Question
About 40 bars into this piece, an Allegro agitato section begins with the fluttering woodwind figure “C, A, C, A,” which is answered by a percussive blast from a stopped horn and a muted trumpet. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this piece for solo voice and orchestra, which sets a prose text in which a young boy describes nostalgic American childhood scenes “when people sit on their porches.”
ANSWER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
[10e] Knoxville was written by this gay American composer, whose opera Vanessa features a libretto written by his partner and fellow composer Gian Carlo Menotti. He also wrote the Hermit Songs.
ANSWER: Samuel Barber [or Samuel Osmond Barber II]
[10h] James Sullivan has given a queer reading of Barber’s Despite and Still, which was written for this soprano. This Barber interpreter sang a title role at the disastrous premiere of the opera Antony and Cleopatra.
ANSWER: Leontyne (“LEE-un-teen”) Price [or Mary Violet Leontyne Price]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Nationals | 2024-04-21 | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 86% | 43% | 14% |