Leonard Bernstein - 2023 ACF Fall

Question

Answer the following about John F. Kennedy’s death being commemorated in classical music, for 10 points each.

[10e] This composer dedicated his third symphony, Kaddish, in the memory of JFK. He also wrote West Side Story.

ANSWER: Leonard Bernstein

[10m] This piece, a favorite of JFK’s, was played by the National Symphony Orchestra on live radio broadcast following his death. This Samuel Barber work was originally the second movement of his Opus 11 string quartet.

ANSWER: Adagio for Strings

[10h] This composer asked W. H. Auden to write four haiku stanzas to be set to music in his Elegy for JFK. That piece’s governing tone row is derivable from an earlier tone row that this composer used in his ballet Agon.

ANSWER: Igor Stravinsky

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Summary


2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)	10/14/2023	Y	7	21.43	86%	129%	0%

Data


Swarthmore A	Columbia A	10	10	20
Swarthmore B	Fordham	10	10	20
Fordham	Swarthmore B	0	10	10
University of Delaware B	Lehigh	0	0	0
University of Delaware A	NYU A	0	0	0
NYU C	NYU B	0	0	0
Princeton	Penn	10	0	10