Correct! Your turn! :D

I am amazed that I actually got that. (Thank you Vocaloid Wiki for pointing me in the right direction)

Here's an easy one:

~The composer is British
~The composer is not alive
~This is a movement of a larger piece

Good Luck!

EDIT: Ignore this.

I am amazed that I actually got that. (Thank you Vocaloid Wiki for pointing me in the right direction)

Here's an easy one:

~The composer is British
~The composer is not alive
~This is a movement of a larger piece

Good Luck!

As soon as I saw "British" and knew that you were a clarinet player, I knew it would probably be one of the Holst suites! XD

Holst - Suite No. 1 in Eb- "Intermezzo," Movement 2.

EDIT: Here's a new one. Hints:

1) Any orchestral clarinetist should know this excerpt. It's definitely in the top 5 of excerpts to know.
2) This composer was very well-known for writing pieces for an instrument that is not playing in the recording.
3) There is an arrangement of the clarinet melody that was made by a popular artist in the late 1970s.

As soon as I saw "British" and knew that you were a clarinet player, I knew it would probably be one of the Holst suites! XD

Holst - Suite No. 1 in Eb- "Intermezzo," Movement 2.

Shoot! I totally started looking at that piece but I got distracted! XD

Edit: Also, the piece is from the Third Movement of Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony.

Edit2: Here is the next piece!

Hints:
-by an American composer.
-composed using a modified version of the 12-tone technique of the Second Viennese School; the composer uses a 10-tone row and then saves the other 2 notes for a final tonal resolution and uses them as an anchor for the piece.

EDIT: Just kidding. Again.

EDIT: How well-known is this American composer. Is it like, John Cage famous?

EDIT: Just kidding. Again.

EDIT: How well-known is this American composer. Is it like, John Cage famous?

More famous than John Cage.

OK, since no one has tried guessing, I'll give one more hint; the composer was featured all last week on a classical music radio show (one that is broadcast across the USA) hosted by the man who founded the professional choir that performed my "O Nata Lux".

I know this isn't right, but might as well try: Tsontakis - Ghost Variations.

Nope.

Yes! I found it: Copland - Piano Fantasy, at the "Rubato" part, q = circa 52.

Correct! :)

Hints:

1) The Wind Symphony of the University I attend recently performed this piece.
2) The composer of this work is part of a group of four very well-known (current, and alive) composers, one of which is a very well-known choral composer.
3) The work is unique in that it combines digital/electronic effects with the wind ensemble.
4) The composer is from the U.S.

Ecstatic Waters by Steven Bryant?

Ecstatic Waters by Steven Bryant?

Wow, that was fast. Yep.

Haha, yeah, I found it pretty quick; I'm somewhat familiar with Steven Bryant both through hearing his music at wind ensemble concerts and through Eric Whitacre's blog.

On to the next!

Hints:
-The composer is of the same religion as I am (if you need a hint on what religion that might be, look at the title of the mp3 :heh:)
-This is an excerpt from a movement of a larger work. Handel was known for writing this type of work.
-Oddly enough, the composer decided to incorporate a lot of chant-like figures into the work.

Is this part of an oratorio?

It is!

This isn't Leroy Robertson's oratorio, is it?

It is not. However, I believe this composer was a student of Leroy Robertson.

*bump*

Is the composer Janice Kapp Perry?

No, definitely not. She was definitely not a student of Leroy Robertson.

Oh, I missed that post. XD I highly doubted was her because all I heard from her were songs, lol. But she fitted with descriptions and assumptions I did . xP

I feel like I killed this thread! XD

I have yet not searched enough. Not enough time yet. The last thing I found was a composer that studied with Robertson. But I could not find any oratiro done by this composer. His last name is Gates.

Wow, that took a long time to find! "Behold, This is the Way" from the oratorio The Redeemer by Robert Cundick.

EDIT: Here's a difficult one.

1. The composer was from Latin America and is no longer alive.
2. This piece has one of the most... evil clarinet parts (basically, he wrote in a run that goes from one of the lowest notes to the second C# above the staff in two measures. Ugh.) that I've ever seen, at least.
3. This attachment is an excerpt from a 12-movement piece.

Name the movement title along with the title of the whole piece.

Alberto Ginastera?

Alberto Ginastera?

Yep, that's the composer. Piece and movement?

Wow, that took a long time to find! "Behold, This is the Way" from the oratorio The Redeemer by Robert Cundick.


Nice! I was beginning to lose hope...

Is it Variazione finale in modo do Rondò per Orchestra? From the variaciones concertantes?

Yep, that's correct. :)

Here's an easy one:

~The composer is dead.
~It is a grade six piece of music.
~There are 5 variations on the main theme in this piece.

Ah, I played that piece as a sophomore in high school. Good times. :)

Variations on a Korean Folk Song - John Barnes Chance

EDIT:

1) This orchestral transcription is more known in its original solo piano instrumentation.
2) Pay attention to the rhythms. This composer used very similar rhythms in a... around 13 minute piece.
3) The composer is no longer alive.

We're going to play it too!

Any guesses or hints needed?

Did the composer died in the 70's?

Nope.

A month + a week and nothing. :P So I'm switching the piece. The previous answer is Valses nobles et sentimentales, "Assez animé" - Ravel. The rhythms in this movement are strikingly similar to his La valse.

Here's a (perhaps) easier piece:

1) Composed in the 19th century.
2) This excerpt is *very* famous. If you want a hint as to what kind of piece this is, listen to the whole excerpt I have attached. Chances are, if you listen to a lot of this genre, you will have heard of this piece (or set of pieces).
3) The pieces are "based" (hint with the quotation marks) off of a legend that combines German and Scandinavian legends/mythology.
4) The composer was an innovator in harmony at the time.

Here's the info. that I need:

1) Title (the all-encompassing one is sufficient) & Composer.
2) What is happening in the plot at the beginning of this excerpt? 4-5 words is sufficient.

Is it by Wagner?

Yes, it is. :)