Name that piece! The game

[Lethevich]

For once I am so stumped that I can't even throw in a completely ill-judged super-guess. I think the whole thing was slightly too sensory overload to process Really nice choice.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Schreker?

[Coco]

Yes It's his Vorspiel zu einem drama. Schreker is an extremely interesting figure for me, but I only know a small amount of his music.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

When you said '1913' and that he wasn't British, I knew. I know his prelude to his opera 'Die Gezeichneten'. This sounded similar.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

O, I won't be uploading... It's starting to become a day job!

[Coco]

When you said '1913' and that he wasn't British, I knew. I know his prelude to his opera 'Die Gezeichneten'. This sounded similar.

Yes, that gave it away. Good guessing though!

[karlhenning]

Well done, Johan!

[Parsifal]

Well done, Johan!

Yes good job. Unfortunately I missed the entire round

[karlhenning]

'Tis the nature of the playing-field; roll with it!

[Parsifal]

'Tis the nature of the playing-field; roll with it!

'Tis the nature of going to lunch and off the computer'

[Scarpia]

Yes It's his Vorspiel zu einem drama. Schreker is an extremely interesting figure for me, but I only know a small amount of his music.

The astonishing thing about the piece for me was how fast it shifted between different moods.  I was vaguely thinking, perhaps Zemlinsky or Korngold.  I've heard a little Schreker (I seem to recall a Wesler-Most disc) but not enough to make the connection.

[karlhenning]

'Tis the nature of going to lunch and off the computer'

Yes! I was just out of doors myself. Beautiful day!

[Scarpia]

Yes! I was just out of doors myself. Beautiful day!

Maybe in your neck of the woods.  Here they're predicting 98 Fahrenheit, (37 Celsius).

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Okay... Why not. I have uploaded a haunting snippet of a well-known composer (though many people wouldn't know his name...):


http://www.4shared.com/audio/1XpzCV7T/Mysterymusic_3.html

[Scarpia]

Okay... Why not. I have uploaded a haunting snippet of a well-known composer (though many people wouldn't know his name...):


http://www.4shared.com/audio/1XpzCV7T/Mysterymusic_3.html

When I heard it something in my brain said "Grieg" although that can't be it since everyone knows his name, clearly.

[Lethevich]

It won't load for me - how mean! (I mean, not even the page, let alone matters of buffering).

Edit: oh now it's fine. Probably my fault :x

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Nope.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

It won't load for me - how mean! (I mean, not even the page, let alone matters of buffering).

Strange... I'll upload it to Mediafre for you.

[DavidW]

I like the music, but don't know it.  Just the hint is tantalizing... how could the composer be well known but we don't know his name... perhaps the composer wrote under a pseudonym.  And we would know him by the pseudonym but not by his real name...

[karlhenning]

The Composer Known as Kiki