Name that Tune (Sheet Music Edition)

[simonjp90]

inavisable

I don't know what that word means

[ahinton]

I don't know what that word means

Then maybe you need to learn some French (as well as to end sentences with full stops).

Best,

Alistair

[simonjp90]

Then maybe you need to learn some French (as well as to end sentences with full stops).

Best,

Alistair

I can't tell if you're joking or not. It can't be French... can it?

I'll end sentences with full stops if you stop starting them with the word "then"!

[georgecziffra]

...ahem...

6 more of varying difficulty:

1.


2.


3.


4.


5.


6.

[retrouvailles]

The 3rd one is Ligeti's Cordes à vide. The other ones look very familiar.

[rob47]

#2 is trisch trasch polka or whatever arranged by cziffra

#5 is something by rachmaninoff

#6 sorabji?

[georgecziffra]

#2 is trisch trasch polka or whatever arranged by cziffra

#5 is something by rachmaninoff

#6 sorabji?

2 is correct, 5 is indeed by Rachmaninov, and 6 isn't even close.

[retrouvailles]

No. 6 is actually something by Takemitsu. I'll sift through my sheet music to find out.

EDIT: It's Les Yeux Clos II.

No. 4 is something Russian, right? I recognize the engraving.

[prongated]

No. 4 is something Russian, right? I recognize the engraving.

Mmhmm...feels like Scriabin to me...

[georgecziffra]

Any guesses on #1?

[nanabush]

#5 is it Polichinelle from Op 3?

[georgecziffra]

Correct.

[retrouvailles]

Any hints for the other ones?

[nanabush]

I was going to say a late Scriabin sonata for excerpt #4, but from flipping through #6-#10 I couldn't find that passage.  I found very similar stuff in #7 though... maybe that's it and I wasn't looking closely enough 

[georgecziffra]

Any hints for the other ones?

#1 is by an early 20th century Swiss composer, and #4 is a reduction of a symphony.

[rob47]

they both look familiar but i'm clueless

also here's 6 more for anyone
1


2


3


4


5


6

[retrouvailles]

Rob, from your selections:

2. Bowen's Piano Sonata No. 6, last movement.
3. Ginastera's Piano Sonata No. 2, last movement.
6. Weissenberg's Sonata en état de Jazz, last movement.

Not sure about the others.

#1 is by an early 20th century Swiss composer, and #4 is a reduction of a symphony.

The only Swiss composer I know off the top of my head is Frank Martin, but I don't remember seeing that in his works anywhere. For 4, I'm just about clueless, but I'll keep thinking.

[joe wallace]

4.

Scriabin's Poème De L'Extase, transcribed for piano solo?

[richard black]

Rob's selection just above:

1 is a movement of Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker' ballet, though I can't name the transcriber.

5 is the 'Peter Grimes Fantasy' by Ronald Stevenson.

Georgecziffra's set - only early-20th century composer I can think of who might have written No 1 is Rudolph Ganz.

[georgecziffra]

Scriabin's Poème De L'Extase, transcribed for piano solo?

Correct.

Retrouvailles, I should clarify: the composer was born in Switzerland, but lived in France most of his life.

[retrouvailles]

Georgecziffra's set - only early-20th century composer I can think of who might have written No 1 is Rudolph Ganz.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that it was Mikhail Pletnev that transcribed it.

Retrouvailles, I should clarify: the composer was born in Switzerland, but lived in France most of his life.

Oh, then it should be Arthur Honegger, although I'm still not sure about the piece.

[rob47]

here's a weak clue for #4 of the ones i posted: it's a Liszt transcription of a 4 movement work

and all the ones retrouvailles and richard black answered are correct

[prongated]

1 is a movement of Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker' ballet, though I can't name the transcriber.

Pretty sure it's Pletnev's...?

here's a weak clue for #4 of the ones i posted: it's a Liszt transcription of a 4 movement work

and all the ones retrouvailles and richard black answered are correct

One of Beethoven's symphonies then...!?

[georgecziffra]

Oh, then it should be Arthur Honegger, although I'm still not sure about the piece.

Actually, no. Should I just give the answer?

[retrouvailles]

Actually, no. Should I just give the answer?

Yeah, please do.

[georgecziffra]

Yeah, please do.

It's Emile Blanchet's 'Au jardin du vieux Serail' op. 18 no. 3

[retrouvailles]

So do people want to reveal the answers to their posts?

[horowitzian]

OK, here's some that should be tough. Perhaps not...depends on what you are familiar with. The clue is that these four pictures contain music by two composers.

[richard black]

That last bunch are good - they all look almost very familiar without actually being anything I know. The 5-against-3 one looks like Scriabin but that's probably just because he uses that particular cross-rhythm more than any other composer I've ever come across.

[rob47]

looks russian

[retrouvailles]

The first two are by Bortkiewicz and are the Elegie and Ballade (No. 1 and No. 2 respectively). I know I have seen the others, but they don't come to mind right now.

[horowitzian]

retrouvailles is exactly correct for the first two. I'll wait to see if anyone can get the second two before giving any more specific clues (other than that they are Russian as well).

[horowitzian]

That last bunch are good - they all look almost very familiar without actually being anything I know. The 5-against-3 one looks like Scriabin but that's probably just because he uses that particular cross-rhythm more than any other composer I've ever come across.

It's not Scriabin, but it is Russian.

[quantum]

Medtner?

[horowitzian]

Medtner?

Nope.

[rob47]

balakirev?


btw #4 from mine was Hummel's Grosses Septett d minor transcribed by Liszt

[horowitzian]

balakirev?


[...]

Nope.

HINT: Think obscure.

[retrouvailles]

HINT: Think obscure.

Well, that is a vague hint. Can you be more specific?

[prongated]

Nope.

HINT: Think obscure.

...Sofia Gubaidulina? That's obscure...

[horowitzian]

...Sofia Gubaidulina? That's obscure...

Nope, too obscure.

OK, a few more specific hints:

1) Sergei Prokofiev was his pupil

2) He associated with — but was not a member of — The Five.

[retrouvailles]

...Sofia Gubaidulina? That's obscure...

Haha, there is no way that those pieces could have been written by her. They have key signatures, heh.

My guess would be Myaskovsky.

[horowitzian]

Haha, there is no way that those pieces could have been written by her. They have key signatures, heh.

My guess would be Myaskovsky.

You are extremely hot...he was one of our mystery composer's pupils as well.

[retrouvailles]

You are extremely hot...he was one of our mystery composer's pupils as well.

What about Lyadov? If it isn't him, I have run out of ideas.

[horowitzian]

What about Lyadov? If it isn't him, I have run out of ideas.

Ding Ding Ding!!!! You got it!    Prelude Op. 39 No. 1 and Barcarolle Op. 44, respectively.

[joe wallace]

In the meantime, care for some chamber music? I believe this is not Graham Hair-obscure!

Has anyone got this yet?

[prongated]

Has anyone got this yet?

No... don't think ppl are interested in having a go at this one, given my track record of putting up ridiculously obscure stuff

...more samples and clues then? This piece is written by a not-so-well-known composer, but he is extremely prominent in music history, and this piece is actually very well-known for its genre, and without doubt one of the absolute finest!

[retrouvailles]

I give up on that one. I think I could only get it with more samples and clues.

[prongated]

OK! This is the opening to what is for me the most absolutely gorgeous, scintillating, breathtaking section in this trio!

[ahinton]

OK! This is the opening to what is for me the most absolutely gorgeous, scintillating, breathtaking section in this trio!

Arensky, D minor

Best,

Alistair

[prongated]

Pffft too easy right, Mr Hinton? I simply wondered how many would recognise the first excerpt I posted for this piece