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« Reply #1260 on: 17:46:53, 02-05-2007 » |
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Elgar- Imperial March (George V Coronation) Ah, so that's when I wasn't a million miles away  |
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« Reply #1261 on: 19:22:30, 02-05-2007 » |
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 By George, you got there! Well done all... Lumbye - King George I's March of Honour Dowland - The George Aloe or George Whitehead's Almand Krenek - George Washington Variations,Op. 120 Elgar – The Banner of St George Sondheim – Sunday in the Park with George |
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« Reply #1262 on: 20:15:43, 02-05-2007 » |
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Another quartet for your perusal:
Johann Strauss II
Franz Schubert
Charles Gounod
Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller
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« Reply #1263 on: 21:02:39, 02-05-2007 » |
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Hang on a minute! What about my:
Mendelssohn,
Raff,
Meyerbeer and
Nickolai
and which composer links them all?
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"as the housefly of destiny collides with the windscreen of fate..."
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« Reply #1264 on: 21:06:58, 02-05-2007 » |
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 Sorry, Jonathan, totally forgotten yours. Put mine on hold for a while... |
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« Reply #1265 on: 22:12:55, 02-05-2007 » |
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Is it Liszt?!  Liszt composed a Grande Fantasie on Meyerbeer’s ‘ Les Huguenots’Raff orchestrated some of Liszt's works at Weimar Liszt challenged Mendelssohn to a ‘keyboard duel’ (see below) Liszt’s did an organ transcription of the Church Festival Overture on Ein feste Burg by Otto Nicolai From http://members.aol.com/abelard2/march.htm : On another occasion Liszt attended a Musikabend at Mendelssohn's home, dressed in the Hungarian national costume. After announcing that he had prepared something special for Mendelssohn, he seated himself at the piano and played a set of variations on a Hungarian folk song, each more extravagantly virtuosic than the last, accompanied by grandiose movements and gestures. After winning the acclaim of the crowd, Liszt challenged Mendelssohn to play something. Mendelssohn at first demurred, but after continued prodding by Liszt, agreed to play, asking only that Liszt not be angry with him. Mendelssohn, who possessed a remarkable musical memory like that of Mozart, proceeded to replicate the entire folk song, variations, movements and gestures, to the amusement of all. |
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« Reply #1266 on: 21:18:15, 03-05-2007 » |
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No verdict from Jonathan on his teaser yet (not convinced it's right, btw), so I'll invite all-comers to try and link these four again!
Johann Strauss II
Franz Schubert
Charles Gounod
Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller
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« Reply #1267 on: 21:51:07, 03-05-2007 » |
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I see Gounod wrote an opera called The Bleeding Nun. Anyone know if it has any hit arias?  |
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« Reply #1268 on: 22:02:47, 03-05-2007 » |
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Something seasonal perhaps? But I doubt it, as they're in the wrong order ...  Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen [Voices of Spring] Franz Schubert: Winterreise Charles Gounod: 4 Chant d'automne [Four songs of autumn - I thought that was by Birtwistle ...] Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller: Sommernat paa sundet [Summer night on the sound] Nothing seasonal, I'm afraid, although it's a good connection. |
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« Reply #1269 on: 22:06:03, 03-05-2007 » |
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I see Gounod wrote an opera called The Bleeding Nun. Anyone know if it has any hit arias? Libretto by Albert Steptoe, perhaps?  Schubert has a nun too, come to think of it. (Ding, ding...) |
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« Reply #1270 on: 22:16:16, 03-05-2007 » |
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Is it Liszt?! Liszt composed a Grande Fantasie on Meyerbeer’s ‘ Les Huguenots’Raff orchestrated some of Liszt's works at Weimar Liszt challenged Mendelssohn to a ‘keyboard duel’ (see below) Liszt’s did an organ transcription of the Church Festival Overture on Ein feste Burg by Otto Nicolai From http://members.aol.com/abelard2/march.htm : On another occasion Liszt attended a Musikabend at Mendelssohn's home, dressed in the Hungarian national costume. After announcing that he had prepared something special for Mendelssohn, he seated himself at the piano and played a set of variations on a Hungarian folk song, each more extravagantly virtuosic than the last, accompanied by grandiose movements and gestures. After winning the acclaim of the crowd, Liszt challenged Mendelssohn to play something. Mendelssohn at first demurred, but after continued prodding by Liszt, agreed to play, asking only that Liszt not be angry with him. Mendelssohn, who possessed a remarkable musical memory like that of Mozart, proceeded to replicate the entire folk song, variations, movements and gestures, to the amusement of all. IGI, your sort of half right! Well done (again, I'm not being devious enough) I'll explain in detail as it's complicated: 1 and 4 are correct, as is the connection. The key point I was getting at was the use of Ein feste Burg - No.2 was Raff's Overture on the same and Meyerbeer's Huguenots has Ein feste Burg in it too (I only knew this because of the Liszt Fantasy which gave me the idea). Lastly, Mendelssohn's 5th "Reformation" symphony also quotes the same theme in the final movement. Going to bed now, had to drive down south and back up again, due to car problems last week while away (it's a very long story). Yawn! |
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« Reply #1271 on: 22:22:40, 03-05-2007 » |
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Interesting link, Jonathan. I know a few Raff symphonies, but not that overture. Opilec and Ollie, No nuns involved, but plenty of operas where a chorus of nuns appear (I'm sure that was one of Parsifal's early R3 Opera Quiz questions?!). I'll add an extra composer...I could add another, but that will give it away!  Johann Strauss II Franz Schubert Charles Gounod Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller Brahms |
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« Reply #1272 on: 23:08:26, 03-05-2007 » |
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well i'm sorry but i DEMAND TO HAVE SOME NUNS.  |
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« Reply #1273 on: 23:09:31, 03-05-2007 » |
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Here you go then.  |
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« Reply #1274 on: 23:10:28, 03-05-2007 » |
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aaah...the,erm...relief.
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