Composer whose last name translates into the following English words Quiz by simanthropy

Can you name the composer whose last name translates into the following English words?

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In English, sometimes our surnames are more than just names - Smith, Fisher, Gold etc. Some famous composers had names as boring (or exciting) as these. Whose names translate into the following words?
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Translation	Composer	Nationality
Green		Italian
Stream		German
Open Stream		French
Trade		English
Bouquet		German
Flour		Hungarian
Mountain		Austrian
Pretty Mountain		Austrian
Green Mountain		Italian
Amber		American
Weaver		German
Rich		American
Break (fracture)		German
Cobbler		German
Joy		Austrian

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Name the composer by their English translation Quiz

by simanthropy

Created Aug 14, 2012 in Music
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	Trazom:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 00:48 GMT		1 point
	I like this quiz a lot! All except Allegri, who I would suggest is far too obscure for something like this. Also have my doubts about Lasso, but I could hold those in abeyance. But the classical music/foreign language combo is terrific.

	needapausebutton:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 03:17 GMT		1 point
	@simanthropy: This is an excellent job for your first Sporcle quiz. I am the "curator" for the Classical subcategory, so I'm wearing that hat as I comment here: Can you think of any way to sort of give us more clues? Unless players are fluent in German & Italian (etc.), it is quite difficult. I ended up guessing some composers, hoping they'd just fit somewhere.

	simanthropy:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 10:00 GMT		1 point
	Hi, thanks a lot for your kind comments. I've replaced Allegri with a better known composer ("Joy"), and have given nationalities as hints rather than periods, since that at least gives you an idea of what language to be thinking of (though some aren't in their national language!). Is this better do you think?

	Scarpia:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 18:05 GMT		1 point
	Excellent quiz!!

	needapausebutton:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 20:26 GMT		1 point
	@simanthropy: thanks, I like it. It is now a "curator pick": http://www.sporcle.com/games/subcategory/classical

	milgita:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 20:29 GMT		1 point
	I can't spell :p

	Trazom:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 21:22 GMT		3 points
	Much improved. But: Lasso wasn't Italian, he was Franco-Flemish. And like so many in that period, he translated his name as needed, going by Orlande de Lasse, Roland de Lasse, Orlando di Lasso, Orlandus Lassus, etc. as appropriate. IMHO a good quiz becomes a great one if you take him out :) Maybe put in Heinrich Schütz = archer if you want — still tough, but fairer.

	simanthropy:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 21:58 GMT		2 points
	I hope 'rich' makes things better for you :-). Thanks for the curator's pick!!

	dancastro:	Aug 16th, 2012 at 01:00 GMT		4 points
	I think that Gluck is more precisely translated as 'happiness'; 'joy' would be Freude, like in the famous Ode to Joy that is "An die Freude" in German. (I agree that the difference is very subtle; also, Glück 'happiness' has an umlaut while Gluck [the surname] hasn't one). And I had always thought that Strauss was 'ostrich' in German, but seemingly it means both things ('ostrich' and 'bouquet'). Probably some more people would guess it if you include both meanings.

	Trazom:	Aug 16th, 2012 at 03:37 GMT		1 point
	"Rich" is perfect! Thanks, and congratulations again.

	melissa:	Aug 18th, 2012 at 01:02 GMT		2 points
	Great quiz! But challenging, even with the composers' nationalities, because in many cases we still don't know what the relevant language is. What about adding the language from which the name is being translated, along with the nationality?

	simanthropy:	Aug 18th, 2012 at 15:27 GMT		2 points
	dan - I think Glück can mean either - frankly, I'm not sure I know the difference between the concepts of happiness and joy! I agree the umlaut is a problem, but I'm sure German people would associate the two words enough... And again, I'd have to ask a native speaker, but I assume Strauss is named after a bouquet - 'mr ostrich' seems a little odd? Melissa - thanks very much. Actually that was intentional - it's possible to get about 2/3 of the answers using google translate or similar, but the rest you have to really think through your composers (there aren't THAT many English and American ones to go through...)

	honkytonkman:	Aug 18th, 2012 at 18:25 GMT		3 points
	Offenbach was French, but Jewish so his last name his German... Kinda threw me.

	NJSB:	Aug 18th, 2012 at 18:38 GMT		3 points
	Nice idea for a quiz. Handel was German but imported to England which causes for some confusion in this quiz.

	Pitchmeister:	Sep 5th, 2012 at 20:14 GMT		2 points
	Some thoughts from a German: Handel is actually spelled "Händel", which doesn't mean trade, but rather something like "little hand". Strauss (or Strauß, as the actual word is spelled) does mean both "ostrich" and "bouquet". As for "happiness" vs "joy", Glück (which indeed has nothing to do with Gluck, that's not a word I know) means both "luck" and "happiness", "joy" is more accurately translated as "Freude", as in "Ode to Joy".

	woodworm99:	Sep 7th, 2012 at 22:15 GMT		1 point
	'Joy' and 'Austrian' led me immediately to Sigmund Freud, and I couldn't get him out of my head. I need therapy. Good quiz, though.

	ArtRock:	Oct 11th, 2012 at 18:49 GMT		1 point
	Love the idea, and you had me with Offenbach - tried French names there. Minor quibble though: Gluck is most definitely wrong. Gluck and Glueck (the spelling of the u-umlaut) are completely different words.

	Iai:	Jan 24th, 2013 at 16:10 GMT		1 point
	Feel absolutely stupid for not getting Green Mountain and Cobbler. Both unbelievably obvious once you know the answers.