Question
The final movement of a concerto titled for one of these figures “of Dusk” is titled “His Last Appearance” and is part of a “series” that includes a symphony titled for one of these figures “of Light.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these figures. Following the death of Alma Mahler’s daughter Manon Gropius, Alban Berg dedicated his violin concerto “to the memory of” one of these figures.
ANSWER: angels [accept Angel of Light; accept Angel of Dusk]
[10e] Angel of Light is the seventh symphony by Einojuhani Rautavaara, a composer from this home country of Jean Sibelius.
ANSWER: Finland [or Suomi]
[10h] Rautavaara’s Angel of Dusk is a concerto for this instrument. Former BSO music director Serge Koussevitzky was a virtuoso of this instrument and wrote an F-sharp minor concerto that popularized it as a solo instrument.
ANSWER: double bass [or string bass; or upright bass; or contrabass]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 89% | 44% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 21.43 | 100% | 71% | 43% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Ohio State A (UG) | Michigan A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |