"Bella Obscura" Original Composition for Piano

Improvised, then cut, and modified to create a cohesive song from 30 minutes of footage. The only sections that were modified were transition sections and the initial minute where I added some dissonant minor melody notes to give it more of an edge. I suppose the gist is obscured beauty revealed. In some ways, that's what this channel is about. Many of the things I like about myself are things I hide or things that people can't see like playing the piano.

The title refers to the Italian word for beautiful, bella. I like the fact that the subjects for Da Vinci's work are largely unknown, most infamously for the Mona Lisa. Obscura refers to a camera obscura. Although "obscura" is translated better as "dark", something that is obscure or obscured is hard to see or unknown. I like meshing different languages together because I'm weird and I like linguistics.

The sketches are by Leonardo Da Vinci.
The paintings are by Tamara de Lempicka.

I assume these images to be public domain and apologize if there is a copyright issue I have infringed upon.

This video is not for profit and I assume to be fair use as defined by the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107

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• bella
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• vinci
• lempicka
• green
• dormeuse
• pianoistheremedy
• original
• piano
• composition
• improvised

[RevelingInReverie]

Nice J!

[FlaviaSantosbr]

Bello!!!

[alphalux]

Verrrrrrrrrrrrry nice. And wonderful artwork to complement. I dig the dissonance, especially in the beginning.