Quiz: Mystery scores

[lukeottevanger]

And perhaps think about the sort of thing that's been going on on my own thread recently...

[Maciek]

Maciek, where do you get that idea from? Muss es sein, literally means 'must it be'.

So?

Is 378 by an English composer?

[lukeottevanger]

No.

[Maciek]

German?

[Maciek]

(I can do this all day. )

[lukeottevanger]

I'm impressed with your knowledge of countries so far. England and Germany! 

But the reason for the spelling mistakes isn't

1) dyslexia

2) country of origin

or

3) lack of a spellchecker (well, maybe it is in this case)

it's

4) age of composer when piece was written (11 in this case IIRC)

Not that this helps very much, I know 

[Maciek]

Strange, I don't remember composing that when I was 11...

[lukeottevanger]

He's not Polish either...

[Maciek]

Damn, I must be having another senior moment.

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Is it Schubert?

[lukeottevanger]

No. A later composer. This is his earliest suriving work, IIRC.

Between Poland and Vienna you're homing in on the right geographical area, though.

[Maciek]

Early Martinu??

[Maciek]

And: oops! I seem to have filled up your inbox with messages about you-know-what.

[lukeottevanger]

Try now

And yes, it's Martinu! Good work - what led you to that conclusion?

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

No. A later composer. This is his earliest suriving work, IIRC.

Between Poland and Vienna you're homing in on the right geographical area, though.

Blast! When you said the composer wasn't 19th-century by only 3 years I thought he was born in 1797...

[Maciek]

Try now

Will presently.

And yes, it's Martinu! Good work - what led you to that conclusion?

Your clues.

No, seriously. Between Poland and Austria (+ you are the one who posted this ) AND early years of the 20th century (or last years of 18th, but somehow I felt that was less probable) AND about 11 years old.

= Czech composer born around 1890.

Is it the violin part from his string quartet titled Tři Jezdci, Three Riders/Three Horsemen?

[lukeottevanger]

Certainly is. Very good detective work!

I have a pile more at home waiting to be scanned in and posted here. Watch this space....

[lukeottevanger]

Page 200! 

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Certainly is. Very good detective work!

I have a pile more at home waiting to be scanned in and posted here. Watch this space....

Yes, well done, Maciek!

I'll watch...

[Maciek]

Certainly is. Very good detective work!

I feel fullfilled.