Malinowski, Getting It Together (ragtime, horn & piano)

FAQ

Q: Why does this performance sound so lifeless and mechanical?
A: It's synthetic (played from the music notation program Sibelius). When I find a horn player who's up to this piece, I'll record a live, human performance.

Q: Where can I get the sheet music for this piece?
A: It's right here:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/GettingItTogetherRag.pdf (piano part, score)
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/GettingItTogetherRag_horn.pdf (horn part)

Q: What does the title mean?
A: When I was in college, my girlfriend was a french horn player, as was her father, and her mother played the piano (as did she). When I dropped out of college, I followed her to San Francisco, and got to know her parents who lived in Marin County and who, it turned out, had never played music together. Her mother was into ragtime music, so I thought I might remedy the situation by writing a ragtime piece for horn and piano. Since the purpose of the piece was to get her parents together musically, I named it "Getting It Together." I played it a few times with my girlfriend, but as far as I know, her parents never played it.

Q: Is there a way I could make this kind of animated bar-graph score myself?
A: The Music Animation Machine MIDI file player will generate this display; you can get the (Windows) software here:
http://www.musanim.com/player/
There are lots of places on the web where you can get MIDI files; I usually go to the Classical Archives site first:
http://www.classicalarchives.com/

Q: Could you please do a MAM video of _________?
A: Maybe; first, check my "to do" list:
http://www.musanim.com/all/MAMToDoList.html ...
If the piece isn't listed, read the "Could you please do a MAM video of _________?" item on my main FAQ:
http://www.musanim.com/mam/mamfaq.html#copyright ...
and if you think I'd consider doing it, email me (stephen at musanim dot com).
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Category:

Music

Tags:

• ragtime
• french
• horn
• piano
• syncopated
• malinowski
• merrill

[ZucchiniSky]

I thoroughly enjoyed that. Great job.

[ybravura]

The rag is pleasant enough, but that music animation app. is light years ahead of the guys who simply post a single photo for the entire piece. I mean, this is supposed to be a video site.

I enjoyed following the different voices through the colors. It is a form of notation. Sort of.

[youseeon]

Stupendooooo...da frank-frank@libero.it Conoscenza del midi ottima e che dire del pezzo rag! Bravissimo Malinowski

[youseeon]

Stupendooooo...

[smalin]

@Friedus94 I wrote this in 1977.

[Friedus94]

@smalin but you restarted or who wrote this?

[smalin]

@Friedus94 My college degree is in music theory and composition; I haven't composed since about 1982.

[Friedus94]

@smalin your great! - did you study composition; or is it just a hobby?

[smalin]

@whythewar1  Right.

[whythewar1]

@smalin You wrote this right? I saw the malinowski in the titles.