All Entries Tagged With: "violin"
Quiz #21 Clue Two
You know how sometimes you think you did something and then hours later you realize you only just imagined it?
Let’s just pretend these clues were posted at 9:30 to avoid a disconnect between reality and Miss Mussel’s imagination.
The final track has been added to the player. One person has written in with the answer [...]
Quiz #20: Pencils Down. That Includes You At The Back As Well.
Another perfect summer day here in this corner of the universe. The temperature is a perfectly civilized 19 degrees which is making Miss Mussel’s heart nearly burst for joy. That special Southern Ontario brand of oppressive humidity and a jump of 10 degrees is coming at the weekend. Ugh.
Quite a few people wrote [...]
Quiz #20 Clue Two
Twelve hours remaining folks. All three movements are now on the player, so have a listen while you peruse the second batch of clues and then send your guesses to hello@theomniscientmussel.com. Or just listen and wait until tomorrow for the answer.
In keeping with the theme of this quiz so far, Miss Mussel is [...]
Quiz #8: In By A Nose
It was a close finish this week but Miss Mussel is proud to announce that Mark Kim has written in with Heinrich Biber Mystery Sonata No. 10 The Crucifixion c. 1676. Hurrah!
There are a great many interesting things about these sonatas and indeed Biber himself. Very thorough liner notes to a recording are [...]
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 [...]
Passions Old And New
Setting the Passion to music is a tradition nearly as old as the story itself. As early as the fifth century, the liturgy for Holy Week included plainchant settings of the Gospel accounts. It was the task of a single deacon to present the entire Passion, distinguishing between the narrative portions, the words [...]
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 [...]
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