"Hacia la oscuridad" by Ivan Garcia-Garcia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- I have my doubts regarding what name to give this composition and I am curious about what this could make people feel and imagine.
Personally I was thinking about giving it a somber title in Spanish, something similar to what I did in "Entre la neblina". Because I will probably create a small set of pieces about death and I will iclude both of said works.
I also want to give this piece a little story, so feel free to rant about whatever scenes it makes you think about, let me know is you have any suggestions.
I decided to dedicate this composition to my friend Julian Rohmann, who died a year ago due to cancer. I believe the piece depicts the emotions of a person who knows that an unavoidable grim future awaits him, it's like a man knowing he will pass away soon.
The composition process I had with this miniature was quite interesting. One day I sat down to play the piano and the textural idea came to my mind, and from that moment I started working on it in and out through several days. Even though it is just 2 minutes long (32 measures) it has taken me 12-13 hours of work to craft it. I don't know if this be because I'm not at my best moment as a composer or because the texture is a bit out of my comfort zone.
I wanted to say that this recording isn't the one I would have liked to use, but ufortunately my personal piano isn't as reliable as it used to be and I live next to a road, so it is very tedious for me to get good recordings of my music. And my gran piano is still not tuned lol.
I quote Scriabin's Op.37 No.1 at the end of the piece. I also took some inspiration from Schubert's Andantino and somehow this movement is very similar to the second movement of Schubert's D.960 too, which wasn't intentional.
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“The Fata Morgana Bell”. It evokes imagery of a bell tower standing alone in a desert, ringing for only starving travellers. They travel towards the sound to find it was merely an illusion; the turning of the gears and the ringing bell were the sonorous call of vultures, and the tower was merely a mirage.
Beautiful piece. Kudos.
That's pretty cool! It reminds me of Ravel's "Le Gibet" and Berserk or Elden Ring. And thanks.
"Las ventanas del Muerte". It's a somber habanera-style lyrical piece from what I can gather, so it mostly works with good somber names, and a bit of mistery.
Good option. 😄
Scriabin reference is at 1:46, it is from Scriabin Prelude op 37 no 1
Exactly. 😁 Glad to see someone found it.
This is fucking gorgeous. Reignites my interest in classical composition and piano repetoire; absolutely immaculate. I love how its simply so enigmatic and moving.
Thank you! I'm glad you find the piece enigmatic. Let me know if I can help you giving some good piano recommendations related to new repertoire.
"Schubert D.960 2nd movement, part 2"
I imagine you are referring to the theme A of that piece. Yes, the textures and everything are very similar, I didn't realize. I did take conscious inspiration from Schubert's Andantino.
A very beautiful piece! Maybe "Fin de la vida terrenal" would fit in well!
@@TohlerCompositor Good suggestion. ^^
"Valse di Melancholia"
it is more like a tango
"The Last Habanera" could fit well...
Anyway, you get a new sub!
@@SasSnow Thanks!
Improvisation on Chopin nocturne op.27 no. 2 b section
@@yaquinn4713 If that's the only thing you see in the piece...
maybe you should start composing and let's see if one day you compose something at the same level of ivan's pieces. I am sure not, because if you are only able to see this thing related to chopin's nocturne you just demonstrate you are not able to appreciate all the music that is here.
Remember music has 12 notes only, maybe one day you find some of them repeated.
Good night!
I don't like content creators that put a heart on harsh comments that go against others they don't like and don't say much by themselves
@@rifcafcaf2391 You are free to dislike me.
"Lamento Agridulce "
HE HAS GIVEN A NAME!!
@@barsoap3731 Indeed. xD
It's very beautiful. I would have a hard time naming it myself.
Thank you very much.
the melody reminds me of a late Verdi aria, but the key SCREAMS Puccini/Mascagni...can't wait to hear what you do with the piece 😊 I agree it very much evokes somber & death, but in a very elegant way.
