Question
This piece opens with the brass playing a forte (“FOR-tay”) “C-sharp, E” chord, which resolves to a sforzando (“sfor-ZAHN-doh”) “B-sharp, D” chord. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this piece, the last of a set of seven pieces performed during the Press Celebrations. A melody from this piece was used as a setting for the Christian hymn Be Still, My Soul.
ANSWER: Finlandia [accept Finlandia Hymn; accept, but otherwise do NOT reveal, Jean Sibelius’s Op. 26]
[10e] This Finnish composer wrote Finlandia as well as seven popular symphonies and the Karelia Suite.
ANSWER: Jean Sibelius (“sih-BAY-lee-us”) [or Johan Julius Christian Sibelius]
[10m] Sibelius composed a “sad” piece in this genre originally for his brother-in-law’s play Kuolema. A lively D-flat major piece by Frédéric Chopin (“show-PAN”) in this genre is nicknamed “Minute” after its short length.
ANSWER: waltzes [accept Valse triste; accept Minute Waltz]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 10 | 18.00 | 90% | 70% | 20% |
Data
| Purdue B | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| SIUE | Chicago B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Illinois A | Iowa A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Illinois B | Northwestern B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Illinois C | Iowa B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Northwestern A | Illinois D | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Notre Dame B | Notre Dame C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue A | Notre Dame A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Purdue C | WashU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| WashU A | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |