Question

This genre and the ricercar were among Claudio Merulo’s significant innovations to transition keyboard music away from imitation of vocal styles. A composer’s note at the end of a piece in this genre reads “not without toil will you reach the end,” which was included in the second of two books of these non-partita pieces by Girolamo Frescobaldi. A piece in this genre unusually scored for trumpets opens Monteverdi’s opera (*) L’Orfeo. A mordent on A followed by a descending D (10[1])minor scale opens an organ piece in this genre (10[1])that was arranged for orchestra by Leopold Stokowski to open Disney’s Fantasia. For 10 points, name this genre whose name derives from the Italian for “touch” and is paired with a fugue in a famous D minor piece by Bach. ■END■

ANSWER: toccata [prompt on Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BVW 565 until “fugue” is read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew ZengStanford ABerkeley A7910
Steven YuanBerkeley BBerkeley C8810

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