The Philosophy Bundle
Description:
For my culminating Philosophy project in May of 2008, I chose to compose and notate two piano pieces based on two philosophers' beliefs. Additionally, I would write an essay on each. The two philosophers I chose were Pythagoras and Nietzsche, who each had direct connections to music: Pythagoras his obsession with numbers, and Nietzsche his friend, Richard Wagner. Using their inspiration as my own, I wrote these two pieces hastily enough to meet a deadline but slowly enough to enjoy doing it. Since only my class saw the project, I now wish to share it with the PureZC community too.
These MIDIs are piano-only and will not sound anything like my other submissions to the site. I don't know what use they could find in ZC, either. Maybe I'll revisit them some day to video-game-ify them some in the interest of usability.
In any case, enjoy.
Credits:
Mary Finn and Heidi Forster
For my culminating Philosophy project in May of 2008, I chose to compose and notate two piano pieces based on two philosophers' beliefs. Additionally, I would write an essay on each. The two philosophers I chose were Pythagoras and Nietzsche, who each had direct connections to music: Pythagoras his obsession with numbers, and Nietzsche his friend, Richard Wagner. Using their inspiration as my own, I wrote these two pieces hastily enough to meet a deadline but slowly enough to enjoy doing it. Since only my class saw the project, I now wish to share it with the PureZC community too.
These MIDIs are piano-only and will not sound anything like my other submissions to the site. I don't know what use they could find in ZC, either. Maybe I'll revisit them some day to video-game-ify them some in the interest of usability.
In any case, enjoy.
Credits:
Mary Finn and Heidi Forster
Creator:
nicklegends
Added: 10 Jul 2008
Type: MIDI
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Reviews
Avaro
Edited 18 January 2015 - 04:50 PM
I like Pythagorean Wonder a lot. It has a good flow and sounds really nice. As for Nietzsche Chase, I don't like it quite as much as the other midi, but they are both good. By the way, why does your second midi have a .midi extension? Is there any difference to .mid?
Wolfo
Posted 11 January 2011 - 06:06 PM
Pythagorean has a lot of good bits, but some notes seem to clash, almost like accidentals but I have no idea. It just feels like there's something wrong in certain points, but the rest of the song is just fine. More than fine, actually, it's freaking excellent. Orchestrate it (haha).
Nietzche Chase it's a little cliched, but I still enjoyed listening to it. Maybe not as clever as Pythagorean, but it all sounds correct. Those perfect fifths are a little too much to handle though.
Nietzche Chase it's a little cliched, but I still enjoyed listening to it. Maybe not as clever as Pythagorean, but it all sounds correct. Those perfect fifths are a little too much to handle though.
Siguy
Posted 20 July 2008 - 11:31 AM
Fantastic! Both are some of your best work. They are especially good for piano-only MIDIs. They actually sound rather usable in ZC. It would be cool if the Pythagoras one used a mathematical algorithm corresponding to the notes. You should play them on an acoustic piano and record them as mp3s.
