Who wrote the piano music heard in industrial era?

[Chieftess]

Some music could be from a sound repository. That's atleast true for sound effects, and occasionally, I hear pieces of classical music that's in video games, movies, commercials, etc. (The latter group seeming rarer).

 

[Stapel]

Now - let thetrooper solve this mystery once and for all:

Haydn, Piano Sonata: Son in E-flat, Hob. XVI: 52: II. Adagio.

Finally!

Wrong !

It's Hoboken XVI: 49: III. Finale
And I am bloody sure, as the Haydn Sonaten Klavier/Piano book I (Edition Peters Nr. 713a) is right in front of me.

Almost 2 years ago, I did burn the file indfgrpro.mp3 on a cd, and I went to my favourite sheet music store in The Hague, assuming they would recognise immediately which Mozart Sonate it was. Well, that was a wrong assumption. I was advised to go to a classical CD music store at the 'Plaats' in The Hague (that's where Johan de Witt was murdered in 1672, he is mentioned in the Description of the Dutch history in C3C). The store owner, just like me, my mother, and several others I had councilled, was pretty much convinced it was Mozart. So we simply listened to the intro of every single Mozart Sonate there is. That sounds like a hell of a job, but is actually very nice. But, we did not hear it! At the moment, there were a dozen other store visitors (all more or less convinced it MUST be Mozart), regular classical music buyers, very very curious!

"Where did you get from?", I was asked. "From a computer game". I replied.
One visitor remarked: "The must be a very civilised game then".

The shop owner , a bit disappointed in himself, said: "Well, then it should be Haydn."
Within a few minutes we found it. I bought the CD, and headed back to the sheet music store, where they had the book on the shelves!

 

[morchuflex]

Great story!
I'm looking forward to buying a record.
The funny thing is, I do - or should I say did? - consider myself a real connoisseur when it comes to classical music (I own about 1,000 records that take every space in my flat not already occupied by books or... video games). And I too would have sworn it was Mozart, or maybe the young Beethoven. For some reason, I do not associate Haydn with the piano.

 

[Stapel]

Great story!
I'm looking forward to buying a record.
The funny thing is, I do - or should I say did? - consider myself a real connoisseur when it comes to classical music (I own about 1,000 records that take every space in my flat not already occupied by books or... video games). And I too would have sworn it was Mozart, or maybe the young Beethoven. For some reason, I do not associate Haydn with the piano.

Well, you are in good company, when thinking of Mozart! I really did consult many connaisseurs

Before I solved this 'quest', I didn't connect Haydn to Piano Sonates either, but actually he did write quite alot of them!

And they are quite difficult to play, unfortunately.

 

[michael4000]

It's Hoboken XVI: 49: III. Finale
And I am bloody sure, as the Haydn Sonaten Klavier/Piano book I (Edition Peters Nr. 713a) is right in front of me.

Thanks for the detective work Stapel!

For the record, I thought Mozart too, or young Beethoven. The Haydn sonatas on the disc I bought in error are very nice, so I think I'll go ahead and wander back down to the CD store...

 

[Dirkonium]

I like all the music in Civ3 except the dreadful stuff from the modern era (god how I hate that electric guitar piece). But I also got sick of hearing the same thing all the time. Now I just tune in to Internet radio and tailor the station to what's going on in the game. If I'm in peaceful development it'll be ambient new agey stuff, and if I'm at war, then something rougher and louder. I'm finding I really like having that new and non-repeating background music. Combine the music with the games other sound effects, and it's an enhancing experience.

 

[thetrooper]

It's Hoboken XVI: 49: III. Finale.
And I am bloody sure, as the Haydn Sonaten Klavier/Piano book I (Edition Peters Nr. 713a) is right in front of me.

Great job Stapel!

I think I´ll have to give someone in a music store a beating for the misleading info

But I was close...

 

[michael4000]

Postscript -- Stapel was right. It's available on the Naxos "Haydn Piano Sonatas Vol I" disc, which may or may not be the best recording, but it is a -cheap- recording. : )

I was amazed by how FAST it is -- which almost certainly means that it is played well below tempo on the CIV III soundtrack. It's a pretty graceful line either way IMHO.

 

[The Omega]

One visitor remarked: "The must be a very civilised game then".

Funniest......Comment........Ever!

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Remember 'Ode to Joy' is the anthem of the European Community. Same reasoning as against the Marseillaise applies here...

My choice for the Industrial Age would have been Frederic Chopin's Sonate Op. 35 b-moll (Marche Funebre/ Funeral March). I really love those old movies of buriels of Communist Leaders with that soundtrack

Considering how many Civs tend to leave the game during IA, that one would really fit perfectly.

 

[thetrooper]

You are right doc! I would love to hear "Moonlight Serenade" by Beethoven too. Same reasoning.

 

[Stapel]

Postscript -- Stapel was right. It's available on the Naxos "Haydn Piano Sonatas Vol I" disc, which may or may not be the best recording, but it is a -cheap- recording. : )

I was amazed by how FAST it is -- which almost certainly means that it is played well below tempo on the CIV III soundtrack. It's a pretty graceful line either way IMHO.

I have the CD in my hands . It's indeed cheap. It was played by Jeno Jando, from Hungary IIRC. One thing is for sure: He is a better piano player than I am!