All Entries in the "Weeks 21-30" Category

Quiz #26: Let’s Start At The Very Beginning

Something a little more contemplative for this week’s adventure. There is something about hearing sacred music in a church and in the proper liturgical context that is unlike any other musical experience.
There have been some concert hall events that have certainly reached the spirit but nothing quite like this. [...]

Quiz #25: Drumroll Please

Midnight EST has come and gone, so it’s time reveal the details of this week’s mystery piece. It is……Lassus Trombone by Henry Fillmore, written in 1915. Some of his other tunes include Americans We and The President’s March. Fillmore was one of America’s greatest bandmasters and is thought by many to have [...]

Quiz #25 Second Clue Set

Good afternoon everyone,
Here are the final set of clues for this week’s Quiz.

The composer attended CCM in Cincinnati

The title of the piece contains the name of the featured instrument

One of the composer’s legacies was the invention of the smear.

He was not a gynaecologist.

Have another listen and don’t forget to send in your guess by [...]

Quiz #24 - Delayed Gratification Edition

Ok folks, a spare 15 minutes has been sorted and Miss Mussel can now tell you that the mystery piece from Quiz #24 is none other than Mahler’s 10th symphony. Third movment, to be precise. Click on the album image to head to the disc to your collection via Archiv.
In the first batch [...]

Quiz #24: Second Clue Set

Hello Quiz Fans!
Miss Mussel fell of the face of the earth for two days, so this week’s quiz is in a bit of a shambles. To all of you that were not able to be productive on Wednesday due to lack of quiz, please accept Miss Mussel’s sincerest apologies. She was busy [...]

Quiz #24: First Clue Set

No guesses yesterday. Miss Mussel is sure that most of you know who the composer is but going through his entire oeuvre and eliminating all possibilities via your CD collection would be a mammoth undertaking. [FREE CLUE ALERT *ahem*]
The following should help you narrow it down a bit.

The sample is the entire whole [...]

Quiz #24: Here’s One I Made Earlier

What do you do when a good title is just not coming? Steal an unrelated but still excellent one from another source that refers to a joke that most of Miss Mussel’s readers won’t get! Hurrah!

It’s insanity week here at OM Headquarters so most of this week’s posts will be queued up ahead [...]