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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 (-5[1])six of these pieces was conducted at their premiere at the Olympic Lodge by Joseph (10[1])Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and subsequently gained nicknames like “The Hen” and “The Bear.” (-5[1])A set of these pieces named for London includes one in which a startling (-5[1])fortissimo chord (10[1])interrupts its quiet Andante (10[1])second movement. For 10 points, “Farewell” and “Surprise” are examples of what orchestral pieces written by an Austrian composer? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: symphonies by Franz Joseph Haydn [prompt on symphonies or Paris symphonies or London symphonies by asking “by what composer?”]
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Jason Qin (DII)Columbia CNYU A71-5
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia AColumbia B8610
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Jerry VinokurovJohn JayRowan114-5
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Ashish KumbhardareRowanJohn Jay14010
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