Krzysztof Penderecki (“k’SHISH-toff pen-deh-RET-skee”) wrote for 48-piece and 52-piece ensembles of these instruments in his pieces Polymorphia and Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima. For 10 points each:
[10e] Samuel Barber adapted the slow movement of a B-flat minor chamber piece into an Adagio for what section of the orchestra?
ANSWER: strings [or string instruments; accept string orchestra; accept Adagio for Strings]
[10h] The third movement of this composer’s 1948 Concerto for String Orchestra, her most performed piece, is characteristically marked Vivo. This composer and violinist was nicknamed “The First Lady of Polish Music.”
ANSWER: Grażyna Bacewicz (“grah-ZHEE-nah bat-SEV-eech”) [or Grażyna Bacewicz Biernacka]
[10m] Critics applied this stylistic label to most of Bacewicz’s music, although she rejected it. Igor Stravinsky’s works in this style include a Concerto in D for string orchestra, his violin concerto, and the Symphony of Psalms.
ANSWER: neoclassical [or neoclassicism; accept neoclassical period]
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