Question

Previous bonus - Next bonus
In the coda of a piece titled Bells for [this conductor], Michael Daugherty emulated this conductor’s namesake rumbling “sound.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this conductor who often did not use a baton during his flamboyant performances. This conductor arranged Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor for the film Fantasia, which he conducted.
ANSWER: Leopold Stokowski [or Leopold Anthony Stokowski; accept Bells for Stokowski]
[10e] Stokowski’s characteristic sound was partly created by string players freely choosing which direction to move these objects, which they coat with rosin to increase the friction against the strings.
ANSWER: bows
[10m] Bells for Stokowski was commissioned by this city’s “Big Five” Orchestra, which Stokowski conducted before he was succeeded by Eugene Ormandy. The Curtis Institute of Music is located in this city.
ANSWER: Philadelphia [accept Philadelphia Orchestra]
<Classical Music>

Back to bonuses

Summary

Data

Northwestern AUChicago D0101020
UChicago ANotre Dame0101020
Purdue AUIUC C1010020
UIUC DPurdue C0101020
UChicago CIndiana A10101030
UIUC AUChicago B10101030
UIUC BPurdue D010010
WashU BPurdue B10101030
SIUE AWashU D010010