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Offline nixo1000

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help name this piece
on: July 19, 2005, 11:52:45 PM
If anyone can tell me the name of this piece and if there is sheet music for it would be of great help. All I know is that there is a part that resembles the 18th variations by rachmaninoff.

Offline happyface94

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Re: help name this piece
Reply #1 on: July 20, 2005, 12:42:03 AM
You might have better luck than me on musipedia. You're right that there's a part that ressembles Rachmaninoffs ( in fact its most likely exactly the same, it seems to be a simple rip from that part from his rhapsody on a theme by paganini (Im guessing the 18th variation is that one)).

Offline joell12068

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Re: help name this piece
Reply #2 on: July 20, 2005, 01:10:01 AM
Nice piece.  I don't know who's it is, but there is also a fragment from Chopin's Scherzo no.3  that begins at 6:28

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Re: help name this piece
Reply #3 on: July 20, 2005, 03:53:52 AM
Thanks to those who answered, but if anyone know please drop a line.

Offline allchopin

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Re: help name this piece
Reply #4 on: July 20, 2005, 03:58:23 AM
Joel brings up a good point which leads me to believe the whole composition is an amalgam of various romantic compositions based around Rach's 18th var of course.  I heard Rach's PC2 mvmt. 2 cadenza at the very end (8:09) as well as his g minor prelude (around 6:50).  The runs around 2:10 and 5:40 is a pull from similar runs in Liszt's Rigoletto Paraphrase.  
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