A piece in this genre by Jean Sibelius sets the Latin text “Natus in curas” and was premiered during a ceremony commemorating the late obstetrician Josef Pippingsköld. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this genre. A frequently-excerpted woodwind chorale from Finlandia was adapted into a piece in this genre.
ANSWER: hymn [or Hymne or Hymni; accept Finlandia hymn or Finlandia-hymni]
[10e] Sibelius’s Opus 21 Hymn is scored for a choir of singers with this trait. Four-part choirs whose members have this trait often sing pieces in the TTBB arrangement.
ANSWER: maleness [or being men; accept lower voices; reject answers mentioning “boys”]
[10h] This early Sibelius piece employs a male choir, soprano, and baritone in its third and fifth movements. This longest piece in Sibelius’s oeuvre sets Runos 35 and 36 of the Kalevala.
ANSWER: Kullervo [or Kullervo Symphony]
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