Quiz: Mystery scores

Luke · June 07, 2023, 10:51:54 AM

Quote from: BWV 1080 on June 07, 2023, 10:50:23 AMa similar progression in a very famous piece

That's Schumann.

Luke · June 07, 2023, 10:52:11 AM

The Arabesque I think

BWV 1080 · June 07, 2023, 10:52:34 AM

Yet another vamp

classicalgeek · June 07, 2023, 10:52:43 AM

Quote from: BWV 1080 on June 07, 2023, 10:50:23 AMa similar progression in a very famous piece

This is from Schumann's Arabeske, of course...

Luke · June 07, 2023, 10:52:47 AM

Or the Davidsbunderlertanze. I need to remind myself.

BWV 1080 · June 07, 2023, 10:53:01 AM

Quote from: Luke on June 07, 2023, 10:52:11 AMThe Arabesque I think

yes!

Florestan · June 07, 2023, 10:53:05 AM

Quote from: Luke on June 07, 2023, 10:51:26 AMWhich one? It's not my Mystery 3

Oh, I got it wrong then.

Luke · June 07, 2023, 10:53:18 AM

Quote from: classicalgeek on June 07, 2023, 10:52:43 AMThis is from Schumann's Arabeske, of course...

Ha I was right first time then!

Luke · June 07, 2023, 10:53:51 AM

Quote from: BWV 1080 on June 07, 2023, 10:52:34 AMYet another vamp

Is that Peace Piece (Bill Evans)?

classicalgeek · June 07, 2023, 10:54:29 AM

Quote from: Luke on June 07, 2023, 10:53:18 AMHa I was right first time then!

I think you and I posted our answers at the same time!

Still stumped on the original, though...

Luke · June 07, 2023, 10:56:21 AM

This composer often writes very simple-looking things such as this, with e.g. tedious chromatic scales and plain looking triads. But they sound more interesting in performance.

BWV 1080 · June 07, 2023, 10:56:27 AM

Quote from: Luke on June 07, 2023, 10:53:51 AMIs that Peace Piece (Bill Evans)?

yes

classicalgeek · June 07, 2023, 10:57:31 AM

Quote from: Luke on June 07, 2023, 10:56:21 AMThis composer often writes very simple-looking things such as this, with e.g. tedious chromatic scales and plain looking triads. But they sound more interesting in performance.

So it wasn't Ligeti, then...

Luke · June 07, 2023, 10:58:35 AM

Not Ligeti. Just as well-known, or even more so.

BWV 1080 · June 07, 2023, 11:03:24 AM

Quote from: Luke on June 07, 2023, 10:58:35 AMNot Ligeti. Just as well-known, or even more so.

Bartok?

Luke · June 07, 2023, 11:07:40 AM

No

Karl Henning · June 07, 2023, 11:08:07 AM

Quote from: Florestan on June 07, 2023, 10:28:34 AMCouperin's Les barricades mysterieuses.

pour la révolution mystérieuse?

Luke · June 07, 2023, 11:08:30 AM

My previous clue is pretty helpful if you think about it.

Luke · June 07, 2023, 11:09:53 AM

Quote from: Karl Henning on June 07, 2023, 11:08:07 AMpour la révolution mystérieuse?

That's the question - what are these barricades? Our analysis lecturer (W. Dean Sutcliffe) thought it was a registral thing - that the music is bounded by pitch limits which it tries to pierce.

Karl Henning · June 07, 2023, 11:12:09 AM

Quote from: Luke on June 07, 2023, 10:41:12 AMYes! Marvellous piece

here as it should be done:

and here in Thomas Ades' quirky hocketing arrangement (it's better done on the EMI recording!)

This arrangement sounds a bit like an analysis-in-sound of the piece. I find this interesting because, when I went to Cambridge, we had an analysis lecture on this piece; Tom Ades was there only a few years before, so it's conceivable he had the same lecture, and that this piece is a result of it.

I should have known. My buddy Paul played it a number of times. This video, made in his former home on Whipple Street in Fall River, revives pleasant memories.