Paris performances of a composer who wrote an F major piece in this genre “pour le piano-forte” inspired Luigi Cherubini to dedicate his C major piece in this genre to her. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this genre alluded to in the subtitle of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. This genre is the first title word of another composer’s posthumously published piece that opens with C-sharp minor sextuplet arpeggios.
ANSWER: fantasy [or fantasia; or fantaisie; or fantazja; accept Fantasy for Piano-forte or Fantaisie pour le piano-forte; accept Fantaisie-impromptu or Fantazja-Impromptu; accept Quasi una fantasia; accept Fantasy in C or Fantasia in C; prompt on impromptu]
[10e] Fantaisie-impromptu was written by this Polish composer of pieces like the “Revolutionary Étude” and “Minute Waltz.”
ANSWER: Frédéric Chopin [or Frédéric (François) Chopin or Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin]
[10h] Fantaisie pour le piano-forte is by a female Polish virtuoso pianist with this surname. Another composer with this surname titled his third symphony Song of the Night and wrote the opera King Roger.
ANSWER: Szymanowska [or Szymanowski; accept Maria Szymanowska or Karol Szymanowski; prompt on Marianna Agata Wołowska]
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