Deconstructing the Moonlight Sonata On Garageband:
After viewing Rebbeca Horns sculpture " Concert For Anarchy" I was inspired by the way in which such an iconic instrument such as the Grand Piano can be deconstructed to an extent where its contextual meaning can be viewed in different ways. As Beethoven constructed many of his most famous on a Grand Piano I started to wonder if there was a way in which to deconstruct one of Beethoven's symphony to an extent whereby it could be appretiated in other ways. Beethoven had a unique method in composing many of his works by writing and constructing a composition for each instrument in seperate layes.....It would be interesting to see if this works out.
After viewing Rebbeca Horns sculpture " Concert For Anarchy" I was inspired by the way in which such an iconic instrument such as the Grand Piano can be deconstructed to an extent where its contextual meaning can be viewed in different ways. As Beethoven constructed many of his most famous on a Grand Piano I started to wonder if there was a way in which to deconstruct one of Beethoven's symphony to an extent whereby it could be appretiated in other ways. Beethoven had a unique method in composing many of his works by writing and constructing a composition for each instrument in seperate layes.....It would be interesting to see if this works out.
After searching the net for MIDI soundfile's I decided to choose to deconstruct the Moonlight Sonanta. This is one of Beethoven's most famous and emotionally driven pieces of work. I was inspired by the way in which Beethoven composed music in layers and wanted to represent this more evidently. So here's a screenshot taken when I was working in Garageband by seperating each layer individually which I woud then save and export as an MP3 file format. I had to originally work with MIDI files which is a shame for such a complex piece of music as the soundfiles aren't great for quality in comparison to MP3 files.
So here are the links to the finished files: There is one file of the original version and the others are the deconstructed layers.
Moonlight Sonata 01.mp3
Moonlight Sonata 02.mp3
Moonlight Sonata 03.mp3
Moonlight Sonata 04.mp3
