15
$\begingroup$

The following six audio samples represent, perhaps, the best-known classical music compositions as they have been used in more than 150 mainstream movies.

This question asks you to identify the six original composers.

Unfortunately, the last audio sample has been transmogrified (messed up) beyond recognition. You can still identify the sixth composer by either:

  • un-transmogrification of the sixth audio sample or
  • decoding this cipher using the surnames of the first five composers:
    5-5, 2-6, 3-3, 1-4, 4-1, 2-1, 5-2, 1-3, C, 5-1, 3-4, 1-5, 2-1, B, 3-5, 3-6, 4-2, 4-6, 2-5

Here are the audio samples (each is 150 kB or less): 1.ogg, 2.ogg, 3.ogg, 4.ogg, 5.ogg, 6.ogg. Some minor audio adjustments have been made to defeat Shazam.

EDIT - here is an alternate method to receive the audio samples:

  1. Download the following image
  2. Change its file extension from .gif to .rar
  3. Extract the six audio files using WinRAR (other unzip software may not work)

embedded audio files
These audio samples are from public domain sources on either Musopen or Wikipedia. The compositions and the performances are both free from copyright.

Improve this question
$\endgroup$
4
  • 3
    $\begingroup$ Amazing question! $\endgroup$
    – dmg
    Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 7:24
  • 1
    $\begingroup$ I get a 404 for 5.ogg $\endgroup$
    – Tobia Tesan
    Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 20:08
  • 1
    $\begingroup$ @TobiaTesan - Thanks for letting me know. I don't see a problem with googledrive but later today I will try to embed the audio files into a picture and upload to imgur as well. $\endgroup$
    – Len
    Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 20:25
  • 2
    $\begingroup$ 404 error for all musics... $\endgroup$
    – Valentin Genevrais
    Commented Mar 31, 2018 at 9:42

3 Answers 3

Reset to default
10
$\begingroup$

So far:

Second:

Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March"

Fourth:

Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell Overture"

Fifth:

George Frideric Handel's "Hallelujah from the Messiah"

Through the collective effort of BmyGuest and pacoverflow and their answers here and here we get:

Johann Strauss II
Felix Mendelssohn
Richard Wagner
Gioachino Rossini
George Frideric Handel

Decoding (first index is the composer, second the letter in the surname), results in:

elgarmarchnumberone -> Elgar's March Number One -> Elgar's March No. 1

The sixth composer being:

Sir Edward William Elgar

Improve this answer
$\endgroup$
5
  • 1
    $\begingroup$ Ok, I wanted to try out a puzzle with audio clues but I guess that was too easy. ;-) $\endgroup$
    – Len
    Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 7:24
  • 2
    $\begingroup$ @Len I am sort of a music freak, the question was in fact amazing. Keep up the great work! $\endgroup$
    – dmg
    Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 7:26
  • $\begingroup$ @Len Also you've made my day as I now can't stop listening the sixth one :) $\endgroup$
    – dmg
    Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 7:27
  • $\begingroup$ @Len Wouldn't have thought that I ever post on a music puzzle as first. I'm quite not a music expert or even listening to music very much - and I'm really bad at trivia & names ;c) $\endgroup$
    – BmyGuest
    Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 8:26
  • $\begingroup$ @BmyGuest - You did well then! I'm still puzzling with The pyramid code... $\endgroup$
    – Len
    Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 16:44
5
$\begingroup$

Work in progress

First

Blue Danube waltz, Johann Strauss II

Second

Wedding March, Richard Wagner

Third

Klaviersonate op. 35, Frédéric Chopin

Improve this answer
$\endgroup$
3
$\begingroup$

Partial answer:

3.ogg

Bridal Chorus by Richard Wagner

Improve this answer
$\endgroup$

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.