Question
This composer used a contrabassoon over a piano and harpsichord accompaniment for the theme of the Waltz movement of his Gogol Suite. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this composer whose advocate Gidon Kremer recorded his controversial modernist cadenzas for the Beethoven violin concerto. The Preludio first movement of a double violin concerto by this composer opens with a passage for piano prepared with kopeks.
ANSWER: Alfred Schnittke [or Alfred Garrievich Schnittke] (The unnamed piece is his Concerto Grosso No. 1)
[10e] Two answers required. A work for two violins and orchestra by Schnittke puns on the name of these two composers, the most prominent of the Classical era. Along with Beethoven, they made up the First Viennese School.
ANSWER: Joseph Haydn AND Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [accept Franz Joseph Haydn in place of “Joseph Haydn”] (The piece is Moz-Art à la Haydn.)
[10m] This Russian symphony earned its nickname “Classical” by mimicking many tropes of the Classical period, particularly those of the Mannheim School. You must give the composer and the number, key, or opus number.
ANSWER: Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 1 in D major, op. 25 [accept any]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell A | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Harvard A | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Maryland A | Florida A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Stanford A | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Toronto A | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |