Quiz: Mystery scores

[lukeottevanger]

Now how about the ones where I didn't lead you by the hand right to the correct website? 

[Maciek]

You have mentioned the composer's name in this thread. But he isn't Polish!

A foreign composer's name in my mouth? Impossible! I would never stoop to that level!

(Not sure I like your ironic ' 's there!  )

You're right, as a mod I should never be ironic towards this great forum. I shall remove those ' 's at once!

Now how about the ones where I didn't lead you by the hand right to the correct website? 

Just give me a sec.

Or a day.

Or two.

(Right now I'm going through all my previous posts, striving to remove every mention of a foreign-sounding name that I can find...)

[Maciek]

So far, I've come to the conclusion that no. 46 in neither Berlioz nor Nyman. Will report subsequent findings.

EDIT: Something tells me it isn't Previn either...

EDIT2: I have a sneaking suspicion you might have flaunted at us an excerpt from VeggieTales - Sumo of the Opera...

EDIT3: On a hunch, I'm also ruling Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, and De Falla out!

[lukeottevanger]

I honestly don't understand why 40 and (especially) 41 are proving so hard.    I'm starting to doubt myself here... Give up on 46 for now and try again on those two will you, to restore my faith.

You're right, though, 46 is neither Berlioz, nor Nyman, nor Havergal Brian (I'll give you that for free)

[Maciek]

nor Havergal Brian (I'll give you that for free)

(quickly deletes triumphant post he had just finished writing...)

[lukeottevanger]

LOL 

[Maciek]

Simple question: does the surname of the composer of no. 46 contain the letter "c"?

[lukeottevanger]

Sort of

[Maciek]

You mean it's a different letter (but similar sound??), or do you mean that it's capitalized (as in Cage )?

(Or maybe it contains an unusually pronounced "c"?)

[lukeottevanger]

None of the above

[not edward]

Luke, don't suppose your #46 is Schnittke's Quasi una sonata, is it?

There's some passages with semi-indefinite violin pitch and similar piano figurations in it, though I certainly don't recognize this particular passage.

[Maciek]

OK, so it's got to be Schnittke.

(Darn, Edward beat me to it!)

And yes, it is his 2nd Violin Sonata - I just found it in the score...

[Larry Rinkel]

OK, so it's got to be Schnittke.

(Darn, Larry beat me to it!)

I did?

[Maciek]

Sorry, just automatically assumed it was you, even before the avatar loaded (I don't even look at the names anymore...).

Logging off now, with a feeling of utter defeat and embarrassment.

See you all on Monday!

[Larry Rinkel]

Believe me, I've just about lost confidence in my ability to identify anything.

And yet no one has identified two of mine  . . . . 

[lukeottevanger]

Larry, is one of yours (I forget which number, the one which leads up to the double bar) Christopher Rouse, Phaethon?

[lukeottevanger]

Oh, and Edward - yes, of course you are right about the Schnittke.

[not edward]

And #45 is Rzewski's Coming Together. (I initially thought it was a Tom Johnson piece but then saw the text.)

[lukeottevanger]

Yep. As I said, the title is staring you in the face! That's three pieces of Rzewski so far on this thread....

[lukeottevanger]

This is great - they're falling thick and fast now! Only five left. Funny how 40 and 41 remain - I am genuinely confused.