# My only reason for being a composer

**URL:** <https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/my-only-reason-for-being-a-composer/4202>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [March 29, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/my-only-reason-for-being-a-composer/4202 "2015-03-29T00:20:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigandrewm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bigandrewm](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/bigandrewm)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/my-only-reason-for-being-a-composer/4202/21 "2015-04-09T22:50:13Z")

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> As for a composition I have made, I have yet to fully perfect one. I was in the process of beginning to learn how to compose.

At this point I can't think of any composer who has made the "perfect" composition, but they publish anyhow and then work from the criticism they receive to improve the next one. The closest I know of is the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40. A pretty hard-to-beat combination of symmetric form with emotional resonance, which are often at odds. I don't think it's strange for a young composer to not want to share their stuff right away. It's perfectly natural. But, to be a composer, one has to share music with others - that has to happen eventually. My advice is to keep writing music, and get really, really good at playing some instrument. Every good composer in history was also a good musician on some instrument. That's a huge part of how they develop their musical vocabulary.

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**Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/my-only-reason-for-being-a-composer/4202/22 "2015-04-11T12:52:23Z")

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> The closest I know of is the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40. A pretty hard-to-beat combination of symmetric form with emotional resonance, which are often at odds.

I think you might like this analysis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzXoVo16pTg

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**Author:** ![bigandrewm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bigandrewm](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/bigandrewm)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/my-only-reason-for-being-a-composer/4202/23 "2015-04-11T21:58:14Z")

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> The closest I know of is the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40. A pretty hard-to-beat combination of symmetric form with emotional resonance, which are often at odds.

I think you might like this analysis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzXoVo16pTg Didn't Spike Jones do this? :)

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**Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/my-only-reason-for-being-a-composer/4202/24 "2015-04-11T23:39:23Z")

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> The closest I know of is the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40. A pretty hard-to-beat combination of symmetric form with emotional resonance, which are often at odds.

I think you might like this analysis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzXoVo16pTg Didn't Spike Jones do this? :) If you can find a link, I'll listen.

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