Quiz: Mystery scores

Guido · May 15, 2008, 10:55:01 AM

No not Percy. Also go back and read the direction again - it's one of my favourite in all of music.

P.S. 1000 posts!

J.Z. Herrenberg · May 15, 2008, 11:04:49 AM

Quote from: Guido on May 15, 2008, 10:55:01 AM
No not Percy. Also go back and read the direction again - it's one of my favourite in all of music.

P.S. 1000 posts!

Congratulations!

You're aristocracy now (and Harry is God).

lukeottevanger · May 15, 2008, 11:06:38 AM

The first of your other three is Some Southpaw Pitching (Ives). A very funky piece. Haven't actually looked at the others yet....

Guido · May 15, 2008, 11:25:54 AM

Quote from: Jezetha on May 15, 2008, 11:04:49 AM
Congratulations!

You're aristocracy now (and Harry is God).

We might as well just end it if that is true!

QuoteThe first of your other three is Some Southpaw Pitching (Ives). A very funky piece. Haven't actually looked at the others yet....

Yes! Funky is the word! I love this piece. This is study no.21 (of 23) of his piano studies, almost all 15 surviving ones of which make great listening.

lukeottevanger · May 15, 2008, 11:28:25 AM

Quote from: lukeottevanger on May 15, 2008, 09:57:15 AM
He's a lot more prescient in this and other things than many imagine.

With that in mind (composer a given):

LO 257

Guido · May 15, 2008, 11:34:55 AM

I wonder if Luke will guess all of my scores?

Feel free to guess away at my no.31 if you do not think that I sent you the score already.

lukeottevanger · May 15, 2008, 11:36:45 AM

No you didn't. I don't know it, but I'll give it some thought!

lukeottevanger · May 15, 2008, 11:37:32 AM

But give us a hint - is it cowpatchy?

Guido · May 15, 2008, 11:43:38 AM

It certainly isn't. The direction 'With great heartness' may give an obscure clue as to the composer, and it very much sums up his music in a sense. The piece is really rather obscure, but then that doesn't seem to have purturbed people before!

lukeottevanger · May 15, 2008, 11:45:35 AM

Quote from: Guido on May 15, 2008, 11:43:38 AM
The direction 'With great heartness' may give an obscure clue as to the composer....

Bizarre use of language.....is it Saul?

Guido · May 15, 2008, 11:50:08 AM

In some ways, you are very close! What a remarkable comment!

(poco) Sforzando · May 15, 2008, 11:54:09 AM

Quote from: Jezetha on May 15, 2008, 11:04:49 AM
Congratulations!

You're aristocracy now (and Harry is God).

Oh good God no.

lukeottevanger · May 15, 2008, 11:57:37 AM

Quote from: Sforzando on May 15, 2008, 11:54:09 AM
Oh good God no.

Taketh not the Lord Harry's name in vain, now, Sforzando!

Guido · May 15, 2008, 11:59:21 AM

I should probably mention that the third one down of my latest four is a reduction from an orchestral score.

J.Z. Herrenberg · May 16, 2008, 03:52:06 AM

Quote from: Sforzando on May 15, 2008, 11:54:09 AM
Oh good God no.

In number of postings he is (and that's how I meant it).

(poco) Sforzando · May 16, 2008, 03:59:24 AM

Quote from: Jezetha on May 16, 2008, 03:52:06 AM
In number of postings he is (and that's how I meant it).

Quantity does not equal quality. Could Guido's piece be an original Guido?

lukeottevanger · May 16, 2008, 09:43:51 AM

The handwriting and other factors lead me to doubt it...

lukeottevanger · May 17, 2008, 03:49:05 AM

...actually, the handwriting looks a little like Ronald Stevenson's (him again) in certain ways, but it's not exactly the same. And anyway, it's not him (unless it's from his early suite for cello and piano and I'm pretty sure it isn't).

lukeottevanger · May 17, 2008, 03:51:58 AM

(getting a sense we've stalled somewhat, Guido?

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Guido · May 17, 2008, 05:35:33 AM

It's not an original Guido no, unless you are talking about my avatar (yay GCSE art!).

Okay I'll give you some more clues about mine.

The first one has never been published, but has been recorded at least three times. It is very short. The similarity with Saul is the most obvious one that one could make, and there are possibly other similarities, though I don't know where Saul has lived in the past. In all other respects they are at opposite ends of the spectrum (talent being the most obvious!) Now I'm getting really cryptic, and making it more Saul based than it should be, but in some respects this composer could also be compared to Mendelssohn in how his musical achievement is normally viewed.

The second one Luke already guessed - Ives study no.21

The third piece is a gorgeous little cello concerto written in the first half of the last century by a very famous composer. It's very bright and breezy and rather jazzy in parts and quite undeserving of it's neglect. Tends to be a favourite amongst fans of this composer's work as far as I can gather.

The Fourth piece is by a very famous instrumentalist/composer, though cello was not that instrument. The harmonic language and complexity I think should be enough of a clue here, and the opening theme of this piece for solo cello is even present here, if a little altered.