Question
This piece opens with the strings trading the motifs [read slowly] “G, A-sharp, B” and “G, C-sharp, D” after high G–A tremolos. In this piece’s shortest movement, the violins alternate a short high E with a sequence of descending half-step slides. Only one movement of this piece was published during its composer’s lifetime since its composer deemed it unserious; that movement was choreographed for Anna Pavlova. A glockenspiel may replace a glass harmonica to create an “underwater” sound in this piece’s seventh movement. Two pianists play scales as one of several parodies in this piece, which include a bass quotation from Berlioz’s “Dance of the Sylphs,” and a xylophone playing its composer’s Danse Macabre to evoke “Fossils.” For 10 points, name this suite by Camille Saint-Saëns that includes “The Swan.” ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Forrest Weintraub | Columbia A | Columbia B | 13 | 10 |
Owen Mimno | NYU A | Cornell C | 40 | 10 |
Aum Mundhe | Rutgers A | Yale A | 58 | 10 |
Yixi Yang | Yale C | Rutgers B | 67 | 10 |
Thomas Doyle | Vassar | NYU B | 76 | -5 |
Lukas Koutsoukos | Yale B | Penn B | 76 | 10 |
Alex Moon | Penn A | Rowan A | 77 | 10 |
Austin Guo | Princeton A | Haverford | 80 | 10 |
Jupiter Ding | Princeton B | Bard A | 114 | 10 |
Mina Smith | NYU B | Vassar | 130 | 10 |