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This composer rewrote the Gloria of one mass after reusing the melody of a contredanse from the final love duet of an earlier similarly-titled oratorio. A dark trumpet fanfare introduces the Kyrie (-5[1])(“KEE-ree-ay”) of a mass by this composer titled for “troubled times.” (10[1]-5[1])A soft pizzicato note (10[1])in one of this composer’s oratorios precedes a fortissimo C (10[1])major chord on the word “light.” (10[1])In a bass aria, (10[1])this composer used a piccolo to depict a plowman whistling by quoting a melody from one of his symphonies consisting of the eighth (10[1])notes [read slowly] “C, C, (10[1])E, E, G, G, long E.” This composer of the oratorios The Seasons and (10[1])The Creation wrote many masses while he was the Kapellmeister for (10[2])the Esterházy family. For 10 (10[1])points, name this “father of the string quartet” who also (10[1])wrote (10[1])the “Farewell” and “Surprise” (10[1])symphonies. ■END■

ANSWER: Franz Joseph Haydn
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Will McCurleyAuburn AEmory A41-5
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Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech E4510
Harris BeckerAlabama AEmory B5510
Malachi LedfordTusculum AAuburn C6110
Allen XuGeorgia Tech FClemson A6510
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Euan HamGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech E9310
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Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech F11810
Ayan GuhaGeorgia Tech DEmory A11810
Brandon HuntAuburn CAuburn B12310
Robert MerchantAlabama AClemson A13310
Will McCurleyAuburn AGeorgia Tech B13410
Zachary KantEmory AAuburn A13810