Question
Mozart’s only surviving bassoon concerto was written in this note’s major key. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this note, whose major key is also used in the second movement of the Pastoral symphony. Soprano clarinets are most commonly pitched to this note, whose major key signature contains two flats.
ANSWER: B-flat [accept B-flat major; reject “B” or “A-sharp”]
[10e] Schubert’s second symphony and his symphony of this number are in B-flat major. Beethoven’s symphony of this number starts with a distinctive “short-short-short-long” melody often described as “fate knocking at the door.”
ANSWER: five [or Symphony No. 5; accept Schubert’s Fifth Symphony or Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony]
[10h] This composer’s ninth cello concerto in B-flat major was adapted into a Romantic style by Friedrich Grützmacher. This composer’s numerous string quintets include one depicting “night music” in Madrid.
ANSWER: Luigi Boccherini [or Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 78% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 89% | 78% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 86% | 71% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 14 | 15.00 | 86% | 57% | 7% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 56% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 71% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 56% | 0% |
Data
| Columbia J (DII) | Penn A (DII) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Fordham A | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia A (UG) | NYU A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Rutgers B | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland B (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Rutgers A (UG) | Maryland A (DII) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Princeton A (UG) | Bard A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |