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Author Topic: Competition: Two- to Sixty-Second Repertoire Test  (Read 29230 times)
Tony Watson
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« Reply #2265 on: 19:05:05, 16-03-2008 »

368 is Capriccio sinfonico by Puccini, music later used for La Boheme.
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Tony Watson
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« Reply #2266 on: 19:07:23, 16-03-2008 »

Our previous answer is entirely wrong; Mr. Watson's puzzle 365 definitely comes from Dukas's La Péri!


It definitely does, Mr Grew. The fanfare to La Peri to be more precise. I thought after the other two were quickly solved, people might have spotted a fairy theme.
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« Reply #2267 on: 19:11:27, 16-03-2008 »

368 is Capriccio sinfonico by Puccini, music later used for La Boheme.

Yes, indeed. No catching you out, Mr Watson!
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« Reply #2268 on: 19:51:52, 16-03-2008 »

Some clues:

Puzzle 342 received an near miss from SCGrew. He got the right composer but the wrong work, and his dates seemed rather suspect. Indeed, his dates suggested that the work in question was composed three yuears later than it actually was, (according to the programme notes at my disposal, anyway).

Puzzle 344 is from a short work by an American composer known also as a conductor or modern music. One of his better known works consists of stolen property, and was performed and recorded under the direction of one Leonard Bernstein. The 'theft' was from Bach. The current work, as mentioned earlier, has a job-seeking allusion in the title.

Puzzle 345 is from the ballet music of a one act opera. It is usually encountered, as here, in the form of a concert suite. This is an arrangement, by the composer, for 2 pianos. It dates from around 1920 (give or take a couple of years). You will feel one of these for not getting it sooner.
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« Reply #2269 on: 19:55:10, 16-03-2008 »

For puzzle 345 I shall have a stab at Prokofiev's The Buffoon.
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« Reply #2270 on: 19:57:52, 16-03-2008 »

For 342, I'll go for Van Dieran's String Quartet No.1, Op.24
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Tony Watson
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« Reply #2271 on: 20:01:43, 16-03-2008 »

345 is The Perfect Fool by Holst.
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« Reply #2272 on: 20:08:59, 16-03-2008 »

345 is The Perfect Fool by Holst.

Indeed it is. How could it have taken so long to solve? You may dance a little jig, Tony.
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« Reply #2273 on: 20:10:23, 16-03-2008 »

For 342, I'll go for Van Dieran's String Quartet No.1, Op.24

That's what SCGrew went for, and like him, you have the wrong end of the stick.
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« Reply #2274 on: 20:10:38, 16-03-2008 »

For 342, I'll go for Van Dieran's String Quartet No.1, Op.24

The first quartet has been done Mr. Inquisitor . . . and we agree that the list of dates was suspect - it came straight from Grove!

Let us then be systematic: puzzle 342 is van Dieren's Sixth String Quartet.
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Tony Watson
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« Reply #2275 on: 20:11:39, 16-03-2008 »

345 is The Perfect Fool by Holst.

Indeed it is. How could it have taken so long to solve? You may dance a little jig, Tony.

I am dancing a jig even as I write this, Mr Bryn. Actually I knew it straight away but this one had escaped me. I think I've got the same CD as you.
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« Reply #2276 on: 20:12:41, 16-03-2008 »

For puzzle 345 I shall have a stab at Prokofiev's The Buffoon.

You are a Perfect Fool for making such a wild guess, ollie.
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« Reply #2277 on: 20:15:22, 16-03-2008 »

For 342, I'll go for Van Dieran's String Quartet No.1, Op.24

The first quartet has been done Mr. Inquisitor . . . and we agree that the list of dates was suspect - it came straight from Grove!

Let us then be systematic: puzzle 342 is van Dieren's Sixth String Quartet.


Quite so, the sixth and last, composed in 1928. I suppose a little (Norfolk style) clog dance is called for.
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« Reply #2278 on: 20:15:35, 16-03-2008 »

Puzzle 353: SS or RS

Puzzle 354: SS or RS


A further clue for No.354 - it is usually played on the flute.
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Tony Watson
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« Reply #2279 on: 20:16:52, 16-03-2008 »

These shouldn't take hours to solve:

Puzzle 369

Puzzle 370

Puzzle 371
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