Question

This D major piece opens with low strings and French horns playing the notes “D, F#, D, B, A” in its allegro non troppo first movement. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this piece that Pablo de Sarasate refused to play, noting he didn't want to “listen to the oboe playing the only melody in the adagio.” This piece's final movement opens with the soloist playing the notes “long F#, sixteenth notes G, G, A, long F#.”
ANSWER: Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major [or Brahms Op. 77]
[10m] Brahms’ Violin Concerto was dedicated to this violinist, who quipped that the “Germans have four violin concertos.” This Hungarian violin virtuoso co-premiered Brahms' double concerto with cellist Robert Hausmann.
ANSWER: Joseph Joachim
[10e] Though Joachim revered Brahms' violin concerto, Joachim wrote that this other composer's E minor violin concerto was “the heart's jewel.” This composer wrote incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
ANSWER: Felix Mendelssohn [or Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy]
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Toronto JoyLibrary of Babel School of Continuing Studies001010
Mixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, AdrianLa Clique du Château0000
Toronto WearyWaterloo Hatsune10101030
Toronto RoflWaterloo Miku001010
North FloridaFSU B001010
Florida BFSU A0000
Berkeley BStanford0101020
Berkeley CBerkeley A001010
Oklahoma AOklahoma B001010
RiceTexas A001010
Texas CTexas B001010
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Foucault's PenndulumScottish, Irish, Both or Neither10101030
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