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Topic: Pieces you like/hate that were never written by composers that did not exist.  (Read 6127 times)

Offline thalbergmad

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Right, lets see how we get on with this one.

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Offline commissiona

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Albinoni's Adagio?
Haydn: Sonata in C No. 35
Scarlatti: K. 1, 380, 443
Blasco de Nebra: Sonata V
Handel: Fantasia in C G.60
Couperin: La Reville Matin
Rameau: La Dauphine
Pachelbel, Trabaci, Frescobaldi: Various

Offline starstruck5

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I like 'The Flight of The Unborn Bee' - by Rimskydinadinadov
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Offline drkilroy

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Hm, perhaps "Serenude (for devious instruments)" by P. D. Q. Bach? I like his cantata "Gott sei dank, daß heute Freitag ist", too.

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Offline 49410enrique

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Debussy the 3rd's "children's corner in a round room" suite for mouth harp and cell phone ensemble.

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The "four elements"...  :)

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Sea Cucumber Concerto by Shitemonger for piano, strings, 12 glasses of water and various bodily functions.

Offline drexo

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Remastered version of 4'33 by John Cage, named Eternity.

Offline thorn

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I was going to say 4'33 anyway.

I don't count it as a piece of music. By any stretch of avant garde imagination, Varese's assertion that "music is organised sound" is applicable. Even pieces of music that sound like random gibberish, there is a method to the madness though not to everyone's taste.

4'33, however has no kind of organisation. Therefore, to me, it is not music/a piece, but a cleverly done plagiarism of an age old philosophy. Cage did not "write" anything, and as such can not be counted a "composer" in the context of this entity (not music or piece).

As for whether or not I like or hate it... I do like it. It is quite therapeutic to take time to just sit and listen to your surroundings.

That is my answer to this riddle.

Offline thalbergmad

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How about Opiss Clawvisfurballitchybum by Krappyhorseshoe Snorabji.

That has to be my fave.

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This thread is very promising... :D :D :D

Offline commissiona

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This thread is very promising... :D :D :D

Yep , thalbergmad, I think you really have a mega-hit, here!
Haydn: Sonata in C No. 35
Scarlatti: K. 1, 380, 443
Blasco de Nebra: Sonata V
Handel: Fantasia in C G.60
Couperin: La Reville Matin
Rameau: La Dauphine
Pachelbel, Trabaci, Frescobaldi: Various

Offline grandstaff

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Sonata for Jingle Keys in F Sharp Minor :) (the third movement is my favorite)

Offline j_menz

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Symphonic Paraphrase on the Dead Parrot Sketch from Monty Python for two pedal pianos and minature bagpipe in E#major by Charlie Valentino Trashcan
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Offline philb

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Austrian Country tunes by linnissy

Offline angierc

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Since Liszt have 'Years of Pilgrimage', I'd love him to compose 'Years of Pilgrimage to Heaven/Hell'...
-a concerto featuring cuckoo sound as the soloist.


And if there is an impossible composition, check out Igudesman's coughing Polka.. I'd love him to write a solo coughing piece.. (just kidding)
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Offline austinarg

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Variations on the Diarrhea song, for farting-and-burping female chorus.
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Sea Cucumber Concerto by Shitemonger for piano, strings, 12 glasses of water and various bodily functions.

I have found that Shitemonger sounds very similar to Mofart. You cannot accomplish it without true and total relaxation techniques.

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Remastered version of 4'33 by John Cage, named Eternity.

I heard there was copyright issues with it.  It will have to be 10% different to be performed legally.

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Chopkovsky's stacattocatta for mixed vegetables.
Interested in discussing:

-Prokofiev Toccata
-Scriabin Sonata 2

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Musica Fecal by Fedrico Mompoo
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A. B. C. Bach (1456-1500) - Variations on a theme of Chopin in L triple sharp minor for a half piano and a computer keyboard.
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