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At the morendo end of this concerto’s second movement, the soloist plays a descending G major pentatonic scale in a series of harmonics. This piece’s final movement opens with low strings playing F-sharps before a trio of horns introduce the jaunty, triplet-laden main theme. The descending melody, “long high F-sharp, E D B, D A” begin the lyrical second theme of this concerto’s first movement. The soloist enters in major on the notes “long B, C-sharp D-sharp (*) B” in this piece, (10[1])which was inspired by Victor Herbert’s second piece in the same genre. This concerto quotes its composer’s song “Leave Me Alone” in its third movement. When this concerto’s intended player, (10[1])Hanuš Wihan (“HAWN-oosh WEE-hawn”), was unable to make the (10[1])premiere, a gift of two rare pigeons helped Leo Stern become his replacement. For 10 points, name this B minor concerto for a low string (10[1])soloist written by a Czech composer. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Antonin Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104
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