Question
Emilio de’ Cavalieri’s Portrayal of Soul and the Body is typically considered the first work in this genre. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this genre, whose latino and volgare types developed in the mid-17th century before merging into so-called “sacred opera.” The first English-language work in this genre is Esther.
ANSWER: oratorio
[10h] A Giacomo Carissimi oratorio with this name is regarded as a masterpiece of oratorio latino. The aria “Waft her, angels, through the skies” appears in a later oratorio with this name, written while its composer was going blind.
ANSWER: Jephte [or Jephtha]
[10e] The latter Jephtha was this composer’s last oratorio. This composer’s other oratorios include Israel in Egypt and Judas Maccabaeus.
ANSWER: Georg Frideric Handel
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| I'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up | You cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| as rational as the square root of two power bottoms | Moderator Can't Neg me While in Alpha | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country | Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut | The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |