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Expert: Pat G - 10/3/2009


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Hello!

Could you please identifiy this piece of piano music?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGF3YYuJoj0

Thanks!

Answer
Hi, Jake,

It's in the style of Bach, to my mind. It's the kind of melody he often used. However, unless he was giving a melody line to something like a solo cello, he always had some kind of counterpoint with it. This isn't by Bach, however, but just in his style. One possibility is that it was composed by one of the modern piano composers, such as Vangelis. Vangelis is Greek, and has composed a lot of pieces for piano. It sounds like his style, too. Most likely, the Hungarian radio station was using an original composition for its show. That's about the most I can tell you. But if you like this piece, you might want to check Vangelis out at amazon.com. I hope this helps.

PS I would like to add another candidate: Yanni. He might be even more likely. He's also Greek, and I couldn't think of his name earlier.

Thank you for the very nice rating!

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I am no longer answering questions asking me to identify music. Most music is either on YouTube, which crashes my browser, or on another site that crashes my browser. I am available for other questions.

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I have been playing piano since I was 3, and I am now 66 years old. I took formal lessons for about 11 years, and took some piano and organ performance courses in college. I also sang in the Masterworks Chorale for a number of years, and can sing anything from baritone to first soprano. We performed twice a year, usually a major choral work, ranging from requiem masses to Carmina Burana. I also attended recorder society meetings once a month. We would read compositions and perform them together. I took several children to their music lessons and rehearsals and usually stayed and watched intensely. Our children studied violin, viola, flute, guitar, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone.

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I studied piano and organ in college, and took courses in music theory. I have also taken seminars in pre-Columbian folk music with Xochimoki, as well as played a short while in a gamelan, and a balalaika orchestra, where I played autoharp.

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