Question
The composer of this piece exclaimed “Asses, cattle!” when informed of the poor reception of its original finale. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this B-flat major string quartet by Beethoven, which has six movements including a German dance and a cavatina.
ANSWER: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major [or Beethoven’s Thirteenth String Quartet; or Op. 130]
[10m] This movement, which was later published separately, was the original finale of Beethoven’s thirteenth string quartet. Igor Stravinsky described it as “an absolutely contemporary piece that will be contemporary forever.”
ANSWER: Grosse Fuge [or Grand Fugue or Great Fugue]
[10e] This later Russian composer of In the Steppes of Central Asia used the theme from the replacement finale of Op. 130 in his first string quartet. His more famous second string quartet uses a cello solo to open its third-movement nocturne.
ANSWER: Alexander Borodin [Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown A | Northwestern A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Chicago A | Penn A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cornell B | NYU A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Duke A | Chicago C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Florida A | Toronto A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | MIT A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech B | Minnesota B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Harvard A | Maryland A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Illinois A | Michigan A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Indiana A | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Johns Hopkins A | Chicago B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Minnesota A | Houston A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| North Carolina A | Iowa State A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State A | Yale A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Purdue A | Yale B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Rutgers A | Vanderbilt A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UC Berkeley A | Imperial A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WUSTL A | South Carolina A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WUSTL B | Texas A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |