Question
Vienna's Kunsthistoriches Museum houses a torban once played by this nobleman, who established the Schuppanzigh Quartet. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this count who commissioned three of Beethoven's "middle quartets," two of which contain an explicitly marked "Theme Russe."
ANSWER: Count Andrey Razumovsky [or Prince Andreas Razumoffsky; or Rasumovsky or Razumovsky string quartets]
[10e] After excising it from his thirteenth quartet, Beethoven dedicated a piece in this form to the Austrian Archduke Rudolf. At the premiere, Beethoven rebuked the audience for not demanding an encore of that "Grosse" movement in this contrapuntal form.
ANSWER: fugue [or double fugue; or fuge; or Grosse Fuge; or Great Fugue; or Grand Fugue]
[10h] The Russian Prince Galitzin commissioned that thirteenth quartet, which climaxes with a fifth movement in this genre. The Voyager Golden Record closes with the Budapest String Quartet rendition of that movement in this genre of slow, simple song with a diminutive Italian name.
ANSWER: cavatina
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Summary
| 2023 NASAT | 06/17/2023 | Y | 9 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
Data
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| Illinois Orange | New Jersey B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
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