Question

After hearing the Adagio of a chamber work written in this home key, Pyotr Tchaikovsky praised its evocation of “resigned and inconsolable sorrow.” In a symphony in this key, the third movement minuet jarringly begins with a hemiola effect in which the melody plays in two while the accompaniment plays in three. Haydn’s Tempesta di Mare symphony may have inspired a later composer to include 4 horns in a symphony in this key. Four measures of five-note, syncopated patterns on one pitch, in the order (*) G, D, E-flat, F-sharp, open that symphony in this key. Another symphony in this key begins with strings playing the phrase E-flat, D, D, repeated three times. For 10 points, name this key of two Mozart symphonies nicknamed “Little” (10[1]-5[1])and “Great,” a minor key with two flats. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: G minor [reject “G” or “G Major”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
MichaelBroken Imperial NomadsOxford Hornets12310
ThomasBuzzers KaramazovMagisters Ludi123-5
KrolMagisters LudiBuzzers Karamazov13210

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2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%0%0%104.33
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%0%109.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%67%115.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%50%127.50
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%0%102.33