Question
This youngest principal cellist of the Vienna State Opera established the Budapest Quartet with Jenő Hubay (“YEN-uh HOO-bye”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this composer of a touching Requiem featuring 3 cellists. This Bohemian virtuoso composed the short showpieces Tarantella and Elfentanz and the 40-étude book High School of Cello Playing.
ANSWER: David Popper
[10e] Popper primarily wrote cello–piano duets, which fall under this type of intimate small-ensemble music. Robert Schumann composed his string quartets, piano quartet, and piano quintet all in 1842, called his “year of” this music.
ANSWER: chamber music [accept year of chamber music or chamber music year or Kammermusikjahr]
[10h] In 1849, Schumann turned to writing duets, including this piece with 3 moody movements in A major or minor flexibly played by clarinet, violin, or cello, like “Lebhaft, leicht” and “Quick and with fire.” Schumann used this title 4 times, for Opuses 12, 73, 88, and 111, inspired by E. T. A. Hoffmann’s stories “in Callot’s (“ka-LO’s”) Manner.”
ANSWER: Fantasiestücke [or Phantasiestücke; or Fantasy Pieces; accept Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano; accept Drei Fantasiestücke or Acht Fantasiestücke; or Fantasiestück; reject “fantasy” or “fantasia”]
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Summary
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 15 | 12.67 | 93% | 20% | 13% |