Fugue of a Dream | Original Composition in C♯-Minor

A noteworthy feature of this fugue:
→ the entry at 1:16 does not start with scale degree 1 (as the subject in the exposition does), but with 6, creating a pseudo e-minor, which is actually g♯-minor
Inspiration: Only after finishing it did I realise that the subject is rather similar to that of the fugato in Mozart’s ‘Domine Jesu Christe’ in his Requiem. I must have had the melody stuck in my head and not realised it’s not from me.
Score: musescore.com/...
PDF: drive.google.c...
Have a nice day! (=

[@alicagangunduz8488]

At the beginning of my first listening, I thought the melody and the countermelody were too simple, but it all made sense when the 3rd and 4th voices appeared. Perfect usage of the motifs, I also was looking for a slow and kind of a depressive fugue just like this one. It really represents some specific emotions. To sum up, I love it

[@averynhiell]

Wow, thank you so much, this means a lot to me! (=

[@sergiocattapan1192]

Grazie per questa splendida musica che regali a tutti.😊

[@averynhiell]

Il piacere è mio!

[@hatwas9458]

Each fugue I hear of yours makes me more impressed. You are awsome, you are gifted. Please more of them.

[@averynhiell]

Wow, thank you so much, this means a lot to me! (=

[@eliasadam_]

So good!!

[@averynhiell]

Thanks a lot! ^^

[@gaopinghu7332]

Fun fact: I, too, have accidentally stolen from Mozart. I once wrote a melody, very anthem-like, I was even a little proud of it, until I listened to Mozart's sonata for 2 pianos and realised that it was *exactly the same,* note by note (except for a few ornaments). Another funny moment is when I wrote a melody suspiciously similar to Bach's subject of his fugue in b minor, BWV 544, although this time I'm quite sure it's just a coincidence. The melody is very simple. It just goes up and down on the harmonic minor scale, very standard stuff.

[@averynhiell]

Yeah, that might happen if you have so many melodies in your head that you don’t know anymore which one is yours and which is by someone else. xD

[@ralphLB]

Melodies don't come easy for me, but when they do I feel like I heard that melody before or that I'm stealing from someone else. Even if I never heard a melody like it before. It's a REALLY annoying feeling.

[@averynhiell]

@@ralphLB I know this so well. xD

[@melchiorsternfels6454]

Knock, knock, knocking on Bach's door. The perfect sighing motif.

[@averynhiell]

I like the association with sighing. ^^

[@lord.of.tamarindo]

very well structured fugue! i really love the theme you chose for your theme! keep up the amazing work! :D

[@averynhiell]

Thank you so much! I appreciate it. (=

[@carstenkling2566]

A beautiful and great composition! I like it very much! Thanks for uploading! 👍

[@averynhiell]

Thank you so much! (=

[@howardyu50211]

Breathtaking

[@averynhiell]

Thank you so much!

[@julienmillaire1959]

That’s wonderful ! Bravo

[@averynhiell]

Thank you so much! (=

[@willaert1999vierne]

A good sense of conterpoint and a good interpretation of c# minor.

[@averynhiell]

Thank you so much! (=

[@spiritualpolitics8205]

This is one of my favorite of your fugues! I adore the thoughtful and introspective nature of this slow piece... That is a very nice software suite and sound patch. I notice it is not Finale. If you get a chance, please share what your playback platform is! Love your voice as a composer -- keep composing! IMHO fugues are where it's at, and I have argued more "new" composers need to write "new" music in the Baroque, instead of acting like that is passé. (Think of what it would mean to the world to have a new high quality Well Tempered Clavier Book III!)

[@averynhiell]

Thank you so much, this means a lot to me! (= Yes, fugues seem to become more popular again among new composers. I really love this form of composition. I use Musescore. In this video, it is Musescore 4, combined with an external soundfont called “Intimate Piano”. If you are interested, I can try and find the link. The soundfont is not for free, though.

