Antonio Salieri’s largest-scale instrumental work was a set of twenty-six variations on this theme. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this chord progression of Portuguese origin, a popular subject of Baroque variations. The last of another Baroque composer’s opus 5 violin sonatas is named for this theme and consists of a series of variations on it.
ANSWER: “La Folia” [or “La Folia di Spagna”; or “Folies d’Espagne”]
[10m] The last entry in this composer’s twelve violin sonatas was the aforementioned variations on “La Folia.” A 12/8 “Pastorale ad libitum” is the last movement of this Italian composer’s Christmas Concerto.
ANSWER: Arcangelo Corelli
[10e] Corelli’s “La Folia” was the basis for this later composer’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli. This Russian pianist and composer also adapted Paganini’s 24th caprice into Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
ANSWER: Sergei Rachmaninoff [or Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff]
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