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| Classical Music in Aliens | 11/16/2009 |
Q: I am currently serving in Afghanistan. There is one classical piece that I love and I used to know ...
A: I wish I could give you an exact answer, but alien movies are creepy to me and I have never watched ...
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| Baroque Dance / Handel? | 11/13/2009 |
Q: I recorded this baroque dance at a ballet performance some time ago, but of course the name of the ...
A: Oh, my! What a wonderful piece. I agree it sounds like Handel. It's possibly Corelli, Telemann, ...
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| Unidentified march music | 11/1/2009 |
Q: I would be grateful for help in identifying a piece of brass band music which dates from the first ...
A: I played the score you sent (on the piano), so I don't need the mp3. I thank you, however, for the ...
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| Unidentified march music | 10/29/2009 |
Q: I would be grateful for help in identifying a piece of brass band music which dates from the first ...
A: From the first couple measures, I thought: Golliwog's Cakewalk (Debussy). Then, from the rest of ...
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| hemiola | 10/27/2009 |
Q: What exactly is hemiola(in music)?I've read about it but i really didn't understand.can please ...
A: It's when the song is in three counts to a measure and for a moment switches to two. Say you're ...
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| Diploma Programme Notes | 10/20/2009 |
Q: I'm a 15 years old girl taking ABRSM Diploma in Performing for Piano. I do not know how to write my ...
A: These are your comments about the pieces you will play, yes? They will be printed in the program, ...
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| Disabled composers/pianists | 10/7/2009 |
Q: I'm looking for a bit of off-beat information for a film script I'm writing. I'm looking for names ...
A: I'd have to say the image isn't one I'd particularly like to dwell on!! First, there is YouTube of ...
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| Disabled composers/pianists | 10/4/2009 |
Q: I'm looking for a bit of off-beat information for a film script I'm writing. I'm looking for names ...
A: You really came to the right place! I have a file on this very topic on my homepage: ...
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| Bach/Petzold Minuet | 9/29/2009 |
Q: Some time ago you provided information about the Minuet in G from the Anna Magdalena Notebook -- ...
A: There are two "notebooks": 1722 and 1725; the Petzold is in the latter. The latter is commonly ...
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| Classical Mystery Song | 9/28/2009 |
Q: I am looking for the name and composer of a certain classical song. First off, let me apologize that ...
A: I am glad I was able to help. Perhaps the reason it was used in this fashion is bcs it has ...
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| Classical Mystery Song | 9/28/2009 |
Q: I am looking for the name and composer of a certain classical song. First off, let me apologize that ...
A: My heart was sinking as you reeled off all the info you didn't have.....oh, dear! This is nothing ...
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| Composers | 7/19/2009 |
Q: We always hear of the masters,but,what of the composers of the periods from just before the baroque ...
A: The problem is that before the Baroque, it was not customary to put one's name on a composition. ...
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| DON'T KNOW NAME OF CLASSICAL PIECE | 7/17/2009 |
Q: I hope that you can help me a great deal in identifying, what I think sounds like a beautiful piece. ...
A: wellllll......... There's some Handel on there; probably a concerto gross; think also some Bach but ...
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| Identify Music Clip | 7/6/2009 |
Q: could you please help me identify this clip of music? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. ...
A: It's Mozart; either a string 4tet or a violin sonata. Go to Amazon & search on string quartets and ...
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| identifying composer | 7/1/2009 |
Q: if, for example, there is a musical piece(particularly for a piano), and nobody knows whether or not ...
A: No, there is no way to know conclusively if evidence is lacking. You could make a good guess, tho, ...
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| Baroque | 6/25/2009 |
Q: I recently attended "The Best of Baroque" performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. One of the pieces ...
A: A canon is a round, such as "Row Row Row Your Boat." The Pachelbel piece is properly called a ...
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| music? | 6/23/2009 |
Q: http://www.anissapeter.com/ any thoughts from you about this music would be great. I want to include ...
A: I think it's marvelous! Just the right "mood" to go with the luxurious and romantic nature of your ...
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| Vivaldi in the movies | 6/15/2009 |
Q: I have loved this song of Vivaldis all of my life. I first heard it in the John Wayne movie "The ...
A: My guess is that it is a theme from one of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." Go to Amazon and find a ...
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| identifying music | 6/13/2009 |
Q: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU Dear Marbeth, thank you for volunteering to help the ...
A: Eli. You are very kind to write, and I am delighted another Expert was able to help you. (You ...
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| Antonín Dvořák vs Serge Gainsbourg | 6/12/2009 |
Q: Dead Marbeth, Do you know if Serge Gainsbourg was inspired by Antonín Dvořák's "From the New ...
A: Since this piece is much, much later than Dvorak's, I don't see how it possibly could not be ...
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| identify music | 6/10/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me identify these 3 pieces of music. I posted them on my website, ...
A: I have come up empty for you, but I'll give the link to two friends who have wide-ranging listening ...
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| Purcell - Music for a While | 6/9/2009 |
Q: Marbeth: I've found a discrepancy in measure 19 of Purcell's "Music for a While". My version ...
A: I do not know which is correct. Or even which has more incidences. Who edited/date-place of ...
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| Please identify the music in this video clip | 6/7/2009 |
Q: video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGQwK6lTUIY the music starts at the 8:10 mark. it was the ...
A: Sorry! I've never heard this before. I think you've pegged it correctly, though: movie music. ...
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| Identification of this musical clip | 6/1/2009 |
Q: Marbeth - if you could identify this clip or the opening chord sequences contained within (my ...
A: I'm so sorry. I do not know this piece. In fact, this is the first time I've heard it. Suggest ...
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| Desperately seeking Music Title name | 5/28/2009 |
Q: Finalizing wedding arrangements and listened to the first song on this bridal video - ...
A: I do not know it. I think it must be modern (~1940 or so........guessing). I have sent the link to ...
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| Use of countertenors in early music | 5/28/2009 |
Q: I sing in an early music group, and we aim for some semblance of historical accuracy; we sing with ...
A: Yes. A good case can be made for music of mid- to late-14th century + early 15th century. As for ...
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| Music identification | 5/25/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if you may know the music played during the following video in the link as follows: ...
A: I went to the site, and there was no sound of any kind. I had all my speakers pegged and checked ...
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| Please help! | 5/10/2009 |
Q: I have this piece of guitar, i got it from a guitar magazine when i was a kid in the early 90's, and ...
A: This is a site where I have to register and login. I prefer not to do this. Can you find me ...
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| An arangement for Canon in D Major | 5/2/2009 |
Q: There is this perfect arrangement of Pacabel's canon on Youtube. It is exactly three minutes and 54 ...
A: The trumpet part at the end is not original. It has been added. By whom, I don't know - probably ...
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| An arangement for Canon in D Major | 5/2/2009 |
Q: There is this perfect arrangement of Pacabel's canon on Youtube. It is exactly three minutes and 54 ...
A: The Canon is for string orchestra. I don't know anything about trumpets at the end; I am sure this ...
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| What classical piano piece is played on Ergo Proxy ep17? | 4/29/2009 |
Q: There is a anime called Ergo Proxy. In the 17th episode there is a little girl named Pino who is ...
A: guess it did! now I can't remember exactly what I wrote! I contacted some folks with ...
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| Composer's last name pronounciation | 4/26/2009 |
Q: but I have to say this name on stage soon, and I'm looking for help. Do you know how to pronounce ...
A: I will see if I can find your answer. Meanwhile, you look for a Czech group on usenet. Or a ...
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| looking for the name and composer of a piano piece | 4/21/2009 |
Q: I am looking for the name of a particular piano piece that absolutely wowed me to the floor several ...
A: Hmmm. My immediate thot when I read "died young" was Mozart or Schubert. Esp when you mentioned "a ...
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| violin learning material | 4/17/2009 |
Q: Sir, I have been learning violin for the last three months with the help of some books and ...
A: This is a HUGE subject. I don't even know where to start! Chords are made of 3 notes; their ...
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| violin learning material | 4/16/2009 |
Q: Sir, I have been learning violin for the last three months with the help of some books and ...
A: I am a keyboard player, not a violinist. (I used to tape a piece of paper over the glass window in ...
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| similar pieces of music | 4/15/2009 |
Q: I watched the movie Twilight and it included Claude Debussy's "Claire de Lune". That piece of music ...
A: Any slow piece by Debussy will suit you. Try "Girl with the Flaxen Hair," "Sunken Cathedral," or ...
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| Finding Heaven | 4/14/2009 |
Q: Hey Marbeth,I found an amazing piece of classical music by Vivaldi called "La tempesta di mare" ...
A: What a marvelous piece! Wowie! I think you will be happy with any movement from a concerto by ...
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| music | 4/14/2009 |
Q: Sir,what are the corresponding symbols of SA, RE, GA MA ,Pa Dha, NEE......of classical(ALL three ...
A: I am not sure exactly what you are asking, but I think you are asking about the solfege syllables ...
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| Classical Piano Piece | 4/9/2009 |
Q: ) I recently saw a film called "Le Silence de Lorna" (Lorna's Silence) and there was a beautiful ...
A: Hard to hear below the voices, isn't it? I could make out about every 5th note! I don't recognize ...
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| Schubert lieder | 4/1/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to track down a Schubert song. In this song a father & child are pursued by a horseman ...
A: Erlkonig (Erl King) look for Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau performance ...
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| Please suggest me a piano song | 3/31/2009 |
Q: I'm studying piano in Thailand I'm looking for a song with the specific meaning on it I've never ...
A: Schumann Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Circle Song) Morgens steh’ ich auf und frage (I wait here and ...
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| 'Knowing' movie soundtrack | 3/21/2009 |
Q: I watched the movie 'Knowing' yesterday, and I noticed that one of the soundtrack was a famnous ...
A: don't know what it sounds like suggest you go again (!) and wait for the credits; musicians will be ...
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| Remo Giazotto | 3/20/2009 |
Q: I am just beginning to delve into classical music, and I recently heard Remo Giazotto's Adagio, ...
A: Albinoni wrote some wonderful stuff, as you already know! (I don't don't know Giazotto at all, tho. ...
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| Für elise, Beethoven | 3/19/2009 |
Q: What is the musical structure of this piece (I know about the ABACA, but I thought perhaps this ...
A: I don't know what else to tell you. ABACA is a rondo. First section in A Minor. B in FMaj, ...
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| Classical piece from an old show called "Connections" by James Burke | 3/12/2009 |
Q: I've been watching a show which had a nice classical piece I've heard before. I wish to find a copy ...
A: Nice piece, but I am sorry I don't know it. Seems a mixed piece: some solo vn and solo piano, ...
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| Please help me identify this piano piece | 3/11/2009 |
Q: I recorded this off the radio over a decade ago and still do not know who the composer is. I tried ...
A: Sounds like Chopin, so either a lesser- or unknown-light from same period; or someone later than ...
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| classical music | 3/1/2009 |
Q: what are different types of classical music?
A: Not sure exactly what you're asking, but....... symphonies string quartets (and other string ...
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| Could you please help me identify this? | 2/15/2009 |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me identify the composer or piece in this video! Thank you for ...
A: Sounds French Romantic. My first guess would be Faure. Not Berlioz or Bizet, Ravel, or Debussy. ...
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| carols | 2/10/2009 |
Q: What is the difference between a carol and a song/hymn
A: A carole (modern: carol) was originally a song sung while people danced a circle dance. The carole ...
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| understanding music | 2/7/2009 |
Q: I would be more than happy if you kindly guide me how can I UNDERSTAND classical music. Will the ...
A: This is a big question (sort of like "Discuss music.") What you take away from a piece depends on ...
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| Please help me identify this piece of music | 2/5/2009 |
Q: My local public radio station sometimes uses this as “filler” music at the end of the hour, but it ...
A: Pretty sure it's French; probably Rameau (could be Dandrieu or Clérambault, etc. but probably not ...
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| 12th Century Music | 2/3/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to find examples/samples of 12th century European children's music, but am having trouble ...
A: 12th century? We have so little music from this period that I'd say there is no extant children's ...
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| D Minor Scherzo | 2/2/2009 |
Q: Could you have a look at the following link, please, and try to identify the music? I've been ...
A: Mozart, probably. But maybe Haydn. Doesn't sound a lot like a scherzo to me (a schz. is jocular, ...
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| Trying to Identify a (Mozart?) Piano Concerto Theme | 2/1/2009 |
Q: Simplest clue: the first four notes of the theme are identical to the first four notes of Grieg's ...
A: Ok, everyone agrees this is Mozart. But no one knows exactly which concerto it is, alas! I ...
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| Trying to Identify a (Mozart?) Piano Concerto Theme | 2/1/2009 |
Q: Simplest clue: the first four notes of the theme are identical to the first four notes of Grieg's ...
A: Ok, everyone agrees this is Mozart. But no one knows exactly which concerto it is, alas! I ...
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| Brahms question... | 1/27/2009 |
Q: There is a piece of music by Brahms that keeps haunting me yet I cannot identify it because I am not ...
A: I don't know the piece but I've forwarded the link to 2 friends with memories like steel traps & am ...
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| Haydn #97 continued | 1/26/2009 |
Q: well, I used up my followups. sorry the link didn't work. I used to have a good site to store files. ...
A: DO listen to the baryton trios. They are SUBLIME!!! (Also, have you listened to Schubert's ...
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| Classical Music | 1/18/2009 |
Q: Chopin's Nocturne Opus 9 no 1 bar 2 has 11 notes against 6. I play the first and second notes ...
A: I'd like to wring Chopin's neck for writing so vaguely! We're all scratching our heads of how to ...
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| Wagner | 12/15/2008 |
Q: As an avid Wagnerite, Im searching for recordings of his many non-Operatic works such as overture, ...
A: First try discographies in Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, if you hvae access to it. ...
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| Bugs Bunny Classical themes | 12/14/2008 |
Q: What was the music used whenever bugs was around a construction site; it sort of sounded like ...
A: Hoo boy! Did the construction noise seem to be part of the composition or added as a separate track? ...
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| Johann Sebastian Bach - Christ Lag in Todesbanden | 12/12/2008 |
Q: I'm having trouble identifying the Latin Church mode upon which Bach's arrangement of "Christ Lag in ...
A: One of my favorite pieces! Note: This chant is related to "Christ ist Erstanden," which is a ...
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| Haydn #97 continued | 12/5/2008 |
Q: well, I used up my followups. sorry the link didn't work. I used to have a good site to store files. ...
A: Ok, Phil, I listened many times. There are a couple options, and I think a case could be made for ...
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| Haydn #97 continued | 12/5/2008 |
Q: well, I used up my followups. sorry the link didn't work. I used to have a good site to store files. ...
A: Just send me a fresh post; I'll get it; and don't worry if you run out of follow-ups. This sounds ...
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| Haydn symphony #97 finale | 12/4/2008 |
Q: I am only an avid music listener who got hooked on haydn a while ago. I have been trying to figure ...
A: No joy on the link you sent separately....tho the graphics were certainly a surprise! How about the ...
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| Haydn symphony #97 finale | 12/3/2008 |
Q: I am only an avid music listener who got hooked on haydn a while ago. I have been trying to figure ...
A: I don't have that specific symphony, so I'll have to nose around and see if a friend has it to lend. ...
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| medieval rhythmic modes | 11/19/2008 |
Q: I've been fascinated with early music for quite some time now - everything from Perotin to Gesualdo. ...
A: Look into the Indian traditional drumming if you want complexity! Just choir. Well, a bunch of ...
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| medieval rhythmic modes | 11/19/2008 |
Q: I've been fascinated with early music for quite some time now - everything from Perotin to Gesualdo. ...
A: Because Greek names are used to identify the different "modal rhythms," it was thought for some time ...
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| identity of classical piece | 11/14/2008 |
Q: I am emailing from the UK and I hope you can help to identify a beautiful piece of music that was ...
A: I am so sorry! The clip won't load (I guess bcs I'm not in the UK). If it's a British program, ...
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| Unknown polonaise | 11/13/2008 |
Q: Would you help me identify this piece of polonaise - ...
A: I was hoping it was a piano piece. I am sorry that I do not know this piece. Perhaps something by ...
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| baroque piece ID | 11/11/2008 |
Q: Can you identify the piece in this link: http://www.cogeternal.org/audweek/baroqueunidentified.mp3 ...
A: It's Bach. Look at his 4 orchestral suites. You also might look at his missae brevae. It might be ...
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| Identify piece of classical music | 11/10/2008 |
Q: I would be grateful if you could identify the piece of orchestral music used in the Two Ronnies ...
A: I do not know the piece. It is likely by an English composer, as Brit programs tend to be very ...
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| Song identification | 11/4/2008 |
Q: I'm trying to identify what I think is a classical 30 second music clip. I have the clip but don't ...
A: you have to find it on the web [again] and copy the URL in the box at the top of the webpage and ...
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| Background music used in the US Navy Seapower Video | 11/3/2008 |
Q: Can you help me identify the background music used in the new US Maritime Strategy "Seapower" Video? ...
A: What a great piece! I am sorry to say, however, that I have never heard it before. Might be ...
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| HELP ME GET BETTER | 10/29/2008 |
Q: i love singing because GOD realy called me to sing,but i just cant hit good notes,cant run ant scale ...
A: I think your best bet is to find a voice teacher. (I am not one! You should hear my students yowl ...
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| History of Great musicians and that era. | 9/20/2008 |
Q: Marbeth: I am typing this as I listen to Moonlight sonata 3rd movement before I start studying for ...
A: I think you have the right of it. We are too "close" to their music to be able to evaluate who will ...
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| flute and piano piece....? | 8/17/2008 |
Q: I do hope you can identify this piece of music.I would love to know. ...
A: Don't know it, tho the beginning sounds a little like "Hava Nagila." My advice is to go to the BBC ...
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| Jerome Murat NOT the mission soundtrack | 8/16/2008 |
Q: Marbeth I have a question about the music playing in Jerome Murat's mime routine. Now it is true ...
A: A melange, to be sure. At the beginning it sounded like a mass; perhaps Mozart or Hayn. Then a bit ...
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| Haydn Symphony 97 | 8/11/2008 |
Q: I am working on an analysis of Haydn's Symphony 97. I need the recording and score and I don't want ...
A: You might try miniature scores published by Norton. Don't know if that one is in the catalog. ...
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| classical music in a video. | 8/10/2008 |
Q: If you can name this I will be so thankful. I've tried a lot of places but no one knows this piece ...
A: Oh, my! How gorgeous! It's not ringing a bell, but it sounds like something from a French opera. ...
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| Who is the author? | 7/31/2008 |
Q: I am trying to find who composed this song. I only have the link of a tv commercial that used it. I ...
A: What a lovely piece! I wish I could tell you who wrote it. Here's who did not: Bach, Vivald, ...
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| English translation of lyrics | 1/11/2008 |
Q: I've heard it sung in German many times, but what are the English lyrics? Thanks for the help!
A: I'm looking for these and coming up with a blank for English. Found it in Spanish and a bunch of ...
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| help identifying song | 12/25/2007 |
Q: I came across a song featured in the background of a Youtube clip that I enjoy immensely and ...
A: I wish I could help you. I do not know this piece. Perhaps you could contact the person who posted ...
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| Expert? Expert??? | 12/15/2007 |
Q: What sort of an expert cannot identify 'Variations on... Tallis' by Ralph Vaughan Williams and ...
A: You are right that it is not obscure, at least to music scholars. I have sung a lot of early music ...
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| Expert? Expert??? | 12/14/2007 |
Q: What sort of an expert cannot identify 'Variations on... Tallis' by Ralph Vaughan Williams and ...
A: You are correct that it is Tallis var. (I did get the English and contemporary part right, however, ...
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| Apologies, but another identification request! | 12/11/2007 |
Q: My knowledge of classical music is very limited, listening to a few composers only (not through ...
A: Wow! Never heard this. You might try Holst "The Planets" (tho I doubt it's this piece - you'll ...
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| Complex, melodic classical music | 12/9/2007 |
Q: I am new to classical music and was wondering if you could possibly give me some suggestions based ...
A: Helps me to answer. For drama, I'd recommend the Beethoven piano concerti; also Mozart's. Handel ...
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| Need help identifying song! | 12/8/2007 |
Q: I am looking for the name of a song that is in the background of “Tour Of the Inferno”, which is a ...
A: Orchestration (esp "sweeping" violin-istic use of brass) suggests Vaughn Williams to me. Try also ...
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| Beethoven's 5th Symphony | 12/7/2007 |
Q: I have an assignment to write a 4 page paper on what makes Beethoven's 5th Symphony SO unique. Can ...
A: You don't say what level you are (high school, college undergraduate) or what class this is (music ...
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| Baroque Violin Duet | 12/3/2007 |
Q: I have a copy of the piano accompaniment to a violin duet but it doesn't tell me who wrote it or ...
A: boy, howdy! this is a hard one! have you showed the score to colleagues, esp ones with wide ...
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| Just another identifying request | 12/2/2007 |
Q: This piece is briefly used in the movie "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss", and I believe it was ...
A: beginning sounds Wagnerian don't think it's Liszt fairly sure it's not Berlioz or French romantic ...
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| characteristics | 11/27/2007 |
Q: What are the five characteristics of classical music? ANSWER: this sounds like a homework question ...
A: that's how you found me; ok; here's my take melody (tune; what you'd sing in the shower) rhythm ...
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| Berlioz & STNG: First Contact | 11/18/2007 |
Q: During the beginning of Start Trek-First Contact, Picard is listening to a cool classical piece. ...
A: If it's Berlioz (French dude, mid-to late-1800s), it could be something from his Requiem. Or ...
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| classical music titles... | 11/17/2007 |
Q: I was wondering the best way to learn about all the different terms in the title of a classical ...
A: Symphony #1 is the first sym Mozart wrote "Salzburg" is the nickname; probably written in Salzburg ...
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| "Old MacDonald" | 11/9/2007 |
Q: My friend heard a classical version of what he thinks is "Old MacDonald Had a Farm." I know about ...
A: Yes, "Twinkle" is the same as "Baa, baa, black sheep" and the "alphabet song," but it is a French ...
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| Violin Solo Song | 11/7/2007 |
Q: I was out and about town here in lovely Omaha when I happened upon a violin player performing on the ...
A: It is doubtless an Irish jig. There are several sites on the web that feature printed music for ...
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| unknown music | 10/17/2007 |
Q: This is in reference to question to you by Fabio on 9/21/2007 Subject: unknown music by Fabio. His ...
A: The link sounds much like Chopin, but it is "dark" and "rich" and might be Rachmaninov or Scriabin. ...
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| Harp Music | 10/16/2007 |
Q: Can you bring your expertise to bear on this piece of harp and flute music: ...
A: I'm afraid I'm not going to be much help to you. It's not Mozart, even tho he wrote a piece for ...
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| idenfying unknown piano piece | 10/12/2007 |
Q: I'm trying to find the title and artist for the following piece of music: ...
A: The piece you seek is definitely NOT the C Minor (OP.28 #20 "Funeral") Prelude, tho it is notate ...
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| Identifying Classical Piece | 10/11/2007 |
Q: I was wondering if you could identify the music in the following slideshow: ...
A: This is the famous "Minuet in G" from the NOTEBOOK FOR ANNA MAGDALENA [BACH]. Bcs it appears in ...
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| Identify song | 10/9/2007 |
Q: I could not post a follow up, so I had to start again. I have been told that the song is originally ...
A: I am not able to find any answer for you, despite asking a number of friends knowledgeable about ...
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| indentifying music | 10/2/2007 |
Q: I need help identifying the follow. Thank you! http://justonlin.googlepages.com/01convention08.mp3 ...
A: It is not something I recognize. It sounds "kind of Russian," but it's not Tchaikovsky, ...
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| Identification | 9/29/2007 |
Q: do you by any chance know where this is from: ...
A: I can't tell what it is bcs that guy is talking so loudly and the music is so soft and difficult to ...
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| Can't remember???? | 9/25/2007 |
Q: I need to know who composed a song called second glance.It was on one of my kids lullaby cd's and ...
A: http://cdbaby.com/cd/lorica3 - try this - and click on title in L pane otherwise, search on Google ...
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| should I bother to pursue a career? | 9/25/2007 |
Q: this is my dilemma: I started playing the violin when I was about 6 years old, switched to viola in ...
A: My pleasure to respond! Thanks for your kind words. A word of caution for you: since you know ...
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| should I bother to pursue a career? | 9/24/2007 |
Q: this is my dilemma: I started playing the violin when I was about 6 years old, switched to viola in ...
A: Marvelous! I'm so impressed! Your goal is to play well in an orchestra, right? I think right now ...
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| Identify song | 9/24/2007 |
Q: I could not post a follow up, so I had to start again. I have been told that the song is originally ...
A: I am not able to find any answer for you, despite asking a number of friends knowledgeable about ...
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| unknown music | 9/21/2007 |
Q: can you help me to identify this music? you can find a half of the first movement under ...
A: Sounds like maybe Brahms. Also look at Scriabin and Schumann. Perhaps Rachmaninov or Liszt (tho I ...
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| Identify song | 9/20/2007 |
Q: I could not post a follow up, so I had to start again. I have been told that the song is originally ...
A: I am having zero luck with our search. No one I asked had any help, either. I think it's time to ...
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| Identufy an old song | 9/19/2007 |
Q: Please listen to track 4 at this url: http://www.mostlymusic.com/moshe-goldman-shevachin-asader-p- ...
A: I do not know this song, but I have forwarded the link to a friend who is very knowledgeable about ...
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| Jane Austin style arias with piano. | 9/17/2007 |
Q: I am a keen watcher of English period dramas and would love to be able to perform songs and ...
A: As you probably already know, much of the music in the films is specially-composed in that style, ...
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| River song | 8/15/2007 |
Q: I hear a classical piece of music when I was in middle school and can't for the life of me find the ...
A: The first thing that comes to mind is "The Moldau" by Smetana from the collection called "My Vlast" ...
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| bassoon & piano concerto | 8/13/2007 |
Q: The 'ask a follow-up' didn't work.. so back to square one... I wanted to have the following piece ...
A: excellent access to the clip; thank you What a wonderful piece! Not a lot for piano and bassoon ...
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| Please identify this classical music. | 8/12/2007 |
Q: http://www.andymaw.plus.com/mysterymusic.mp3 I heard this clip of music played in the background on ...
A: It's romantic period (not Baroque or classical) and sounds as if it might be a ballet. I'm thinking ...
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| Please help identify | 8/12/2007 |
Q: I would like to know the composer & title of this piece please. Seems to be just piano & bassoon ...
A: Hey, I love the bassoon! Great instrument. I played it some in college. I wanted a portable ...
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| Can someone know all about music theory without the ability to play any musical instrument? | 8/9/2007 |
Q: my name i Dekoy, i am currently a student in a music school here in Africa and i have role models ...
A: I salute your goals! 1) Enya uses a live orchestra, not synthesized sound. 2) Yes, I think ...
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| Schubert Impromptu | 8/8/2007 |
Q: My question is about the Op.142 No.3 Impromptu of Schubert. It's a theme with variations, so why ...
A: It has to do with the style/mood rather than the musical form. The title implies that this is a ...
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| Identify a piece of music | 8/3/2007 |
Q: I have a 30 second clip of a piece of music. I would love to know the name of it so that I can get ...
A: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #2, first movement (this is the "famous" piano concerto) and your ...
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| the wedding singer song | 8/3/2007 |
Q: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtIevrSOb8c this is a link to a song that I'm looking to find out who ...
A: Yes, violins and cello. I have never heard the piece, alas. It doesn't sound like a "classical" ...
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| Help identify a song | 7/31/2007 |
Q: I was recently given a CD from a friend and it has this song on it ...
A: It's either a Tchaikovsky or Rachmaninov piano concerto. I can never remember which themes go with ...
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| Romeo + Juliet - "O Verona" | 7/29/2007 |
Q: i recently watched the remake of Romeo + Juliet, right at the start, there is a piece of classical ...
A: I have never heard this piece before. I am very sorry I cannot give you a title. What you might ...
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| turn of the century operetta | 7/27/2007 |
Q: I am trying to identify a song from an operetta or musical comedy from around 1900 sung in English ...
A: I can't think of anything that matches. Sounds like something English (WWI, perhaps, military ...
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| what is this beautiful song? | 7/27/2007 |
Q: I'm searching for any info about the song on Ralph Lauren's site ...
A: It's the "prelude" from Bach's cello suite in G Major, BWV 1007. ...
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| music history | 7/23/2007 |
Q: I am starting my Masters at ASU in the fall and I have to take some entrance exams. One of these ...
A: I have found Wikipedia to be pretty good bcs nobody has an ax to grind in the field of music history ...
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| utube video -bobybuilding posing routine first 90 seconds of music | 7/23/2007 |
Q: My name is Angie, I am a choreographer and I have been trying to figure out the song that a ...
A: This URL went thru. I think it is a piece of movie music (but I don't know which one), based on ...
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| Help identify a song | 7/22/2007 |
Q: I was recently given a CD from a friend and it has this song on it ...
A: Can't get into the site! Can call up front page, but it's just ads. Followed link in my ...
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| Very famous piece. | 7/19/2007 |
Q: I'm looking for a piece that almost everyone knows by heart, but nobody I've asked knows the name ...
A: need to have a little more info 1. what are the note values? or, relative durations; such as for ...
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| can you please help me identify this piece of classical music? | 7/15/2007 |
Q: I was browsing around YouTube recently and found a clip with a beautiful piece of music that i ...
A: I don't recognize it. Thinking it might be something written recently. Perhaps some of the "new ...
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| Need Help ID'ing Trumpet Duet | 7/12/2007 |
Q: Playing over and over again in my head, I've got snippets of a classical music piece featuring a ...
A: excellent job of writing the music! sorry that it is not ringing any bells with me right now but ...
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| Need Help ID'ing Trumpet Duet | 7/11/2007 |
Q: Playing over and over again in my head, I've got snippets of a classical music piece featuring a ...
A: Try these composers of trumpet duets: Haydn Mozart Hummel (a strong guess here as to composer) ...
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| Need help identifying classical piece | 7/10/2007 |
Q: I am trying to figure out the composer and title of a classical piece that I've heard in two ...
A: Carmina -is- in Latin. It's a collection of Golliard poetry. (G were sort of itinerent monks who ...
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| Original Dichterliebe | 7/2/2007 |
Q: I have heard many opinions on the original voice part that Robert Schumann wrote his song cycle ...
A: The ms does not say (only "Singstimme" = voice)! I have heard it performed only by a man, as the ...
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| Christmas Canon Rock by TSO | 6/28/2007 |
Q: I am getting married in September, 2007 and want to use Christmas Canon Rock for my Processional. I ...
A: I assume you've googled thoroughly. I don't know this piece, but perhaps it's Pachelbel's "Canon ...
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| Help in Identifying a Short Piece | 6/27/2007 |
Q: I remember a piece from my childhood that I haven't heard since (we're talking 40 years!). The ...
A: Oh, gosh! This is a tough one. I don't recognize it. A couple of ideas: (1) you play it for one ...
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| help me locate this song | 6/17/2007 |
Q: i'm really in need of help at the moment! i,m looking for this classical piece, all i can do is ...
A: This is tough, as you say. Since it's perhaps in a movie, maybe you can find a soundtrack. On ...
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| Mozart and Beethoven | 6/14/2007 |
Q: I've been asked to compare the third movements of one of beethovens and mozart's symphonies (no 5 & ...
A: What areas have you been studying in class recently that precipitated this assignment? That is what ...
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| Mediaeval music vs Bach | 6/7/2007 |
Q: I've just found out that it was common for sacred Mediaeval music to be sung in parallel 5ths, and ...
A: Let me preface these remarks by saying that just because something [ex.: polygamy] seems to be a ...
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| helloo~ | 6/7/2007 |
Q: I was wondering if you knew the composer G. Anderson.. or James Anderson, I am not sure.. S/he had ...
A: I have some more info and a correction. It seems that the 1905 piece was the date for a *printed* ...
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| helloo~ | 6/6/2007 |
Q: I was wondering if you knew the composer G. Anderson.. or James Anderson, I am not sure.. S/he had ...
A: BATTLE OF WATERLOO, G. Anderson, 1905. If you want the sheet, you might try eBay or search Google. ...
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| Please help me identify this amazing masterpiece! | 6/4/2007 |
Q: I would really appreciate it if you could help me identify this heavenly piece... It's on youtube: ...
A: YOu are most welcome. I have never heard of a piece by this particular name. It might be a ...
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| indentifying classical music | 5/30/2007 |
Q: I am trying to identify this song for my sister's dance teacher so she can get a cd of it. All she ...
A: Oh, wow! This is a toughie! Was hoping it might be a passacaglia theme or a fugue subject. Maybe ...
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| Please help me identify this amazing masterpiece! | 5/22/2007 |
Q: I would really appreciate it if you could help me identify this heavenly piece... It's on youtube: ...
A: Hmmmm. Could be Baroque (ex: Bach, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Handel), but I don't think it's any of those ...
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| trying to find a piece I heard on CBC 2 | 5/11/2007 |
Q: The information I wrote down about a piece I heard on the radio is not helping me find it online. ...
A: I'm pretty sure you are speaking of Nicola Matteis (17th cent.), who was a violinist and composer ...
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| Renaissance | 5/8/2007 |
Q: could you please offer some tips for what to listen to in order to identify the provenance and ...
A: Know, esp in the early and middle Ren., the style was primarily "universal" bcs of the wide ...
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| Identification of Song | 4/26/2007 |
Q: Can you please help me identify this piece? Thanks. ...
A: Hmmm. Not Baroque (therefore not Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, etc.). May be Classical, which ...
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| Live vs not live performance purchases | 4/18/2007 |
Q: I,m new to the clasical bit. How do I know if I am buying taped or live performances?? I would ...
A: Glad you're on-board with classical music. You're gonna love it! One way is to hear the audience ...
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| Trying to identify a piece | 4/14/2007 |
Q: I am musical direector for a local theatre company and we are staging the play Amadeus. I have the ...
A: I do not know this piece, nor do I think I have ever heard it before. Well, it's in D Major (I'm ...
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| vocals | 4/9/2007 |
Q: I am 17 tis year and fell in confident in my singing. Some of my friends said i am quite gud wit ...
A: I wrote you a response previous to the one that is now posted. I don't know what happened to it! ...
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| identifying a piece of music | 3/25/2007 |
Q: Would you be able to listen to the opening piece of music in Hello. I am in need of assistance with ...
A: I am so delighted! Based on the title and usage, I was going to guess that or "Also sprach ...
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| help with a song I heard | 2/10/2007 |
Q: There is this song that I just can't get out of my head. I first heard it when I was a child, and to ...
A: Go the library and get some CDs. Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake, Nutcracker, 1812 Overture, Spanish ...
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| Composing | 2/8/2007 |
Q: I hear great music in my head but am bedeviled how to put it down. Of course, I am lacking knowledge ...
A: I have three ideas. (1) If you can play the piano, even marginally, you might get hold of ...
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| Name of a piece of music | 2/3/2007 |
Q: What's the piece of classical music called where more and more instruments join in (one at a time) ...
A: Not ringing any bells. Ravel's Bolero, perhaps? (And there's one where the instruments stop ...
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| Medieval, Renaissance and Today | 1/30/2007 |
Q: I have searched the Internet by google all afternoon and websites I have printed off are World Music ...
A: There are folk songs, of course; and songs sung to folk dances (that's what caroles are). Every ...
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| recitals | 1/29/2007 |
Q: It's been 20 years since I've performed in recitals and have forgotten how long a recital should be. ...
A: You want to leave the audience wanting more, so don't make the recital too long! I advise 60-75 ...
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| baroque era organs vs. modern organs | 1/28/2007 |
Q: I'm wondering if you could tell me some similarities and differences between modern and baroque era ...
A: Organs are pretty much unchanged from ~1700 onward. Usually the organ (that is, the pipes) is ...
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| music | 12/8/2006 |
Q: I HAVE ANSWER THIS 10 QUESTION COULD YOU CHECK THEM FOR ME AND SEE IF. THEY ARE CORRECT AND CORRECT ...
A: This sounds like a homework assignment. My purpose in being an expert is not to DO homework or to ...
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| Needing to identify piece of music | 11/28/2006 |
Q: I was taking this video at the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano ...
A: I have no idea the name of this piece. It is particularly difficult to hear it clearly, as you ...
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| liu qin | 10/27/2006 |
Q: i have a chinese instrument called a liu qin which is kind of like a lute but with only four ...
A: There is an instrument called the "kin," a zither-ish instrument. It has a moveable bridge and 13 ...
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| Classical Music | 10/24/2006 |
Q: I have been involved in music for as long as I can remember,ever since I was 3. My question is, as a ...
A: Are you involved in aerobic activities? If not, you should start. Need to build up stamina and ...
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| finding out who | 10/20/2006 |
Q: Morning, Ten years ago I was in a relationship with someone who had a classical cd. I think might ...
A: You're not crazy. And there are no dumb questions. That taken care of, I think your best bet is to ...
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| need help looking for similar music | 10/20/2006 |
Q: I'm looking for classical pieces that are similar to Orff's "O fortuna", could you give me some ...
A: Bruckner? Wagner (pronounced VAHG-ner)? Latter would be my guess. You could try Orff's Catulli ...
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| Godard/berceuse | 10/17/2006 |
Q: I am trying to find the words to Benjamin Godard's "Berceuse" from the opera Jocelyn. I would like ...
A: "Cachés dans cet asile o'u Dieu nous a conduits, Unis par le malheur, durant les longues nuits Nous ...
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| Group of Composers | 10/10/2006 |
Q: Who were the Mighty Five Russian Composers? Why was Tchaikovsky removed from the group? Who was the ...
A: The composers of "the Five"/"the Handful" were Mussorgsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui, and ...
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| Telemann | 10/7/2006 |
Q: I am working on Concerto in D by Telemann. Is it possible this is a transcription for another ...
A: First stop: your teacher (or a knowledgeable colleague). I don't know your background, but a ...
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| name of a classical song (title and/or composer) | 10/4/2006 |
Q: Yes I uploaded the clip on a blog: http://kresson.hautetfort.com/ go there and play the clip, thank ...
A: Darn those clips that have noises and spoken word going on over them, thus blocking clear hearing of ...
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| Classical Music | 10/4/2006 |
Q: help if you can please.These 2 questions are mind boggling. 1.a short musical piece known as _ ...
A: this sounds supiciously like homework questions the purpose of homework is to: 1. teach you the ...
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| HANS ZIMMER QUESTION | 9/30/2006 |
Q: My name is Ivy May from Australia, I am seeking information regarding a beautiful piece of music by ...
A: This is not a lot to go on! Please upload a relevant portion to this site so I can listen to it. ...
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| Music history | 9/28/2006 |
Q: I have been wondering recently if people who attended concerts in Mozart's time had the chance to ...
A: Yes, they would have been able to hear composers of eras previous. It would have been all around ...
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| Collegium | 9/26/2006 |
Q: I was a music major in college many years ago. One of the groups I remembered fondly was the "old ...
A: College means, among other things, a group of people who are engaged in the same activity or share ...
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| Help | 9/20/2006 |
Q: I'm looking for a list of very intense and fast piano pieces. No orchestra. Just piano solo. ...
A: You might consider "Baba Yaga" and "Great Gate of Kiev" from Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an ...
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| Classical Music | 9/12/2006 |
Q: I am learning to play Chopin's Nocturn Opus 32 no 1. I am having difficulty in establishing the ...
A: You have the right idea: it's "free." And, yes, the counts don't seem to "add up." They actually ...
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| band music by Rossini | 8/1/2006 |
Q: In high school, our band played what I believe is 'alla borocco' by Rossini. The spelling could be ...
A: Barocco is an Italian word (no surprise, as most people use musical terms in Italian - - except the ...
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| Vivaldi Violin Concertos | 7/21/2006 |
Q: Are there (available) CDs of Vivaldi Violin Concertos recorded piano accompanyment instead of a ...
A: heh heh! As a harpsichordist, I can't find anything wrong with a performance with the ...
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| Mahler's Symph. No. 1- Hunter's Funeral and Inferno into Paradiso | 7/6/2006 |
Q: I recently heard two pieces by Mahler and am trying to find them on disc. They were described on ...
A: Yes, Symphony #1. ...
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| Classical music identification | 7/5/2006 |
Q: I'm not precisely sure how this service works, but if you can help me identify a classical or ...
A: Drop the needle, huh? A favorite of music students all over. Ok, let's have a look at this. I ...
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