[@spiritualpolitics8205]

@@averynhiell All good, I will research it! I have grown tired of Finale and unsure about whether I should invest in and learn Sibelius... This sounds like a great compromise and maybe better product overall for what I want to do!

[@averynhiell]

@@spiritualpolitics8205 One word of warning: Musescore 4 still has some bugs and I’m regularly annoyed by the playback (although to be fair, there are far more playback options than in Musescore 3). I have not tried any software other than Musescore, so I don’t know if they have similar bugs. (:

[@spiritualpolitics8205]

@@averynhiell Thanks! Finale def has endless bugs...

[@averynhiell]

@@spiritualpolitics8205 Oh wow, that’s annoying. I thought payed music programs would be mostly bug-free. Good to know, because I will be less bothered by Musescore’s bugs now. xD

[@nicomatf]

Wow, me sorprendió lo buena que es! Creo que el contrapunto libre podría ser mejor, pero el sujeto de esta fuga es muy bueno, espero que pruebes a hacer otras cosas con este sujeto

[@averynhiell]

¡Muchas gracias! ¿Tiene sugerencias para el contrapunto libre? Es una fuga mía más antigua, así que tenía menos experiencia cuando la escribí. Pero aún podría aprender algo de usted. Probablemente no voy a componer otra cosa con este tema, pero me gusta bastante utilizar tres notas idénticas en la cabeza del sujeto.

[@nicomatf]

@@averynhiell soy muy malo para comunicar mis ideas, pero creo que debés escuchar las distintas voces por separado y pensar "esto suena lo suficientemente bueno por si solo?" Sé que es muy subjetivo esto, pero es sorprendente el cambio que puede haber si uno cambia un poco el ritmo y mueve una sola nota, solo eso puede hacer que una frase suene más coherente o más cerrado, también deberías prestar más atención a la imitación entre las distintas voces. En fin, no me siento muy calificado de hablar de cosas muy técnicas, sigue mejorando, eres muy bueno ya

[@averynhiell]

@@nicomatf ¡Gracias! Es un consejo muy útil. (=

[@chrysanthos7265]

Nice work. In listening, I missed the relative major, E-dur. It's no mistake per se, but the music lingers on gis-moll for too long for my taste. It's very common to state the subject in the relative major, sometimes as soon as just after the exposition. Listen to the BWV 861 for a good example of this. Hope you find this feedback interesting. Keep writing, I'd love to see what more you've got!

[@averynhiell]

Thank you! There is actually not really an entry in E. Even though the entry in 41 is mostly a transposition to the relative major, it is harmonised as g♯. This was very intentional as I had noticed that the subject could be very easily modified this way. In many of my fugues, I have a proper entry in the relative major, but this time I wanted to experiment a bit. (: Another reason was that I generally dislike writing longer passages in major. But you’re right in that there is a lot of g♯ without modulation.

[@chrysanthos7265]

@@averynhiell Experimenting is great. I do nowhere near enough of it, which is why my fugues are few and awkward. Seeing how many things you put up here is kinda making me want to put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard I guess) again.

[@averynhiell]

@@chrysanthos7265 Thank you! I wish you lots of inspiration for your future compositions. ^^

[@user-xb3tl9uw2j]

You shuld use churc organ sound! You are a genius!

[@averynhiell]

Thank you! (: I’m not quite sure what exactly to pay attention to when composing for organ, but I can see.

[@martycli9299]

Nice work.

[@averynhiell]

Thanks a lot! ^^

[@Taki-NeobaroqueDZ]

Very nice!

[@averynhiell]

Thank you! ^^

[@zidanidane]

this is very voice. honeslty this is so sing. that was so counterpoint of you. this is exceedingly polyphonic

[@averynhiell]

😂

[@Mymusicaldream]

Did you study music theorie/composition?

[@averynhiell]

I have a private teacher who is also a counterpoint teacher at a university.

[@hibagell]

that b sharp is making me upsetti spaghetti rn

[@averynhiell]

Which one do you mean?

