Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
Composer: Jonathan Shaw (b.1995)
Date: ~February 2013
"Ah, the first of the choruses! Well, these were certainly interesting compositions. Originally, I was going to write two of these choruses a year, each one with an accompanying hymn using material that often recurred in the main chorus. I believe they were influenced by cantatas, but I remember wanting to devise my own ‘chorus’ format. Each chorus would explore different compositional techniques – this one being simple, homophonic and chordal. Similarly, each chorus would be written in a type of german bar-form, generally being AAB|AAB and would actually consist of two choruses that both use the overarching techniques associated with each composition. The 'Second Chorus' of each composition was to be in the dominant key. The supposed ‘final chorus’ section at the end of each composition is simply the coda using one of the most prominent phrases heard within the composition..."
Read more about this piece here:
jshaw.co.uk/c28
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What is this channel?
As a composer in the 21st century, I thought it might be interesting to catalogue and share on all of the projects I have undertaken, both for your own curiosity, but also for my own personal reflection on my development as a composer, and to some extent, a practitioner.
In short, this "C List" is the "Chronological List" for all of my major projects, including my own works, but also transcriptions and arrangements of other composer's works, educational tasks, and unfinished works that merit cataloguing.
For each of the works, I provide a reflection (a "reminiscence") about its context, how, and why I wrote it, as well as some analyses.
On some of these projects, I have recorded the entire compositional process itself, which again may offer some insight into compositional methods of 21st century music.
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Software Used:
★Sibelius 6 Student
★Adobe Premiere Elements 15
© Jonathan Shaw 2018
Composer: Jonathan Shaw (b.1995)
Date: ~February 2013
"Ah, the first of the choruses! Well, these were certainly interesting compositions. Originally, I was going to write two of these choruses a year, each one with an accompanying hymn using material that often recurred in the main chorus. I believe they were influenced by cantatas, but I remember wanting to devise my own ‘chorus’ format. Each chorus would explore different compositional techniques – this one being simple, homophonic and chordal. Similarly, each chorus would be written in a type of german bar-form, generally being AAB|AAB and would actually consist of two choruses that both use the overarching techniques associated with each composition. The 'Second Chorus' of each composition was to be in the dominant key. The supposed ‘final chorus’ section at the end of each composition is simply the coda using one of the most prominent phrases heard within the composition..."
Read more about this piece here:
jshaw.co.uk/c28
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What is this channel?
As a composer in the 21st century, I thought it might be interesting to catalogue and share on all of the projects I have undertaken, both for your own curiosity, but also for my own personal reflection on my development as a composer, and to some extent, a practitioner.
In short, this "C List" is the "Chronological List" for all of my major projects, including my own works, but also transcriptions and arrangements of other composer's works, educational tasks, and unfinished works that merit cataloguing.
For each of the works, I provide a reflection (a "reminiscence") about its context, how, and why I wrote it, as well as some analyses.
On some of these projects, I have recorded the entire compositional process itself, which again may offer some insight into compositional methods of 21st century music.
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Software Used:
★Sibelius 6 Student
★Adobe Premiere Elements 15
© Jonathan Shaw 2018
