Music for the Royal Fireworks - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

A rehearsal for this piece caused a three-hour traffic jam on London Bridge. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this piece whose 3rd and 4th movements are titled “La Paix” (“la PAY”) and “La Réjouissance” (“la ray-JOO-ee-sons”). This piece was initially scored for a large wind band, in response to George II’s preference for including “no fiddles.”

ANSWER: Music for the Royal Fireworks [or Royal Fireworks Music or HWV 351]

[10e] This person composed the Music for the Royal Fireworks. This German-born composer was made a naturalized British subject by a 1727 Act of Parliament, and later composed the oratorio Messiah.

ANSWER: George Frideric Handel [or Georg Friedrich Händel]

[10m] For an earlier royal commission, Handel composed this piece, which includes an “Alla Hornpipe” movement. This set of three orchestral suites accompanied George I’s day trip by barge from Whitehall Palace.

ANSWER: Water Music [or Wassermusik or HMV 348-350 inclusive]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	10	6.00	40%	20%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	15.83	100%	42%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	11.11	89%	22%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	13.75	88%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	17.78	89%	89%	0%

Data


Alabama A	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	Cornell D	0	10	10	20
Binghamton B	Cornell B	0	0	0	0
Binghamton C	Cornell F	0	0	0	0
Cornell C	RIT B	0	10	10	20
U of Rochester A	Cornell E	0	0	0	0
Cornell A	Cornell G	0	10	0	10
ESF	RIT C	0	10	0	10
Syracuse	RIT A	0	0	0	0
Penn State	U of Rochester B	0	0	0	0
Penn State	U of Rochester B	0	0	0	0
Penn State	U of Rochester B	0	0	0	0
Penn State	U of Rochester B	0	0	0	0
Penn State	U of Rochester B	0	0	0	0
Penn State	U of Rochester B	0	0	0	0
Penn State	U of Rochester B	0	0	0	0
Penn State	U of Rochester B	0	0	0	0
Auburn B	Southern	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State A	Auburn C	0	10	0	10
Clemson B	Belmont	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Clemson A	10	10	10	30
Furman	Georgia A	0	10	10	20
Emory A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Emory Oxford	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt A	10	10	10	30
South Carolina B	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
UCLA E	Claremont C	0	10	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCSD	0	10	10	20
USC	UCLA C	0	10	0	10
Penn B (DII)	Bard A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Columbia A (UG)	Fordham A	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Maryland A (DII)	0	10	10	20
Lehigh B (DII)	NYU A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Penn A (DII)	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Princeton A (UG)	Maryland B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Rutgers A (UG)	Columbia J (DII)	0	10	10	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
CWRU A (UG)	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C (DII)	CWRU B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Michigan D (UG)	CWRU C (UG)	0	10	10	20
Michigan State B	Miami C (DII)	0	10	10	20
Michigan B (UG)	Ohio State A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	Ohio State B (DII)	0	10	0	10
West Virginia A (UG)	Miami B (UG)	0	10	0	10
Michigan A (UG)	West Virginia B (UG)	0	10	10	20
UBC A	UW Wrath	10	10	10	30
Appalachian State B	Duke A	0	10	0	10
UNC D	Duke B	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	Appalachian State A	0	0	0	0
William & Mary	Liberty A	0	10	0	10
UNC B	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
NC State	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
Virginia	Tusculum	0	10	0	10
VCU	Virginia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	James Madison B	0	10	0	10
Claremont B	UCLA D	0	10	0	10
WashU A	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
Chicago B	Notre Dame C	0	10	10	20
Illinois D	Notre Dame B	0	10	0	10
Indiana	WashU B	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Iowa A	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame A	Northwestern A	0	10	10	20
Iowa B	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Purdue C	SIUE	0	0	10	10