Baroquen Heart

--<Baroquen Heart>--
(groan)

by Shih Tzu

This is another rather old
module that I dragged out
and finished.  It's not
actually baroque; I'd call
it more rococo or
classical, and of course
there are contemporary
influences, but I couldn't
resist that title. ^_^

I've still got a lot to
learn about theory, and
I'm sure my composition
teacher could find a
bazillion things wrong
with it, but I like it all
right as it is.

This song is a sonata.  If
you're not sure what to
listen for, it has an
exposition which consists
of the main theme, a
transition, and a second
theme in the key a fifth
above the first theme.
The exposition repeats,
there's a development
section in which the two
themes are meshed and
played around with, and
finally there's a
recapitulation, where the
first theme is repeated,
the transition is changed,
and the second theme is
in the same key as the
first.  I've also put in a
coda that has elements of
both themes.  The song
starts fugally, but it's
not an actual fugue.  Oh
well.  Maybe some other
time.

I realize the first sample
has a rotten loop, but
it's sooo *versatile!*
I'll never use it again,
I promise. :)

Thanks to Necros for that
sample, by the way.  I
don't know where the other
sample's from.

9-10-97