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Name these composers of chamber music in E-flat major for increasingly large ensembles, for 10 points each.
[10e] This composer’s Divertimento in E-flat major is a string trio with a more serious tone than his A Musical Joke. Some of his joke pieces, like “Leck mich im Arsch,” were published after his death.
ANSWER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [or Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart]
[10m] This composer’s Septet in E-flat is scored for clarinet, bassoon, horn, and one of each string instrument. Late in life, he wrote a string quartet centered around a “holy song of thanksgiving” in F Lydian.
ANSWER: Ludwig van Beethoven
[10h] This composer’s Nonet in E-flat major adds a flute and an oboe to Beethoven’s ensemble. Despite the popularity of grand opera in France, this composer stuck to instrumental music, including a G-minor Third Symphony.
ANSWER: Louise Farrenc (“fa-RONK”) [or Jeanne-Louise Dumont]
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Berkeley AJohns Hopkins100010
Chicago AWaterloo1001020
Chicago BIndiana100010
Cornell BChicago D100010
Claremont CollegesYale B10101030
PurdueColumbia A100010
Cornell AWUSTL A10101030
BrownGeorgia Tech100010
NorthwesternIowa State10101030
IllinoisMaryland1010020
Truman StateMcGill100010
Berkeley BMinnesota B100010
NYUToronto A100010
HarvardNorth Carolina B100010
FloridaPenn100010
Columbia BRutgers1010020
Chicago CSouth Carolina100010
North Carolina AStanford10101030
Minnesota ATexas1010020
KentuckyVanderbilt0000
VirginiaDuke100010
WUSTL BToronto B1010020
Yale AMichigan1010020