[@hibagell]

@@averynhiell all of them. just the sight of a b sharp is aggravating

[@averynhiell]

@@hibagell That sounds like a you problem.

[@hibagell]

@@averynhiell yeah it really is, my therapist doesnt know how to help. nice composing though bro

[@averynhiell]

@@hibagell lol thanks

[@lerippletoe6893]

Nice

[@averynhiell]

Thanks!

[@eytonshalomsandiego]

bravo! lovely. this is the second i am listening to, first the a minor...love them both...i assume you are also the pianist? thanks!

[@averynhiell]

Thank you so much, I appreciate it! (: The piece is not played by a pianist, but by the computer program.

[@zionfortuna]

Awesome fugue! I don't know why, but I kinda like it better at 2x speed...

[@averynhiell]

Thank you! (= I listened to at 2x speed and I know what you mean. ^^

[@trstquint7114]

Really no bad at all. I like the stretto, but I miss a stronger countersubject that, together with the main theme, provides a further effect. The main theme is dominant here, why not a lobster walk, a mirror, or something like that. Again, you are very talented.

[@averynhiell]

Thank you so much! (= I agree, the countersubject is a bit simple. What do you mean by ‘lobster walk’?

[@trstquint7114]

@@averynhiell A lobster always walks backwards... In Dutch (I am from the Netherlands) we know the so-called 'Kreeftgang' a transformation you can apply to a melody. You can easily recognize it because it sounds as if the melody is being 'rewinded', it sounds from back to front.

[@averynhiell]

@@trstquint7114 Ah, I know this as ‘retrograde’. ^^

[@trstquint7114]

@@averynhiell 🦞😁

[@melchiorsternfels6454]

Cancrizans, "Krebsgang" in Bach's language. By the way: I agree to the comment of my Dutch friend: A little bit too dominant main theme but still great

[@sergiogiudici6976]

It can be sang on the words: "Quam olim Abraham promisisti"

[@averynhiell]

Yeah, only after finishing it did I realise that the subject is rather similar to that of the fugato in Mozart’s ‘Domine Jesu Christe’ in his Requiem. I must have had the melody stuck in my head and not realised it’s not from me. That happens sometimes. xD

[@einSteppenwolf]

"Quam olim Abrahae promisisti."

[@averynhiell]

Exactly, that’s what I later realized this fugue is similar to.

[@eduardo268mrm]

It seems for me as the aria "Laßt mich ihn nur noch einmal küssen"

[@averynhiell]

I see what you mean. However, I’m pretty sure I didn’t know the piece before.

[@user-zs3mc4db3y]

I had saw another composer who use this program. What is this program?

[@averynhiell]

The name is ‘Musescore’, it’s considered one of the best (if not the best) free notation programs out there. In some videos I use version 3, in some version 4, depending on what I want to achieve sound-wise. This is version 4. Hope this helps. (:

[@user-zs3mc4db3y]

@@averynhiell of course it will help since i use sibeliuse. Good works btw :3

[@averynhiell]

@@user-zs3mc4db3y Thanks! ^^

[@MartinSmithMFM]

The distinguished quality of the theme is vitiated by the over repetitive nature of the repeated notes theme. Had you modulated to the relative Major as in the Dorian fugue, it would have been better. But nice Art of Fugue conclusion.

[@MartinSmithMFM]

A kind of occasional piece by PDF Bach

[@averynhiell]

I like the repetition of notes, that’s very subjective.

[@SergioSergio2011]

Unfortunately, this cannot be played on the piano... But as I would like...

[@averynhiell]

It’s for two players.

[@akbarbekboev8971]

Could we become friends? I don’t have them 😢

[@averynhiell]

Here is my Facebook profile: facebook.com/wren.hiell Feel free to send me a message. ^^

[@gaopinghu7332]

May Beethoven's fifth be with you.

[@averynhiell]

That’s an interesting compliment, thank you! ^^