Question

“Voices” with this quality nickname a D minor chamber piece from 1909, its composer’s only mature composition for that ensemble. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this adjective. A 1928 chamber piece whose nickname features this adjective uses a viola to represent its inspiration, of whom the composer wrote “You stand behind every note, you, living, forceful, loving.”
ANSWER: intimate [accept Intimate Voices, Inner Voices, or Voces Intimae; accept Intimate Letters or Listy důvěrné]
[10e] Sibelius’ Voces Intimae and a different composer’s Intimate Letters are pieces in this genre. Antonín Dvořák was inspired by a visit to Spillville, Iowa to write an “American” piece in this chamber genre consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello.
ANSWER: string quartet
[10m] This composer’s unrequited love for Kamila Stösslová, a married woman almost 40 years his junior, inspired his piece Intimate Letters. This composer’s first string quartet is nicknamed for Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata.
ANSWER: Leoš Janáček
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Michigan BKenyon B010010
Michigan A Ohio State A 010010
Kenyon A Ohio State B010010