The first movement in the inaugural piece of this type abandons sonata form in favor of two “outdoor” themes inspired by strolls that its composer took in the Black Forest. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this genre coined by that E-flat major piece, which its composer wrote as his Opus 40 in memory of his mother Christiane.
ANSWER: horn trio [accept Johannes Brahms’s Horn Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 40]
[10h] This other composer ended her horn trio Scènes de la forêt (“sen duh lah fo-RAY”) with a movement “For Artemis.” This composer also wrote a B-flat major piano quartet that drew a backhanded compliment from Camille Saint-Säens.
ANSWER: Mélanie Bonis (“boh-NEESS”) [or Mélanie Hélène Bonis or Mel Bonis]
[10e] The forests of Šumava led this composer to write “Silent Woods.” He performed a cello and piano transcription of that piece with Hanuš Wihan (“HAH-noosh VEE-hahn”) in a farewell concert before he emigrated to the United States to direct its National Conservatory.
ANSWER: Antonín Dvořák [or Antonín Leopold Dvořák] (Dvořák originally composed “Silent Woods,” otherwise known as “Waldesruhe” or “Klid,” for piano four-hands. )
<Jacob Egol, Classical Music and Opera>