The 5 Second Music Quiz thread

EigenUser · February 01, 2015, 12:28:32 PM

Quote from: Moonfish on February 01, 2015, 08:22:06 AM
They really sound like 20th century music if you play them all at the same time...

I ought to try it sometime. I'd probably like it.

(

to myself)

Quote from: North Star on February 01, 2015, 08:37:18 AM
No. 10 is Stravinsky's Symphonies for wind instruments

Correct, but you disappoint... No more?

GUYS! Seriously! 9 is a piece of cake. The composer of 11 should be a dead giveaway from the first second.

12 and 15 are more challenging. 14 is a not-so-well-known piece by a very famous composer.

Perhaps I'm being too harsh...

Brian · February 01, 2015, 12:45:35 PM

I think they're all Ligeti.

No, but really, I think #9 could be early Ligeti for sure.

EigenUser · February 01, 2015, 12:47:19 PM

Quote from: Brian on February 01, 2015, 12:45:35 PM
I think they're all Ligeti.

No, but really, I think #9 could be early Ligeti for sure.

Yes. Concerto for Romanians and Orchestra.

And it's the only Ligeti.

Brian · February 01, 2015, 01:42:10 PM

Quote from: EigenUser on February 01, 2015, 12:47:19 PM
Yes. Concerto for Romanians and Orchestra.

You mean Concert romanesc? I think your translation is amusing.

Concert romanesc is my favorite Ligeti by a wide margin.

EigenUser · February 01, 2015, 01:54:26 PM

Quote from: Brian on February 01, 2015, 01:42:10 PM
You mean Concert romanesc? I think your translation is amusing.

I try... You should see my butchering of Messiaen titles.

Quote from: Brian on February 01, 2015, 01:42:10 PM
Concert romanesc is my favorite Ligeti by a wide margin.

(it's cool)

It is a great piece. Reminds me (not surprisingly) of the Bartok Romanian Folk Dances.

EigenUser · February 01, 2015, 04:03:07 PM

I'm adding some more (including a few very easy ones) to encourage people to guess.

16.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/5baousspmz3fpn0/Nathan16.mp3[/audio]

17.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/mraj78z185ifgil/Nathan17.mp3[/audio]

18.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/3p1ljpxrb173lm0/Nathan18.mp3[/audio]

19.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/r8bqvzh8ho1y7bz/Nathan19.mp3[/audio]

20.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ybwguginz69q3na/Nathan20.mp3[/audio]

21.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/79yhq48lgqaawby/Nathan21.mp3[/audio]

22.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/xo2aa0rcfeme3po/Nathan22.mp3[/audio]

(poco) Sforzando · February 01, 2015, 07:20:34 PM

16 - the finale to Schumann's 2nd.
17 - the great bassoon joke in Haydn 93, slow mvt.
20 - sounds like one of the interludes from Wozzeck.
22 - I'm pretty sure this is Mahler, but I can't place exactly which offhand.

Jo498 · February 01, 2015, 11:00:56 PM

22 is Rondo-Burleske from Mahler's 9th.

14 sounds like Sousa, but it probably isn't

EigenUser · February 02, 2015, 12:27:06 AM

Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 01, 2015, 07:20:34 PM
16 - the finale to Schumann's 2nd.
17 - the great bassoon joke in Haydn 93, slow mvt.
20 - sounds like one of the interludes from Wozzeck.
22 - I'm pretty sure this is Mahler, but I can't place exactly which offhand.

Correct on 16 and 17. 22 is Mahler.

You're over-thinking 20, but not a bad guess. Much more famous! I'm surprised that Mirror Image didn't stop by and swoop this one up.

Quote from: Jo498 on February 01, 2015, 11:00:56 PM
22 is Rondo-Burleske from Mahler's 9th.

Correct. I always get this one stuck in my head.

Quote from: Jo498 on February 01, 2015, 11:00:56 PM
14 sounds like Sousa, but it probably isn't

(Not a bad guess, actually, but it isn't Sousa). Written during Sousa's lifetime, but on the other side of the puddle (and then inland, some).

