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Hello, fellow MIDI musicians. In this archive, you should have
the following files:
Divert_1.MID
gesualdo.MID
greatlove.MID
Silver_Swan.MID
UbiCaritas.MID
Divert_1.ALL
gesualdo.ALL
greatlove.ALL
Silver_Swan.ALL
UbiCaritas.ALL
The .MID files, obviously, are meant for anyone who wants to use
a MIDI application that supports the generic .MID format (.MID1 to be
precise.. these are multiple-track files).
The .ALL files are meant for those using Dr. T's KCS. I've been a
fairly dedicated user of the Dr. T line of products. It's really quite a
pity they have given up on the Amiga market. It would seem to suggest
that, perhaps, as a batch of users, we are not prone to pay for decent
programs, because I KNOW there are tons of Amiga musicians out there, and
Dr. T's KCS is an excellent program, if a little cumbersome because of
their assinine MS-DOS feel. When will a software company learn to stick
to a system's specifications, and USE WHAT IS AVAILABLE!?
But enough bitter woe concerning the Amiga and Commodore's
astrological approach to marketing. These files represent a bit of work
that I've put in over time for some excellent music that will culturally
stimulate your mind, if it doesn't put you to sleep. Contrary to popular
belief, not ALL Americans are culturally illiterate. Those who are are not
always as sarcastic as I am, either.
* Divert_1.MID : Mozart's "Divertimento #1" for Strings. You should
recognize it. It represents perhaps the most work I've put into a MID
file. It is huge. It will eat your mother. Unfortunately, I consider it
unfinished, as I couldn't put in all the repeats (for which you should
thank me), and various other details I like to commit to MID files were
left undone (dynamics, phrasing, etc). My apologies for the slop job, but
I didn't get to keep the music I was borrowing long enough to finish these
details. Perhaps another time I'll finish it, or perhaps someone else
will do the detail work.
* gesualdo.MID : Carlo Gesualdo's "Morro Lasso Al Mio Duolo" for voices.
In this case, however, I'd suggest using a nice pipe-organ.
Unfortunately, you will miss every bit of text-painting that you would
otherwise have, but at least you can listen to the beautiful (if bizarre)
chordwork he didn't use. I say that he didn't use it, because he wrote
this madrigal in 1611, when composers didn't use functional harmony.
Gesualdo was definately before his time. Be advised: if you cheat on your
husband while listening to this song, you and your lover will be killed,
and your naked bodies left on your husband's front porch. This is some
powerful music. Unfortunately, I have not yet put in phrasings in this
piece.
* greatlove.MID : "No Greater Love Hath Man" for organ and voices. For
the most part, I've been extremely careful to stick to the music on this
piece, however, I've made the mistake of not making the organ's pedals
staccato in various parts throughout the music (the music calls for
staccato, but again, I didn't get to it before I had to return the music).
I've mapped the voices for strings on a Yamaha TG-33, and the solo voices
are set for individual instruments.. you may wish to edit them to your own
tastes and instrumentation. Phrases, dynamics, tempo, and all kinds of
other nonsense have been painstakingly attended to in order to make up for
the lack of staccato in the pedals. If you don't enjoy this piece of
music, get better equipment. I apologize for forgetting the composor's
name.
* Silver_Swan.MID : "The Silver Swan" for voices. I would suggest using
a very nice, ethericalish (note: newly created word.. I claim credit for
this one) instrument for this.. or experiment a little with your own
tastes. This is a beautiful madrigal that should be sung to be fully
appreciated.. but you'll have to do with this .MID file instead. I've
taken pains to put crescendoes and decrescendoes in strategic places,
although I don't think I was careful about phrasing. Again, I forgot the
composor's name.
* UbiCaritas.MID : Durofle`'s "Ubi Caritas et Amor" for voices. Once more,
a soft, ethericalish instrument would probably apply to this work. I
programmed it EXACTLY as the score would have a group perform it..
although, personally, I feel it should be taken slower. This is a sacred
work, full of reverence and awe of God.. enough to make an atheist become
Christian. The work is based on a Gregorian chant, but the chord
progressions and voice leading adds a new dimension to a wondrous work.
This five part sacred work blew me away when our little church choir sang
it for the congregation; it is truly an amazing work of art. I have taken
great pains to include phrasings, dynamics, and temp changes.
If one has trouble with the .MID format generated by Dr. T's,
please don't blame me. I understand they do some very naughty things to
the format, and it may not work quite as well as it should, but it is the
only way I have right now of generating .MID format files. This is why
I've included the .ALL format, in case someone should find a program that
can convert from the KCS .ALL format to .MID better than KCS can handle
it, and for those individuals who happen to have KCS or MRS.
For those who are wondering how I managed to create these files, I
painstakingly typed in the information using DeluxeMusic Construction Set
(which will NEVER be improved.. since Electronic Arts doesn't feel it's
worth their effort and time.. and the programmer who worked on the project
ran out on them anyway), then saved the works in .SMUS format. I then
used SMUS2MID to convert the files over to MID format, loaded them into
KCS, and used Tiger to do the finer editing. In earlier days (that is,
with Divert_1.MID) I loaded the file into The Copyist, went through all
kinds of nasty hoopla and conversion thingamabobs, only to come up with a
very nasty .ALL format file that had to be worked on with KCS (since Tiger
didn't exist back then).
For those wondering WHY I went to so much trouble to generate
these files, I can only say that I'm not entirely sane. In at least two
cases, I put the works in the computer for other people to hear, and so I
could keep them on file for my own malevolent purposes. In a sense, I'm
just expanding the audience from the single people who requested the work
be done to all of you. I also have a sort of dream of being able to
borrow bits of music information stored in .MID or .ALL format, and using
them in other works of music.. maybe slightly altered or whatever. It'll
probably never come to fruition, but it's nice to dream.
If you would like the words to the madrigals, I can only suggest
that you do a little research in the library. I didn't feel like typing
out all the text (although it wouldn't take much time)... especially since
most of the text would be lost in the translation, since you can't tell
when what comes where without a score, and I don't have all the scores
available to me anymore anyway. I will, however, type out the Latin to
"Ubi Caritas" since I have most of it memorized anyway:
Ubi caritas et amor, deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.
Exultemus et in ipso, iucundemur. Timeamus et amemus deum vivum. Et ex
corde diligamus nos sincero. Ubi caritas et amor, deus ibi est. Amen.
I apologize for any mispellings, but I memorized the sounds more
than the spellings, and I'm still learning my Latin. Unfortunately, I can
only translate some of the Latin, so if you are REALLY interested in the
meaning, seek a Latin scholar more educated than I. My guess is the
following:
Where is there love and caring? God is here. We gather together in
Christ's love. We worship, and in Him, we are purified. We fear and love
the life of God. And from our hearts, we care (for our own?). Where is
there love and caring? God is here. Amen.
I'm asking for no money whatsoever for these works. All of them
were written by men who are long since dead and buried (and busy
de-composing now). I only offer them to the public, so they may share in
some of the beautiful music I've had the opportunity to enjoy. I
hope that more people will tak