Question

During the 1960s, an “Amen” Fugue was discovered which is widely believed to belong to this piece. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this piece commissioned by Count Franz von Walsegg (“VALS-egg”), who may have intended to pass it off as his own. A series of two-note phrases in 12/8 (“twelve eight”) time open this piece’s “Lacrimosa” section.
ANSWER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem in D minor [or K. 626; prompt on Requiem by asking “by which composer?”; prompt on Mozart’s mass; reject “Mass in C minor”]
[10e] The Tuba mirum movement of Mozart’s Requiem opens with an arpeggiated solo played by this instrument. Unlike other members of the brass family, this instrument uses a slide to change the pitch of notes.
ANSWER: trombone [accept tenor trombone]
[10m] A common myth associates this composer with the completion of Mozart’s Requiem. This prolific composer of operas was based at the Habsburg court, and a Rimsky-Korsakov opera later fictionalized his rivalry with Mozart.
ANSWER: Antonio Salieri
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY918.89100%56%33%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY823.75100%63%75%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY623.33100%83%50%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1221.67100%67%50%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY921.11100%67%44%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY522.00100%60%60%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY827.50100%88%88%
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY924.44100%78%67%

Data

ESFBinghamton A0101020
SyracuseBinghamton B010010
Cornell ARIT C010010
Cornell CCornell F10101030
Cornell BCornell E1010020
Cornell DCornell G010010
RIT BPenn State0101020
U of Rochester ARIT A10101030
U of Rochester BBinghamton C0101020