The Magic of the Poles

mahler10th · June 17, 2008, 05:19:39 AM

Well, for starters, 'it can be from different epochs...' and perhaps in our case '...can be from one most eager.' See? It's all making prfect sense now.
$:-\$

Maciek · June 19, 2008, 11:17:04 AM

THE MAGIC OF THE POLES QUIZ
(guess the piece, or at least try to get the composer

)

I suggest small fun. Twenty fragments of one-one-minute (one--minute) work are placed below, famous polish composers are authors which (who). They let's try (let's taste) work zgadnąć or at least surnames of composers. Who first, this better, but certainly < obvious > has no points etc., so, everything it is possible on foreign answer ( not looking (look) ) zgadywać. I wish you good fun. I played excellently compiling quiz.

(remember, you don't have to listen using the embedded player - you can also download the files directly by clicking the small... "calculator"?/"mp3 player"? button on the right side of the player)

Part A

A01
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/A01.mp3[/mp3]

A02
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/A02.mp3[/mp3]

A03
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/A03.mp3[/mp3]

A04
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/A04.mp3[/mp3]

A05
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/A05.mp3[/mp3]

A06
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/A06.mp3[/mp3]

A07
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/A07.mp3[/mp3]

A08
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/A08.mp3[/mp3]

A09
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/A09.mp3[/mp3]

A10
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/A10.mp3[/mp3]

I would like to thank www.poltran.com for their assistance in compiling the rules of this quiz.

Maciek · June 19, 2008, 11:17:30 AM

Maciek · June 19, 2008, 11:18:30 AM

And as a bonus

- Part C (should've been called B, really - you'll know what I mean

):

C01
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/C01.mp3[/mp3]

C02
[mp3=200,20,0,left]http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/25/1381505/GMG%20Magic%20Poles%20Quiz/C02.mp3[/mp3]

Maciek · June 19, 2008, 04:47:54 PM

So, how are you liking my "small fun" ("little game" would perhaps make more sense

)?

Let me know if you need a tip or two. There are some big names in there! I'd say at least three of the composers are very famous, and at least one is super-mega-famous (or, in fact, two of them are). And then there are more than a couple famous ones. And the remaining lot are, well, known.

mahler10th · June 20, 2008, 04:51:39 AM

Quote from: Maciek on June 19, 2008, 04:47:54 PM
So, how are you liking my "small fun" ("little game" would perhaps make more sense )?

Let me know if you need a tip or two. There are some big names in there! I'd say at least three of the composers are very famous, and at least one is super-mega-famous (or, in fact, two of them are). And then there are more than a couple famous ones. And the remaining lot are, well, known.

I don't know how to play it. Where do we put the answers. Do we post them here?

Maciek · June 20, 2008, 05:18:56 AM

Sure thing - that's what I intended. This is supposed to be similar to the 20th century music quizes that Greta and James posted recently. But the rules are... there are no rules.

greg · June 20, 2008, 07:51:49 AM

the only one i know is A9- Gorecki. My first guess is the first symphony, though i'm not 100% sure.
I can't wait to find out the others!

Maciek · June 20, 2008, 09:54:51 AM

Górecki it is!!

But not the 1st Symphony - though obviously something from thereabouts (but a different decade).

(EDIT: He's one of the very famous ones, BTW - just to give you an idea what I had in mind when I called them that.)

Maciek · June 20, 2008, 09:56:22 AM

Here's a sort of general hint, to get you guys going.

Try to spot the following composers: Bach (!), Chopin, Lutosławski, Penderecki.

From there - it should all go downhill (in more sense then one

).

Maciek · June 21, 2008, 02:46:23 AM

Remind me never to post this sort of thing at the end of the week...

Maciek · June 21, 2008, 02:58:44 AM

Would it be any sort of clue if I said I would be very, very, very, very much impressed if someone just dropped in here and, right off, guessed which clip the Lutosławski is? In other words: the Lutosławski should be the one you would never have expected him to have written!

not edward · June 21, 2008, 05:44:05 AM

Quote from: QUDSIYA ZAHER on June 21, 2008, 02:58:44 AM
Would it be any sort of clue if I said I would be very, very, very, very much impressed if someone just dropped in here and, right off, guessed which clip the Lutosławski is? In other words: the Lutosławski should be the one you would never have expected him to have written!

Unfortunately, these clips won't play on my computer. However, from this comment I'm guessing the Lutoslawski work is Interlude.

Maciek · June 21, 2008, 05:49:30 AM

Nice try, and I see what you mean - but that is still way off.

(Interlude is one of my Lutoslawski favorites, BTW

)

Anyway, did you try downloading the clips (by pressing the "download" button at the right end of the player)? I could always upload them to mediafire.

Drasko · June 21, 2008, 04:00:43 PM

Well, after listening through A batch I can pretty positively say that none of them is Chopin. 0:)

Embedded player doesn't work for me as well.

Could you remove smiley from your sig? Totally wussifies what is generally super cool signature.

Maciek · June 22, 2008, 01:48:28 AM

Quote from: Drasko on June 21, 2008, 04:00:43 PM
Well, after listening through A batch I can pretty positively say that none of them is Chopin. 0:)

That is correct.

I might as well reveal that the A batch is more or less 20th century, and the B batch 19th century. There is a bit of an overlap - some of the B batch goes quite far into the 20th century, but they are all generally composers somehow associated with the 19th century.

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Embedded player doesn't work for me as well.

Oh, the damn thing!

I'm uploading the clips (zipped) to mediafire while we chat - will post the links in a sec.

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Could you remove smiley from your sig? Totally wussifies what is generally super cool signature.

That's a hilarious way to say it! And thanks. It's gone now, of course. Can't disappoint my fans.

(It's ironic by the way - I added the smiley as an afterthought, fearing maybe the sig was irritating - and it turned out to be the other way around

)

Maciek · June 22, 2008, 02:40:47 AM

Here are the zipped files:

batch A 20 MB

batch B 20.01 MB

batch C 3.88 MB

greg · June 22, 2008, 06:29:49 AM

ok, the Gorecki is actually the 2nd symphony, first movement.
that's the only one i know, though, hopefully someone else can get another one.

Maciek · June 22, 2008, 10:58:02 AM

Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on June 22, 2008, 06:29:49 AM
ok, the Gorecki is actually the 2nd symphony, first movement.

It's not!

Now you got me curious - I'll have relisten to the 2nd carefully.

Maciek · June 22, 2008, 02:44:47 PM

Quote from: GGGGRRREEG on June 22, 2008, 06:29:49 AM
that's the only one i know

Greg, did you listen to batch C or are you just sticking to 20th century batch A?

The Magic of the Poles

greg

Drasko

greg