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Florestan

Quote from: ritter on January 22, 2019, 10:58:17 AM
To avoid this turning into a ping pong match between Florestan and me, I invite any willing Fellow GMGer to submit the next question... :)

By all means! The more, the merrier.
Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. — Rossini

mc ukrneal

#61
Ok. Since we can give additional clues, I thought this style of question might be fun:

Who am I? Before the age of 10, I had already composed my first work and perfromed on at least one instrument. I later became a court conductor. I also taught, and some of my students went on to be the best and brightest composers both in America and Europe. Incidentally, I married a former student. I wrote numerous works, including masses, operas, and symphonies. Who am I?
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Florestan

Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 22, 2019, 11:44:39 AM
Who am I? Before the age of 10, I had already composed my first work and perfromed on at least one instrument. I later became a court conductor. I also taught, and some of my students went on to be the best and brightest composers both in America and Europe. Incidentally, I married a former student. Who am I?

The bolded part would suggest Robert Fuchs, but the other hints do not match.  :)
Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. — Rossini

ritter

I thought it might be Liszt, but the last clue (marriage) doesn't fit, alas,  :(

mc ukrneal

Quote from: Florestan on January 22, 2019, 11:52:59 AM
The bolded part would suggest Robert Fuchs, but the other hints do not match.  :)
Not him or Liszt (good guesses though!). Another clue is: I was appointed Royal Professor of organ and composition. I was born in Liechtenstein.
Be kind to your fellow posters!!

Florestan

Quote from: mc ukrneal on January 22, 2019, 11:56:20 AM
Not him or Liszt (good guesses though!). Another clue is: I was appointed Royal Professor of organ and composition. I was born in Liechtenstein.

Josef Rheinberger then.

I have a box with his complete chamber music, which is sheer delight.
Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. — Rossini

Irons

#66
Rheinberger?


Edit: ;D
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

mc ukrneal

Yup. His students included R Strauss, Humperdinck, and Furtwangler. Students from the US included Berwald and Chadwick. 
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Florestan

I'll gladly let Irons have the next turn.
Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. — Rossini

Irons

Quote from: Florestan on January 22, 2019, 12:11:48 PM
I'll gladly let Irons have the next turn.

That is most gentlemanly of you, Florestan. I must say ritter and yourself are red hot at this quiz lark!

Which work by a famous composer consists of seven named individual pieces in which two have identical titles and subtitles?
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

Florestan

That's a tough one. Could we have some hints, please?
Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. — Rossini

Ghost of Baron Scarpia

Quote from: Florestan on January 23, 2019, 12:09:04 AM
That's a tough one. Could we have some hints, please?

Yes, ungoogleable.

Florestan

Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on January 23, 2019, 12:40:36 AM
Yes, ungoogleable.

Off the top of my head I thought of some partitas by Bach, for instance the first keyboard one which has seven movements two of which are Menuets, but there's no tempo indication (subtitles) for them.

I suspect, given Irons' preferences, that it must be something more modern.
Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. — Rossini

Jo498

There is Dowland's Lachrymae or seven Tears, but they are all different "lachrimae" (that's basically the point). There is Haydn's 7 last words, but here are actually 9 movements, all with different titles.

It could be a song cycle? although most are longer than 7 and recurring titles would be rare (although Schumanns op.39 does have two songs titled "In der Fremde").

Probably something British I am not aware of...
Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
- Blaise Pascal

Florestan

#74
Quote from: Jo498 on January 23, 2019, 03:32:27 AM
Probably something British I am not aware of...

That's my hunch too.

EDIT: There is Koechlin's The Seven Stars Symphony in which two subtitles are the same but not the titles.
Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. — Rossini

ritter

A clue would be most welcome....nationality of composer, or instrumentation of the piece, or century of composition. Anything!  ;D

Irons

Not British. Trees of southern climes.

You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.

ritter

Greece? Checking for work's by Skalkottas that would match the requirements, but no luck so far....

Ghost of Baron Scarpia

Quote from: ritter on January 23, 2019, 09:18:29 AM
Greece? Checking for work's by Skalkottas that would match the requirements, but no luck so far....

That looks like a what I would call a Roman Cypress, I associate it with Italy. Probably found all over the mediterranean, though.

Irons

Quote from: Ghost of Baron Scarpia on January 23, 2019, 09:38:59 AM
That looks like a what I would call a Roman Cypress, I associate it with Italy. Probably found all over the mediterranean, though.

You are very close to cracking it. Cypress and Italy is the key.

If you all recall I did say a "famous" composer.
You must have a very good opinion of yourself to write a symphony - John Ireland.

I opened the door people rushed through and I was left holding the knob - Bo Diddley.