Question
The last four of this piece’s five movements are titled for locations like “The Queen’s Monastery” and “The Street Leading to the Castle.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this orchestral work whose themes all derive from its opening motif, a set of parallel fifths based on the notes “A flat, G flat, E flat.” That opening fanfare of this piece is scored for 25 brass and timpani.
ANSWER: Sinfonietta [or Symfonietta vojenská]
[10e] The Sinfonietta is dedicated to the army of this country, the home of its composer Leos Janaček (“LEH-ohsh yah-NAH-check”). Bedřich Smetana’s Má vlast is a set of nationalist tone poems depicting this country.
ANSWER: Czechoslovakia [accept Czech Republic or Czechia; reject “Slovakia”]
[10h] Before her death at age 25, this interwar Czech composer gained fame for her own Military Sinfonietta. Bohuslav Martinů mentored this composer of the April Preludes and the orchestral song Waving Farewell.
ANSWER: Vítězslava Kaprálová (“VEE-te-slah-vah KAH-prah-lo-vah”)
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