This piece opens with the brass playing a forte (“FOR-tay”) “C-sharp, E” chord, which resolves to a sforzando (“sfor-ZAHN-doh”) “B-sharp, D” chord. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this piece, the last of a set of seven pieces performed during the Press Celebrations. A melody from this piece was used as a setting for the Christian hymn Be Still, My Soul.
ANSWER: Finlandia [accept Finlandia Hymn; accept, but otherwise do NOT reveal, Jean Sibelius’s Op. 26]
[10e] This Finnish composer wrote Finlandia as well as seven popular symphonies and the Karelia Suite.
ANSWER: Jean Sibelius (“sih-BAY-lee-us”) [or Johan Julius Christian Sibelius]
[10m] Sibelius composed a “sad” piece in this genre originally for his brother-in-law’s play Kuolema. A lively D-flat major piece by Frédéric Chopin (“show-PAN”) in this genre is nicknamed “Minute” after its short length.
ANSWER: waltzes [accept Valse triste; accept Minute Waltz]
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