Here’s one:
“________: A Fairy Tale”
[sub]Some hints, since this could be a million titles:
-Not a children’s book.
-Made right after WWII[/sub]
It’s a lower-case L! lno! not ino! I’m gonna kill you all, I swear I will.
Well, not really, but this is the second time in ten minutes I’ve seen that error. Someday, someday…
Anyway! I like music.
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben is Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring, I think.
Symphony No. 41 is the Jupiter Symphony.
Symphony No. 94 is the Surprise Symphony. (I always expected someone jumping out of the orchestra and shouting SURPRISE!)
Symphony No. 1 is … um. Rachmaninoff had one in 1895, and so did Kalinnikov. Mahler had one in 1891, and a No. 2 in 1895, so does that count? No? Damn. Hmm. You’re messing with my mind. It was known as the Pants Symphony, because everyone likes pants.
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__________ : A Season In the Wilderness
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__________ or What You Will
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__________ and What You Can Do About It
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__________ or The Whale
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__________: Adventures of a Curious Character
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__________; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects.
I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution.
II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession.
III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs.
IV. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflexions -
_________ in Prose : ( If you think about it for a bit, it just might come to you with only this much, otherwise see below for the remainder of this title, which is a giveaway hint)
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_________ or Life Among the Lowly
Well, you can put in “Everything you always wanted to know about Sex” for quite a few of them!
This works particularly well for #1, #5, and #6 I really don’t want to think about it for #4!
How about
________: A Comedy of Biology and Manners
____________ or Goodbye Blue Monday!
Chorale from Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (1723, adapted from work in 1716) - “Jesu, bleibet meine Freude” (“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”) - by J.S. Bach
Symphony No. 41 (1788) - The “Jupiter” Symphony by Mozart
Symphony No. 94 (1792) - The “Surprise” Symphony by Haydn
Symphony No. 1 (1895) -
I found Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (The “Titan”) in 1891, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (The “Resurrection” Symphony) as being from either 1984 or 1895 (composed and first performance, respectively). Neither fit your criteria.
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1 and Ives’ Symphony No. 1 are from 1895, but I know of no nickname for either of them.
It’s probably something my music history teacher would kick my butt for not remembering.
Definitely Vonnegut. My guess would be Slapstick (the book of course, not that awful movie version with Jerry Lewis and Madelaine Kahn).
A Civil Campaign: A Comedy of Biology and Manners
And yup, it’s Vonnegut, but you’re thinking of Breakfast of Champions.
After I find some breakfast I’ll post a few of my own … I’ve answered too many without participating enough.
yeah, you’re right. I knew Slapstick had a subtitle (Lonesome No More) and got mixed up.
My apologies for my error and for my absence (I was sick.
Wait, I don’t need to apologize for being sick. Sorry for making you guys wait anyway.)
Those dates aren’t something I know from memory, of course, and somehow my eyes slipped down a line from Symphony No. 1 to Symphony No. 2. I was looking for ‘Titan’ by Mahler.
However, I’ve since found out that the original work titled ‘Titan’ was done earlier, so maybe that disqualifies the question from the start. That, and the fact that so many other composers released similar compositions that year, makes questions like that almost too difficult to even ask.
If I were a Cloudmaker [sup]*[/sup], I’d have to mention Schubert’s Quintet (op. 114, D. 667) here.
Haven’t thought of any new ones yet, looking forward to LNO’s though.
[sup]*[/sup][sub]If you don’t get this, don’t worry. And be thankful you had better things to do. [/sub]
Would that be “Trout?”