The finale of this composer’s 1935 violin concerto is a set of variations on the Bach chorale “Es ist genug.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this composer who dedicated that concerto to Manon Gropius and derived the melody of “Es ist genug” from the last four notes of its tone row.
ANSWER: Alban Berg
[10e] This modernist composer orchestrated Bach’s chorale BWV 654 as well as his prelude and fugue in E-flat major. This teacher of Berg sometimes joked that Bach, not he, was the first 12-tone composer.
ANSWER: Arnold Schoenberg
[10h] This American composer reharmonized the melody of Bach’s chorale “Vater Unser in Himmelreich” at the end of a piece inspired by the Buddhist conception of mindfulness. That short symphony for wind ensemble by this composer is titled Give Us This Day.
ANSWER: David Maslanka
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