Franz Liszt’s Rhapsodie Espagnole includes variations on this theme and the jota (hoh-ta) aragonesa. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this theme of Portuguese origin, which was highly popular during the late Baroque period. In the title of his set of variations on this theme, Rachmaninov incorrectly attributes it to a specific Baroque composer.
ANSWER: La Folia [or Les Folies d’Espagne]
[10e] One of this Baroque composer’s violin sonatas is a set of variations on “La Folia.” This composer’s Christmas Concerto is one of his many concerti grossi.
ANSWER: Arcangelo Corelli
[10h] Another set of variations on La Folia was written by this Romantic Spanish composer, the author of the Method for the Spanish Guitar and composer of Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart.
ANSWER: Fernando Sor
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