Thank you. Interesting, I'm quite ignorant when it comes to Italian opera and I rarely get inspiration from those authors, although I do like Puccini quite a lot.
Resolute Valse
Perhaps "Rapsodia del destino" might work. I really liked it, thanks for posting it!
Sounds really evocative, I like it. :)
"Tragedy Of A Lost Lover In A Russian Suite"
I do love Russian stuff haha.
Habanera Funeral
This is amazing. If i could compose like you, i’d never get bored
It's a matter of practice, I have spent a lot of time making harmony exercises and creating small forms. I bet you will manage to get enough skill to enjoy the process in the future!
It gives me chills. Fantastic!
Beautiful inner lines 😊
Thanks!
Nocturne in B-flat minor. Yes, it is cliche, and yes, it is unrepresentative. But again, like many in the comments would agree, it's the piece we remember, not the title.
Amazing piece btw. Reminds me of Scriabin and Chopin at the same time.
Yes, that's true. And thank you! Scriabin is a huge influence of mine, I even quoted one of his pieces at the end of this one.
Hola Ivan. En general, me parece una composición muy emotiva y bien elaborada. Tu dedicación a tu amigo Julián es evidente en la música, y creo que esta pieza es un hermoso homenaje a su memoria. con respecto al titulo sugeriría: "Réquiem para Julián": Un título directo y emotivo que hace referencia al homenaje a tu amigo y a la temática de la muerte. o pudiera ser: "Transición": Que sugiere un viaje o paso de una etapa a otra, representando el tránsito hacia la muerte. Muchas gracias por compartir esta bella obra. Saludos
Gracias Gabriel! Muchas gracias por las recomendaciones, el de "Transición" podría quedar muy bien, al menos para futuras piezas del set.
How about: "Subsistence Subsides Into Solitude"
Interesting.
Muy buena y oscura pieza. Contrasta mucho el ritmo de Habanera con la atmósfera fúnebre. Enhorabuena!
@@alejandronogalesalmagro1980 Gracias bro. 😁
Bravo Iván!!
Gracias. :)
Franzy goes Hollywood
Why? xD
@@Ivan_1791 Coz it pours gallons of saccharine syrup over D960/2
Solitude in E minor
It's in Bb minor though.
Sorry that I can’t speak Spanish, but I would like to name it “Sewing the Heart” in Spanish because I can imagine a heart being sewn as a way to heal wounds but also create pain in itself.
Interesting. :)
Very good piece, well done. Forgive me for the cliche, but it evokes a feeling of walking a trail alone, thinking about the gloom of life. I definitely get a foreboding darkness feeling from it. I would call it “Paseo Frio” (cold walk). I have never named a single piece I have made, putting labels on things is not what I do in general, but especially music because I find it restricting. It is hard for me to think of titles, hopefully my idea was interesting.
Thank you. Interesting idea, and yes I also feels something similar to what you express here.
Nice.
I'm terrible at naming pieces so IDK, but this piece is amazing!
Thanks!
Something classic like "Piano etude №4". The way we remember great pieces is not by a title trying to impose a meaning, but by the feeling we have experienced with them. That's the beauty of musical composers - that they are not writers! Congratulations on the beautiful and moving piece, and thank you for the work you do!
Thank you very much. Good point, it is true that composers aren't writers. Although I wanted to do something similar to what I did with my other piece, create a small story around those pieces and one or two more I will add. 3-4 pieces about death and write a coherent story that connects them.
I would go with “Dancing with Darkness” or maybe the Spanish translation?
@@user-fc4pd7ml3l Sounds pretty cool! Nice option.
"Past Future"
Bravo, maestro!
I'm no maestro though haha.
