Question

A sixteenth-note run in this symphony’s finale is a common bassoon audition excerpt to test double-tonguing. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this B-flat symphony. Its second movement includes the ostinato rhythm “sixteenth note, sixteenth rest, thirty-second note,” and its first movement begins with a slow introduction in B-flat minor.
ANSWER: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Opus 60 [accept Beethoven’s Fourth or Beethoven 4]
[10e] This German composer modeled his Spring Symphony on Beethoven’s Fourth and purportedly called the latter “a Greek maiden between two Norse giants.” His wife Clara Wieck (“veek”) played Beethoven’s chamber music on tour.
ANSWER: Robert Schumann
[10m] A theme in the first-movement development in Beethoven’s Fourth is very similar to one in this Beethoven work, his next opus number. Five timpani taps begin this work, which is often performed including material by Fritz Kreisler (“chrysler”).
ANSWER: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 61
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