Quiz: Mystery scores

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lukeottevanger

#1020
No 100 - those who've read my composer's thread will hopefully recognise a piece here! I have identified this piece on my thread (though possibly not since its original incarnation on the previous GMG) so there's plenty to go on here. Whilst you're looking, check out the Da Capo and other markings on the piece on the right hand page  ;D

lukeottevanger

Quote from: Markno. 92 is Mahler's 10th. The big-ass dissonant chord, in its 5th movement incarnation.

Correct, Mark. With Mahler's original sketches at the bottom of the page - this is Cooke's performing version, of course. This same passage (or the first movement version) is also referenced in my LO 13, a passage from John Adam's Harmonielehre

No 101 - very easy. No clues.  ;)

Mark G. Simon

no. 94 must by one of William Bolcom's "New Etudes". I say this mostly on the basis of the clue, and of the stride bass line, and a reference to "as in Etude I"

lukeottevanger

#1023
That's correct, Mark. The Pulitzer thing was one clue, the internal reference to another Etude was another. This particular one is called Rag infernal (Syncopes apocalytiques)  :D



No 102 - a great description of this piece in one book:

Quote[mystery piece x], with its Afro-Cuban percussion section, and a Hollywood-style finale with touches of the macabre of Shostakovich, must be one of the most banal ever written.

;D
There may be some disagreement about that, of course! The tune that stats on this page is a great little diatonic, memorable, jazzy melody typical of this composer, who had a fine melodic sense among other gifts.

My wife once danced with him.

lukeottevanger

No 103 - yet another for Maciek, though I hope others get it too. This piece is typical of its composer in, among other things, its formal techniques. A very Bergian example of this begins at the second bar on this page though (and this is another clue) you'd need to see the previous pages to see it properly.

Mark G. Simon

no. 101 looks like Soviet typeface. Strings and percussion. My guess is Shotakovich's 14th.

karlhenning


karlhenning


lukeottevanger

No 104 - earlier on this thread I tentatively guessed at a score based on a similarity to another piece. I was wrong. But FWIW this is that piece. It is a very fine work by a very famous composer, not as well-known among his compositions as it should be.

lukeottevanger

No 105 - not long to go now! Another very famous composer, though this is one of his lesser-known, early works; it exists in different versions. Lots of features that make it identifiable, though.

lukeottevanger

No 106 - the biggest score in my collection. Composer is easy, piece might be less so. Bonus points (if we were awarding points) go if you can name the instruments playing here.

karlhenning

Luke, just wanted to say that though my own participation has been lowest of key, I really enjoy and appreciate your efforts and hosting here.

I still expect a finished Canticle Sonata, though!  :)

lukeottevanger

No 107 - edition, handwriting and therefore, I think, composer are quite clear. Which means it is quite easy to narrow it down to the correct piece.

lukeottevanger

#1033
Hey, Karl, it's Sean's thread to host, not mine. I've just rather taken over, I'm afraid! (and feel rather sheepish about it - still, I always said I was addicted to scores, and now you all know it only too well). I wonder if Sean knows what a monster he spawned.

Re. the Canticle doodad - yes, I keep forgetting about that. I've made the necessary alterations (or I think I have), but I'm unhappy with the first movement, and am letting it lie fallow for a while before I rip its heart out  ;D I will get back to you, I promise.

Oh, and if as you hint you know no 101, and I'm sure you do, don't keep it to yourself! A stunning page, knocks me for six every time....[edit - sorry, brainfreeze going on here. Didn't take in the point of your 'subtract 10' - yes, it is the mad string-thing from Shostakovich 4, of course.]

Three more, then I'll stop, trust me!

No 108 - one of my favourite pieces. I was once, more than two years ago, all primed to lead a GMG discussion on this work. Had my introductory posts written and everything......I digress. This page, which comes towards the end of the piece but before its climax, exhibits most of its characteristic traits - its instrumentation, its tonal dichotomy, its metrical dichotomy, its most prominent, binding motive (here in the process of dissolving), and the end of an important figure in the vocal line.

lukeottevanger

No 109 - is this where Phil Glass got his ideas from?

lukeottevanger

Last one!

No 110 - from a series of for pieces written for the left hand of the aging Britten, as you can see (I presume this is to do with the fact that Britten lost the use of his right arm in later years)

And that'll do for now, you'll be pleased to hear. Have fun!

lukeottevanger

#1036
Once again, the full hyperlinked list. I think it's worth it after my latest splurge...

Set by Sean:
1 - Bach - D minor Cello Suite - (Larry)
2 - Bach - E flat Cello Suite - (Larry)
3 - Bach - C minor Cello Suite - (Larry)
4 - Messiaen - Excerpt from Vingt Regards - (Larry)
5 - Messiaen - Excerpt from Vingt Regards - (Larry)
6 - Messiaen - Excerpt from Vingt Regards - (Larry)
7 - Messiaen - Excerpt from Vingt Regards - (Larry)

Set by Larry:
1 - Bach - B minor Mass 'Quoniam' - (Novitiate)
2 - Nielsen - Sixth Symphony - (Mark)
3 - Beethoven - Quartet op 95 - (CS)
4 - Schumann - Carnaval 'Chopin' - (Mark)
5 - Elgar - Cello Concerto - (Novitiate)
6 - Falla - Harpsichord Concerto - (Mark)
7 - Rzewski - The People United... - (Luke)
8 - Brahms - G major Sextet - (Luke)
9 - Berg - Wozzeck Act II interlude - (Luke)
10 - Mahler - Ninth Symphony - (Maciek)
11 - Boulez - Le Marteau sans Maitre - (Luke)
12 - Petterssen - 7th Symphony - (M Forever)
13 - Carter - SQ 1 - (Luke)
14 - Shostakovich - Symphony 15 - (Luke)
15 - Monteverdi - Orfeo - (Novitiate)
16 - Elgar - String Quartet - (Luke)
17 - Gorecki - Symphony 3 - (Luke)
18 - Bizet - Carmen - (Luke)
19 - Ligeti - Etude 'L'escalier....' - (Luke)
20 - Weber - Sonata 2 - (Luke, but I refused to say because I Googled it; Guido was first to identify it)
21 - Stockhausen - Klavierstucke IX - (Luke)
22 - Handel - Orlando - (Luke)
23 - aka 1a - Verdi - Requiem - (Luke)
24 - aka 2a - Wagner - Götterdämmerung - (Mark)
25 - aka 3a - Holst - Jupiter - (Mark)
26 - aka 4a - Haydn - F minor Variations - (Luke)
27 - aka 5a Liszt - Petrarch Sonnet - (Mark)
28 - aka 6a Schoenberg - Pierrot - (Mark)
29 - aka 6 - six samples plus 'what is the link'
    Bach - Double Violin Concerto (Luke)
    Schumann - Davidsbundlertanze - (Luke)
    Mendelssohn - Scottish Symphony - (Luke)
    Tchakovsky - Serenade for Strings - (Luke)
    Webern - Symphony - (Luke)
    Ravel - Tzigane - (Luke)
    Link = all used by Balanchine - (Luke)

30 aka 21 - Wolf - String Quartet - (Luke)
31 aka 22 - Delius - Irmelin Prelude - (Luke)
32 aka 23 - Wolf - Der Corregidor - (Luke)
33 aka 24  - Crawford Seeger - String Quartet - (Luke)
34 aka 25 - Lutoslawski - Third Symphony - (Luke)
35 aka 26 - Goldmark - Rustic Wedding Symphony - (Luke)
36 aka 27 - Orff - Antigone - (Luke)
37 aka 'Last'! - Bolcom - Songs of Experience - (Luke)
38 aka 41 - Shapero - Symphony for Classical Orchestra - (Guido)
39 aka 42 - Machaut - Mass (Credo) - (Luke)
40 aka 43 - Rouse - Gorgon - (Luke)
41 aka 44 - Beethoven - Merkenstein (duet op 100) - (Luke)
42 aka 45 - Markevitch - L'Envol d'Icare - (Luke)
43 aka 46 - Markevitch - Icare - (Luke)
44 aka 47 - Kupferman - Symphony 3 - (Luke)
45 aka 48 - WF Bach - Polonaise in C minor (Luke)
46 aka 49 - Grofe - Grand Canyon Suite - (Mark)
47 aka 50 - Carter - Concerto for Orchestra - (Luke)
48 aka 51 - Barraque - Sequence - (Luke)
49 aka 52 - Glass - Akhenaten - (Luke)

Set by Luke:
1 - Martinu - Symphony 6 - (Larry)
2 - Tavener - In Alium - (Larry)
3 - Feldman - Why Patterns (Mark)
4 - Khachaturian - Piano Concerto - (Mark)
5 - Ferneyhough - Sieben Sterne - (Larry)
6 - Schoenberg - Jakobsleiter - (Larry)
7 - Part - If Bach had been a beekeeper - (Karl)
8 - Scelsi - Anahit - (Maciek)
9 - Kurtag - Grabstein fur Stephan - (Edward)
10 - Havergal Brian - Gothic Symphony - (Larry 1st by exclamation; Karl 1st by use of English language)
11 - Cage - Concerto for Prepared Piano - (Maciek)
12 - Xenakis - Oresteia - (Greg)
13 - Adams - Harmonielehre - (Maciek)
14 - Ives - The Housatonic at Stockbridge - (Larry)
15 - Nancarrow - Player piano study (37) - (Mark)
16 - Tippett - 3rd Symphony - (Mark)
17 - Villa-Lobos - Bachainas Brasileras 2 (the train one...) - (Larry)
18 - Boulez - Le soleil des eaux (Maciek)
19 - Liszt - Dante Symphony - (Larry)
20 - Ligeti - Violin Concerto (Larry)
21 - Nyman - Drowning by NUmbers - (Maciek)
22 - Vaughan Williams - Symphony 9 - (Larry)
23 - Dvorak - Violin Concerto - (Guido)
24 - Finnissy - Red Earth - (Maciek)
25 - Varese - Nocturnal - (Larry)
26 - Dvorak - String Quartet op 9 - (Larry)
27 - Martin - Mass for double choir - (Maciek)
28 - Respighi - Feste Romane - (Maciek)
29 - Balakirev - 1st Symphony - (Maciek)
30 - Janacek - Suite for Strings - (Edward)
31 - Schnittke - String Trio - (Guido)
32 - Reger - Mozart Variations - (Larry)
33 - Bernstein - Chichester Psalms - (Larry)
34 - Maxwell Davies - Ressurection - (Maciek)
35 - Britten - Nocturnal - (Manuel)
36 - Boulez - Rituel - (Larry)
37 - Stockhausen - Formulas for Licht - (Edward)
38 - Enescu - Cînt Tăcut - (Maciek)
39 - Cardew - Treatise - (Maciek)
40 - Kancheli - Symphony 5 - (Edward)
41 - Martinu - Fantasie for Theremin (etc) - (Edward)
42 - Partch - Castor and Pollux - (Maciek)
43 - Kurtag - from Jatekok - (Karl)
44 - ?
45 - Rzewski - Coming Together - (Edward)
46 - Schnittke - Violin Sonata 2 - (Edward)
47 - Powell - Serebryaniy vek - (Maciek)
48 - Rihm - Jagden und Formen - (Edward)
49 - Takahashi - Sa - (Maciek)
50 - Komitas [Vardapet] - Dances - (Maciek)
51 - [Pavel] Haas - Suite for Oboe and Piano - (Maciek)
52 - Burgess - Concertino - (Maciek)
53 - ?
54 - Takemitsu - From Me Flows What You Call Time - (Steve)
55 - ?
56 - Bryars - Cello Concerto - (Guido)
57 - ?
58 - Schoenberg - something for male voice choir, TBC - (Larry)
59 - ?
60 - ?
61 - Respighi - Violin Sonata - (Maciek)
62 - ?
63 - Godowsky - Study after Chopin no 45 - (Maciek)
64 - Finnissy - Song 9 - (matticus)
65 - Debussy - Pièce pour le Vêtement du blessé - (Greg)
66 - R Strauss - The Castle by the Sea - (Larry)
67 - Satie - Messe des Pauvres - (Maciek)
68 - Korngold - Piano Trio - (Mark)
69 - ?
70 - Janacek - Mladi - (Mark)
71 - Souster - Sonata - (Guido)
72 - ?
73 - ?
74 - ?
75 - ?
76 - Messiaen - Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum - (Steve)
77 - Casella - A la Maniere de Richard Strauss - (Maciek)
77 - ? (sorry, just saw this mistake in numbering - two no 77s!  :-[ )
78 - ?
79 - Baird - Erotyki - (Maciek)
80 - Barrett - Coigitum - matticus
81 - MacDowell - Sonata Eroica (no 2) - (Steve)
82 - ?
83 - Schnittke - Psalms of Repentance - (Greg)
84 - Benjamin - At First LIght - (Greg)
85 - ?
86 - ?
87 - ?
88 - ?
89 - ?
90 - Lutoslawski - Paroles Tissees - (Maciek)
91 - Dillon - East 11th St NY 10003 - (matticus)
92 - Mahler/Cooke - 10th Symphony - (Mark)
93 - Bridge - Piano Sonata - (Guido)
94 - Bolcom - New Etudes - (Mark)
95 - Busoni - Second Sonatina - (Steve)
96 - Xenakis - Herma - (matticus)
97 - Sibelius - Luonnotar - (Mark)
98 - ?
99 - Rodney Bennett - Noctuary - (Steve)
100 - ?
101 - Shostakovich - 4th Symphony - (Karl)
102 - ?
103 - Panufnik - Autumn Music - (Maciek)
104 - ?
105 - ?
106 - Ferneyhough - Transit - (matticus)
107 - Crumb - Five Pieces for Piano - (matticus)
108 - ?
109 - ?
110 - Skempton - senza licenza - (Guido)
111 - ?
112 - ?
113 - ?
114 - ?
115 - ?
116 - ?
117 - ?
119 - Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music - (Mark)
120 - ?
121 - Maxwell Davies - The Lighthouse - (Mark)
122 - Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony - (Mark)
123 - ?
124 - ?
125 - Walton - Violin Concerto - (Guido)
126 - ?
127 - ?
128 - ?
129 - Panufnik - Universal Prayer - (Maciek)
130 - ?
131 - Brahms - Nänie - (Mark)
132 - ?
133 - ?
134 - ?
135 - ?
136 - Maxwell Davies - Eight Songs for a Mad King - (Mark)
137 - La Monte Young - various Compositions - (Karl)
138 - ?
139 - ?
140 - ?
141 - ?
142 - ?
143 - Glass - Music in Fifths - (Karl)
144 - ?
145 - ?
146 - Ligeti - Concert Românesc - (Symphonien)
147 - ?
148 - ?
149 - ?



Set by Greg:
1 - Corigliano - Symphony 1 - (revealed by Greg)
2 - Takemitsu - Distance - (Maciek)
3 - Reich - Piano Phase - (Larry)
4 - Ligeti - Viola Sonata - (Edward)
5 - Adams - Phrygian Gates - (Guido)
6 - Kagel - String Sextet - (revealed by Greg)
7 - Prokofiev - PC 1 - (Luke)
8 - Xenakis - Jonchaies - (revealed by Greg)
9 - Debussy - La Mer - (Larry)
10 - Norgard - Symphony 6 -(revealed by Greg)
11 - Takemitsu - Corona - (Luke)
12 - Takemitsu - November Steps - (Luke)
13 - Webern - Canons op 16 - (Karl)
14 - Stravinsky - Soldier's Tale - (Karl)
15 - Lachenmann - Mouvement (- vor der Erstarrung) - (Luke)
16 - Ferneyhough - Lemma-Icon-Epigram - (Larry)
17 - Grisey - Les Espaces Acoustiques (Partiels) - (Luke)
18 - Shostakovich - Violin Concerto 1 - (Luke)
19 - Xenakis - Terretektorh - (Maciek)
20 - Xenakis - ATA - (Maciek)

Set by Guido:
1 - presumably Sorabji - ? Guido doesn't know which - (Luke)
2 - Schumann - E flat Variations - (Luke)
3 - Ives - first of 114 Songs - (Luke)
4 - Stravinsky - for the five fingers - (Luke)
5 - Barber - Piano Sonata - (Larry)
6 - Previn - Cello Sonata - (Maciek)
7 - Finzi - Cello Concerto - (Luke)
8 - Piazzolla - Libertango - (Maciek)
9 - Bernstein Clarinet Sonata - (Mark)
10 - Poulenc - Cello Sonata - (Larry)
11 - Stravinsky - Requiem Canticles - (Mark)
12 - Kodaly - Solo Cello Sonata- (Larry)
13 'buggered up'
14 - Carter - Cello Concerto - (Luke)
15 - Holst - Invocation - (Luke)
16 - Dietrich - 1st mvt of FAE Sonata - (Luke)
17 - Bloch - Suite for Viola arr. Cello - (Luke)
Couldn't find no. 18...
19 - Ives - Fourth Symphony - (Larry)
20 - really not worth putting up, Guido! This is a little fragment from a larger set by me, this bit in particular called 'A cage went in search of a bird' (from Kafka)

