This musician’s performance of concerti by Weber and Spohr at a festival in Meiningen inspired a frequent collaborator to come out of retirement. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this man whom that composer nicknamed “Fräulein Klarinette” (“FROY-line kla-ree-NET”). From 1891 to 1894, this musician premiered that composer’s clarinet trio, clarinet quintet, and two clarinet sonatas.
ANSWER: Richard Mühlfeld
[10e] This composer wrote those pieces for Mühlfeld. This Romantic composer paid homage to his ex-fiancée Agathe in his second string sextet, and he also wrote A German Requiem.
ANSWER: Johannes Brahms
[10m] Joseph Joachim (“YO-sef YO-ah-kim”) called Brahms’s F minor piece for this ensemble the greatest chamber work since the death of Schubert. Schubert wrote an A major piece for an unusual one of these ensembles containing a double bass.
ANSWER: piano quintet [prompt on quintet or Trout Quintet]
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