A rendition of “Danny Boy” in 13-limit tuning gradually emerges from the variation-form finale of this composer’s tenth string quartet. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this American composer known for extending Harry Partch’s experiments with just intonation in ten string quartets that the Kepler quartet took 14 years to learn and record.
ANSWER: Ben Johnston [or Benjamin Burwell Johnston, Jr.]
[10m] This composer used his trademark “elastic scoring” in an arrangement of “Danny Boy” called “Irish Tune from County Derry.” A clarinet soli begins this composer’s arrangement of “Molly on the Shore.”
ANSWER: Percy Grainger [or Percy Aldrige Grainger]
[10e] “Danny Boy” is based on a traditional song titled for Londonderry and this genre. August Wilhelmj (“vil-HELM-ee”) arranged a movement in this genre by J. S. Bach to be played “on the G string.”
ANSWER: air [or ayre; accept “Londonderry Air”; accept “Air on the G string”]
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