Question
Answer the following about passages from Beethoven’s symphonies praised in Hector Berlioz’s Treatise on Instrumentation, for 10 points each.
[10h] In this movement from a Beethoven symphony, the dotted A-flat major theme that grounds the ensuing double variation is introduced by violas doubling cellos, a sound that Berlioz describes as “very rounded and pure.”
ANSWER: second movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor [accept slow movement or andante con moto in place of “second movement”; accept Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in place of “Symphony No. 5”; prompt on partial answer]
[10e] Berlioz claims that a passage in Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony where the first violins play arco as the rest of the strings use this technique “blends in truly wonderful fashion.” This technique involves plucking strings with the fingers.
ANSWER: pizzicato
[10m] Berlioz also describes a “very effective” passage where the trumpets softly play an octave on this note during the second movement of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, which is in this note’s major key.
ANSWER: A [or A major]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 7 | 12.86 | 86% | 14% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
Data
| Claremont A | Texas A&M B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Iowa A | UW A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas A | Iowa B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sorbonne | UBC A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Michigan State A | Texas A&M A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |