Luys de Milán, Fantasia del quarto tono (marked compás apresurado, “hurried beat”), from The Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El Maestro (1536), a book of compositions for the vihuela. I played this music in real time using two thumbs and two keys (D# left thumb, C# right thumb) on a MIDI keyboard, using Stephen Malinowski’s Tapper program to assign the right notes in the right order to my keystrokes before further processing. I saved the “computer mediated performance” as a MIDI file, which I then edited for flaws in tempo, velocity, and articulation, in piano roll view using Anvil Studio (for the first time). Finally, I converted the MIDI file to a WAV file using SynthFont, and thence to MP3 and AAC files using Audacity.

Luys de Milan - Fantasia del quarto tono

This music comes from my deep love for the works of Puccini. l remember when I was playing Bohème with my son, he was only 5 or 6 years, and together we wept for the death of Mimi.
All the musical material of the piece is derived from Puccini's music. The Tribute does not want traces, nor, redo Operas that are inimitable masterpieces, but tries to show the emotions that have always aroused in the listeners.
I did not use any MIDI sound.

Questa musica nasce dal mio profondo amore per le opere di Puccini. Ricordo ancora quando suonavo a mio figlio la Bohème, lui aveva appena 5 o 6 anni, e insieme piangevamo per la morte di Mimì.
Tutta la materia musicale del brano deriva dalle musiche di Puccini. L'Omaggio non vuole ripercorre, né tantomeno, rifare le opere che sono inimitabili capolavori, ma cerca di mostrare le emozioni che hanno suscitato da sempre negli ascoltatori.
Non ho usato nessun suono MIDI.

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