At 05:06 AM 4/13/05 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I used to keep a pad on my nightstand for precisely that reason, > but quickly found that the stuff on it tended to be either illegible, or > not nearly as original as I'd thought when half-asleep. > > > I'm convinced that this is a widespread experience among composers. I have >written literally hundreds of ravishingly beautiful melodies in my sleep. >And indeed, by morning, they've either been forgotten or they're crap. > > But in one very memorable instance I managed to scribble down a melody and >some harmonies that were indeed quite gorgeous. Turns out I had written the >middle tune from "Waltz of the Flowers" (the one in b minor, at m. 164). Oh >well, easy come, easy go
I've written down one good piece from sleep. It has been performed several times, and has quite a bit of staying power (at least for stuff out of the 'avant-garde' era -- it's from the early 1970s). It's called "i cried in the sun aida", and it was a graphic score that also represented one of those early Finale challenges. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
