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>
Summary
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo | 10/28/2023 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 86% | 57% | 43% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (South Central) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 0% | 33% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (UK) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
Data
| Berkeley B | Berkeley A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Stanford | Berkeley C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |