Quiz: Mystery scores

[karlhenning]

I do have The Classical Style, fortunately...

You do, indeed, Johan!

And I am sure you own the book of that title, too 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

You do, indeed, Johan!

And I am sure you own the book of that title, too 

1) Plaudit blushingly acknowledged;

2) Said book is in my possession, yes. 

[lukeottevanger]

Could Sfz 14 be Penderecki's Sinfonietta no 1 for strings, second movement, Vivace. An arrangement of his own string trio - 'old music', indeed!  It would fit the clue, though the Amazon clip I've just listened to doesn't match the score sample particularly.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Could Sfz 14 be Penderecki's Sinfonietta no 1 for strings, second movement, Vivace. An arrangement of his own string trio - 'old music', indeed!  It would fit the clue, though the Amazon clip I've just listened to doesn't match the score sample particularly.

Correct on the nationality, but that's all.

[lukeottevanger]

Panufnik's Old Polish Suite?

[lukeottevanger]

...no, I don't think it's that either.....

[(poco) Sforzando]

...no, I don't think it's that either.....

But it is! (Or it is in the B+H pocket score of Panufnik's Old Polish Music. If you need the exact spot, I'll check tonight when I'm home again.)

[lukeottevanger]

Excellent - none of the movements I found seemed to be Vivace, that's all

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Where is the Pole (Maciek) when you need him (= to trump Luke)?! 

[karlhenning]

Cherchez le polonais! 

[lukeottevanger]

Where is the Pole (Maciek) when you need him (= to trump Luke)?! 

[lukeottevanger]

Personally, I'm just surprised that there's any Polish music left...

[Guido]

Excellent - none of the movements I found seemed to be Vivace, that's all

Yes as far as I remember none of the movements were marked Vivace when I played it. Perhaps he revised it? I really should have got that one - the Interlude movement (second) is one of my favourite things ever. Ever.

EDIT: Just checked my itunes - says I've played that interlude 43 times! Way more than anything else.

[(poco) Sforzando]

OK, let's straighten this out. Panufnik is correct as the composer; however, this is not from the Old Polish Suite per se. But it is a work that falls under the heading of "Old Polish Music," and if you can think of some of the others he worked on that are similar, you should get it easily.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Panufnik - Jagiellonian Triptych - I Preambulum: Vivace

(Sorry, Luke...)

[(poco) Sforzando]

Panufnik - Jagiellonian Triptych - I Preambulum: Vivace

(Sorry, Luke...)

!

[(poco) Sforzando]

I am surprised my 24 is still unguessed. The composer is quite well-known and primarily for a single genre as represented in my 24a.

The others are perhaps harder. My 31 might not be thought of as a piece of "classical music," but be that as it may, it has achieved fantastic worldwide popularity since it was first performed in the latter half of the past century - to the point where I think it could be legitimately said that scarcely a day went by without a live performance for several decades.

18 and 19 are not extremely well-known composers, but I think my clues have been pretty good. Of the one, his operas are much more popular in Germany than in Britain or America. Of the other, he is Dutch. Jezetha?

28 - the tarantella - seems unknown here, but any balletomane would pin it down in five seconds.

Look hard at the wording of some of my clues including the older ones; there's more here than might meet the eye.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Sfz 28 - Gottschalk, Grand Tarantelle? (which Balanchine turned into a ballet)

[(poco) Sforzando]

Sfz 28 - Gottschalk, Grand Tarantelle? (which Balanchine turned into a ballet)

Yes.

[Sean]

For what it's worth my best reading of Sfz's 31 certainly has the fragment of a tune in my head but I can't say what.