Question
At the 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony, Láng Lǎng performed the fourth movement of Yīn Chéngzōng and Chu Wanghua’s piano concerto arrangement of this choral piece. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this piece allegedly written in six days after its composer read a patriotic poem by Guāng Wèirán. This piece’s first movement opens with a male speaker extolling the strength and bravery of boatmen.
ANSWER: Yellow River Cantata [accept Huánghé Dàhéchàng]
[10e] The Yellow River Cantata was composed by Xiǎn Xīnghǎi, a composer from this country also home to Láng Lǎng.
ANSWER: China [or People’s Republic of China; or PRC; or Zhōngguó; or Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó; reject “Republic of China”]
[10m] Xiǎn studied composition at the Paris Conservatory under this composer. A jaunty bassoon melody in 3/8 opens the main theme of a tone poem by this composer subtitled “Scherzo after a ballad by Goethe.”
ANSWER: Paul Dukas [or Paul Abraham Dukas] (The tone poem is The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.)
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| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 100% | 14% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 100% | 14% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 0% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 11.00 | 100% | 10% | 0% |
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| Imperial B | Cambridge A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Durham A | Cambridge B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cambridge D | Warwick A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Manchester | Edinburgh | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Oxford B | Imperial A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Bristol B | LSE B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Oxford A | Bristol A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Southampton A | Warwick B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Durham B | Vanderbilt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |