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Offline calf

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I'm very stuck. Can anyone identify this Romantic piece?
on: April 16, 2018, 04:03:25 AM
So I heard years ago a well-known piece that I don't know the name of. I could recognize it given the music, but I don't remember anything except for the main motif. It is a delicate right-hand arpeggio/fingerwork of some sort, followed by a piano/pianissimo "response" (a gentle, rhythmic "mi-re-do") in the middle register. This motif then repeats/modulates (which I guess is obvious for a Romantic era piece). Very very roughly:



Help! It is like having an itchy earworm except you can barely remember/reconstruct it.

At first I thought it was maybe Schubert's 4th Impromptu:
. But my (possibly wrong) memory of it was an upwards motion and overall something even more subtle/delicate. Any tips would be appreciated.
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Offline adodd81802

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Re: I'm very stuck. Can anyone identify this Romantic piece?
Reply #1 on: April 16, 2018, 12:20:30 PM
Can you attach the midi file so I don't have to try and work out how it sounds please :D

also based on your description, and your thought it could be this Impromptu, have you checked out his other impromptus?

I'm wondering if it's maybe op 90 no 2?


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Offline clouseau

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Re: I'm very stuck. Can anyone identify this Romantic piece?
Reply #2 on: April 16, 2018, 05:31:19 PM
This Motiv is called "Mannheimer Rakete" (Rocket of Mannheim) and is very common in the classical Era.
Just a shot in the dark: Maybe it's Beethoven op.2 No.1? Or op.10 no.1?
But the notes and rhythm are quite different, you say though you haven't heard it for years...
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Re: I'm very stuck. Can anyone identify this Romantic piece?
Reply #3 on: April 18, 2018, 09:13:59 AM
I thought of the opening to one of Mendelssohns Consolations without words... in E Major?

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