So far we have
9. Ligeti Concert Romanesc (a.k.a. Concerto for Romanians and Orchestra)
10. Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments
16. Schumann Symphony No. 2, 4th movement
17. Haydn Symphony No. 93, 2nd movement
22. Mahler Symphony No. 9, 3rd movement.

Keep it up!

North Star · February 02, 2015, 12:34:17 AM

20: No. 1 of Arnie's five pieces

(poco) Sforzando · February 02, 2015, 02:47:36 AM

I wasn't "over-thinking" at all, just saying what first came to mind (even though I had my doubts about the precise ID). And both Schoenberg op. 16 and Wozzeck are as famous as it gets in 20th century music.

As for 14, it sounds like a Tchaikovsky ballet. Nutcracker it definitely is not, so maybe Sleeping Beauty.

EigenUser · February 02, 2015, 01:22:40 PM

Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 02, 2015, 02:47:36 AM
I wasn't "over-thinking" at all, just saying what first came to mind (even though I had my doubts about the precise ID). And both Schoenberg op. 16 and Wozzeck are as famous as it gets in 20th century music.

True. I gave the interlude from Wozzeck a listen and I see exactly what you mean. Sorry if I came off as aggressive -- I was just joking around. Truth be told, I didn't get a single one that other people posted awhile ago (other than a couple of James'). When I saw the correct answers, some of the pieces were ones that I even knew!

Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 02, 2015, 02:47:36 AM
As for 14, it sounds like a Tchaikovsky ballet. Nutcracker it definitely is not, so maybe Sleeping Beauty.

Nope. An early (student?) work by a very famous composer.

EigenUser · February 02, 2015, 03:44:38 PM

Time for the arsenal of percussion:

23.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8hbq51lyci3gozp/Nathan23.mp3[/audio]

24.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/r8e4nz2vz2h6gal/Nathan24.mp3[/audio]

25.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/7yu3c5a879511xz/Nathan25.mp3[/audio]

26.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/rcfau816s58efz6/Nathan26a.mp3[/audio]

Ha... 26 sounds a little bit like the beginning of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries with an added 20th-century percussion part.

(poco) Sforzando · February 02, 2015, 05:59:31 PM

Quote from: EigenUser on February 02, 2015, 03:44:38 PM
Time for the arsenal of percussion:

23.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8hbq51lyci3gozp/Nathan23.mp3[/audio]

24.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/r8e4nz2vz2h6gal/Nathan24.mp3[/audio]

25.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/7yu3c5a879511xz/Nathan25.mp3[/audio]

26.
[audio]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/3ytuffbsvn4cz3q/Nathan26.mp3[/audio]

Ha... 26 sounds a little bit like the beginning of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries with an added 20th-century percussion part.

I think 23 is from Gruppen.

EigenUser · February 03, 2015, 12:17:57 AM

Quote from: (poco) Sforzando on February 02, 2015, 05:59:31 PM
I think 23 is from Gruppen.

It is

...

...and as a hint, 25 was written about 10 years earlier.

EigenUser · February 05, 2015, 05:28:59 AM

Bumping this with choral ones.

If no one gets 29, I think I might cry

North Star · February 05, 2015, 05:31:03 AM

Is 26 Varèse?

EigenUser · February 05, 2015, 05:34:11 AM

Quote from: North Star on February 05, 2015, 05:31:03 AM
Is 26 Varèse?

It is! Ameriques. I should have used a clip with the siren.

Any guesses on 25?

North Star · February 05, 2015, 05:36:22 AM

Ionisation

EigenUser · February 05, 2015, 05:38:38 AM

Quote from: North Star on February 05, 2015, 05:36:22 AM
Ionisation

Nah. Another French guy. Arguably the most intense and forward movement of this famous piece (which is otherwise generally melodic). And he's in another unguessed audio clip, too.