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Professor Duck
Sep 28, 2018

Curling Injury

I feel like this is going to make me angry, being a music teacher and all, but I'm really intrigued as to what stupid conspiracies they're going to bring up with all of this.

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Professor Duck
Sep 28, 2018

Curling Injury

SelenicMartian posted:

It had a Russian release back in the day, too.

The best. You can't even imagine.

Also, keep track of how many times Mozart literally wagers his own life.

I'll be sure to do that.

Just other random bits here:
Music used:
K. 527 "Don Giovanni", Overture
K. 525 Serenade No. 13 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik), Mvnt II: Romanza
K. 525 Serenade No. 13 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik), Mvnt IV: Rondo

Mozart actually uses a catalog number during the composing puzzle-- "KV563"--which is Divertimento for String Trio in Eb Major, composed in 1788. The only problem is that the KV catalog numbers weren't published until 1862.

Professor Duck fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Jun 3, 2023

Professor Duck
Sep 28, 2018

Curling Injury

Rocket Baby Dolls posted:


I'm not going to be surprised by any of the historical inaccuracies in this game.

They've been good, at least from a musical standpoint. They're all pieces that were composed around the setting of the game (I'm assuming we're in Sept, 1788 given the poster in the opening).

Now, Mozart being in Prague at all in 1788 is pretty inaccurate--he left for Vienna after premiering Don Giovanni in 1787, and didn't go back until 1789.

Professor Duck
Sep 28, 2018

Curling Injury

More random poo poo!

"Cosi fan tutte" means "so do they all", literally. While it might not be a common Italian saying, it IS another Mozart opera reference (K. 588)

I seriously doubt that a bust of Handel would be present in an opera house in Prague. Keep in mind here that the reason Mozart is big in Prague is because he personally went there and premiered an opera there. Handel's output was mostly composed in England (with a few operas composed in Italy). While Mozart did have a score of The Messiah, which is housed in the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague, I would question it if was ever staged by this time.

I also would doubt that a bust of Vivaldi would be present. While his proximity and contact with the public would make it more likely, the general taste of music changed and a lot of Vivaldi's best works were "antiquated" close to the time he died, 40-odd years before the game takes place. I imagine that's the context of Mozart's comment of his music being too "cute"

K. 551, Symphony no. 41 is one of Mozart's most famous symphonies (famous enough to be given a subtitle, which were not given by the composers at the time--giving works "names" beyond a utilitarian style/number was a convention that didn't really start until the Romantic Era), and was finished in August of 1788.

The music with the piano is the same as part 1

Bach's bust is questionable, too. Most of Bach's life was spent as a court composer, and while there were some works that were published publically, most of his output would have been heard only by aristocracy. While it is a reasonable assumption that someone in charge of this opera house would've heard his compositions, a good majority of his work was written for chamber ensembles, or solo instruments (which reflects the nature of his work). On top of that, much interest in Bach came in the 19th century after Mendelssohn's staging of St. Matthew's Passion in 1829.

1st conducting minigame comes from the Divertimento everyone's been clamoring about.
2nd conducting minigame: Concert for 2 violins and orchestra in C Major, K. 190

Also: I use the term "conducting" incredibly graciously here.

Professor Duck
Sep 28, 2018

Curling Injury

Music used:
K.409, Minuet in C
K.107 Concerto No. 1 in D Major, mvnt II: Andante
K. 299 Concerto for Flute and Harpsichord in C Major, mvnt III: Rondo

A diapason is a rank of organ pipes. The use of the term in the context doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense, though. He's starting with A because, historically, that is the pitch that orchestral instruments tuned to. At the very least, they set the tuning to NOT A = 440, which wasn't standard at the time....in fact, there really WAS no standard frequency of tuning note at all. Different counties had different ideas of what frequency A should be. So much so that there was a section of the Treaty of Versailles (that ended WWI) that contained a treatise on creating a "standard" tuning pitch.

Also:
Mozart: "I shall start by tuning A!"
RBD: *tunes G first*

Professor Duck fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Jun 13, 2023

Professor Duck
Sep 28, 2018

Curling Injury

LOTS of music, but not much else for me to talk about in this one
K. 527, Don Giovanni, overture
K. 139, Missa Solemnis in C minor, Crucifixus
K. 504, Symphony No. 38 in D Major
K. 345, Thamos, King of Egypt, Maestoso, Allegro
K. 492, The Marriage of Figaro, Overture

Symphony No. 38 is commonly referred to as the "Prague" Symphony because it was premiered there. However, there is a lack of evidence to suggest that Mozart "dedicated" the symphony to Prague, or even wrote it particularly for a trip to that location.

Professor Duck fucked around with this message at 13:24 on Jun 17, 2023

Professor Duck
Sep 28, 2018

Curling Injury

Music used:
K. 477 Maurerische Trauermusik, or Masonic Funeral Music with a HARD shift to K. 492, Overture from The Marriage of Figaro in a really somewhat inappropriate spot
Bad MIDI rendition of K. 504, Symphony No. 38
K. 487, Piano concerto No. 21 in C major
K. 370, Quartet in F Major with a nasty cluster chord thrown in for good measure ("A very good interpretation" is questionable there, game)
K. 312, Allegro in G minor with another hard shift, but this time to K. 527, Overture from Don Giovanni/
K. 332, Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major

I thought more of my expertise would be at play here, but I'm becoming less relevant as this game wears on. Mozart's just kinda a placeholder character, it seems, unless something comes along later to alter that.

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Professor Duck
Sep 28, 2018

Curling Injury

anilEhilated posted:


What I don't get is why the woman apparently turns into a parrot at the end of their little exchange.

Women like shiny things, duh

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