Question

This composer included the movements “choleric,” “melancholic,” “phlegmatic,” and “sanguine” in a symphony he fittingly titled The Four Temperaments. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Danish composer whose fourth symphony includes a musical duel between two sets of instruments spaced far from each other on stage, giving it the nickname “Inextinguishable.”
ANSWER: Carl Nielsen [or Carl August Nielsen]
[10e] Nielsen’s “Inextinguishable” Symphony includes a battle between two sets of these low-pitched percussion instruments which consist of a copper body. These tunable instruments are also called kettledrums.
ANSWER: timpani [or timps; or Paukenmesse]
[10h] Nielsen substituted cor anglais for a piece for this ensemble that closes with a third-movement “Praeludium – Theme with Variations.” Early Romantic composer Anton Reicha wrote a pioneering 24 pieces for this ensemble.
ANSWER: woodwind quintet [prompt on quintet]
<Noah Sheidlower, Auditory Fine Arts>

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2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y417.50100%75%0%
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y25.0050%0%0%
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y313.33100%33%0%
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y718.5786%57%43%
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y225.00100%100%50%
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y310.0067%0%33%
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y524.00100%100%40%
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y313.3367%33%33%

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