You are here:
- Home
- Homework Help
- Classical Music
- Classical Music
- classical music inquiry
Classical Music/classical music inquiry
Advertisement
Question
I have been trying to get the title and composer, if possible, for this piece since I was about 12. I am 57 now. All I know really now is: G F# G F Eflat Dflat Eflat Dflat, C Bflat C Bflat Aflat Gflat F Eflat, Dflat Eflat F Aflat C C Bflat Eflat Eflat Dflat, C C Bflat F Eflat Dflat Bflat Aflat Gflat A Aflat. Please let me know just asap. Thank you so very much!
You haven't given me enough information for me to be able to identify the piece. I hummed it to no avail. I need to know how long each note is, whether it's in the same octave or another, things like that. The only piece I am really familiar with that has that many flats is Barber's Adagio for Strings, and it doesn't remind me of that. I tried searching for the score at Google, and a whole bunch of really weird stuff happened! LOL I did get a viewable copy of the score to look at, and your string of notes doesn't fit. 45 years is a long time to wonder about something like that, and also a long time to get the melody altered in your memory (think the game Gossip). Wish I could be of more help! Obviously, there are lots and lots of pieces with that many flats. And if your memory is a half tone off, that could have a bearing, too. Good luck with this, but I sure can't help you!
Related Articles
Answers by Expert:
Pat G
Expertise
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.
Experience
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.
Education/Credentials
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.
©2012 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.