Saturday, June 13, 2015

Show 133: Name That Tune

Richard Strauss
[Added on 2015/7/18:  This used to be called Show 33.  I've renumbered the shows, so that this one is Show133.  The first digit will indicate which series the show is from: 1 for the first cycle, 2 for this second cycle, and so on.  For instance, the July 4th show for this year will be numbered numbered Show201, and so on.  If you didn't figure this out yet, my first show aired the week of July 4th, 2014.]

 This week's show will be a quiz.  After a short clip, you will be given a few seconds to recognize the name of the work, and the composer.  One point for getting it right, except for a few exceptions, where you're allowed two points.

I'm putting this photo up, because Richard Strauss's birthday was on Thursday, June 11.
If you're determined to cheat, here is a list of the pieces, so you can play match the names and the tunes:
  • Air (on the G string)  —Bach
  • Symphony 5  —Beethoven
  • Hungarian Dance  —Brahms
  • Arabesque  —Debussy
  • Pavana Lachrimae  —Dowland
  • Nimrod  —Elgar
  • Rhapsody in Blue  —Gershwin
  • Watermusic  —Handel
  • Midsummer Night's Dream  —Mendelssohn
  • Violin Concerto  —Mendelssohn
  • Clarinet Quintet  —Mozart
  • Symphony  40 in G minor  —Mozart
  • Pictures at an Exhibition  —Mussorgsky
  • Suite from Abdelazer  —Purcell
  • Fanfare from Also sprach Zarathusthra  —R. Strauss
  • Unfinished Symphony  —Schubert
  • Die Moldau  —Smetana
  • Liberty Bell March  —Sousa
  • 1812 Overture  —Tchaikovsky
  • Ride of the Valkyries  —Wagner

First of all, I was fooling with the background, and I didn't like how it turned out.  But meanwhile, I managed to inadvertently turn off the usual orange fill the page used to have.

Anyway, I decided to give you this show not as four large blocks, but as individual clips.  After the Introduction, and after the first clip, consisting of the clue for the first quiz item, each clip will have (A) the solution to the previous question, and (B) the next clue.  This way, you have all the time in the world to make your guess, and if you really must, to look down the list of solutions given earlier in this post — in alphabetical order of composer's last name, if you're wondering — before you click on the next link, to hear the answer, and of course, the next clue.  [Haha; I had the wrong Introduction up yesterday!  It's fixed now...]

Introduction
Clue 1
Solution to Clue 1, and Clue 2
Solution to Clue 2, and Clue 3
Solution to Clue 3, and Clue 4
Solution to Clue 4, and Clue 5
Solution to Clue 5, and Clue 6
Solution to Clue 6, and Clue 7
Solution to Clue 7, and Clue 8
Solution to Clue 8, and Clue 9
Solution to Clue 9,
Station Break, and Clue 10
Solution to Clue 10, and Clue 11
Solution to Clue 11, and Clue 12
Solution to Clue 19, and Clue 20
Solution to Clue 20, and Clue 21
Solution to Clue 21, and Signoff

[OOps; Clues 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 have been eaten up by something ... will fix soon!!!

Archie

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