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[antongould]

He seems to have written a piece for 3 oboes and a bassoon but on further research no voice or Monty Python!
There was on yet further research a trumpet ........maybe one to leave for the worm catcher....

[amateur51]

Did you mean 3 Concertos and 4 Symphonies? All in the same Opus as the Variations?

Nope. I think the question does not read to give that possibility, surely

The question revolves around 4 compositions - a set of variations; a concerto for solo instrument; a symphony for solo instrument; and a march

[subcontrabass]

Nope. I think the question does not read to give that possibility, surely

The question revolves around 4 compositions - a set of variations; a concerto for solo instrument; a symphony for solo instrument; and a march

I was looking at Charles-Valentin Alkan (Opus 39 covers all except the march, which has no Opus no.).

[amateur51]

I was looking at Charles-Valentin Alkan (Opus 39 covers all except the march, which has no Opus no.).

Ooooh - care to elaborate, scb?

[subcontrabass]

Ooooh - care to elaborate, scb?

Opus 39: Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs
(for solo piano)

Nos. 4-7 are labelled as the four movements of a sympony
Nos. 8-10 are labelled as the three movements of a concerto
No. 12 is "Le festin d'Esope (Aesop's feast)", a set of variations

Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un papagallo, 2S, T, B, 3 ob, bn (1859) is the march on the death of a parrot.

[amateur51]

Opus 39: Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs
(for solo piano)

Nos. 4-7 are labelled as the four movements of a sympony
Nos. 8-10 are labelled as the three movements of a concerto
No. 12 is "Le festin d'Esope (Aesop's feast)", a set of variations

Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un papagallo, 2S, T, B, 3 ob, bn (1859) is the march on the death of a parrot.

Excellent scb. What's the theme of the variations do you think?

And how did he succumb fatally to the word of God, allegedly?

[subcontrabass]

Excellent scb. What's the theme of the variations do you think?

And how did he succumb fatally to the word of God, allegedly?

The theme of the variations is an original melody, but sounds a bit like a minor version of "Ten Green Bottles"
(you can hear it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSxbao_Chq0 and elsewhere on YouTube).

It is rumoured that he died under a collapsed bookcase. He was strict Jew and widely read in religious matters. Wikipedia says: "For many years it was believed that his death was caused by a bookcase falling on him in his home, brought down as he reached for a volume of the Talmud from a high shelf."

[amateur51]

The theme of the variations is an original melody, but sounds a bit like a minor version of "Ten Green Bottles"
(you can hear it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSxbao_Chq0 and elsewhere on YouTube).

It is rumoured that he died under a collapsed bookcase. He was strict Jew and widely read in religious matters.

Brilliant scb! Yes it's said that he was reaching for a copy of the Talmud on the top shelf when his bookcase collapsed on top of him, crushing him. Who knows?

Over to you for a B scb

[subcontrabass]

Brilliant scb! Yes it's said that he was reaching for a copy of the Talmud on the top shelf when his bookcase collapsed on top of him, crushing him. Who knows?

Over to you for a B scb

What B is a composer who:

(a) injured a hand in the service of a dictator;
(b) was inspired by Joyce;
(c) lived for a time in a town whose name makes one think of a different composer.

[amateur51]

What B is a composer who:

(a) injured a hand in the service of a dictator;
(b) was inspired by Joyce;
(c) lived for a time in a town whose name makes one think of a different composer.

Berio injured his hand dismantling a gun in the Salo army of Mussolini. He wrote Thema(Omaggio a Joyce) in 1958.