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mediumaevum · Post by **mediumaevum** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:21 pm

I orchestrated the Genevan Psalter no. 42, which is the most beautiful written psalter from the time of the Protestant Reformation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevan_Psalter

This piece was originally composed by Claude Goudimel (1514-1572)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Goudimel

So far I haven't had any thoughts on this arrangement/orchestration I uploaded more than a month ago, would you please share your opinion on this?

https://soundcloud.com/mediumaevum-arti ... psalter-42

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 10:13 pm

not my genre of expertise, so i cant really comment on the comp.
but....
the stage sounds proper for the piece, although i felt it began losing
dynamic range towards the end when things began to get louder.
thus, sounding less natural.

Allomerus · Post by **Allomerus** » Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:23 am

Don't know the piece but it sounds very good to me. Nice melodies and harmonies as well. The instruments sound well balanced.
Well done!

HunterKiller · Post by **HunterKiller** » Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:33 am

The music itself is beautiful, but the sound is a bit flat. It needs to breathe.
Make the beginning more intimate and less distant. So that the other 3/4 can have that contemplative/distant/larger-than-life quality.

aaron aardvark · Post by **aaron aardvark** » Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:05 am

mm,
The religious angle caught my eye. I can't say I have heard this song before, but it sounds pretty good (not what I typically listen to); I have no idea how it sounds relative to the original, or real orchestra recording? The instruments sound from pretty realistic to very realistic in my opinion. Perhaps you could review my original music at this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=522586

mediumaevum · Post by **mediumaevum** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 12:19 pm

HunterKiller wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:33 am The music itself is beautiful, but the sound is a bit flat. It needs to breathe.
Make the beginning more intimate and less distant. So that the other 3/4 can have that contemplative/distant/larger-than-life quality.

Thanks. I will do that.

fastlanephil · Post by **fastlanephil** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:37 pm

I listened to the original hymn version of this music on YT. I think you did a good job of conveying the folk song like spirit of original performance.

I’m guess this shows that there was also a break musically from the Roman Catholic Church’s more formal chanting like music structure.

mediumaevum · Post by **mediumaevum** » Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:59 pm

fastlanephil wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:37 pm I listened to the original hymn version of this music on YT. I think you did a good job of conveying the folk song like spirit of original performance.

I’m guess this shows that there was also a break musically from the Roman Catholic Church’s more formal chanting like music structure.

Thanks. Are you referring to this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r8wElyTAoQ

Music from the Protestant Reformation