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

Alabama AAuburn B0101020
Georgia AAuburn C010010
Emory OxfordBelmont10101030
Mississippi State AFurman10101030
Mississippi State AFurman10101030
Mississippi State AFurman10101030
Mississippi State AFurman10101030
Mississippi State AFurman10101030
Mississippi State AFurman10101030
Mississippi State AFurman10101030
Mississippi State AFurman10101030
Clemson AGeorgia Tech A0101020
Georgia Tech BGeorgia Tech E1010020
Georgia Tech CEmory Oxford0101020
Georgia Tech DSouth Carolina B10101030
Clemson BSouth Carolina A010010
Auburn ATennessee B10101030
Vanderbilt BVanderbilt A010010