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Composer and genre required. One of these pieces by this composer opens with the stormy ascending half notes G, B-flat, C-sharp, and D, followed by dotted figures falling to low D then a dramatic silence. In the Vivace finale of one of these pieces, a drone in the low strings accompanied by gracenotes on the downbeat evokes a Dudelsack used to accompany street performances, giving the piece its nickname. A set of six of these pieces was conducted at their premiere at the Olympic Lodge by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and subsequently gained nicknames like “The Hen” and “The Bear.” A set of these pieces named for London (10[2])includes one (10[1])in which a startling fortissimo (10[1])chord interrupts its quiet Andante (10[1])second movement. For 10 points, (10[2])“Farewell” and “Surprise” (10[1])are examples of what orchestral pieces written by (10[1])an Austrian composer? ■END■

ANSWER: symphonies by Franz Joseph Haydn [prompt on symphonies or Paris symphonies or London symphonies by asking “by what composer?”]
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Addie King (UG)JMU A (UG)Liberty C (DII)10810
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Virginia A (UG)10810
Ivvone Zhou (UG)UNC B (UG)UNC A (Grad)11010
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