{"id":8340,"date":"2022-05-08T17:24:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T00:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=8340"},"modified":"2022-05-15T20:35:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T03:35:20","slug":"somber-variations-op-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2022\/05\/somber-variations-op-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Somber Variations, Op. 93 (2022) \u2013 Musical Composition by Gennady Stolyarov II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"___plusone_0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4311 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tophatwhitesm-100x100.jpg 100w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Gennady Stolyarov II<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MEmKLKDhDk8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This composition is most certainly influenced by the ongoing troubles of the world, but it endeavors to be melodic and structured while conveying the tumultuous, agitated, and tragic character of our epoch. While Mr. Stolyarov uses some similar techniques in this piece to several of his earlier \u201cNeo-Baroque\u201d compositions, this one is more somber, as the title implies. It follows a theme-and-variations format; one of the variations is not actually somber, and the listener will clearly hear which one. In protracted periods of tragedy, there are still good times to be encountered on occasion, and this piece conveys that as well.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video on YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MEmKLKDhDk8\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> and on Odysee <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@GStolyarovII:0\/somber-variations,-op.-93-(2022)-%E2%80%93:1\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This work was composed by Mr. Stolyarov on March 30-31, 2022, and is played using the MuseScore 3.0 software.<\/p>\n<p>This composition received an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rodrigolandaromero.com\/winners2022\">Honorable Mention<\/a> at the 2022 Rodrigo Landa-Romero International Composition Competition.<\/p>\n<p>Download the MP3 file of this composition <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/music_stolyarov\/Stolyarov_Somber_Variations_Op_93.mp3\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Find the score of this composition <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/music_stolyarov\/Stolyarov_Somber_Variations_Op_93.pdf\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This composition and video may be freely reproduced using the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike International 4.0 License.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to LIKE, FAVORITE, and SHARE this video in order to spread rational high culture to others.<\/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> (chronological order) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/gennady-stolyarov-ii-compositions\/\">here<\/a> (reverse chronological order).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"odysee-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/$\/embed\/somber-variations%2C-op.-93-%282022%29-%E2%80%93\/133c385e49a90f7382b6c6e4ff616e5883760d22?r=DTZ19ab4kLWVrn6PifKoZaJd1kkYQ3YC\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gennady Stolyarov II This composition is most certainly influenced by the ongoing troubles of the world, but it endeavors to be melodic and structured while conveying the tumultuous, agitated, and tragic character of our epoch. While Mr. Stolyarov uses some similar techniques in this piece to several of his earlier \u201cNeo-Baroque\u201d compositions, this one is more somber, as the title implies. It follows a theme-and-variations format; one of the variations is not actually somber, and the listener will clearly hear&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2022\/05\/somber-variations-op-93\/\"> 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":[396,274,2021,547,40,1768,5873,276,5874,5872,2020],"class_list":["post-8340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-classical","tag-classical-music","tag-contemporary-classical","tag-contemporary-classical-music","tag-g-stolyarov-ii","tag-gennady-stolyarov-ii","tag-new-classical-music","tag-piano","tag-rational-classical-music","tag-solo-piano","tag-variations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340","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=8340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8341,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8340\/revisions\/8341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}