Pianophilia

Timtin wrote:Well yes, and perhaps Berlioz as well.

And I've performed in both the Liszt (under Jurowski) & Berlioz (under Noseda) - both broadcast on Radio Three!

rob wrote:

Timtin wrote:Well yes, and perhaps Berlioz as well.

And I've performed in both the Liszt (under Jurowski) & Berlioz (under Noseda) - both broadcast on Radio Three!

and I've played the Liszt transcriptions of Eduard Lassens Faust music, also not listed here.
It is strange but the odd numbered clues all had links to writing operas on the subjects of Sir Walter Scotts novels, including Mme Bertin and Sir Henry Bishop who wrote a number of works on Scott subjects.
back to the hunt for answers, I already had Busoni, the minute I saw your last post with clue 12
regards
Brian
PS what a bad day Leicester and Hull City both lost

Thank you Rob and Brian. It must feel great to have the ability to perform publicly!
The unintended Sir Walter Scott link is very strange. Not so strange is my team losing.

To help with the remaining 3:-
2. H**** E***** (First performance East Berlin 1953)
8. I**** W***** (Fp Hanover 1797)
10. A******* de P******* (Fp Brussels 1834).

Other composers who've dealt with the Faust story in some manner include
Hanke, Radziwill, Rietz, Gordigiani, Raimondi, Schumann, Lindpaintner,
Boulanger, Prokofiev (in The Fiery Angel), and Pousseur.

Timtin wrote:Thank you Rob and Brian. It must feel great to have the ability to perform publicly!
The unintended Sir Walter Scott link is very strange. Not so strange is my team losing.

To help with the remaining 3:-
2. H**** E***** (First performance East Berlin 1953)
8. I**** W***** (Fp Hanover 1797)
10. A******* de P******* (Fp Brussels 1834).

Other composers who've dealt with the Faust story in some manner include
Hanke, Radziwill, Rietz, Gordigiani, Raimondi, Schumann, Lindpaintner,
Boulanger, Prokofiev (in The Fiery Angel), and Pousseur.

Then 2 is Hanns Eisler - and you might be referring to the 1951-52 score 'Das Vorbild' which is a triptych after Goethe (which I had to look up)
Don't do stuff before 1880 or so...

Timtin wrote:Thank you Rob and Brian. It must feel great to have the ability to perform publicly!
The unintended Sir Walter Scott link is very strange. Not so strange is my team losing.

To help with the remaining 3:-
2. H**** E***** (First performance East Berlin 1953)
8. I**** W***** (Fp Hanover 1797)
10. A******* de P******* (Fp Brussels 1834).

Other composers who've dealt with the Faust story in some manner include
Hanke, Radziwill, Rietz, Gordigiani, Raimondi, Schumann, Lindpaintner,
Boulanger, Prokofiev (in The Fiery Angel), and Pousseur.

Thanks Tim the clues helped a helluva lot, they really were obscure composers not listed in many dictionaries
2. Hanns Eisler (not so unknown)
8. Ignaz Walter (who?)
10. Augustin de Pellaert (yes m'lud the baron)

Now I can go to sleep and prepare for my piano recital tomorrow with a clear conscience and no nagging clues going round in my head.

sleep well Timtin
Brian

A postscript from me: I unscrambled number 2 as Henri Lassen. I thought Tim had made a mistake in the fellow's first name (Eduard, not Henri). An interesting coincidence, since Lassen also composed Faust music, as Brian pointed out!

This quiz sent me scurrying into the obscure corners of the opera repertoire, as was clearly intended. Nicely done, Tim - I look forward to the next treasure hunt!

And, following on from Brian's mistaken identification of the linking theme, a quiz based on operas derived from Walter Scott's works might also turn up some more-or-less forgotten "masterpieces". Incidentally, Walter Scott is one of my favourite novelists, which no doubt tells you a lot about my tastes and habits.

Jo

Thank you chaps for joining in, and congrats all round!
To be honest, it was necessary to 'raise the bar' to reflect
the strength of everyone involved! Of course, the Lassen
thing, like the Scott thing, was totally unintended.
I think supplying the precise name lengths is always a
good idea, as with crossword clues.

As a postscript to this particular topic, Gertrude Stein
provided Lord Berners (Gerald Tyrwhitt) with a libretto for
an opera about Faust, but he never wrote any music for it.

As a further postscript, I've just spotted this link:-
http://www.schubertsocietyusa.org/guest ... t_l_z.html

Hi Jo,
Yes I saw Henri Lassen as well, plus Tizla Wagner(Ignaz Walter) an unknown member of the Wagner clan, it would be fun to see how many names we can "invent" from one famous composers anagram. We have found here with Lassen and Wagner that other "relatives" of composers can lay hidden in an answer.
I should have another quiz shortly when I have the time to put it together (tonight?)
regards
Brian

Whilst Brian dreams up something horrendously difficult for us all, here's a quicky quiz.
All you need to do is unscramble these easy linked anagrams. (Not composer names.)
Each is associated with a number. (Not the clue no. or the nos. in brackets.)
Simply add the 10 numbers obtained together and take the average.
Where do you end up back at?

1. Metal nation (11)
2. Curry me (7)
3. Rue art (6)
4. All fewer (8)
5. Air aria themes (5,8)
6. Ditto trails (2,9)
7. Leach ass (2,6)
8. Breathe (3,4)
9. Lane ire (2,5)
10. Sire spur (8).

Timtin wrote:Whilst Brian dreams up something horrendously difficult for us all, here's a quicky quiz.
All you need to do is unscramble these easy linked anagrams. (Not composer names.)
Each is associated with a number. (Not the clue no. or the nos. in brackets.)
Simply add the 10 numbers obtained together and take the average.
Where do you end up back at?

1. Metal nation (11)
2. Curry me (7)
3. Rue art (6)
4. All fewer (8)
5. Air aria themes (5,8)
6. Ditto trails (2,9)
7. Leach ass (2,6)
8. Breathe (3,4)
9. Lane ire (2,5)
10. Sire spur (8).

Il Distratto
nice quiz Tim, perfect for a few minutes after returning from my triumphant concert, now to the task ahead making you use your grey matter to solve my anagrams.
regards
Brian
PS For the blank faces all the anagrams are nicknames of Haydn Symphonies, with an average score of 60, Il Distratto is the answer (see clue 6)