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Classical Music- Piano/Challenging

Name the composer given two of his perhaps less well known compositions for piano.
For less well-known composers, the hints are for their best known works.
I wish they were not all male. Alas, published women composers are not as yet well known. There is a quiz on JetPunk (not mine) with women composers. Check it out!
I will be surprised if anyone who is not a pianist can do well on this quiz, but please correct me if I am wrong!
I changed this to a yellow box so you can't just type in well-known composers!
Quiz by marjobro
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Last updated: March 8, 2023
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First submittedAugust 29, 2020
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Italian Concerto, 2-Part Inventions
Johann Sebastian Bach
Adagio in B minor, Variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Suite in G minor, Opus 5; Suite in C major, Opus 17 (both for 2 pianos)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Variations in F minor, 32 Pieces for Musical Clock
Franz Joseph Haydn
Variations in C minor, Rage Over a Lost Penny
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Annees de Pelerinage (Years of Pilgrmage), Mephisto Waltzes
Franz Liszt
Rhapsody in G minor; Seven Fantasies, Opus 116
Johannes Brahms
Ballade in G minor, Three Ecossaises
Frederick Francois Chopin
Canciones y Danses, Suburbis
Federico Mompou
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The White Peacock, Fountain of the Acgua Paola
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Visions Fugitives, Peter and the Wolf, Opus 67 arranged by composer
Sergei Prokofieff
Gnoissiennes, Gymnopedies
Erik Satie
Rumanian Folk Dances, Mikrokosmos
Bela Bartok
The Cat and the Mouse, Saturday Night Waltz (from Rodeo)
Aaron Copland
Carnaval, Kreisleriana
Robert Schumann
Miroirs, Le Tombeau de Couperin
Maurice Ravel
The Sunken Cathedral, Girl with the Flaxen Hair (both are preludes)
Claude Debussy
Woodland Sketches, Scotch Poem
Edward MacDowell
FredaCat
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Level 44
Mar 17, 2023
Rage Over a Lost Penny? Lol. I'm going to have to look that one up.

A fun challenge. I did horribly. But it's given me the kick I need to get back into piano music. Thanks! Rec'd and nominated.

marjobro
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Level 66
Mar 18, 2023
Thank you!! So glad you enjoyed it, and grateful for the nomination. I think it's a shame that as many thousands of quizzes that are on JetPunk, there is only one classical music quiz that is a featured one. Virtually by definition, this is not a "popular" topic, but I think it deserves attention.

Please take my other quizzes and tell me what you think.

vermiciousknid
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Level 88
Mar 23, 2023
I'm not a pianist and sure enough I did poorly. For a moment I thought I wouldn't get any right, but I'm pleased that I was able to recognize a couple songs and answer two questions correctly, both in the second column.
marjobro
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Level 66
Mar 24, 2023
Good for you! I wasn't kidding when I suggested it was not an easy quiz. There are several entries that will likely challenge even serious pianists. I'm a big fan of Federico Mompou and encourage you to listen to some of his charming music....a little surprised that Griffes is at the bottom of the success list. I don't understand why MacDowell's name never appears in other classical music quizzes.

I hope you will try some of my other quizzes. They are less difficult.

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