Quiz: Mystery scores

[greg]

ok, Luke, is 309 something by Schnittke?

It looks like a wild one! the figures themselves resemble a bit of Prokofiev's style- like in the LH of the 5/4- ultra wide back and forth skips, and the beaming over the bar at the end. If not Schnittke, it seems to me it'd be someone Russian.

[lukeottevanger]

Not Schnittke, not Russian. Otherwise, you are correct 

[lukeottevanger]

Wild is certainly the correct word, however.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Wild is certainly the correct word, however.

We need to be in the first four letters of the alphabet, GGGGGGGGGRRRRREEEEEEGGGG (hoped I've spelled that right).  I wonder if this is Henry Cowell. That left-hand part looks like murder for your 5-4 fingers.

[lukeottevanger]

No, but we're in the right country now.

[Chrone]

Mark is correct, Chrone4 is the Guadalcanal March from the "Victory at Sea" score by Richard Rodgers.

And of course Luke nailed Chrone5 as one of my all-time faves, the Prelude to "Vertigo" by Herrmann.

Good work, guys!  

[greg]

We need to be in the first four letters of the alphabet, GGGGGGGGGRRRRREEEEEEGGGG (hoped I've spelled that right).  I wonder if this is Henry Cowell. That left-hand part looks like murder for your 5-4 fingers.

Ah, ok........ an early Carter work?

btw, it's 4 3 2 1 GGGG RRR EE G

[lukeottevanger]

Ah, ok........ an early Carter work?

Nope, much more wild, less controlled.

btw, it's 4 3 2 1 GGGG RRR EE G

Interesting. A Blacher-like progression....

[lukeottevanger]

I've just done a GMG-wide search on this composer's name and, as I suspected, only GGGGRRREEG (how's that!) has mentioned him. Though we know how misleading that search engine's results can be, and I'm sure he's been mentioned much more than that.

[greg]

I've just done a GMG-wide search on this composer's name and, as I suspected, only GGGGRRREEG (how's that!) has mentioned him. Though we know how misleading that search engine's results can be, and I'm sure he's been mentioned much more than that.

wow, looks like i should get this one, then! 

just a sec......

[greg]

i can't think of anyone.......

[lukeottevanger]

Bad boy.

[greg]

Bad boy.

antheil! 

which work............... uhhhhhhhhh
has to be one of these, none which i've heard:

# Piano Sonata No. 1
# Piano Sonata No. 2
# Piano Sonata No. 3 (1947)
# Piano Sonata No. 4 (1948)

or a piano work not listed at wikipedia.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I think Alkan is the 'Johan composer'... ?

[(poco) Sforzando]

Ah, ok........ an early Carter work?

btw, it's 4 3 2 1 GGGG RRR EE G

Too symmetrical.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Actually, that's not a bad idea (I tried it once before as a matter of fact) - here are my 'GMG associations' for some of my remaining scores. I stress, though, that this doesn't mean only these GMGers will know either the composer or the piece, only that their posting history has led me particularly to associate them with the composer.

305 - Karl
306 - Larry, were he around
309 - Greg
312 - Guido
one of the others - Johan   

I remember Larry was deeply into Beethoven, but I'm not ready to identify this as Beethoven. It's clearly for violin and piano in Classical style, but it's not from any of the standard 10 sonatas or the G major rondo, the only WoO I know for that instrumentation. So I'm stumped for now on that one.

[greg]

Too symmetrical.

I know, I wanted to make the pattern obvious, though it's not too much unless you look closely.
As I said before (on a deleted post), i had in mind the ending of the Shostakovich 14th (a speed up), except this my name would be the opposite- a slowing down. Of letters.

[lukeottevanger]

I think Alkan is the 'Johan composer'... ?

Really? Can't say I associate him with you, no. No Alkan here. BTW, don't want to mislead you - earlier, I didn't say that 'yours' started with an A, I said he could start with an A. So don't limit yourself to the Alfvens and Alkans of this world.

I remember Larry was deeply into Beethoven, but I'm not ready to identify this as Beethoven. It's clearly for violin and piano in Classical style, but it's not from any of the standard 10 sonatas or the G major rondo, the only WoO I know for that instrumentation. So I'm stumped for now on that one.

Might need to rethink some (well, one) of the assumptions in this paragraph.

GGGGRRREEG - yes, it's Antheil. Glad you got my 'bad boy' clue and didn't just think I was scolding you! Might be one of the ones you mentioned, I can't remember - I'm not at the right computer to check at the moment! I'll let you know in the morning 

[Guido]

Want to hear something?

http://rapidshare.com/files/123044001/04_-_Vertigo__Prelude__Nightmare_.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/123044002/05_-_Vertigo__Scene_D_Amour_.mp3

Wow that is great stuff! Cheers! 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

You're welcome, Guido. I wanted to make them Direct Downloads, but I have used those up at Rapidshare. It must have taken more time.

Luke - any Bax there in #314? (#315 is Berg, not #314...)