Quiz: Mystery scores

[Maciek]

And the last item (for today ) is a set of three:

MM53 - guessed by Luke


MM54 - guessed by Luke
again: same type of connection here as between 49 and 50, and between 51 and 52.........


MM55 - (second-)guessed by Luke
but which piece could it be, I wonder? (that's actually a hint, sort of... )
Well, really! What sort of additional hint do you still need? It's all there - just put the pieces together, seriously!
(OK, I'll lead you by the hand a little by repeating Luke's guess: this is a Liszt transcription of one of Chopin's songs..........)

[lukeottevanger]

40 is Schubert Gretchen/Spinning Wheel and 41 is a Mendelssohn Song Without Words sometimes called something along similar spinninglines - is that a connection I should have made?

No time for more, should be working.....

[Maciek]

Excellent, Luke! Follow along those lines and you are bound to get at least one more quite easily (I think). The remaining two may (or may not 0:)) be a bit more tricky...

[lukeottevanger]

Well, I thought the piano part of no 49 looked somewhat like a Chopin Mazurka, so I researched a little further and found that not 49 but 52 is Chopin - a song called 'Spring' from his set of 19....but mind you, as the typeface is similar if not identical on several of these, there may be more than one Chopin one in here. I will continue looking into it....

[lukeottevanger]

Excellent, Luke! Follow along those lines and you are bound to get at least one more quite easily (I think). The remaining two may (or may not 0:)) be a bit more tricky...

Well, first thoughts were that one of them (the spinning ones) might be Wagner, but to my shame I can't remember the piece right now, so I'll have to wait till I'm at home.

[lukeottevanger]

but mind you, as the typeface is similar if not identical on several of these, there may be more than one Chopin one in here. I will continue looking into it....

Yes, I was right, 49 is Chopin too - 'Drinking Song'

[lukeottevanger]

53 - Chopin - 'My darling' (these are all from his op 74 set)

[lukeottevanger]

whilst I'm at it can I guess that the last one is one of Liszt's arrangements of the Chopin songs, though I don't know this one specifically. It certainly looks like Liszt.

[lukeottevanger]

Maybe I've missed some, but that's all I have time for now.


I wish someone else would play besides us two, though!

[Maciek]

Schubert and Mendelssohn (Spinnerlied) - correct. The Chopin songs - correct (I think - I don't really know the English titles but they sound right ).

Well, first thoughts were that one of them (the spinning ones) might be Wagner, but to my shame I can't remember the piece right now, so I'll have to wait till I'm at home.

You got the composer (for one of them)! It's a piano reduction of course...

whilst I'm at it can I guess that the last one is one of Liszt's arrangements of the Chopin songs, though I don't know this one specifically. It certainly looks like Liszt.

Again: you got the right composer.

General hint: from no. 44 on the links between scores in each set (set would mean 'multiple scores displayed in one post') are indeed very, very tight - and almost all these links are of the same kind. I think it would help you immensely if you found out what the nature of that link is...

I'll try add some hints to yesterday's ones now - I'll add them directly into the initial posts (and then I'll slowly build more hints around those hints, if necessary) so there won't be any need to go back and forth between pages in search of "the missing hint"...

[karlhenning]

I'm so glad that you gents have taken ownership of this thread, especially when I reflect upon Sean's Top 1,057 Composers 

[Maciek]

OK, I've added some clues, though admittedly they're no exactly "generous". Let's see if they're any help anyway.

[lukeottevanger]

OK, no 42 is the Wagner I thought it was - the Spinning Chorus from Flying Dutchman

[lukeottevanger]

Not that it helps me any, but is no 43 an arrangement/paraphrase of 39?

[Maciek]

OK, no 42 is the Wagner I thought it was - the Spinning Chorus from Flying Dutchman

Yes it is!

Not that it helps me any, but is no 43 an arrangement/paraphrase of 39?

As I implied earlier: you're monstrously good at this! 43 is indeed a solo piano paraphrase of 39 (which is a work for piano and voice). 39 is extremely popular in Poland, or rather: the melody is extremely popular. I suspect 43 might be in part responsible for this popularity, though obviously it is also an effect of it. Besides, 39 functions in many arrangements. Probably the most popular is one played by the "crossover" piano duo Marek & Vacek (the duo has loooong ceased to exist but its recordings still find a market) - I feel that their arrangement was inspired by both 39 and 43.

I'm not sure if all this is any sort of clue...

[Maciek]

Here are some more to keep you busy on Sunday.

The concept here is completely different. You will note that as the scores in this set (of ten) get guessed, each next should become considerably easier than the previous one - this is all I'm saying as the first clue.

Or perhaps it will turn out to be the other way around...?

Here goes:

MM 56 - guessed by Luke

NOT a Mazurka! (But a dance indeed!) Even though this was a commissioned piece, it was never published during the composer's lifetime. The composer (Szymanowski) has been guessed by Luke.
How about this for a hint: it's not a mazurka, it is a dance, one much more famous, and it is in triple meter...

[Maciek]

MM57 - Never published during the composer's lifetime, in fact it could be rationally argued that it was never really finished. This piece is very closely linked to the next one (no. 58). - guessed by Luke

[Maciek]

MM 58 - guessed by Luke

[Maciek]

MM 59 - guessed (yes, actually guessed! ) by Luke

[Maciek]

MM 60 - guessed by Luke