@RTAllwin I'm glad you like it. I've posted most of what I can do easily. I'd love to get the right people to do performances of some of the music I haven't posted. This may happen in the future.
Amazing. In honesty, I kept wanting to click away to a shorter piece (it was nice, ofcourse, but I wasn't feeling attentive enough to listen to 8 minutes of it), but I found myself unable to... I became enraptured, entranced, in this... well, enchanting, music. I can't thank you enough for creating this amazing piece. ^_^
@mikeydeeish Yeah, I know. I could just barely play it when I was writing it, and when I stopped playing it regularly, I lost it. I'd have to work a lot to get back to being able to play it. I've done a string quartet version, and while it's tricky rhythmically, it's relatively easily technically. I'm hoping to get it performed in the next year or so.
With great difficulty I have just managed to send this THANK YOU..I found your amazing you tube stuff today..I found out about you because of looking for the intro to Pink Martini La Soledad. The graphics that go with your music are just so in tune (if you will forgive my clumsy words) with how I feel and I suppose hear music.
I wonder have you heard Esbjorn Svensson Trio's version of Theolonus Monks "I mean you".. I do not normally like remakes BUT how Svensson played this was just amazing.
With great difficulty I have just managed to send this THANK YOU..I found your amazing you tube stuff today..I found out about you because of looking for the intro to Pink Martini La Soledad. The graphics that go with your music are just so in tune (if you will forgive my clumsy words) with how I feel and I suppose hear music.
I wonder have you heard Esbjorn Svensson Trio's version of Theolonus Monks "I mean you".. I do not normally like remakes BUT how Svensson played this was just amazing.
this is really good, mr malinowski. It doesnt really seem to follow any of the formulas (not that i really know any of them as im only 15 and ive never had any musical training other than the band class at the local public H.S.) but i think this shows true talent on your part.
I've read your items about requests, and I have one request that I know is possible and another that there might be one component that you may have trouble with.
I noticed that you have "Flight of the Bumblebee" on your to-do list. I was wondering if you would consider the Cziffra version as well.
The problematic one: "Dancing Mad" is a modern classical piece by Nobuo Uematsu, who is still alive. All other requirements are fulfilled. If you can do it, please do so. It's a real modern gem.
Hey, good listening. It's just a regular canon (not inverted), but it's unusual in that the canon is at four eighth note beats, but the rhythm of the melody is primarily in 3/8 time; the result is that the canon is much less obvious, and it doesn't feel as "regular" as ones in which the rhythm and the canon timing are in sync. You should look at the score for this (page 3, measure 78) to see how it works.
The term was most popular in England, around 1600. The main idea was that it was the free contrapuntal pursuit of various melodic motives. Similar to ricercare, fugue, voluntary, fughetta, etc., but in general more meandering. In the 20th century (back when I wrote this), the term could mean just about anything.
I don't remember for sure what piano I was using, but it was probably the GigaStudio GigaPiano.
Congratulations from Barcelona (Spain). You are a great composer. We are your fans. We've sent your music to all our friends. It has been a nice finding and a very sweet nigh after a hard working day.
Thank you so much for your kind words. I especially like it when somebody appreciates this piece, because I think it is some of my best work; it's good knowing it's not going to waste.
In regards to the Hindemith fugue, simply search for "Hindemith piano sonata" in the youtube search function. The first hit should be of Hindemith playing the fugue...
Another question, how do you upload audio of such high sound quality? What file format is best?
I really like the quick-changing harmonies in this composition. A lot of contemporary art music these days is devoid of harmonic structure and contrapuntal writing. It's great to see that there is still an appreciation for harmony among serious composers of art music. :)
By the way, I checked out your website and looked at the score for this piece of music (PDF with markings) and it looked quite professional. What software did you use for typesetting it?
Actually, that version was done by somebody else, using Finale, many, many years ago.
Incidentally, I'm working on a version of the score that is closer to the way I originally notated it: few if any markings and no bar-lines. The heavily marked score and the YouTube video are good for getting an idea of the expressive intent of the piece, but the notes-only score is much easier to read during a performance.
but why are you so rigidly classical about naming this? "fantasy in f" followed by your last name.. seems to be an outdated way of naming a piece, why not something more descriptive? is it just that you can't be bothered to come up with a better name?
