Question
Name these pieces orchestrated by Maurice Ravel, for 10 points each.
[10e] Different combinations of instruments begin each of the four Promenades in Ravel’s orchestration of this piano suite based on Russian paintings.
ANSWER: Pictures at an Exhibition [or Pictures from an Exhibition; or Tableaux d’une exposition; or Kartínki s výstavki] (by Modest Mussorgsky)
[10m] Ravel’s orchestration of this very slow G-major piano piece of his calls for two horns pitched in G: the first horn states the opening theme, under which the other horn plays long chords with the bassoons.
ANSWER: Pavane for a Dead Princess [or Pavane pour une infante défunte]
[10h] Ravel’s orchestration of this piano movement begins with plucked harp and strings mimicking a Spanish guitar. This movement is from the same collection as “A Barque on the Ocean,” which he also orchestrated.
ANSWER: Alborada del gracioso [or “Aubade of the Jester” or equivalent translations; accept “morning song” or equivalents in place of “aubade”; accept clown or buffoon or equivalents in place of “jester”; prompt on alborada or aubade]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Nationals | 2024-04-21 | Y | 16 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
Data
| Brown | Chicago C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia A | Illinois | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia B | Waterloo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago D | Cornell A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Duke | NYU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL B | Georgia Tech | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Harvard | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Iowa State | Kentucky | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Minnesota A | Claremont Colleges | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rutgers | Minnesota B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| North Carolina A | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Penn | Stanford | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Vanderbilt | Northwestern | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago B | WUSTL A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago A | Yale A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Yale B | Purdue | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |