Pianophilia

Timtin wrote:10 anagrammed composers, all from the same country.
But which country, and who are the composers?
Hint:- No.5 is probably the best known.

Hi Tim

Sorry for not replying earlier; like Rob, I've been horribly busy.

Anyway, your hint wasn't strictly necessary, because number 5 jumped out almost immediately. So, to get the ball rolling, it's Conlon Nancarrow.

I'l try to tackle some of the others later.

Jo

Absolutely correct, of course, Jo. What I love about anagrams is that one
just knows they're correct, having got them.

Btw, if any of our resident wordsmiths feels like dipping into the General
Discussion section, you might like to sample the delights of trying to
cook up some mnemonics, in particular, ones for the 13 planets of our
solar system.

Timtin wrote:4. Janacek Roma zeal brims. (6,7,7)

Tim, these are stinkers. Even a quick trawl through Google hasn't helped much. I can contribute No 4 = Carlos Jimenez Mabarak (surname sounds Arabic). As for the rest...

Jo

Correct with No4, Jo. For the others, this link might help:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_20 ... _composers

These are the ten 20th. century Mexican composers:-

1. Berlioz is goer = Sergio Berlioz (b. 1963)
2. Ain't Fernando Sor zone = Antonio Fernandez Ros (b. 1962)
3. Alas - just inane Bach = Juan Sebastian Lach (b. 1970)
4. Janacek Roma zeal brims = Carlos Jimenez Marabak (1916 - 1994)
5. Crown carnal Nono = Conlon Nancarrow (b. 1912)
6. I glaze Orr bait = Gabriela Ortiz (b.1965)
7. More or German = German Romero (b. 1965)
8. Insane Suk root = Antonio Russek (b. 1955)
9. Rodrigo is gal = Rodrigo Sigal (b. 1973)
10. Soler joined avatar dorm = Javier Torres Maldonado (b. 1968).

Jacques Drillon, the French musicologist, author, transcriber, and musical conservative
(even more conservative than me, which is really saying something!) recently posed this question:-

Which composers wrote two piano concertos?
Obvious answers would include Brahms and Chopin.
But how many others can you name?

Timtin wrote:Jacques Drillon, the French musicologist, author, transcriber, and musical conservative
(even more conservative than me, which is really saying something!) recently posed this question:-

Which composers wrote two piano concertos?
Obvious answers would include Brahms and Chopin.
But how many others can you name?

I'm assuming, by the examples given, the question means "only" two.

Shostakovitch immediately came to mind for me (though some could argue the first concerto was for Piano and Trumpet).
Then Einar Englund would be the other one I know of, without having to do some research.

Those with a question mark: I am not 100% certain.
And I assume this is solo piano with orchestra or sufficient instruments to qualify for the genre implied.
There might be some dispute with some modern composers who wrote in this genre without specifying such a title.

Kalevi Aho
William Alwyn
George Antheil
Richard Arnell ?
Mily Balakirev
Luciano Berio
Ignaz Brull ?
Elliott Carter
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ?
Eugen d'Albert ?
Erno Dohnanyi
Klaus Egge ?
Andrei Eshpai ?
Lukas Foss
Don Gillis
Alberto Ginastera
Alexander Glazunov
Hermann Goetz ?
Iain Hamilton
Robert Helps ?
Lee Hoiby ?
Herbert Howells
Andrew Imbrie
Wilfred Josephs
Leon Kirchner
Uuno Klami
Ezra Laderman ?
Constant Lambert (discounting an arrangement of Handel)
Marcel Landowski
Benjamin Lees
Zara Levina
Sergei Lyapunov
Edward MacDowell
Frank Martin
Wilhelm Stenhammar

to be continued...

Ginastera wrote three oh great one.

Concerto I, Concerto II and Concerto Argentino.

Thal

Thank you all for the information so far. I know Thal's knowledge of piano concertos is bigger
than Wembley Stadium, and Rob's knowledge of modern music is bigger than the O2 Arena,
so all I can do is stand back and admire!

Here are 5 more possible candidates:-
Glass? (not transparently clear (pun intended))
Liszt? (disregarding No3 (rightly or wrongly))
Mendelssohn? (disregarding the PC with strings only (rightly or wrongly))
Schumann? (if you include his Sonata in F minor = 'Concerto without orchestra')
Weber (no ifs or buts).

Now, over to the experts again .....