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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #150 on: August 10, 2004, 02:56:23 AM
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Is it correct that the composer's name does NOT start with a 'B'?



No, it is not correct.

The composer name (surname) does start with a "B".
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #151 on: August 10, 2004, 02:58:22 AM
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Was the composer a late starter?? (scarlatti)



I guess you could say that - he started composing around 19. But not as late as Scarlatti.
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #152 on: August 10, 2004, 02:59:29 AM
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click on notification at the top... and then follow the instructions... it's really easy...

Did the composer work in Leipzig?


Yes, he did (and died - excuse the pun - there too)
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #153 on: August 10, 2004, 03:00:42 AM
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Can I start a game?  I have a piece in mind-it's probably rather easy, but oh well.



Yes, you can.

All you have to do is win this game. Guess the piece and the thread is all yours! ;D
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #154 on: August 10, 2004, 03:23:14 AM
So far, everything fits J.S.B., doesn't it?

Has the piece been written specifically for keyboard?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #155 on: August 10, 2004, 03:38:07 AM
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So far, everything fits J.S.B., doesn't it?

Has the piece been written specifically for keyboard?


Yes, it has.
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #156 on: August 10, 2004, 03:47:05 AM
does the work contain a fugue?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #157 on: August 10, 2004, 03:54:48 AM
Is the composer in the Bach family?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #158 on: August 10, 2004, 04:07:10 AM
I'll just throw out a guess-Bach's Goldberg variations...
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #159 on: August 10, 2004, 11:00:50 AM
Is it from Book I or II?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #160 on: August 10, 2004, 12:31:30 PM
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I'll just throw out a guess-Bach's Goldberg variations...



YOU DID IT! WELL DONE! THE THREAD IS YOURS! :D


Yes, J. S. Bach's Goldberg variations is the correct answer!
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #161 on: August 10, 2004, 12:54:44 PM
Darn... So... Which era is it from?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #162 on: August 10, 2004, 01:40:01 PM
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Darn... So... Which era is it from?


You are too competitive for your own good, ayahav!;D

Is it a piano-solo piece?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #163 on: August 10, 2004, 03:33:58 PM
It is from the Classical era

It is a piano solo piece
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #164 on: August 10, 2004, 04:19:51 PM
Is it a sonata?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #165 on: August 10, 2004, 04:27:13 PM
yes
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #166 on: August 10, 2004, 05:23:39 PM
Is the composer Austrian?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #167 on: August 10, 2004, 06:49:38 PM
Did the composer become deaf? :'(
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #168 on: August 10, 2004, 07:59:07 PM
No, the composer is not Austrian.

Yes, the composer became deaf.
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #169 on: August 10, 2004, 08:18:43 PM
Is the sonata from the composer's earlier ones (below #15)?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #170 on: August 10, 2004, 08:19:44 PM
And one more: Is it a "named" sonata?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #171 on: August 10, 2004, 08:27:10 PM
Yes, it is below #15

It is not a "named" sonata, to my knowledge anyway.
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #172 on: August 10, 2004, 08:32:37 PM
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Yes, it is below #15

It is not a "named" sonata, to my knowledge anyway.

Is it below #7?
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Offline liszmaninopin

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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #173 on: August 10, 2004, 08:33:24 PM
Yes.
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #174 on: August 10, 2004, 08:42:16 PM
Is it below #4?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #175 on: August 10, 2004, 08:50:33 PM
no
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #176 on: August 10, 2004, 09:18:17 PM
Which key is it in?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #177 on: August 10, 2004, 09:29:18 PM
I'll tell you, but it's giving the answer away, lol.

it's in E flat
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #178 on: August 10, 2004, 09:29:42 PM
6 is my favorite number. Is it #6?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #179 on: August 10, 2004, 09:33:14 PM
nope, sorry
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #180 on: August 10, 2004, 09:40:50 PM
I think we need to switch to questions that must be answered with "yes" or "no". Asking for the composers birth date, key signatures, etc. is just giving it away. It's almost like asking "What's the opus number".
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #181 on: August 10, 2004, 09:43:54 PM
I agree!

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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #182 on: August 10, 2004, 09:45:24 PM
No. 4
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #183 on: August 10, 2004, 09:46:19 PM
by whom?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #184 on: August 10, 2004, 09:47:59 PM
Beethoven's Sonata no. 4 in Eb Major.
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #185 on: August 10, 2004, 09:48:09 PM
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major ("Grand Sonata") Op. 7

It's one of the "named" sonatas...
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #186 on: August 10, 2004, 09:50:02 PM
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I'll tell you, but it's giving the answer away, lol.

it's in E flat


Not necessarily, since Beethoven wrote 4 sonatas in Eb major. But I agree that given the number limitation it is prettly obvious it is no. 4, Op.7.
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #187 on: August 10, 2004, 09:50:23 PM
I suppose, then, that Ayahav is our winner, Congratulations!  (although Xvimbi was painfully close!)

I had no idea that the piece had a name, I've never heard "Grand Sonata" before.  Sorry if that misled you.
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #188 on: August 10, 2004, 09:54:06 PM
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I think we need to switch to questions that must be answered with "yes" or "no". Asking for the composers birth date, key signatures, etc. is just giving it away. It's almost like asking "What's the opus number".


I agree to a point.

At the same time, if all the answer you get is yes or no, then it becomes sort of boring.

I like when cryptical statememts like ayahav's "I was born before my sibling..." are made.

So what about this new rule: You can only ask yes or no questions, but any poster has the right to ask from the riddler a cryptical statement about the work (cryptical statements being limited to one per poster, that is, once you requested yours, you can request no more).

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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #189 on: August 10, 2004, 09:56:57 PM
So, ayahav, is it a piano solo piece?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #190 on: August 10, 2004, 09:58:02 PM
I'm thinking of a piece of music:
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #191 on: August 10, 2004, 09:58:54 PM
It is a piano solo piece....
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #192 on: August 10, 2004, 10:01:32 PM
is it from the twentieth century?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #193 on: August 10, 2004, 11:54:39 PM
No. It isn't from the 20th century.
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #194 on: August 11, 2004, 12:15:10 AM
Would it be considered Romantic?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #195 on: August 11, 2004, 12:17:07 AM
absolutely.
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #196 on: August 11, 2004, 12:19:11 AM
would this be considered standard repertoire?

Was this composer born in Hungary?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #197 on: August 11, 2004, 12:28:39 AM
'Standard repertoire' has always been a problematic term for me... It varies... I am not sure how to answer this... It's not quite as well-known as "Für Elise", but not as obscure as most music by Berio.

The composer was not born in Hungary....
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #198 on: August 11, 2004, 12:30:29 AM
by standard repertoire-I basically meant that it wasn't some obscure guy that nobody plays or has heard of, lol.

was he born in Poland?
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Re: Riddle Game 4 and up
Reply #199 on: August 11, 2004, 12:34:35 AM
Was the composer French?

Is the piece longer than 5 minutes (unless Argerich is playing it)?
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