Question
One of this composer’s orchestral innovations includes expanding the orchestra by adding woodwinds and brass to diversify the musical texture rather than reinforce the string parts. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this composer whose addition of a minuet-and-trio movement popularized the four-movement format of the symphony. This composer pioneered a musical feature used in the finale of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40.
ANSWER: Johann Stamitz (“SHTAH-mits”)
[10m] Stamitz was a part of a school of Classical-era composers named for this German city, which titles three of his symphonies. A musical motif consisting of a crescendoing arpeggiated melody is this city’s namesake “rocket.”
ANSWER: Mannheim [accept Mannheim School; accept Mannheim Rocket; accept Mannheim symphony]
[10e] Among Stamitz’s other contributions was his dramatic use of this musical element, which may be notated with crescendos or diminuendos to indicate the volume to be played by the performers.
ANSWER: dynamics [prompt on descriptions of loudness or softness]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 67% | 50% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 89% | 78% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 8.57 | 57% | 29% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 7.50 | 38% | 38% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 4.00 | 20% | 20% | 0% |
Data
| Penn A | Bard A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Haverford A | Columbia A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Columbia B | Lehigh A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn State A | Princeton A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Rutgers A | Rowan A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers C | Johns Hopkins B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |