Quiz: Mystery scores

[lukeottevanger]

The low F at letter 34 should have poked a hole in the violin theory. Mark of course is correct.

Oh, that's an F. I thought is was a G! 

That's a work I always mean to get round to hearing. Wish I had now!

[(poco) Sforzando]

Oh, that's an F. I thought is was a G! 

It's just one note . . .

Meanwhile, there are more of mine for the picking, and some from very well-known composers. Clues start tonight.

[lukeottevanger]

Extremely wild guess on 70 - Karel Husa, Symphony no 1 

[lukeottevanger]

Scrub that. It's wrong.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Scrub that. It's wrong.

I know. But this composer's first name also starts with a K.

[(poco) Sforzando]

My clues will start simply. I reiterate that there may be more than one work by any of my composers.

For one or two of my pieces, it may also help to think of breakfast foods and condiments. This clue may be more suggestive to Americans than to Europeans, but we'll see where this goes, lads.

A little bit more information has been provided for Sfz50; namely, I've given the first violin part too, which was truncated in the original upload. I have still left out the main melody, for reasons that will become clear when I confirm the answer, which should now be much easier. You can see now too that when clarinet and bassoon switch to 2/4, the strings (and hidden melody line!) continue in 6/8. Identifying what the winds are playing here should go a long way towards identifying the excerpt. Or perhaps not.

[Mark G. Simon]

Sfz50 is from The Mikado (G & S of course), in fact it's the Mikado's song when he's singing about "Bach interwoven with Spohr and Beethoven".

It's interesting that this edition uses B flat clarinet here, when I distinctly remember playing it on the clarinet in A.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Sfz50 is from The Mikado (G & S of course), in fact it's the Mikado's song when he's singing about "Bach interwoven with Spohr and Beethoven".

It's interesting that this edition uses B flat clarinet here, when I distinctly remember playing it on the clarinet in A.

And it is The Mikado of course. I didn't want to make it too obvious at the start, as revealing all the parts would have made it a giveaway. I am using the new Dover publication of the full score (they're also done Pinafore and Pirates), which seems like a very responsible edition - not in this case a typical Dover reprint of a public domain publication of questionable accuracy. The use of a B-flat clarinet seemed odd to me too, and I'll have to see if the editors say anything about it. Interesting too that Sullivan also had only one bassoon as his disposal.

Bonus points (for what they're worth) for identifying the piece quoted by the clarinet and bassoon.

[Mark G. Simon]

Bach BWV 541 in G minor (fugue)

[(poco) Sforzando]

Bach BWV 5412 in G minor (fugue)

[Mark G. Simon]

Actually it's BWV 542

[Mark G. Simon]

(redundant post deleted)

[lukeottevanger]

Well, I don't know where Sforzando has disappeared to, but I for one need my dose of this thread. So, more scores from me. Sorry.

Some of them are very easy, and I'm not just saying that - there are some in here which come from extremely well-known works. Though I've chosen slightly less obvious passages from them, of course....

LO 320 - there's a 320a too, which is by the same composer, and which I might give later, if you don't get this one.

[lukeottevanger]

LO 321 and 322

[lukeottevanger]

LO 323

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LO 324

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LO 325

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LO 326

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LO 327

[lukeottevanger]

LO 328 (last one for now)