Analyzing Earth's Song Poem

“Earth’s Song” is a two movement suite for piano, violin, and viola. Each movement is inspired by some beautiful aspect of nature, and seeks to paint a picture of nature’s masterpieces through music. The first movement, titled “Morning Lake,” depicts a young couple rowing a boat on a calm lake. The couple sets up their rowboat right before a sunrise. At the very beginning of the movement is a calm, beautiful section, which is meant to depict how peaceful, calming, and relaxing it is to float on water while basking in the sounds of the early morning: with birds, insects, and stillness. After floating for a couple minutes, the couple begins rowing the boat forward, and in the piece, you can hear the water rhythmically lapping against the side of the boat. This is symbolized by that at the second beat of 32, the violin comes in with a descending arpeggio-like rhythm. Then, as the music intensifies to measure 36, the violin begins playing the same descending pattern with sixteenth notes, which it then gives to the viola for two measures at measure 40. This sudden intensification with the sixteenth notes doesn’t reflect a storm, but rather the couple’s anticipation to see a beautiful sunrise. The apex of the crescendo comes at measure 42, where all the instruments are marked at fortissimo. This moment depicts a gorgeous sunrise before the couple’s eyes, and a sheer joy and awe at the beauty before them. Then, by the second half of measure 48 into measure 49, the piece turns to …show more content…
Nothing in this submission is anything like what I originally had written. I wrote this piece sitting at the piano, which I’ve played since I was eight, and fiddling with specific melodies. After composing a piece, I would listen to the music that I had composed, and then would title my piece based on what images came to mind while listening to