Classical music teaser

[Michael]

Yes, as beautifully sung by Ed Harris in that film Copying Beethoven.

Which isn't half as bad as the reviews would have it.

All you have to do is to make yourself believe that Beethoven really had a stunningly beautiful blonde copyist.

I, for one, have no problem whatsoever with that - especially in high definition.

[Sorrano]

5) This young guy was a bit of a gambler in Leipzig.

Maybe this is a stretch, but I will guess Ed Hanslick (Hand Slick). Leipzig was one of the centers of the conservative Romantic Music movements, but I am not sure that Hanslick spent much time there.

[Peter]

5) This young guy was a bit of a gambler in Leipzig.

Maybe this is a stretch, but I will guess Ed Hanslick (Hand Slick). Leipzig was one of the centers of the conservative Romantic Music movements, but I am not sure that Hanslick spent much time there.

I'm afraid not Sorrano - Philip's already answered this one correctly anyhow!

[Michael]

I'm afraid not Sorrano - Philip's already answered this one correctly anyhow!

And I had some weird answer about Bach and the viola da gamba knowing your predilection for bad puns!

[Peter]

And I had some weird answer about Bach and the viola da gamba knowing your predilection for bad puns!

Excellent Michael, I recall you often come up with a better answer than the right one!!

[PDG]

Really? Schubert's "Ave Maria"? What about Beethoven's Grosse Fuge?

Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da ....... how it rolls off the tongue.

Actually, I find the Fugue to be very hummable indeed! Would've been a Viennese no.1 chart hit had B released it as a single (instead of choosing to keep it as an album track)...

[PDG]

1. Alessandro Scarlatti?

Scarlet = red. Thin line (of succession) - two composer sons. Original medieval key (being their father?).

[Michael]

Actually, I find the Fugue to be very hummable indeed! Would've been a Viennese no.1 chart hit had B released it as a single (instead of choosing to keep it as an album track)...

Number 9, Number 9, Number 9 ......

[PDG]

Can you take me back where I came from?...

[Michael]

Seriously, the middle section of the Grosse Fuge is the most beautiful, euphonious, melodious ....sorry, I dropped my Thesaurus ....luvverly piece of music - austere, and not cloying like ...... I won't mention any names .....

[Quijote]

My 24hrs are not yet up (4 hrs remaining) , but I'm leaving now for the Black Forest and won't have access to a computer. So I'm going to answer Q1 :
Big changes in notation around the year 1030, when the choirmaster Guido of Arezzo came up with the simple device of a thin red line: a dot directly on it would always represent the note "F"; a dot above it, G; a dot below it, E; and so on.

[Michael]

No. 6 may have something to do with Chopin's last performance in public at a bazaar which was organized by Lord Dudley Stuart.
(If this is correct, I claim no credit because I shamelessly Googled it.)

[Peter]

All questions answered correctly now - round 2 coming soon. On Michael's advice I'll try to make them google proof but that's a challenge in itself!

[Quijote]

Good quiz. More please, when you can!
Maybe we could all try composing a quiz from time to time?
In the meantime, you forgot the "podium". Here it is:
1st position with 4/6 : A madman beyond redemption;
2nd position with 3/6 : Another looney tune ("M-M" M we shall call him);
Joint 3rd position with 1/6 each : Two utter crazies whom we shall refer to as "Welshie" and "Pop Monster";
Runners up : Two horrors from across the pond. We shall not name them for shame.

[Peter]

Good quiz. More please, when you can!
Maybe we could all try composing a quiz from time to time?
In the meantime, you forgot the "podium". Here it is:
1st position with 4/6 : A madman beyond redemption;
2nd position with 3/6 : Another looney tune ("M-M" M we shall call him);
Joint 3rd position with 1/6 each : Two utter crazies whom we shall refer to as "Welshie" and "Pop Monster";
Runners up : Two horrors from across the pond. We shall not name them for shame.

Glad you enjoyed it Philip - I'll close this thread now as round 2 is ready to roll and will have its own page.