Cowell - The Tides of Manaunaun

[Whoopsiesman]

Mozart/Beethoven would have been fuming. Cowell does not give two shits.

[knoke5]

@Whoopsiesman mozart and beethoven were rebels in there own right, remember they were around a hole couple o' hundred years earlier. if you think about the new style's of rock from the 60's and the alternative rock from the 80's and 90's, both of them were rebels, but the difference in craziness is phenomenal

[Eradicateify]

So beautiful it makes me want to cry

[koopakidshyguy]

Among all modern composers, Cowell holds a special place in my heart, because he understood and valued the beauty of both atonal and tonal music, whereas nearly all other composers have fallen on some side of an imaginary line of conflict between the two. Only someone with such a mindset could merge the two like this, a rich melody and a menacing undertone.

Fantastic upload, as usual.

[RevengeofZup]

what does the basso 15 mean?



[akamarutv]

Can you email me the sheet music? Don't worry about copyright, this was published before 1912 which means copyright is void so you could send me the music.

[PAGANlNl]

@akamarutv, search "Cowell Irish Legends" on Petrucci Music Library, there's a free score of this there.

[AkLvKk]

Manaunaun must be a very scary place

[elysiumx2]

I tried playing this. My back hurts.

[johnstrieder]

I like only what the left hand (bottom system) plays.

[chiledofthekorn]

this is amazing

if you like this you might like

gabriel williams - dancing with the schizophrenic

[huzzzzzzahh]

Right hand in Db, left in F. Wow

[HomelyCooking]

How are the bass clusters played so that the black key B-flat sounds without the white key B-natural when, I assume, those chords are played with the forearm?

[OverFjell]

Can seriously hear the tides, this is phenomenal...

[DarkZekeX]

what CD are these beautiful Cowell recordings on? :o

[stefanpalen96]

Amazing

[BoomerRaid]

It's like giant deep GONGS in the bass while he brings out a celtic like melody in the top to give it a very exotic feel to it. A very futuristic tune way ahead of our times, especially how the left hand is forced to stretch for those giant 15ths. It's a pinnacle that not only demands a good ear to balance both but to have the melody emphasized without getting drenched by the bassi.

Such a fantastic piece nonetheless.

[JupiterIV]

@BoomerRaid It's not the left hand, but the entire forearm that is asked to roll the fifteenths.

[dragmio]

The whole piece is great, but the last four bars are unbelievable! Truly ingenious.

[luckylytoothless]

how can i get these music sheets? n_n

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

it's the first sheet music I've ever seen in my life which has in the G key a different number of accidentals compared to the F one...

[nobodady1]

@newFranzFerencLiszt Good eye. Bitonality. Yes!

[Remoxx]

My human mind was blown.

[c0rv377]

Haha. And you have the right to hate it. It took me quite a while to warm up to tone clusters, myself, and I still don't like semitones very much.

[Medsas]

love at first sight for me, wow!!!

[Lukecash12]

You get hit by a wall of sound and wonderfully drawn out modes. But it isn't oppressing, rather it's expressive.

[BosendorferFazioli]

Beautiful!

[VIDE0DR0ME]

I too love this composition; however, I recommend Sorrel Hays' version over this ultra-slow one by Schleiermacher. If Manaunaun was the god of Motion, then let the song move accordingly! Nonetheless, well-picked gem, Hex.

[mynameisandycostello]

I like this piece at this tempo, but the pianist doesn't really propel the music forward. I agree, it sounds static in this performance, but there IS a way to pace this piece with such a slow pulse! The problem is with a faster tempo, you risk choking the resonance of those clusters. Then again, I haven't heard the Sorrel Hays version...

[MertezAad]

@VIDE0DR0ME The tempo is marked Largo, "very slow in tempo and broad in manner".

[90Linus]

I love the lilting Irish melody that floats over the tone clusters, which seem to just roll like waves. Awesome.

[sanctusignis]

We analyzed this piece in my theory class. So amazing, Cowell was truly an innovator.