Question
The eighth song of Rossini's collection Les soirées musicales, “La Danza,” is a piece in this form that included lyrics by Carlo Pepoli. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this folk dance from Southern Italy with an upbeat 6/8 tempo. These frenetic dances were thought to cure people from the bites of certain animals.
ANSWER: tarantella [or tarantelle]
[10e] Rossini's "La Danza" was transcribed by this composer and adapted into his A-minor tarantella, his opus 43. This Polish composer also wrote the “Heroic” and “Military” Polonaises.
ANSWER: Frédéric Chopin [or Frédéric François Chopin; or Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin]
[10h] This piece includes a D minor prestissimo tarantella as its finale, which follows a “Scherzo Allegro molto.” This piece's first movement opens with unison D, then fortissimo triplets, before modulating to an F major theme.
ANSWER: Death and the Maiden [or Der Tod und Das Madchen; or Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor]
<Noah Sheidlower, Auditory Fine Arts>
Summary
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Data
| Berkeley A | Stanford | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |