Question

This symphony’s scherzo (“skairt-soh”) ends with the very high violin figure “D-sharp, C-sharp,” which lands on the B that begins its slow movement. This symphony’s third movement ends with ten bars of very loud and fast 32nd notes in the strings, which lead into the bar of silence that begins its fourth movement. This symphony begins with strings and low brass playing a grace note B into a long C, over which stormy woodwinds enter with an arpeggio in D minor, and then in D major. However, this symphony uses progressive tonality and ends its finale in E major. This symphony’s number immediately follows the Sinfonia Espansiva. (10[4])Four (10[3])attacca (10[2])movements (10[1])make up (10[1])this 1916 symphony, whose title reflects the composer’s belief that “music (-5[1])is life.” (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, name this symphony that features violent dueling antiphonal timpani, (10[4])by Carl Nielsen. (10[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[3]0[5])

ANSWER: “The Inextinguishable” Symphony [or “Det Uudslukkelige”; or Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, Op. 29; or Nielsen’s Fourth Symphony; accept Symphony No. 4 or Fourth Symphony after “Nielsen” is read; accept Carl August Nielsen in place of “Carl Nielsen”]
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Matt JacksonChicago AIndiana10510
Matt SchiavonePurdueNorth Carolina A10510
Raymond WangCornell ATexas10510
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AWaterloo10510
Eve FleisigBerkeley AGeorgia Tech10610
Max BrodskyIllinoisMichigan10610
Eric GunterNorth Carolina BSouth Carolina10610
Sky LiToronto AYale A10710
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Aidan FeinVanderbiltHarvard10810
Owen MimnoNYUBrown11010
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsNorthwestern121-5
Adrian WongOttawaDuke12310
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AStanford12310
Denis LiuArizona StateColumbia B123-5
Karthik PrasadCornell BBerkeley B13510
Aum MundheRutgersPenn13510
Joel MilesMinnesota AChicago B13510
Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesToronto B13510
Caleb KendrickMarylandIowa State13810
Tiffany ZhouFloridaYale B138-5
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BChicago C1390
Lydia TarekegnYale BFlorida1390
Fred GarveyTruman StateKentucky1390
Ezra SantosChicago DMcGill13910
Chris SimsNorthwesternJohns Hopkins13910
Cory SmithKentuckyTruman State1390
Liam StarnesChicago CMinnesota B1390
John John GrogerColumbia BArizona State13910