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Quiz #8 Clue Two
One reader is almost there…just a few refinements away from claiming this week’s prize: 15 seconds seconds of confirmation that yes, you are the smartest person that ever lived.
Another track has been added to the player. Here are a few more clues.
1) Scordatura. Seriously, there’s a lot of it in this one.
2) The [...]
Quiz #8 Clue One
There’s been one guess of Lully so far. Lukewarmish but off in the right direction. Perhaps the additional track and these fabulous clues will help illuminate the answer.
1) The composer had a family member called Anna Magdalena
2) He lived and worked in Salzburg
3) Around the time the piece was composed Antony Van Leeuwenhoek [...]
Quiz #8
Morning Quiz Fans,
You know the drill.
Name of composer, date of composition and name of piece.
Guesses to hello@theomniscientmussel.com so as not to spoil the fun for the others. Comments that don’t reveal the answer are most welcome in the public comments box.
Winners on Weds or whenever the answer comes in. Whichever is later.
Clues daily.
Listen here.
Good luck.
Quiz #7: Sweet Victory
This week, Jonathan Bellman of DialM fame was first in with Pilgrim’s Progress by Ralph Vaughan Williams, composed 1921. The first performance was giving at the Royal College of Music, London on 11th July 1922.
[The opera was performed in many incarnations, so this is technically right. The full staged version wasn't performed [...]
Quiz #7 Clue One
Another track has been added for your listening pleasure.
Here are your clues:
1) The composer considered a career as an orchestral violist but his family pooh-poohed the notion.
2) He was afraid he was going to die before completing the composition.
3) A Society bearing his name was founded in 1994.
Quiz #7
Hope everyone enjoyed Friday’s pub quiz. It was difficult to choose questions that would appeal to a broad audience without making something that was too hard for most people. Was this an OM success? Discuss.
Now, onto the weekly name-that-tune quiz. The winner needs to provide the title, composer and date of composition. [...]
Quiz #6 Pencils Down Everyone
Congratulations to Roberto Corsi who was first in with Anton Bruckner’s Mass No.1 in D minor, first performed in 1864.
The whole piece won’t be posted in the sidebar this time because it’s enormous (read: bandwidth monster) but the Kyrie and Sanctus will be up for your future listening pleasure.
Unfortunately Miss Mussel hasn’t the time at [...]
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