“The New Beginning” is a composition by S. Melillo, that made me think “full circle” with the ‘necklace’-idea!! Look at the necklace picture. It’s not a mistake nor a problem: this is the FORM of a new beginning. Remember Stephen telling me never to use the word “problem”, but “challenge” instead? He was right: Problems… Continue reading The Necklace as a new beginning
Author: Anneloes Wolters
Composer
Thinking Tool: Q&A in a FORM-poem
When I have to think about structural, philosophical, emotional or spiritual dimensions of Music, or have to find my path through new territory. I formulate questions, words, ideas, answers and put the into a FORM. FORM helps form-ulate all thoughts, helps stripping it down to a minimum of words, structures ideas, connects and repeats. It’s… Continue reading Thinking Tool: Q&A in a FORM-poem
Planning and organizing an oeuvre
“When a bar is a small tiny bit of the whole oeuvre, how does it relate to all the other Music? Not only the Music that is already there, but also the Music that is still to come? “ It all started with making my video ‘how I work’. When I watched it, I noticed… Continue reading Planning and organizing an oeuvre
How I work
My take on FORM:
Repertoire Geschiedenis: Les 1
Doel: Vragen over eigen werk beantwoorden aan de hand van analyse van werken uit/van verschillende periodes/componisten met dezelfde problematiek. Middel: Muziekgeschiedenis en composities bestuderen en inzichten daaruit toepassen ter verbetering van eigen werk. Het bestuderen van anthologie, analyse van partituren en verbeteren van de luistervaardigheid. Een les bestaat uit de taken: Anthology of music voor… Continue reading Repertoire Geschiedenis: Les 1
Lesson Anna Lu 18-09-2020
Questions: 1. How to make an orchestra sound best (see image ‘timbre/frequency’): Good Composition: Orchestration: Creation of SPACES and SILENCES. Relation to FORM. Combination, mixing of sound-colors. Too literal orchestration of events. Strange objects in percussion: distraction. Harmonics: Chord- stacking: wide / narrow / natural order of I I V III Octave: relation composition and… Continue reading Lesson Anna Lu 18-09-2020
Busoni: music is free.
When you want to set Music free, why do words get in the way? I had a discussion over the mail with S. Melillo, he stated that:“You can’t defy nature” AND “It’s all waves.” AND (my own twist on a remark) “When you can describe it with words, why bother write Music?” Together with our… Continue reading Busoni: music is free.
Werken in Wezep
Vanwege werkzaamheden voor ons huis, hebben we de afgelopen weken gewoond en gewerkt op de B&B van boerderij “Op Vollenhof” te Wezep. Een inspirerende omgeving met dieren, tuin, wijnstokken, zonnepanelen, geiten, kippen, paarden. Achterin het veld een imker met originele rieten korven. Boven de bomen allerhand roofvogels en een kerkuil op het terrein. Terwijl iedereen… Continue reading Werken in Wezep
Contrast and Orchestration
Working on my current project ‘I Paint Music‘, it’s difficult to write an aggressive effect, because the tutti sound of strings and tuba/euphonium is very warm and fuzzy. I might have to reconsider this orchestration, because it might not be suitable for a more aggressive and contrasting passage I’m planning. But to do that properly,… Continue reading Contrast and Orchestration
The making of my new logo
The new header is the making of paper-artist Hannah Biemold. She designed and than cut this paper header: She made a scan, so we can see it on the website as a header, with all the nice details that is so typical for this unbelievable paper-art. In real live, this piece is 30 cm long.… Continue reading The making of my new logo