Question
Answer the following about C minor symphonies that, like Beethoven’s fifth, end in a major key, for 10 points each.
[10m] This symphony’s composer remarked that “any donkey” could see the similarity between the C major theme of its finale and the “Ode to Joy” in Beethoven’s 9th. This symphony’s perfectionist composer spent 21 years writing it, premiering it in 1876.
ANSWER: Johannes Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 in C minor [or Brahms’s First Symphony; accept Brahms’s Opus 68]
[10e] A choral finale in E-flat major, rather than C major, ends this composer’s second symphony, “Resurrection.” The Adagietto of this composer’s fifth symphony is often described as a love letter to his wife Alma.
ANSWER: Gustav Mahler
[10h] This C minor symphony ends with a grand C major coda that ties themes from the rest of the symphony, followed by “blazing calm.” Sergiu Celibidache (“CHELL-ee-bee-DOCK-eh”) conducted a 103-minute recording of this penultimate symphony with the Munich Philharmonic.
ANSWER: Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 [or Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony]
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Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 40% | 20% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 20% | 20% |