Question
Answer the following about depictions of swans in classical music, for 10 points each.
[10e] The movement “The Swan” from Camille Saint-Saëns’s (“kuh-MEE san-SAWNS’s”) The Carnival of the Animals features a solo for this string instrument, which is pitched below a viola but above a double bass.
ANSWER: cello [or violoncello]
[10m] A swan being roasted on a spit sings a high tenor aria in the section “In the Tavern” of this cantata by Carl Orff, which begins with “O Fortuna.”
ANSWER: Carmina Burana
[10h] This 20th-century German-born composer drew on folk songs for his viola concerto The Swan Turner. This composer’s other works include Ludus Tonalis and the opera Mathis der Maler (“MAH-tiss dare MAH-lur”).
ANSWER: Paul Hindemith
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 12.22 | 100% | 22% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 63% | 50% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 83% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 100% | 42% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 78% | 56% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 89% | 56% | 33% |
Data
| CWRU A (UG) | West Virginia A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Miami A (UG) | CWRU B (DII) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | Michigan C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Michigan A (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Michigan State B | Michigan State A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| CWRU C (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ohio State B (DII) | Miami B (UG) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Michigan D (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |