Question
When Ottorino Respighi orchestrated five works from this composer’s Opuses 33 and 39, this composer suggested adding titles such as “The Fair” after divulging their secret inspiration. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this composer whose Études-Tableaux (“ay-TOOD tab-LOW”) include “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.” Vladimir Horowitz popularized a tough piano concerto by this composer whose original cadenza is often notated as an ossia.
ANSWER: Sergei Rachmaninoff [or Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff]
[10h] Rachmaninoff’s Études-Tableaux are often paired with his set of six piano pieces with this title, his Opus 16. They’re not impromptus, but Jan Václav Voříšek (“yahn VAHT-slav VOR-ee-shek”) likely influenced Schubert’s set of six compositions with this two-word French title.
ANSWER: Moments Musicaux (“moh-MAWN moo-zee-KOH”) [or Musical Moments; accept Six Moments Musicaux, Op. 16; accept Six Moments Musicaux, D. 780]
[10e] The second of Rachmaninoff’s Moments Musicaux includes rapid changes in these musical features, which dictate relative loudness using markings such as piano and forte.
ANSWER: dynamics
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Summary
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