After an orchestral prelude, one of these performers has a solo in a section titled The Summer Wind’s Wild Hunt. A technique for these performers was pioneered in Engelbert Humperdinck’s Königskinder. That technique for these performers was historically notated by placing a small cross on the note stems, or by omitting noteheads altogether. The Rosé Quartet was unusually joined by one of these performers to premiere a (*) serialist composer’s second string quartet. One of these performers is accompanied by eight cellos in the fifth Bachianas Brasileiras. Along with a namesake “ensemble” of five instruments, one of these performers in Pierrot Lunaire loosely plays pitches without sustaining in a style known as Sprechstimme. For 10 points, name these performers employed by the Second Viennese school to recite poetry. ■END■
ANSWER: vocalists [or singers or narrators or readers; accept sopranos or tenors; accept Sprechstimme or Sprechgesang performers until “Sprechstimme” is read; accept reciters until read]
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