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This period’s “revival” marked the advent of historically informed performance, as exemplified by Arnold Dolmetsch’s use of the recorder and Isolde Ahlgrimm’s use of the harpsichord and fortepiano. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this adjective that serves as a catch-all term for medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music before the common practice period.
ANSWER: early [accept early music, alte Musik, musique ancienne, musica antica, musica antiqua, or música antigua; accept early music revival; reject “old” or “ancient”]
[10h] This city’s historically informed early music festival revived Antonio Cesti’s opera L’argia, which honored Christina of Sweden’s 1655 visit. Heinrich Isaac mourned “Ich muss dich lassen” in a song about this city, whose library preserved Lieder by the one-eyed knight Oswald von Wolkenstein.
ANSWER: Innsbruck [accept “Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen”; accept Innsbruck Festival of Early Music or Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik]
[10e] This instrument was played by Innsbruck court musician Paul Hofhaimer, whose style was imitated by later “Paulomimes.” J. P. Sweelinck’s (“sway-link’s”) wrote for this instrument with both keyboards and a pedalboard.
ANSWER: organ [accept pipe organ or church organ; accept positive organ or chair organ or portable organ; accept organ revival or Orgelbewegung]
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BrownMcGill001010
Minnesota AChicago C001010
Columbia AClaremont Colleges1001020
MichiganColumbia B10101030
Cornell AToronto B100010
RutgersHarvard001010
OttawaIllinois001010
IndianaFlorida100010
KentuckyToronto A001010
Berkeley ANorth Carolina B1001020
StanfordNorthwestern1001020
MarylandPenn001010
Chicago ASouth Carolina1001020
North Carolina AVirginia1001020