Question
This composer quoted the “Agincourt Song” in the opening “Chaconne” movement of one of his concert band pieces. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this English composer of St. Paul’s Suite, whose final movement is adapted from his Second Suite in F for Military Band. Another piece by this composer opens with a 5/4 ostinato played by col legno (“COLL LEN-yo”) strings.
ANSWER: Gustav Holst [or Gustav Theodore Holst] (The other piece is “Mars, the Bringer of War.”)
[10e] The first movement of Holst’s Second Suite features a prominent solo for the euphonium, a smaller version of this lowest-pitched brass instrument.
ANSWER: tuba
[10h] The Second Suite’s third movement includes music for one of these objects, in reference to the movement’s title. The words “Vedi! Le fosche” (“VEH-dee leh FOE-sheh”) open an operatic song titled after these objects in English.
ANSWER: anvils [accept tuned anvils] (The third movement is titled “Song of the Blacksmith,” and the operatic song is the “Anvil Chorus.”)
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