Question

In an opera by this composer, (0[1])a brass and woodwind fanfare opens a dance number depicting the construction of a “City of the Horizon.” (0[1])A judge asks “Are women the equal of men?” after hearing a passage about Mr. Bojangles (20[2])in an opera (20[4])by this (20[1]0[1])composer. (20[3])Poems by Lucinda Childs and Christopher Knowles (0[1])are included (20[2])in that opera by this (20[1])composer that opens with an electric organ melody over a chorus (20[2])repeating a sequence that begins (*) “1, 2, 3, 4.” (10[1])A pharaoh is the subject (10[2])of the second (10[1])of this (10[1])composer’s (10[1])Portrait (10[1])Trilogy (10[1])operas, (10[2])while the (10[1])first contains five “knee plays” (10[1])connecting scenes (10[1])that depict the ideas of a German physicist. For 10 points, name this composer (10[1])of Akhnaten and Einstein on the Beach. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Philip Glass
<Steven Yuan, Fine Arts - Opera&gt; ~25563~ &lt;Editor: Young Lee>
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