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Offline amanfang

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Re: Riddle Game
Reply #50 on: July 22, 2004, 12:38:12 AM
Ok.  The composer was born in Germany, although his descendants were not necessarily German.   ;D
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Offline Antnee

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Re: Riddle Game
Reply #51 on: July 22, 2004, 04:19:22 AM
Is it Beethoven's rage over a lost penny??

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Re: Riddle Game
Reply #52 on: July 22, 2004, 04:43:57 AM
The composer is not Beethoven.
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Reply #53 on: July 22, 2004, 05:09:37 AM
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....that means no wierd ass little known modern composers, no wierd ass little known old composers.....

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Reply #54 on: July 22, 2004, 05:15:31 AM
It must be Schubert I guess....

How about his Impromptu, Op.142 D.935 no 3?
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Reply #55 on: July 22, 2004, 05:19:44 AM
no, not Schubert either.  And he is NOT unknown.
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Reply #56 on: July 22, 2004, 05:23:47 AM
hmmm not Schubert, not Beethoven, not Brahms, not Schumman, he was a romantic composer born in Germany, but doesnt have German roots.
But, no..He's not unknown either!
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Re: Riddle Game
Reply #57 on: July 22, 2004, 05:31:20 AM
Is it Franck's sinfonic variations?
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Reply #58 on: July 22, 2004, 05:40:00 AM
No, not Franck.  

Seriously, I can't believe y'all can't at least get the composer!!

This is not some guy that you've never heard of.
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Offline Antnee

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Reply #59 on: July 22, 2004, 08:06:37 AM
What about Mendelssohn?

But wasn't he classical??

If it's him... Variations Sérieuses, Op.54

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Re: Riddle Game
Reply #60 on: July 22, 2004, 02:34:06 PM
ok, taking a guess of composers who are supposedly german, how about weber of wagner?
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Reply #61 on: July 22, 2004, 03:24:34 PM
Mendelssohn was Romantic... Yes, it is variations serieuses (d minor, Op. 54).  

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