Answer the following about the influence of, and influences on, David Popper’s High School of Cello Playing, for 10 points each.
[10e] For cellists, Popper’s High School of Cello Playing contains the foremost of these technical compositions. Franz Liszt wrote sets of Paganini-inspired and “Transcendental” piano pieces in this skill-building genre.
ANSWER: études [or studies]
[10h] This composer’s Sinfonia Concertante for cello was partially inspired by an edition of Popper’s études that Mstislav Rostropovich gave to him. In a ballet movement by this composer, cello and tenor saxophone solos depict a title character “as a Young Girl.”
ANSWER: Sergei Prokofiev [or Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev]
[10m] Popper’s 19th étude is based on a difficult 111-bar figure from the third act of this opera, whose opening prelude segues into an oft-excerpted bridal chorus sung by Elsa’s wedding party.
ANSWER: Lohengrin
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