Set by Manuel:
1 - Prokofiev - PC 2 - (Maciek)
2 - Rzewski - Which Side Are You On - (Luke)
3 - de Beriot - Violin Concerto 9 - (Luke)
4 - Wieniawski - Four Etudes (no 2) for Two Violins - (Luke)

Set by Maciek:
1 - Szymanski - Piano Concerto - (Luke)
2- Kilar - Piano Concerto (Luke)
3 - Lutoslawski - Paganini Variations - (Mark)
4 - Szymanowski - 4th Symphony - (Luke)
5 - Serocki - Fort e piano - (Luke)
6 - Meyer - SQ 3 - (Luke)
7 - Zarebski - Piano Quintet - (Luke)
8 - Penderecki - String Quartet 1 - (Greg)
9 - Chopin - Cello Sonata - (Luke)
10 - Gorecki - Genesis I - (Luke)
11 - ?
12 - ?
13 - ?
14 - Bacevičius - Vision - (Luke)
15 - ?
16 - Moniuszko - Rybka - (Luke)
17 - Kilar - Angelus - (Luke)
18 - ?
19 - Szymanowski - 6 Kurpain Songs - (Luke)
20 - ?
21 - Cage - Bacchanale - (Luke)
22 - Ives - Song Without (Good) Words - (Luke)
23 - Cowell - Banshee - (Luke)
24 - ?
25 - Bartok - Bagatelle no 3 - (Luke)
26 - Zarebski - Les Roses et Les Epines - (Luke)

Set by Steve:
1 - Stamp - String Quartet No. 556(b) for Strings In A Minor (Motoring Accident) - (Maciek)
2 - Bartok - String Quartet 4 - (Larry)
3 - Falla - Homenaje a Debussy - (Luke)
4 - Webern - op 10 Pieces - (Luke)
5 - Stravinsky - Rite of Spring - (Karl)
6 - Coltrane - Giant Steps - (Luke)
7 - Albeniz - Suite Espanola (Sevilla) - (Luke)
8 - ?
9 - Scarlatti - Sonata S3/K513 - (Luke)
10 - Stockhausen - Gesang der Jünglinge - (Luke)
11 - Cordier - Belle, Bonne, Sage - (Luke)
12 - Stravinsky - Octet - (Larry)
13 - Brouwer - La Espiral eterna - (Luke)
14 - Carter - Changes - (Luke)
15 - ?
16 - ?
17 - ?
18 - Ponce - Sonata Meridional - (Luke)
19 - Liszt - Nuages Gris - (Larry)
20 - Bach - Fugue  BWV 997 - (matticus)
21 - Bach - Cantata BWV 21 - (Larry)

karlhenning

Quote from: lukeottevanger on October 16, 2007, 04:13:32 PM
Hey, Karl, it's Sean's thread to host, not mine. I've just rather taken over, I'm afraid!

We're all grateful you took the place in hand :-)

Quote from: LukeOh, and if as you hint you know no 101, and I'm sure you do, don't keep it to yourself! A stunning page, knocks me for six every time....

I was sure you posted it particularly for me  ;D

It's the [in-]famous string fugato mid-way through the first movement of the Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Opus 43.

lukeottevanger

Quote from: karlhenning on October 16, 2007, 04:23:02 PM

It's the [in-]famous string fugato mid-way through the first movement of the Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Opus 43.

Yes, see edit above - I got there eventually! My mind is going....

Guido

#1039
LO93 is the Bridge Sonata. I guessed because the typesetting looks exactly like my edition of the cello sonata - surely Boosey must have printed other pieces with this typesetting, but I haven't seen them. Funny how things like that happen. Also the 'Andante ben moderato' is a direction he uses quite a lot, so that was also a clue.
Geologist.

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