Yeah, I'm just a rigidly classical kind of guy ... and lazy to boot ... you've nailed it. :-)
Seriously, what would a "more descriptive" name be like? It's a free-form piece with a passacaglia, a canon, a fugue, some free passages (including a dreamy section based on material from the passacaglia), all held together with harmonies and melodies that are all quartal ... that's a description, but not a name ...
I don't see how I could be more descriptive than "Fantasy in F" in ten letters ...
yeah, i don't know.. i was looking over at the related videos and saw "claire de lune" by debussy.. [which i believe is french for] "moonlight," thats a pretty name. you could have named it something that had to do with the rolling hills of SF.
how about "the san franscisco treat," lol.. yeah i can't come up with a good one either.
Anyway, what's done is done ... I wrote it more than a quarter-century ago, and gave it that name. If people want to call it something else, they're free to.
I suppose it's not really a very strong connection.
The piece certainly does give a sense of... searching for relief. Things like the fugue do have a calm feeling, of course, but even at the end, it's just back to the same old thing; there's never truly any rest.
It might just be that this is the second time I've heard the piece, but there seems to be alot more clarity. Not only in the audio quality, but in the performance too? I'm guessing this is a different performance than before. I really appreciate the opportunity to see your composition colored and graphically represented. It's really great to be able to see someone's thought process illustrated like this
The only thing different between this version and the distorted one is the addition of a 20KHz sine wave to fool YouTube's compressor.
But I know what you mean; when I was working on this piece, I happened to listen to it played back in a different key (due to a slow tape recorder), and I could hardly recognize it! I didn't think I had perfect pitch, but I'd apparently learned to hear it a certain way. So I know that getting more familiar with it will help you hear it better.
Damn, this piece is beautiful.
sxipshirey 2 days ago in playlist Malinowski
All the links related to the string quartet version of this piece are broken (In your website \watch).
Amarelaoo1 1 month ago
I love this one!
I wish you would do more of your own compositions - a lot of what I've heard from you is brilliant.
RTAllwin 4 months ago in playlist Malinowski
@RTAllwin I'm glad you like it. I've posted most of what I can do easily. I'd love to get the right people to do performances of some of the music I haven't posted. This may happen in the future.
smalin 4 months ago
Amazing. In honesty, I kept wanting to click away to a shorter piece (it was nice, ofcourse, but I wasn't feeling attentive enough to listen to 8 minutes of it), but I found myself unable to... I became enraptured, entranced, in this... well, enchanting, music. I can't thank you enough for creating this amazing piece. ^_^
siliconface 4 months ago
this is so difficult to play ugh
mikeydeeish 7 months ago
@mikeydeeish Yeah, I know. I could just barely play it when I was writing it, and when I stopped playing it regularly, I lost it. I'd have to work a lot to get back to being able to play it. I've done a string quartet version, and while it's tricky rhythmically, it's relatively easily technically. I'm hoping to get it performed in the next year or so.
smalin 7 months ago
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mikedressner 7 months ago
@mikedressner
You're going to have to trust me on this for now:
with a real (talented) string quartet, Fantasy in F will sound incredible
(better than on piano).
Fugue 666 is not a musical composition;
it's an art piece constructed from music notation.
A Stone's Throw is actually a very good piece --- better than a lot of what I've written
(though I can understand why you might not recognize that).
smalin 7 months ago
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mikedressner 7 months ago
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mikedressner 7 months ago
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This is so damn difficult to play
mikeydeeish 7 months ago
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mikedressner 7 months ago
With great difficulty I have just managed to send this THANK YOU..I found your amazing you tube stuff today..I found out about you because of looking for the intro to Pink Martini La Soledad. The graphics that go with your music are just so in tune (if you will forgive my clumsy words) with how I feel and I suppose hear music.
I wonder have you heard Esbjorn Svensson Trio's version of Theolonus Monks "I mean you".. I do not normally like remakes BUT how Svensson played this was just amazing.
chris9stevens 11 months ago
With great difficulty I have just managed to send this THANK YOU..I found your amazing you tube stuff today..I found out about you because of looking for the intro to Pink Martini La Soledad. The graphics that go with your music are just so in tune (if you will forgive my clumsy words) with how I feel and I suppose hear music.
I wonder have you heard Esbjorn Svensson Trio's version of Theolonus Monks "I mean you".. I do not normally like remakes BUT how Svensson played this was just amazing.
chris9stevens 11 months ago
this is really good, mr malinowski. It doesnt really seem to follow any of the formulas (not that i really know any of them as im only 15 and ive never had any musical training other than the band class at the local public H.S.) but i think this shows true talent on your part.
MrRasputin100 1 year ago
@MrRasputin100 On the contrary, this follows a lot of formulas: passacaglia, canon, fugue, etc.
smalin 1 year ago
@smalin passacaglia? And how exactly can you tell if something will work well as a subject for a fugue? (and/or cannon)
MrRasputin100 1 year ago
@MrRasputin100 There's no simple way.
smalin 1 year ago
É, essa é a música do Final Fantasy 6. :D
aurelioxl 2 years ago
felicitaciones
KyougetsuYoru 2 years ago
I've read your items about requests, and I have one request that I know is possible and another that there might be one component that you may have trouble with.
I noticed that you have "Flight of the Bumblebee" on your to-do list. I was wondering if you would consider the Cziffra version as well.
The problematic one: "Dancing Mad" is a modern classical piece by Nobuo Uematsu, who is still alive. All other requirements are fulfilled. If you can do it, please do so. It's a real modern gem.
nickissocoolliketoo 2 years ago
What is the Cziffra version?
For Dancing Mad, you just need to get Uematsu's permission.
smalin 2 years ago
lol. I love these animations.
dancing mad is a wonderful song, but its also a good 17 minutes long... and from a video game.
valdezmiguel2 2 years ago
I'm very interested in hearing more of your work, is there any site where its all calendered?
mahler151 2 years ago
Yes, go to the "site index" page of my web site (musanim), and then follow the "all compositions" link.
smalin 2 years ago
Ah, thank you.
mahler151 2 years ago
You are one damn amazing player AND composer.
mattz1010 2 years ago 5
TNX FOR SHARING SCORES!
elvin211 2 years ago
Is the owner of this channel on youtube Stephen Malinowski himself?
otonanoC 2 years ago
One of the many Stephen Malinowskis ... yes ... why do you ask?
smalin 2 years ago
bravo
elvin211 2 years ago
I dont understand.. around eh.. 3:00 the melody is there, but its clouded by what seems to be a inverted canon.. its interesting.
Calamaistr 2 years ago
Hey, good listening. It's just a regular canon (not inverted), but it's unusual in that the canon is at four eighth note beats, but the rhythm of the melody is primarily in 3/8 time; the result is that the canon is much less obvious, and it doesn't feel as "regular" as ones in which the rhythm and the canon timing are in sync. You should look at the score for this (page 3, measure 78) to see how it works.
smalin 2 years ago
Yes indeed it was less obvious wich is how i like it. :)
Thanks for the info.
Calamaistr 2 years ago
wow! i love this song! also, is there no time signature?
yourBALDneighbor 2 years ago
The number of eighth notes changes almost every measure, so a time signature is a waste of space; better to just let the performer read eighth notes.
smalin 2 years ago
I am a definition to an ignorant, but I like it, very much even.
blablabla15 2 years ago
Amazing work, the song is fantastic!
grant1582 2 years ago
I'm not very familiar with Fantasies. What constitutes them, besides some improvisation? Or are there no linking factors?
Also, your piano sounds terrific here. What kind are you playing?
C33Four 2 years ago
The term was most popular in England, around 1600. The main idea was that it was the free contrapuntal pursuit of various melodic motives. Similar to ricercare, fugue, voluntary, fughetta, etc., but in general more meandering. In the 20th century (back when I wrote this), the term could mean just about anything.
I don't remember for sure what piano I was using, but it was probably the GigaStudio GigaPiano.
smalin 2 years ago
Wow, this is beutiful.
PlayMoreLoud 2 years ago
God.. i want to see this music all around me, its so amazing.
Calamaistr 2 years ago
Congratulations from Barcelona (Spain). You are a great composer. We are your fans. We've sent your music to all our friends. It has been a nice finding and a very sweet nigh after a hard working day.
guidinska 2 years ago 3
Thank you so much for your kind words. I especially like it when somebody appreciates this piece, because I think it is some of my best work; it's good knowing it's not going to waste.
smalin 2 years ago
Nice! :)
crabbybrat 2 years ago
cool
fogpet 2 years ago
smalin i would love you if you put up a liszt : transcendental etudes 12 harmonies du soir
its amazingly beautiful yet little heard of. good luck with that if you take it up
BergerKing064 3 years ago
It somehow looks like the children songs by Chick Corea, but also completely different. Strange.
However, it's nice piece of piano:)
testinc 3 years ago
cool
yankeexgrl2 3 years ago
beautiful.
MissVixx 3 years ago
cool balanced
blueroseshow 3 years ago 2
What do the different colors represent?
Coontock 3 years ago
>What do the different colors represent?
Nothing in particular; just different melodic or structural threads of the piece.
smalin 3 years ago
Hmmm, I posted a comment but evidently it didn't come through.
This piece sounds similar to Hindemith's fugue in the 3rd piano sonata. You should try animating Mathis Der Maler; I have a copy of the midi...
Fugueler 3 years ago
MdM is protected by copyright, and I've bent enough swords on that problem to know that it's not worth the trouble.
Do you have a MIDI or PDF of the 3rd pno. sonata fugue? I'm curious to hear/see that ...
smalin 3 years ago
In regards to the Hindemith fugue, simply search for "Hindemith piano sonata" in the youtube search function. The first hit should be of Hindemith playing the fugue...
Another question, how do you upload audio of such high sound quality? What file format is best?
Fugueler 3 years ago
I really like the quick-changing harmonies in this composition. A lot of contemporary art music these days is devoid of harmonic structure and contrapuntal writing. It's great to see that there is still an appreciation for harmony among serious composers of art music. :)
By the way, I checked out your website and looked at the score for this piece of music (PDF with markings) and it looked quite professional. What software did you use for typesetting it?
zeryx28 3 years ago
Actually, that version was done by somebody else, using Finale, many, many years ago.
Incidentally, I'm working on a version of the score that is closer to the way I originally notated it: few if any markings and no bar-lines. The heavily marked score and the YouTube video are good for getting an idea of the expressive intent of the piece, but the notes-only score is much easier to read during a performance.
smalin 3 years ago
very lovely harmonies.
but why are you so rigidly classical about naming this? "fantasy in f" followed by your last name.. seems to be an outdated way of naming a piece, why not something more descriptive? is it just that you can't be bothered to come up with a better name?
hellmuth26 3 years ago
Yeah, I'm just a rigidly classical kind of guy ... and lazy to boot ... you've nailed it. :-)
Seriously, what would a "more descriptive" name be like? It's a free-form piece with a passacaglia, a canon, a fugue, some free passages (including a dreamy section based on material from the passacaglia), all held together with harmonies and melodies that are all quartal ... that's a description, but not a name ...
I don't see how I could be more descriptive than "Fantasy in F" in ten letters ...
smalin 3 years ago
yeah, i don't know.. i was looking over at the related videos and saw "claire de lune" by debussy.. [which i believe is french for] "moonlight," thats a pretty name. you could have named it something that had to do with the rolling hills of SF.
how about "the san franscisco treat," lol.. yeah i can't come up with a good one either.
hellmuth26 3 years ago
Anyway, what's done is done ... I wrote it more than a quarter-century ago, and gave it that name. If people want to call it something else, they're free to.
smalin 3 years ago
Calling it "A Beautiful Mind", after the book/movie, would be interesting.
ihope127 3 years ago
I'm not sure I understand the connection ... ?
smalin 3 years ago
I suppose it's not really a very strong connection.
The piece certainly does give a sense of... searching for relief. Things like the fugue do have a calm feeling, of course, but even at the end, it's just back to the same old thing; there's never truly any rest.
ihope127 3 years ago
It might just be that this is the second time I've heard the piece, but there seems to be alot more clarity. Not only in the audio quality, but in the performance too? I'm guessing this is a different performance than before. I really appreciate the opportunity to see your composition colored and graphically represented. It's really great to be able to see someone's thought process illustrated like this
shizohal 3 years ago
The only thing different between this version and the distorted one is the addition of a 20KHz sine wave to fool YouTube's compressor.
But I know what you mean; when I was working on this piece, I happened to listen to it played back in a different key (due to a slow tape recorder), and I could hardly recognize it! I didn't think I had perfect pitch, but I'd apparently learned to hear it a certain way. So I know that getting more familiar with it will help you hear it better.
smalin 3 years ago
Mmm!
I love it!
Jhonmayer1 3 years ago
Wow! A completely different feel I find when the soprano enters now - awesome!
TFreckle 3 years ago