It's amazing how many of these I went "Oh frick, I've played this, which one was it" XD Only remembered like 3 actual piece names, but was fun to go through them!
Nice test, I missed out on Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich, also don't know what that last piece was., Yes it's difficult enough and feel free to do a part 2 This one was very good. Thanks for posting.
When I was a 17yo kid at music camp we played this and our 1st trumpet was the great Manny Laureano. He practiced this spot incessantly. Now after a stellar career in Seattle and Minneapolis, I hear he is retiring.
@@williamhollin1445 Neat! I recommend listening to Jascha Horenstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in 1969, with the Hunter's funeral on the cover. It can be found on Misha Horenstein's (Jascha's nephew) on RU-vid channel. Figure 56 of the last movement is slowed to about half tempo for emphasis, as Horenstein saw tat part as the true climax of the work. Triumphal indeed.
i was like that before, too. once i found that i am weak at romatic i go listen for loads of works and finally i can even guess the composer even if i hvnt heard it before. btw, i made a playlist of romantic orchestral work, better check it out if u need it!
I'm so happy when I get Unfinished Symphony right, especially it was the 2nd. mvt.😆🥲 and I almost thought the Rachmaninoff one was Tchaikovsky's lol😂😂 forgot the name of Rossini's, but surprisingly knew it was his piece when I hear it😆 almost failed at Beethoven's 5 because it wasn't the rhythm I usually listen to 😂
I love that movement, perhaps more than the famous 1st movement. I just struggle with placing it between the 5th and 7th. Thanks to that I knew to which symphony it belonged to.
me too!! Schubert is although early romantic (as i like mordern stuff more like stravinsky, bernstein), his melodies (especially countermelodies) is really tuneful and easy to memorize, i couldn't agree more he is the "romantic" Mozart!
The ones I knew within the first measure were the obvious ones. Revelle, Rossini and Gershwin come to mind. Tougher was the symphonic works. Shubert sounds very much like Beethoven I am familiar with all the Brhams, but still missed the answers. Not up on my Mahlar. knew the Rachmaninoff but thought it his first. The Vivaldi did not sound like a typical piece. and on the other hand, Other Debussy pieces could have been more challenging.
Yes I must admit both Schubert and Beethoven love to use subitos 😂 but Beethoven has a relatively "muddy" bassline and loves to use fugal structure in his late works (but Schubert won't). Schubert has a wider spacing and likes to use strings-woodwind Q&A (use more Horns in his "Unfinished" and "The Great")
I am the complete opposite haha. Since I'd be in Mahler's fan club, I knew it the momen it started playing. The non symphonic works I had only gotten right thanks to RU-vid and thanks to having had contact with music.
P.S. I got 54 points I’m not sure that giving a point for the period is useful as, if you know the composer, you know the period. Also, maybe 1 point for the composer, and 2 for the piece (more difficult) Great Quiz!
Can't believe I've never heard even a note from Shostakovich's 7th. I mean, so must have a lot of others too, you've given extra time xD I luckied at Brahms because I had just listened to it in another video. Thanks for not turning the list into a college admission test. Also love how I can tell correctly it was going to be either Bach or Vivaldi.
I immediatly knew Shostakovich Symphony No 7 lol but I'm more into 20th Century, so I really struggled with all the 19th Century pieces, which were a lot more lol
The 20th century composers has a more distinctive style comparing to the 19th century that's why it's always difficult in distinguishing the 19th century composers like you can easily distinguish bartok from britten and Shostakovich as they have a very distinctive style in fact.
@angowong1407 It sounds nothing like Mozart though. I mean, I was also blown apart when I got to know his 12 horn concertos, so Mozart really covers a lot.
Actually I knew there was no way I'd recognize the ones that I didn't because I had no memories of them, so not even all the time in the world would have helped haha.
actually every composer have their distinctive features (or else they won't be famous) so by identifying the features you can make a guess. maybe a should make a video explaining this😂?
for me, i like baroque (as well as medieval) and modern the most for their complexity (i must admit that classical and romantic are good if u don't wanna use ur brain for a while). i rlly recommend you to dig into schubert not only orchestral but also his lieders.
