Question
A movement of this piece was reworked into the opening sinfonia of the opera Dorilla in Tempe. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this piece, whose second movement depicts a shepherd and a dog. This piece, which opens (read slowly) “E – three G-sharps – F-sharp – E – up to B,” is the first in a set “recomposed” by Max Richter in 2012.
ANSWER: “Spring” concerto [prompt on Four Seasons or the first piece in the Four Seasons]
[10e] The “Spring” concerto is the first of this composer’s Four Seasons series of violin concertos, to which he himself wrote accompanying sonnets.
ANSWER: Antonio Vivaldi
[10m] This is the first word of two whose “contest” names the larger collection encompassing the Four Seasons. An adjectival form of this word, along with “inspiration,” titles Vivaldi’s Opus 3 set of 12 concerti.
ANSWER: harmony [or harmonic; accept The Harmonic Inspiration or L’estro armonico]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
Data
| Columbia A | Lehigh | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NYU C | Princeton | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Swarthmore A | University of Delaware B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Swarthmore B | Maryland | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |