Henry Purcell - 2024 ACF Winter

Question

This composer included the countertenor duet Sound the Trumpet as part of an ode whose opening sinfonia was reused in his unfinished opera The Indian Queen. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this composer of the ode Come, Ye Sons of Art. A descending chromatic fourth in the ground bass opens a “lament” by this composer in which the singer pleads “Remember me, but ah! Forget my fate.”

ANSWER: Henry Purcell

[10h] Purcell’s Come, Ye Sons of Art was written to honor the birthday of this ruler. Purcell set the hymn “Thou knowest, Lord” in a set of Funeral Sentences for this ruler’s death that includes a C minor March and Canzona.

ANSWER: Queen Mary II [accept Ode for the Queen Mary’s Birthday; accept Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary]

[10e] The March from Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary is scored for four trumpets outfitted with one of these devices, allowing them to play in a minor key. This device allows trombones to play perfect glissandi.

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2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	16.67	67%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	8	11.25	63%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	7	12.86	86%	43%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	8	13.75	75%	63%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida	2024-11-16	Y	5	10.00	60%	40%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	11	18.18	73%	73%	36%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	10	11.00	80%	30%	0%

Data


Berkeley C	Berkeley B	10	0	10	20
Berkeley A	Stanford L	10	0	10	20
Stanford M	Stanford A	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Emory A	0	0	10	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech C	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Auburn C	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Clemson A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Emory B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech F	Tennesse A	0	0	0	0
South Carolina A	Tennesse B	0	0	0	0
Ohio State A	CWRU B	10	0	10	20
Kenyon A (UG)	CWRU D (DII)	0	0	10	10
Michigan B	Michigan D (DII)	0	0	10	10
Michigan C (UG)	CWRU C (UG)	0	0	10	10
Ohio State C (DII)	Michigan State B (UG)	10	0	10	20
Ohio State B (DII)	Kenyon B (DII)	10	0	10	20
Pitt B (UG)	Michigan State C (UG)	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech B	Auburn B	10	0	10	20
Arkansas	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Iowa	Oregon State	10	0	10	20
UW A	Alberta	0	0	0	0
UBC A	SFU	10	0	10	20
UBC B	UW B	0	0	10	10
UCF A	UF E	10	0	10	20
UF D	UCF B	0	0	10	10
UF B	Florida State University A	10	0	10	20
UF A	UF C	0	0	0	0
Florida Tech B	UF F	0	0	0	0
Missouri	Colorado College	10	0	0	10
NYU A	Ole Miss	10	0	10	20
Texas A	Vassar B	0	0	10	10
Central Oklahoma	Texas C	10	0	10	20
WUSTL A	Texas D	0	0	10	10
McGill E	Mississippi State	10	0	0	10
Birmingham	Imperial B	10	10	0	20
LSE B	Bristol B	0	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Cambridge C	10	10	10	30
Cambridge D	Southampton	10	0	10	20
Durham B	Edinburgh	0	0	10	10
Bristol A	LSE A	10	10	10	30
Imperial A	Manchester	10	10	10	30
Durham A	Oxford B	10	0	10	20
Southampton A	Warwick A	0	0	0	0
Vanderbilt	Warwick B	10	0	10	20
Oxford A	Cambridge B	10	0	0	10
Amherst A	Bowdoin B	0	0	10	10
Williams A	Boston University B	0	0	10	10
Bowdoin A	BU A	0	0	10	10
Tufts B	Brandeises Brew	10	0	10	20
Harvard A	Brown A	10	0	10	20
Tufts A	Carabrandeis	0	0	0	0
Yale B	Clark A	0	0	10	10
A Brandeis Supreme	Diamond Brandeis	0	0	0	0
MIT A	Yale A	10	0	10	20
Northeastern A	Yale C	0	0	10	10