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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 (“KEE-ree-ay”) of a mass by this composer titled for “troubled times.” A soft pizzicato note in one of this composer’s oratorios precedes a fortissimo C major chord (10[1])on the word “light.” (10[2]-5[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 notes [read (10[1])slowly] “C, C, (10[2])E, E, G, G, (10[1])long E.” This composer of the oratorios The Seasons and The Creation wrote many masses while he was the Kapellmeister for (-5[1])the Esterházy family. For 10 points, name (10[1])this “father of the string quartet” who also wrote (10[1])the “Farewell” and “Surprise” (10[1])symphonies. ■END■

ANSWER: Franz Joseph Haydn
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Thomas Doyle (UG)Vassar BArkansas5710
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