This was a free improvisation with no pre-planned idea what kind of music I was going to play. I didn't come up with the title until after listening back to the recording.
Whereas sometimes an image, a phrase, a poem, a story or the like can inspire a piece of music, there are times when it happens the other way around: that is, the music is created first and afterwards a title, an image, a text, etc. may suggest itself.
One famous example is the “Moonlight” Sonata by Beethoven, which didn‘t acquire the title “Moonlight” until later, suggested by the author and poet Ludwig Rellstab.
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