Question

This type of place titles a solo piano collection containing a piece that opens with an enigmatic C-sharp, then rising thirty-second notes 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#, B, G#, short F#, 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 (10[1])these places titles a Liszt concert étude paired with a “Dance of the Gnomes” and a piano album including “Bird (-5[1])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 (10[1])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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kyle HuStanfordBerkeley A9910
Stephen LiuFree AgentsBerkeley B119-5
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BFree Agents15610

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