ENOUGH PONTIFICATING! The jury is back. MIDI files are terrible. Case closed. The Mozart-styled exercise below sounds heavenly on a real piano, but it sounds ridiculous on even high-end sound cards. The only use for MIDIs is that they are small and easily downloadable. They are good for "getting an idea" of how a piece goes. The other use for MIDI is to see what a string quartet might sound like when you do not have four musicians on hand, ready and armed with violins and such. As far as the mp3s go, I recorded them all on a $25 tape player and they sound horrible. If you are even slightly impressed by the music you hear on this page, then you would be blown away to hear it played live on real instruments.

The Baroque Studies

Study in G major(incomplete).. bsGmaj.MID

Study in E major.... bsEmaj.MID

Study in F major.... bsFmaj.MID

Study in C major.... bsCmaj.MID

Study in A minor.... bsAmin.mid

Study in D minor.... bsDmin.MID

Study in Eb minor.... bsEbmin.MID

Study in C minor.... bsCmin.MID

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Classical Era

Theme in the style of Mozart .... MozartStyle.MID

Rhapsody in C minor .... rhapsody.MID

*I have posted only some fragments of this work:

Sonata for Two Pianos - in the style of Beethoven.

First Movement .... Sonata2Pianos1.MID

Second Movement .... Sonata2Pianos2.MID

String Quartet in E minor.

*This first MIDI file uses string ensemble sounds and a choir.

Orchestral Version....StringQEmin.MID

*This second MIDI file uses the traditional instruments: 2 violins, viola, and cello.

It is not nearly as profound as the first.

Traditional Version....StringQTrad.MID

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19^th Century Romanticism

You say, "These have terrible quality!" They do. [see above]

Symphonic Prelude in E major symphonic.MID

My Prelude followed by Chopin's Op.35.... Prelude_And_Chopin.mp3

Variations on Wagner's Leitmotif "Longing".... Tristan_Variations.mp3

Two Waltzes, Waltz I in F minor.... Waltz1_Fmin.mp3

Two Waltzes, Waltz II in D minor.... Waltz2_Dmin.mp3

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20^th-Century

A String Quartet - a work in 12-Tone Serialism.

Orchestral Version .... 12ToneQ.MID

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Music Not Yet Posted, But Soon!

Symphonic Prelude in B major. (It's a winner)

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Scores

None for now.
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