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« Reply #2970 on: 18:47:41, 22-11-2007 » |
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Edited to say: IGI, your final clue also mentioned Schumann. Would that be the Rhenish Symphony? That's the only thing I can think of.
Yes - a bit of a weaker clue really, but Mussorgsky didn't scan too well! George, Haydn's The Battle of the Nile did indeed complete the connection. Jonathan, Would the astronomer be William Herschel? The priest's songs - Liszt's Three Petrarch Sonnets? Piano pieces - Bartók's Out of Doors? |
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« Reply #2971 on: 20:14:12, 22-11-2007 » |
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Or it could be Bartok's Mikrokosmos. And the guitar dude has to be Berlioz - so the Requiem? Or the Grande Messe?
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« Reply #2972 on: 20:24:41, 22-11-2007 » |
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IGI - sorry to say it's not Herschel, the Liszt as composer is correct but the piece is wrong. However, the Bartok is correct, Martle - you are correct with the title of the piece!
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« Reply #2973 on: 21:02:28, 22-11-2007 » |
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Amateur astronomer Camille Saint-Saens wrote a valse or two, indeed five or six. I haven't worked out a link to the 'Out of Doors' title above, so which valse?
How about his Valse nonchalant?
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« Reply #2974 on: 21:23:08, 22-11-2007 » |
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Amateur astronomer Camille Saint-Saens Or could we be looking for something by amateur composer Patrick Moore?!  |
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« Reply #2975 on: 21:47:26, 22-11-2007 » |
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Amateur astronomer Camille Saint-Saens Or could we be looking for something by amateur composer Patrick Moore?! Indeed, he is a famous xylohone player, but did he compose? I've not heard of him performing with Evelyn Glennie but he is known to have once accompanied (on piano) Albert Einstein playing The Swan by (co-incidently) Camille Saint-Saëns on the violin. |
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« Reply #2976 on: 08:34:03, 23-11-2007 » |
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Sant-Saens - Waltz Mignonne for the amateur astronomer?
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« Reply #2977 on: 13:04:22, 23-11-2007 » |
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Correct George!
Ok, seeing as things have got a little confused and I've been not able to post recently (away from PC at home and work - and I'm out with my colleagues tonight for a birthday celebration (not mine, i hasten to add)), here's a recap (which will probably give the whole game away!!):
A set of "songs" by a priest? - Liszt (title not found yet)
A requiem by a guitar playing composer? - Berlioz: Grande Messe de Morts
A waltz by an astronomer? - Saint-saens: Waltz Mignonne and
A set of piano pieces by a person sharing the nationality of the priest? - Bartok: Mikrocosmos
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« Reply #2978 on: 13:45:45, 23-11-2007 » |
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A set of "songs" by a priest? - Liszt (title not found yet)
A requiem by a guitar playing composer? - Berlioz: Grande Messe de Morts
A waltz by an astronomer? - Saint-saens: Waltz Mignonne and
A set of piano pieces by a person sharing the nationality of the priest? - Bartok: Mikrocosmos
Thanks for that Jonathan, I didn't realise we had got the Berlioz, and I haven't figured out the link so don't know why the chosen valse, so at a guess is the remaining Liszt - Für Männergesang ?? P.S. now you know quizmasters must be at their computer 24/7 for duration of quiz  |
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« Reply #2979 on: 18:27:23, 23-11-2007 » |
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Liszt - Mignons Lied?
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« Reply #2980 on: 18:33:52, 23-11-2007 » |
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A lot of 'M's around - is that linked to the connection?  |
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« Reply #2981 on: 18:36:10, 23-11-2007 » |
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A lot of 'M's around - is that linked to the connection? martle, that's the only connection I could see. Mignons, mignonne, means 'nice' eh? Astronomy is nice?? |
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« Reply #2982 on: 18:41:47, 23-11-2007 » |
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'Morts'? NICE?! |
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« Reply #2983 on: 18:45:43, 23-11-2007 » |
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I wondered if it was linked to size? Steak mignons are small, Mikrocosmos (micro), Grande Messe des Morts...
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« Reply #2984 on: 18:51:38, 23-11-2007 » |
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Nice idea, IGI. I suppose logically the fourth should be 'large' rather than 'small' if that were the case, to balance out. OI, JONATHAN!!  |
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