Let’s take for example the nocturnes of Chopin.
My preferred one is nocturne n. 20
He certainly didn’t have studio machine to record their sound AFAIK
How then did he memorize and write down everything to remember later?
Did he start playing the piano, write down the notes, continue playing or did he memorize the whole song by heart without any writing process?
Sorry 4 my bad English btw. Not a English native speaker.
EDIT : thanks everyone for the explanation.
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Nocturne 20 is the most beautiful piece in the world – you have great taste!
Do you play an instrument yourself? If you get to a decent level, you will probably find that you can compose a simple piece, or just some snippets, and play them from memory. From there it’s just a case of writing down the score.
Professional composers just do that on a bigger scale with talent and practice. If you want an amazing example of memory, check out the story of how, as a child, Mozart memorised the 9 part polyphony of Allegri’s Miserere Mei after hearing it twice. This piece was not published because the Vatican wanted to keep it for themselves, but Mozart transcribed it, and his version spread through Europe, breaking the Vatican’s monopoly.
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/guides/mozart-allegri-miserere/
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