Malinowski, Quartet (with bar-graph score)

Malinowski, Quartet (with bar-graph score)

Quartet, by Stephen Malinowski, accompanied by a scrolling bar-graph score.

FAQ

Q: Where can I get free sheet music for this?
A: Here:
http://www.musanim.com/scores/recorder.html

Q: Hey, I got the score, but ... it's for recorder quartet.
A: Right, that's what I originally wrote it for. If you want to play it with other instruments, get in contact with me through my web site.

Q: Who is performing?
A: Nobody; this is a synthetic performance, produced by the notation program Sibelius.

Q: Is there a way I could make animated scores like this myself?
A: The Music Animation Machine MIDI file player will generate sort kind of display; you can get the (Windows freeware) 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: Read this page:
http://www.musanim.com/all/MAMRequests.html

Q: When did you write this, and why?
A: In 1976, the instrument maker Friedrich von Huene was scheduled to visit Santa Barbara (my home town, where I was living at the time). I really liked his recorders, so I started composing a piece in his honor; I was thinking that I could arrange a performance of it for him. However, he cancelled, so I stopped after writing the first movement. I think it was performed at a meeting of the American Recorder Society toward the end of that year, with William Ure, Michael Foote, Aquila Chase and me.

Q: Can you explain the structure and intention of this piece?
A: Okay. You'll want to download the score to refer to:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/MalinowskiRecorderQuartet.pdf
The description (which was too long to include in this description) is here:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/MalinowskiQuartetDescription.pdf
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Category:

Music

Tags:

• recorder
• quartet
• modern

[DiesIstGrammarNazi]

Man, I don't get this piece. My problem isn't the trills, I can hear that those would sound decent on a real instrument. The piece just sounds like experimentation. It's just not at all enjoyable to hear. I know you're not a bad composer, as the way you wrote your fugue is inspiring the fugue I'm writing now; I haven't had much experience with music writing (I'm 15). Maybe lomax343 has it; it sounds too modern. I certainly agree with his point that a good symphony hasn't been written in years.

[smalin]

@DiesIstGrammarNazi This isn't the best thing I've written, not by a longshot, but I suspect that it's better than you're able to appreciate. Try it again in eight years (when you'll be as old as I was when I wrote it).

[lomax343]

I don'tmake this criticism lightly, but I'm afraid this sounds modern.

[smalin]

@lomax343 Well, it is modern.  I don't see how that's a criticism.

[terrybeaton]

I love it. It felt like "apres midi dún (mircat)" in places and sometimes like a busy urban sprawl in time-lapse photography. It was a bit strange to my ear at first, but it quickly won me over. Were you using that six note scale that Berlioz (and others) used.

[smalin]

@terrybeaton No, this uses normal (diatonic) scales. What it uses that's not so normal is quartal harmony --- not all the time, but a lot of the time. Also, in places, it modulates pretty quickly. The combination of those two things means that there are places where you don't get a strong triadic sense of harmony to hang onto.

[smalin]

@felipemp93 You don't have to be an idiot to not like this piece; being inexperienced in listening to modern music is sufficient.

[Ryak1234]

I'll be honest by saying I didn't like it. Sorry.

[einootspork]

Oh, no. I think it's "Reverie" by Debussy. You know, very slightly.

[einootspork]

This is reminding me of some other piece, but I'll be damned if I can think of what.

[scyldschefing]

I hope one day to be able to compose something. Enjoyed listening to it. I don't know what it is about recorders, but I almost feel like they're making a comeback of sorts... except of course when little kids are forced to play them :p

[Fredjo88]

@xBigBangTheory It is really an audacity to suggest to a composer to rewrite his scores. Do you really think he would do that just because you don't like his music?. Closing my eyes and listening to this score, even though artificially recorded, is really a beautiful experience and I thank Mr.Malinowski for that.

[jeaniebaby001]

ooohh cooll..

[mikepenny01]

I really enjoyed this piece. Especially from around 1:30 on!

[MrFreddieBurgoyne]

I don't know what people are complaining about.. I thought this was great. Would sound better performed with real instruments of course.. But still, very good.

[haddtyl]

Did you listen to Rite of Spring before you wrote this lol. I was honestly not very found of this piece and i DO love the Great Fugue, so I am used to "rough" music (I think it would sound better on string quartet). I did really enjoy your waltz.