{"id":1741,"date":"2013-11-30T06:24:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T06:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2013-11-30T06:24:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T06:24:51","slug":"the-challenge-op-28-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2013\/11\/the-challenge-op-28-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The Challenge, Op. 28 (2004) &#8211; Video by G. Stolyarov II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fpP_YFBig3k\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Both the rapid tempo and the minor passages of this composition are representative of tension and struggle, properly created, in Mr. Stolyarov&#8217;s view, through this method rather than by dissonance. The melody transitions frequently from minor to major to illustrate a rational man&#8217;s intense exertion in the face of a challenge, and the successful (and pleasant) consequent outcome.<\/p>\n<p>This work was composed in 2004 and remastered using the SynthFont2 software, with the Evanescence 2 and GMR Basico 1.1 instrument packs.<\/p>\n<p>Download the MP3 file of this composition <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/music_stolyarov\/Stolyarov_The_Challenge_Piano.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See the index of Mr. Stolyarov&#8217;s compositions, all available for free download, <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/music_stolyarov.html  \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The artwork is Mr. Stolyarov&#8217;s Abstract Orderism Fractal 50, available for download <a href=\"http:\/\/gstolyarovii.deviantart.com\/art\/Abstract-Orderism-Fractal-50-412663412\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2013\/11\/fractal50\/ \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to LIKE, FAVORITE, and SHARE this video in order to spread rational high culture to others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both the rapid tempo and the minor passages of this composition are representative of tension and struggle, properly created, in Mr. Stolyarov&#8217;s view, through this method rather than by dissonance. The melody transitions frequently from minor to major to illustrate a rational man&#8217;s intense exertion in the face of a challenge, and the successful (and pleasant) consequent outcome. This work was composed in 2004 and remastered using the SynthFont2 software, with the Evanescence 2 and GMR Basico 1.1 instrument packs&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2013\/11\/the-challenge-op-28-video\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1725,396,274,2021,281,282,289,164,40,286,287,399,280,276,1929,2632],"class_list":["post-1741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-challenge","tag-classical","tag-classical-music","tag-contemporary-classical","tag-download","tag-downloadable","tag-fractal","tag-free","tag-g-stolyarov-ii","tag-harmony","tag-major","tag-minor","tag-mp3","tag-piano","tag-struggle","tag-tension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1742,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions\/1742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}