Sonata No. 1 in D minor (IV: Finale: Presto - Andante - Presto)

This is the 4th and final movement of my first Piano Sonata.

The video score for this piece can be viewed here:

http://musescore.com/node/27114

The 1st movement can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiaa-YpZnbE


The 2nd movement can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTG40b7R1zw

The 3rd movement can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtD2aI9-nio

The finale to my 2nd piano sonata can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JfofFPtQ6g

I'm not finished with the other movements yet. When I am I'll post them.



I took the photo in Florence, Italy in the late 1970s. It's not a great pic, but the music is what's important here.

I'm looking for a great pianist to make a recording of this entire work (in 4 movements) If you're interested please contact me. I will provide the score free of charge for a recording agreement.

Enjoy!!!

I was informed recently that the score for this piece will be featured on the new MuseScore website. MuseScore is the open source software I use for my compositions. They've been around for a while, but only recently finished their process of development and are now official. Please, everyone support open source software. While MuseScore has a few bugs, which is inevitable with this kind of software, it's an excellent program, and the developers are more available for feedback than with professional software programs.

If you want to download any of my songs you can do so easily by visiting my SoundCloud page here:

http://soundcloud.com/brandonward-4

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[brando92346]

@brando92346 ....best potential. Most of the stuff I've written in the past I don't even listen to any longer. It's too embarrassing. There's some other composers who post on YouTube that are quite excellent. I keep looking around to try and connect with some of them.

[brando92346]

@LOTRzagorath I thought Sibelius had a website similar to the MS site. Am I mistaken? I think with MS you can convert a Sibelius score and post it on their website. In the discussion forums I remember reading about this. It's a pretty good way to get some exposure, but keep in mind that MS is primarily used by music students and educators, since it's free. I've been composing for some time, and it's been only recently that I've really been concentrating on working my pieces to their.....

[LOTRzagorath]

I wish I had your composing skills. I've never been able to come up with a complete piano piece (or even movement) that I liked, and it takes so many misses to get an orchestral score that I like.

Would you by any chance know a way one could get their scores into a service similar to the musescore thing to follow along with? Using MIDI, MusicXML, or possibly Sibelius's proprietary format.

[brando92346]

@LOTRzagorath He's certainly up there - Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and Schubert primarily.

[LOTRzagorath]

WOW.

WOW.

WOW.

This is just brilliant!!!PTH> UTNHEANUHT>YDE :OUDE

I don't know what to say...

Only that it reminds me of something, but I can't quite pick what. Certainly is very Beethoven-esque. Would it be fair to say that he's your favourite classical composer?