This album’s lead-off track consists of a solo piano continually repeating four-bar passages of hemiola and is simply titled “Opening.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this album that features six pieces of chamber music, including “Rubric” and “Island.” This album is partially titled for its composer’s surname.
ANSWER: Glassworks
[10m] Name this first ruler of the Afsharid dynasty who overthrew the Safavid dynasty before invading much of the Middle East, Caucuses, and India. This man’s looting of Delhi led to the theft of the Koh-I-Noor and Peacock Throne.
ANSWER: Nader Shah
[10m] Another largely hemiolic piece by Philip Glass is “Mad Rush,” which follows five tracks named for this process on the album Solo Piano. A Hindemith work is titled for the “symphonic” form of this process on themes of Carl Maria von Weber.
ANSWER: metamorphosis [accept symphonic metamorphosis or metamorphosen; accept word forms]
[10e] Delhi, at the time of Nader Shah’s conquest, was ruled by this gunpowder empire centered in India. This empire was founded by Babur and built the Taj Mahal.
ANSWER: Mughal empire
[10e] The frequent looping in Glassworks and the Metamorphosis is characteristic of this musical style propounded by Glass. Composers like John Adams and Steve Reich are associated with this repetitive style of music.
ANSWER: minimalism
[10h] Nader Shah entered Delhi and began looting it after this battle. While the Mughal Empire under Muhammad Shah outnumbered Nader’s forces, rivalries between Mughal generals and strategic Persian use of guns enabled Nader's victory.
ANSWER: Battle of Karnal
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