Question

This composer wrote the final Responsorium for solo soprano in a piece he wrote with 13 composers, such as Antonio Buzzolla who wrote the opening Introitus. After the Stabat Mater, this composer included a “Laudi alla Vergine (”VER-gin-ee”) Maria” inspired by Dante's Paradiso in his Four Sacred Pieces. Four onstage and four off-stage trumpets trade an E-flat minor fanfare in a piece by this composer whose soprano part was premiered by Teresa Stolz. This composer included the tenor (*) “Ingemisco” in a piece whose “Libera me” was written a year after the death of Rossini. Four (10[1])booming G minor chords (10[1])open the second movement “Dies Irae” (10[1])of a piece by this composer written in memory of (10[1])Alessandro Manzoni. (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])Italian composer whose Requiem was premiered by some singers in his opera La Traviata. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Giuseppe Verdi [or Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi]
<Noah Sheidlower, Auditory Fine Arts>
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Jeremy CummingsWUSTLChicago A9410
Justin WytmarIllinois AIllinois B9810
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Ben KoberleinNotre Dame CIllinois C11410
Eric YangPurdueNotre Dame A11610
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Stephen WalshNorthwestern BChicago B13610
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2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%0%115.67
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%126.00
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