Quiz: Mystery scores

[karlhenning]

(Luckily, I have no Borges in English translation - this could go on for too long. What am I saying? It has been going for too long!)

Not as far as Morton Feldman is concerned.

[Maciek]

In Copenhagen I went shopping with two Hungarians. I had thought they merely wanted to buy presents for their wives. They bought leather gloves, chess sets, frozen fish, baby food, lawnmowers, air conditioners, kayaks... We were six hours in the department store.

"This will teach you," they said, "never to go shopping with Hungarians."

[Maciek]

That will have to do for now. I need to catch up with my work.

[Maciek]

This thread is taken. Anyone wanting to seriously discuss music, scores, notation and such please go to www.serious-music-discussions.org or www.discuss-classical-seriously.net.

[karlhenning]

Ack!

Sorry, Luke, Guido!

[Maciek]

I'll allow a short Morton Feldman discussion now and then, but that's about it.

[Maciek]

Ack!

kaarrrllll...? sounds like a character straight out of a donald barthelme novel.

[Maciek]

and of course ack! sounds like a quote therefrom

[Maciek]

The government has decided to award kaarrrllll a few new medals - medals he has not been previously awarded. One medal is awarded for his work prior to 1956, one for his work from 1956 to the present, and one for his future work.

[karlhenning]

All my work prior to October 1960 was delegated prenatally to my parents, of course;  but I would have given them strict instructions, which they followed with most prescient care and thoroughness.

[Maciek]

The government was saddened to learn that kaarrrllll declined (?) one of the medals. (Anecdote.)

[Maciek]

I know you're sulking somewhere in the corner, Luke.

Here's something from Mr Obscure (you'll have to assign a number, I've lost count):

[karlhenning]

From La primavera, isn't it?

(I mean, I know it's Il prete rosso, I just can't keep the four concerti disinct . . . it's like, I know how to spell banana, I just don't know when to stop.)

[karlhenning]

And thank you, thank you, Maciek, for an easy guess!

Now that my dear Maria has trained me to use the scanner at home, I may be able to play . . . if I can scare up some time this weekend.

[greg]

"You put the paper on the scanner, dear, and you hit the big button that says "Scan."
...
You got it, now?
...
You're such a good boy, Karl! Now scan these library books for me and i'll go get you a biscuit!" 

[karlhenning]

You got it, now?

What was that part in the middle again?

[Maciek]

Well done, Karl!

I see Luke is still pretending he doesn't love me.

Let's try another one. I've always felt this little bit was a rip off from Chopin's Piano Concerto.

[karlhenning]

Looks a lot like L'apprenti sorcier, no?

[karlhenning]

I see Luke is still pretending he doesn't love me.

Not a bit of it; I am sure that Luke's affection for you remains ever undimnished!

[Maciek]

Looks a lot like L'apprenti sorcier, no?

Perfect.

But too quick.