Name that piece! The game

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Beethoven.

[Drasko]

Zimmermann?

Nope. The composer is about couple of decades older than Zimmermann.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I don't know if I'm allowed another guess. If so, it's my last one - Krenek.

[Brian]

Beethoven.

Correct. And who must we thank for this second of music? 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Correct. And who must we thank for this second of music? 

Mahler?!

[Scarpia]

It's getting a little confusing to have overlapping contests. 

[DavidW]

Correct. And who must we thank for this second of music? 

I would guess Shostakovich just because you are Brian.   We should spin this off to another game... super small clips of super famous music.

[Drasko]

I don't know if I'm allowed another guess. If so, it's my last one - Krenek.

That's right. Ernst Krenek, the piece is second of Sechs Motetten Nach Worten Von Franz Kafka Op. 169 written in 1959. From this disc:



and complete text of the motet:

Das Tier entwindet dem Herrn die Peitsche und peitscht sich selbst um Herr zu werden und weiß nicht daß das nur eine Phantasie ist, erzeugt durch einen neuen Knoten im Peitschenriemen des Herrn.

English translation:

The animal wrests the whip from its master and whips itself in order to become master, not knowing that this is only a fantasy produced by a new knot in the master's whiplash.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

That's right. Ernst Krenek, the piece is second of Sechs Motetten Nach Worten Von Franz Kafka Op. 169 written in 1959. From this disc:



and complete text of the motet:

Das Tier entwindet dem Herrn die Peitsche und peitscht sich selbst um Herr zu werden und weiß nicht daß das nur eine Phantasie ist, erzeugt durch einen neuen Knoten im Peitschenriemen des Herrn.

English translation:

The animal wrests the whip from its master and whips itself in order to become master, not knowing that this is only a fantasy produced by a new knot in the master's whiplash.

So, it was Kafka, not Nietzsche. Interesting!

[Brian]

Mahler?!

Bzzzt.

I would guess Shostakovich just because you are Brian.   We should spin this off to another game... super small clips of super famous music.

Bzzzt. By the way, my inspiration is our former member Manuel: when he did those "violin clips" quizzes with about 30 clips from obscure violin concertos, he included a half-second of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. I was the guy who identified it.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Bzzzt.

Bzzzt. By the way, my inspiration is our former member Manuel: when he did those "violin clips" quizzes with about 30 clips from obscure violin concertos, he included a half-second of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. I was the guy who identified it.

Well, it was emotional and Slavonic, so much could be gleaned!

[Scarpia]

This one is a little change of pace:

http://www.4shared.com/audio/Q1P02qve/mysterysnip.html?

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Well, it's some sort of Sonata for Clarinet and Piano...

[Brian]

Well, Scarpia's choice is so interesting (not Bernstein by the way) that I'll go ahead and admit that the one-second clip I posted yesterday is neither Mahler nor Shostakovich, but nevertheless very "emotional and Slavonic": the third movement of Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2.

EDIT: However, the link seems to be down at the moment - Dropbox must be having server issues.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Well, Scarpia's choice is so interesting (not Bernstein by the way) that I'll go ahead and admit that the one-second clip I posted yesterday is neither Mahler nor Shostakovich, but nevertheless very "emotional and Slavonic": the third movement of Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2.

Ah! Yes.

[Scarpia]

Well, it's some sort of Sonata for Clarinet and Piano...

I think you're on to something there.   

[Parsifal]

Whatever it is, it's a hell of a performance, beautifully executed. Sounds American to me

[Drasko]

It's not Poulenc. Maybe Honegger's Sonatine?

[Scarpia]

It's not Poulenc. Maybe Honegger's Sonatine?

I have a recording of that Sonatine, I should listen to it.

[Parsifal]

How about Hindemith?