Question
This composer included the countertenor duet Sound the Trumpet as part of an ode whose opening sinfonia was reused in his unfinished opera The Indian Queen. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this composer of the ode Come, Ye Sons of Art. A descending chromatic fourth in the ground bass opens a “lament” by this composer in which the singer pleads “Remember me, but ah! Forget my fate.”
ANSWER: Henry Purcell
[10h] Purcell’s Come, Ye Sons of Art was written to honor the birthday of this ruler. Purcell set the hymn “Thou knowest, Lord” in a set of Funeral Sentences for this ruler’s death that includes a C minor March and Canzona.
ANSWER: Queen Mary II [accept Ode for the Queen Mary’s Birthday; accept Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary]
[10e] The March from Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary is scored for four trumpets outfitted with one of these devices, allowing them to play in a minor key. This device allows trombones to play perfect glissandi.
ANSWER: slide
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 11.25 | 63% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 12.86 | 86% | 43% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 75% | 63% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 60% | 40% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 11 | 18.18 | 73% | 73% | 36% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 11.00 | 80% | 30% | 0% |
Data
| Amherst A | Bowdoin B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Williams A | Boston University B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Bowdoin A | BU A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Tufts B | Brandeises Brew | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Harvard A | Brown A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Tufts A | Carabrandeis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale B | Clark A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| A Brandeis Supreme | Diamond Brandeis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIT A | Yale A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Northeastern A | Yale C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |