This type of place titles a solo piano collection containing a piece that opens with an enigmatic C sharp, then rising thirty-second notes (read slowly) “D, G, B flat,” and repeats an octave up. Albert Roussel’s first symphony is titled for the “Poem of” this type of place, which also titles a Joachim Raff symphony depicting Wotan and Lady Holle. In an opera, the offbeat descending flute notes (read slowly) “long C sharp, B, G sharp, short F sharp, E” heard in one of these places become a soprano part when the hero (*) gains the power to understand them by tasting a dragon’s blood. One of these places titles a Liszt concert étude paired with a “Dance of the Gnomes” and a piano album including “Bird as Prophet.” This place’s “Murmurs,” which imitate birdsong, appear in Act II of Siegfried when the title hero goes hunting in one of these places. For 10 points, a set of Schumann “Scenes” are titled for what natural environment? ■END■
ANSWER: forests [or Walde; accept Waldszenen or Forest Scenes; accept Forest Murmurs or Waldesrauschen or Waldweben; accept Im Walde; accept woods]
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