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  1. PJF

    PJF New Member Piano Society Artist

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    Go Chris, Go Chris! It's ya birthday!

    Awwwwwww Yeahhhhhh!

    word :lol:
     
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    pianolady Monica Hart, Administrator Staff Member Piano Society Artist Trusted Member

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    Sheesh, Schmonz. I never heard of half of these composers. You are very smart, or I am very stupid. (Please don't answer that last remark. :oops: )
     
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    Knowing obscure composers is hardly a mark of intellectual distinction. It could just mean I spend way too much time digging up buried treasure and you've got better things to do. :) Plus, now you know them too.
     
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    pianolady Monica Hart, Administrator Staff Member Piano Society Artist Trusted Member

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    Good point! But musical knowledge is a big 'turn-on' to nerds like me. :lol:
     
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    Pete, what the hell was that? :)
     
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    schmonz Amitai Schleier Piano Society Artist Trusted Member

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    Whoa! That sounds like one of my relatives talking (through marriage :wink: )
    This is fun. It's like the saying, "When the cat's away (the bosses are sleeping right now) the mice will play. :lol:
     
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    Why, it was berries and cream! :lol:

    It's a Starburst candy commercial. I laugh to the point of choking every time I see it. It just strikes me as hysterically funny.

    Chris, put us back on-topic!!!
     
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    What the dollar sign/asterisk/percent sign/ampersand was that?
     
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    The Next Round !

    Ah, Catoire and Bortkiewicz... I thought these might feature in your list !
    Can you leave these around for a while schmontz, I'd like to listen again
    to the unidentified items.

    On to the next round then. This should be more of an equal opportunity affair.
    I have largely restricted to lesser-known works of very well-known composers,
    and the fragments are rather longer than before. I believe there's something
    here for everyone, but there may be also one or two tough notes to crack.

    As I do not have an extensive CD or MP3 collection I had to play all tracks
    myself. Had great fun yesterday slapping these on without any preparation, so
    no comments please about the wonky playing and the couple of clumsy edits !
    Consider them an added level of difficulty :)

    All 20 composers are different, none of them featured in the previous round,
    from which it follows that none of them is Medtner :)

    R1_0001 - Grieg: Ballade in G minor op.24 [spotted by Kschyschtoff]
    R1_0002 - Faure: Prelude Op.103 No.1 [spotted by coccobill]
    R1_0003 - Bartok - from Microcosmos Vol. V: 132, major seconds [spotted by pianolady]
    R1_0004 -Schumann: Novellette op.21 nr.8 (Trio II) [spotted by coccobill]
    R1_0005
    R1_0006 - Bach: Toccata BWV 916 (Adagio) [spotted by coccobill]
    R1_0007 - Falla: Fantasia Baetica [spotted by coccobill]
    R1_0008 - Beethoven: Bagatella op.119 nr. 1 [spotted by coccobill]
    R1_0009 - Chopin: Ecossaise nr.1, op.72 no 3 [spotted by Kschyschtoff]
    R1_0010 - Rachmaninov - Fragments [spotted by coccobill]
    R1_0011
    R1_0012 - Brahms: Haendel-Variations (Var. XI) [spotted by coccobill]
    R1_0013 - Albeniz: El Albaicin, No. 6 from Iberia [spotted by pianolady]
    R1_0014
    R1_0015 - Liszt: Unstern ! [spotted by coccobill]
    R1_0016 - Villa-Lobos - Xo, Xo, Passarinho, No.7 from "Cirandas" [spotted by pianolady]
    R1_0017
    R1_0018 - Mozart: Variations on "Unser dummer Pöbel meint", K.455 (Theme and Var. I) [spotted by coccobill]
    R1_0019 - Poulenc: Suite Française, 5: Bransle de Champagne [spotted by coccobill]
    R1_0020 - Prokofiev: Gavotte, No. 2 from 10 Pieces Op.12 [spotted by pianolady]


    Score
    coccobill 10
    pianolady 4
    Kschyschtoff 2
     
    techneut, Apr 16, 2007
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    Re: The Next Round !

    After quickly skimming the tracks:

    08. Beethoven: Bagatella op.119 nr. 1
    12. Brahms: Haendel-Variations (Var. XI)

    If memory serves correctly, never heard the other ones. I think I spotted a couple of composers, perhpas more. Now I'll go and hunt them down. ;-)

    Which is a pity!
     
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  13. techneut

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    A good start coccobill. You have been credited. I am glad it was not too trivial. Still things to discover even with the famous composers !
     
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    So far - #13 - Albeniz Iberia - El Albaicia
    #20 - Prokofiev - March Op 12 no.1
     
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    El Albaicin, indeed.

    Not so ! But, you could not possibly be closer :wink:
     
    techneut, Apr 16, 2007
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    Re: The Next Round !

    Mozart: Variations K.455 (Theme and Var. I)
     
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  17. techneut

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    Re: The Next Round !

    Yep. I love this set.
     
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    Re: The Next Round !

    Dang, y'all are good. I don't recognize any of these pieces, so for me this round is just like the "Guess the Composer" game I used to play with my dad when something unfamiliar was on the radio. What era must it be from? Whose style does it sound like? What's the general shape of the piece? School's going to be crazy for the next few weeks but hopefully I'll have some time to think harder about these. Regardless, well done. And I really like the personal touch (literally) here. I suspect I couldn't have played most of the pieces I selected!

    The International Rachmaninoff Conference is going on right now here in New York, and ends tonight with a concert. Jung Lin and Adam Golka will be playing Medtner there. Guess where I'll be. :) Also, I'm analyzing the Op. 26 #3 Skazka for my theory class this afternoon. If I do a writeup, perhaps Piano Society would be interested to publish it?
     
    schmonz, Apr 16, 2007
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    pianolady Monica Hart, Administrator Staff Member Piano Society Artist Trusted Member

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    ok, I racked my brain :lol: and remembered it's No. 2 Gavotte.
     
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    Bingo !
     
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