Question
French horns play triplets in a section of this piece to underscore a quotation of the Introitus from Mozart’s Requiem, which its composer was inspired to include after viewing the frescoes at the Camposanto in Pisa. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this piece for piano and orchestra. This piece opens with seven dissonant percussive quarter notes on the piano before the orchestra enters with a quotation of the Dies Irae.
ANSWER: Totentanz (“TOTE-un-tahnts”)
[10e] Totentanz was written by this composer and pianist known for nineteen Hungarian Rhapsodies.
ANSWER: Franz Liszt
[10m] Another use of the Dies Irae by Liszt is concealed in a quote of a Hungarian folk song in a csárdás (“CHAR-dosh”) described by this adjective. Liszt transcribed another composer’s tone poem for scordatura violin and orchestra titled for this adjective that opens with twelve D’s to depict a clock striking midnight.
ANSWER: macabre [accept Csárdás macabre; accept Danse macabre]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 86% | 29% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 12.22 | 100% | 11% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 12.22 | 89% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 86% | 29% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 100% | 38% | 0% |
Data
| Cambridge A | Bristol A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Imperial A | Cambridge B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cambridge C | Manchester | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Southampton A | Cambridge D | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Durham | Birmingham | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Warwick A | Imperial B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| LSE A | Oxford A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Southampton B | Oxford B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |