Quiz: Mystery scores

[Larry Rinkel]

this composer isn't one of the "leading composers", but just look at the style of the score, thinking of the time period, and think of all the possible composers, that should help you narrow it down.

Atonal, expressionistic, highly contrapuntal, post-Schoenbergian. If it's not a "leading composer," I'd take a wild guess and wonder if it's someone like Krenek.

[Larry Rinkel]

correct!
you're very close..... i've never heard of "six pianos"

Piano Phase.

[greg]

Piano Phase.

correct!

let me see if this comes in clear, and not too big, first......
if it's ok, i won't have to edit it

so, this one is very easy if you've heard it- all you have to do is find the right "thing" in the score and you've got it!

[greg]

Atonal, expressionistic, highly contrapuntal, post-Schoenbergian. If it's not a "leading composer," I'd take a wild guess and wonder if it's someone like Krenek.

Krenek....... the name actually sounds close to the name of this composer

[not edward]

here's a really fun one!

First movement of the Ligeti viola sonata.

[Guido]

Larry - no.20 - Carl Maria von Weber -  Grosse Sonate n.2 in la bemolle maggiore. Just remembered the title of the movement, rather than recognising the music.

[Larry Rinkel]

Larry - no.20 - Carl Maria von Weber -  Grosse Sonate n.2 in la bemolle maggiore. Just remembered the title of the movement, rather than recognising the music.

Doesn't matter how you get it, so long as you get it.

Well, I'm off for a while, but since you guys are all throwing such challenges at each other, I'll start digging into my really obscure stuff this weekend. (Oh, I said I would stop. Yeah, right.)

Maybe at this point someone can tally all the ones not identified yet.

[greg]

First movement of the Ligeti viola sonata.

you quoted the wrong post, but yeah, that's g4 

results so far:

g1- ?
g2- Takemitsu- Distance (Maciek)
g3- Reich- Piano Phase (Larry)
g4- Ligeti- Viola Sonata (Edward)
g5- Adams- Phrygian Gates (Guido)
g6- ?
g7- ?

[Guido]

ok. I'll do some. These are the only ones I have on my computer currently, but I'll take some pictures soon:

The first one, even I don't know - I think I know the composer, but not the piece!

[greg]

1 Nancarrow, 3 Berio?

[Guido]

Luke - I think the Ives piece (no.14?) is the wonderful Three Places in New England, and I would guess probably the third movement if forced to.

[Guido]

3 certainly not right, not sure about 1, but not the composer I thought it was at least! I have some vague feeling that it's Scriabin, but I can't remember why.

[Larry Rinkel]

3 certainly not right, not sure about 1, but not the composer I thought it was at least! I have some vague feeling that it's Scriabin, but I can't remember why.

Your 3 looks like Ives, 1 most likely not Scriabin.

[Guido]

Ives is right. Page numbering is a clue as to the title (possibly!) (and the cluster chords only actually appear in a few works).

[Larry Rinkel]

Luke - I think the Ives piece (no.14?) is the wonderful Three Places in New England, and I would guess probably the third movement if forced to.

Correct. I finally found my copy.

[Larry Rinkel]

Ives is right. Page numbering is a clue as to the title (possibly!) (and the cluster chords only actually appear in a few works).

The first page of something! 

[greg]

#1 looks like a Ligeti Etude, possibly... let me look real quick

[lukeottevanger]

Damn, I've missed a few I knew!!

Guido is right on my Ives example, and Larry on the Ferneyhough piece

Guido's no 1 looks like Sorabji - I'm guessing the Sonata no 1

his no 2 like Schumann - I'm guessing the E flat variations 

and his no 3 is Ives but not the Concord Sonata, despite the clusters
...oh, just seen the vocal line, so I'm guessing a song!! - the first of the 114??? (whose name I forget)

Greg, is your 7th one Prokofiev...PC 2 perhaps?

[lukeottevanger]

I know the tune on Greg's no 7, but can't place it...but I'm sticking with my Prokofiev PC2 guess.

Now I have to go again. Hope I don't miss too much!

[Guido]

You're right Luke - it's the first of the 114 - one of his best actually (though there are so many good ones - his songs are surely one of the greatest collections of any composer.