Question

This composer included the movements “On a Roll,” “Winter Dreams,” and “Pitchfork” in a three-movement piece inspired by Grant Wood's paintings, American Gothic. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this American composer who included the “Red Cape Tango” and “Oh, Lois!” movements in his Superman-inspired Metropolis Symphony. He also wrote Reflections on the Mississippi.
ANSWER: Michael Kevin Daugherty
[10m] David Zinman conducted the premiere of Daugherty's piece titled for the “Bells” of this conductor, who developed the “Philadelphia Sound” as director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, succeeding Eugene Ormandy.
ANSWER: Leopold Stokowski
[10e] Daugherty's piece Dead Elvis was written for this double-reed woodwind instrument pitched lower than the English horn, which first states the melody in The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
ANSWER: bassoon
<Noah Sheidlower, Auditory Fine Arts>

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