'm no Bach.

[bachaddict]

:)

makes me wonder why so many modern "composers" write such dissonant music.

[frogfart3711]

Could use some polish.

[billwangard]

Beautiful piece. I especially like the augmented form of the subject. You should add "per Augmentionem."

[pedantologist]

This piece is very "Malinowsky."

[smalin]

The first thing I wrote showed no talent whatsoever. With each piece I wrote, I learned something. And with each piece somebody else wrote that I studied, I learned something. It was totally incremental.

[WillzUQ]

So so cute!!!

[Echnaton1993]

Egad! A gentle beam of the Bachish sun. Great job!

[kuandohan]

Beautiful piece Malinowski!

[crimsonsword13]

a very fine piece.

[ScribbleMouse]

is this choral music???

i saw words on the sheet music

i love it <3

so pretty

[smalin]

Only the tenor part (played on the French horn) is for singing.

[PolyphonicSeduction]

Great Form.

[ironwork92000]

Quite Bach-ish. I like alot! Good work Ski!

[theaaroneason]

Funny I was just thinking about this tune the other day. One of my favorite pieces when I was first learning to play the piano!

[RichardBLongly]

Makes me anxious... B\

[ticktockfool]

Good work sir. Good work.

[goldenhog]

well done, malinowski.

[weesamin]

wonderful, i am going to enjoy playing along with you

[billegeto]

and how beautifully the strips pass on, as if strolling in a black fair

[JoacinoDaGona]

this is very nice,  a hint baroque, a dash contrapoint... I really like this.

[FrostPegasus]

@JoacinoDaGona Very reminiscent of Bach, if you ask me.

[Programmer780]

@FrostPegasus I completely agree. I love counterpoint and Bach and this reminds me of him, however it does have a hint of playfulness not so reminiscent of Bach

[JohnFLupin]

this makes me think that what everyone else commented that is the good comments

[lvcsslacker]

beautiful piece. relaxing... something that I'd like to listen to with my eyes closed in a bath and just let my imagination wander where it pleases.

[IronManTalks]

I really liked this. Makes me think of Simon and Garfunkel and The Graduate.

[brealzepwns]

scarborough? Your in ON,Canada?

[xhotshot12]

how do you do this? Simply amazing

[smalin]

@xhotshot12, how do you do this?

I stand on a chair.

[zeryx28]

Kick-ass counterpoint. Especially liked the quasi fugal exposition. :)

[smalin]

I originally called it a "chorale fugue" because of that.

[hippie23708]

awsome man