Lately I have been listening to Classical Pops, which is a hodge podge of movements from famous symphonies or familiar stand-alone tunes. If the piece is really familiar, I can sometimes sing the horn parts, but because the composers' names are truncated, I have to fill in the missing characters—not always an easy task. I figure if I'm going to play in an orchestra, I should at least know the names of the composers, even if I can't always count out their music. So, I have taken to using this defect in my car's communication system to quiz myself.
To include you in all of my fun, here is a list of famous composers who are often featured on Sirius Classical Pops--ten characters including spaces. Do your best to fill in the missing letters.
Modeste Mu
Claude Deb
Johann Seb
Wolfgang A
Pyotr Illy
Richard St
Camille Sa
Ludwig van
Maurice Ra
Gabriel Fa
Edvard Gri
Leonard Be
Antonio Vi
Comments
Mussorgsky
Debussy
Bach
Mozart
Tchaikovsky
Saint-Saens
Beethoven
Ravel
Faure
Grieg
Bernstein
Vivaldi
Hey! That really is a mainstream list! Where's the Stravisnki? The Ades? The Shnittke? The Elliot Carter? The Stockhausen? All the clanky rackety music I love so much? Where's the Britten? Where are the operas?
Yikes!
This snobby pedant will stick to good old hardcore, elitist Radio 3, Robyn . Hee hee.
Pea, that will be lost on the Americans, so I'll giggle for them: Hee hee hee hee hee!
Hee hee.
That is a cool li
Thank you for shar
I love classical mu
Have a nice da
Love, Mrs
Oh, and some Hindemith.
That's one fancy Camry you have there.