Classical music teaser - round 4
RULES:
After attempting one question you have to wait 12 hours before attempting another one unless someone else has attempted that question first. The questions cover anything to do with classical music and are not Beethoven specific.
If anyone wishes to send a PM with their answers that's ok, but I won't acknowledge them as correct or otherwise until posted on the forum - however if they are correct and someone else posts it first on the forum, then I'll credit the person with the PM as well. Please limit PM answers to no more than one per day.
Posted a few days early as I'm away for a few days next week
1) Mountain air sounds a dandy idea. Answered by Quijote (aka the Don) and Michael by PM: Vincent d'Indy - Symphony on a French Mountain Air.
2) Colourful offering derived for a Royal ballet. Answered by PDG: In 1977, a ballet called 'Royal Offering' was created, with music based on Arthur Bliss's 'A Colour Symphony'.
3) Spring, listed as a site of pilgrimage? Answered by Michael: Au bord d'une source by Liszt from Années de Pèlerinage
4) Written in a hurry, controversy surrounds him. Answered by Michael after hint from PDG: The oldest piece of notated music is the Hurrian hymn from 1400BC found in Ugarit, Syria which has however been interpreted in different ways. While there are great differences between the reconstructed scores, there is agreement that it is, in fact, a musical score. Professor Kilmer’s 1972 realisation is controversial as it implies the use of harmony at a far earlier date than previously thought possible.
5) Ring and tell Bill in no.15. Answered by PDG (and Michael by PM): Rossini's William Tell and Siegfried's funeral music from Wagner's Ring cycle are quoted in Shostakovich symphony no.15.
6) Southern lager for opening. Answered by Michael: Elgar overture 'In the South'.
After attempting one question you have to wait 12 hours before attempting another one unless someone else has attempted that question first. The questions cover anything to do with classical music and are not Beethoven specific.
If anyone wishes to send a PM with their answers that's ok, but I won't acknowledge them as correct or otherwise until posted on the forum - however if they are correct and someone else posts it first on the forum, then I'll credit the person with the PM as well. Please limit PM answers to no more than one per day.
Posted a few days early as I'm away for a few days next week
1) Mountain air sounds a dandy idea. Answered by Quijote (aka the Don) and Michael by PM: Vincent d'Indy - Symphony on a French Mountain Air.
2) Colourful offering derived for a Royal ballet. Answered by PDG: In 1977, a ballet called 'Royal Offering' was created, with music based on Arthur Bliss's 'A Colour Symphony'.
3) Spring, listed as a site of pilgrimage? Answered by Michael: Au bord d'une source by Liszt from Années de Pèlerinage
4) Written in a hurry, controversy surrounds him. Answered by Michael after hint from PDG: The oldest piece of notated music is the Hurrian hymn from 1400BC found in Ugarit, Syria which has however been interpreted in different ways. While there are great differences between the reconstructed scores, there is agreement that it is, in fact, a musical score. Professor Kilmer’s 1972 realisation is controversial as it implies the use of harmony at a far earlier date than previously thought possible.
5) Ring and tell Bill in no.15. Answered by PDG (and Michael by PM): Rossini's William Tell and Siegfried's funeral music from Wagner's Ring cycle are quoted in Shostakovich symphony no.15.
6) Southern lager for opening. Answered by Michael: Elgar overture 'In the South'.
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