@@Ivan_1791You are
Oh, your composition has left me speechless, maestro! Your use of harmonic colour is so moving and awesome. The haunting simplicity of a cantabile melody in thirds floating above an unadorned ostinato creates a grieving procession to the final rest, with closing chords like funeral bells. Melodic composition is truly an art desperately in need of a revival. I too am a young composer and I just finished my first true piece, I would be honoured if you gave it a listen. It's on my channel
Glad to hear you enjoyed it that much. :) I'm no maestro though, just another guy in his 20s composing some piano pieces haha. I'm happy to see that my intentions with the funeral bells at the last measure were noticed by some people like you!
That's wonderful, yes the composition community needs a revival. And of course, I'm going to check it now!
0:25-0:33 the thirds in melody are just like in the middle part of some Chopin's nocturne. Was it supposed to be so or just accidentally?
upd: it's in the D-flat nocturne right after the main theme
No, I didn't realize it until someone pointed it out. I simply found the melodic shape beautiful and it fit the harmonic progression quite well. Anyways it's only two measures I believe, it happens sometimes.
@@Ivan_1791 Yup, you cannot avoid this since the musical experience is literally based on the music you have heard. Moreover, as many scientists did, you may simply come to exact same idea as someone before/after you, because your musical experiences are happened to be similar. It's art, this one is all in all yours👍👍
@@vanek_9397 Yes, sometimes on rare occasions I have composed a piece or come up with a specific idea and then I have found out it already existed or was used in another piece. But luckily it only happens to me around 20% of the time.
Quasi Valse? I think that sounds fitting enoguh I suppose
Great to see you compose more! I think that the title 'Life' would really fit this piece. Initially it starts as the beginning of life, everything is smooth and fine, even though with some sadness in it. Then from 0:45 it is as if life goes on, the person becomes an adult, and life becomes more chaotic and with more struggles and problems, up until 1:15, when most of those problems and struggles are mostly over and fixed. From then onward, it is as if the person has become old, presumably towards its end, and becomes a little bit peaceful and relaxed like at the beginning. However, this end also carries a lot of sorrow and melancholic feelings with the end. Really great composition
Thank you very much! And nice suggestions.
Llanto del olvido
Muy evocativo!
Sounds like a Venetian boat song, in the vein of Mendelssohn .
I agree it sounds like navegating a shady canal with an old gondola.
Habanera Triste
Habanera (alone)
An amazing composition! Was the theme by any chance inspired by a part in nocturne op27 no2?
Thanks. Not really, it has been a coincidence, two measures are similar to the Chopin piece but I took inspiration from other pieces and not that nocturne.
If you don’t mind my asking, what is your favorite piece of music ?
A piece I will probably always keep dearly in my heart is Beethoven's string quartet Op.127.
Sounds great! Though why make it so hard 😢at least give me a chance to play it XD It sounds like Chopin Nocturne. But I would jsut call it Nocturne Salsa
I believe you can play it, only 3 measures are challenging and they can be learnt with muscle memory.
Sounds quite tragic but I don't really know. Either you can title it Marcia Funebre, Elegy, Improvisation, Choral (maybe even a Short Aria). Just my recommendations. (If you don't like the titles then its fine)
Yes, I have got similar recommendations for titles.
"La Salamandre" (Based on a grim poem)
The title of the poem is that one? Who is the author?
@@Ivan_1791 Aloysius Bertrand - when I was thinking about the name, I thought about the bass notes resembling the intimidating sparks of the flame as the salamander suffers from inanition. TDLR; Both are equally poignant works.
Very interesting, I didn't know about it. Also it's so cool he inspired Ravel's "Gaspard de la Nuit".
Join Your Feelings Do Not Matter (the actual title)
My feelings do matter, this is my piece after all.
Chopin Nocturne in D flat major lol
Envy is very bad
@@Ivan_1791 I agree 👍
メランコリー､エレジーが良いだろうね。
Melancholy or elegy (melancholy /elegy for bra bra…)will be suitable for this.
Most likely. :)
why copy chopin 0:26 xd
Why comment this?
@@Ivan_1791 to ask