Question
Johannes Matthias Sperger wrote 18 concerti for this instrument. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this instrument played by Giovanni Bottesini, who wrote a Gran Duo Concertante for two of them. This is the only modern orchestral instrument that is tuned in fourths rather than fifths.
ANSWER: double bass [or string bass or upright bass]
[10e] Bottesini and his compatriot Dragonetti respectively popularized the French and German grips for holding this device, whose rosined horsehair is rubbed against the bass’s strings to create sound.
ANSWER: bow
[10h] The first of Botessini’s bass pieces in this somber genre includes virtuosic high shifts reminiscent of bel canto arias. The adjectival form of this genre titles Rachmaninoff’s only two piano trios, which include one that he wrote as a homage to Tchaikovsky.
ANSWER: elegy [accept Elegiac Trio or Trio élégiaque]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
Data
| Columbia A | Rutgers A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia B | Cornell C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Haverford | Rowan A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NYU A | Yale A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |