Near the very end of this piece, the right hand plays a senza tempo passage that begins with a very high “C-flat, B-flat, C, A” figure played 12 times. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this solo piano piece that begins with an ascending sixth, from the dominant B-flat up to G. This piece has a waltz-like rhythm due to its combination of 12/8 (“twelve-eight”) meter and left-hand accompaniment.
ANSWER: Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne in E-flat major [or Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2; prompt on nocturne; prompt on Chopin’s Nocturne or Chopin’s Nocturnes Op. 9 by asking “which one?”; prompt on Nocturne in E-flat major by asking “by which composer?”]
[10h] This late Chopin piece is in F-sharp major and 12/8 (“twelve-eight”) time, and is laden with the parallel thirds and sixths characteristic of its genre. It is often contrasted with his Opus 57 Berceuse (“bair-SUZ”).
ANSWER: Barcarolle in F-sharp major [or Barcarolle, Op. 60]
[10e] Chopin wrote three pieces with this title that suggests an unprepared, free-flowing style. This title is paired with “Fantaisie” in a different Chopin piece based on a four-against-three rhythm.
ANSWER: impromptu [accept Fantasie-Impromptu]
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