Question
Elisabeth Le Guin coined the term “carnal musicology” in her book titled for this composer’s “Body.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this composer who wrote an E-flat major cello sonata that is the focus of Le Guin’s book’s first chapter. This Italian composer is better known for the oft-excerpted third movement of his String Quintet in E major.
ANSWER: Luigi Boccherini (“bo-keh-REE-nee”) [or Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini]
[10e] The third movement of Boccherini’s E major string quintet is known as his “celebrated” piece in this genre. Romantic symphonies replaced this triple-meter French court dance with a third-movement scherzo.
ANSWER: minuet [or minuetto]
[10h] Le Guin discusses Boccherini’s extensive use of this technique, which he signals with a clef change in his manuscripts. This technique requires shifting the left hand out from behind the cello’s neck to facilitate playing in the instrument’s higher range.
ANSWER: thumb position
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 7.50 | 50% | 25% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 56% | 22% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 71% | 43% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 6.25 | 50% | 0% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 11 | 13.64 | 64% | 64% | 9% |
Data
| Georgia A | Alabama A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Tech D | Auburn A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Tennesse B | Clemson A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emory A | Auburn C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech B | Georgia Tech E | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech F | Auburn B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| South Carolina A | Emory B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tusculum A | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |