Hornucopia: Clue One
Ok. So no one had a guess yesterday, which means one of three things:
1) You don’t understand French.
2) You aren’t really into this guessing game.
3) You have absolutely no bloody idea where to begin.
Let’s sort out the first one. Qu’est-ce que c’est simply means what’s this.
The next possibility isn’t really flattering to Miss Mussel’s ego, so she’ll just ignore it. Plus, the blog has acquired five new subscribers overnight (welcome!), so that can’t be it.
That leaves us with you have no idea where to start guessing. Suggested mode of attacking the problem: start with the composer first and you should be able to find the rest of the information floating around the intertubes.
1) 19th century composer famous in mostly one genre.
2) These pieces cannot be played on a natural horn.
3) Valves were invented in 1815.
Anyone getting warmer?
Have a listen again, grab coffee and ruminate.
Giorgia | Feb 5, 2008 | Reply
erm… Miss Mussel, please check email…
Miss Mussel | Feb 5, 2008 | Reply
Will do.
rootlesscosmo | Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Well, it sounds like Chopin on an off day, which usually means Hummel or Glinka, but famous-in-one-genre rules out H. and probably G. But Glinka was heavily influenced by bel canto, so I think we’re closing in on Bellini or Donizetti, but I haven’t a clue which.
Giorgia | Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
rootlesscosmo - but clue #2 http://theomniscientmussel.com/?p=313 says Our Composer was French, which neither Bellini nor Donizetti were…
Miss Mussel | Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Rootlesscosmo—-you’re hot genre-wise but wrong composer. Keep thinking!