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This composer set a text by William Wennington beginning “Ah grief to think! Ah woe to name!” in an E-flat major canzonetta titled “La tiranna.” A song by this composer unexpectedly erupts into a vivacious Allegro molto as the singer describes flowers growing on the grave of a dead poet. The end of the first movement of Schumann’s Fantasy in C Major cadences (10[1])with a quote of a song by this composer (10[1])whose title translates as “Take, then, these songs.” This composer of Adelaide (10[1])set (10[1])six romantic poems by his friend Alois Isidor (10[1])Jetteles in a work often described as the first (10[1])song cycle, (10[2]-5[1])An die ferne (10[3])Geliebte. (10[2])This composer included a lengthy Credo concluding with a fugue in a D major scared vocal piece he dedicated to Archduke Rudolf of Austria. For 10 points, name this German composer who wrote an 1824 Missa solemnis. (10[3])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Ludwig van Beethoven
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y22100%0%5%115.14

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