Upon hearing this piece, its dedicatee wrote that with “Beethoven dead” only its composer “could revive him.” This piece’s soloist enters with the slow 3/4 melody “D, long B, C, long low E,” over G major harp arpeggios. In this piece’s third movement, an introduction featuring piccolo and oboe leads to an English horn solo imitating pifferari bagpipers. This piece’s first movement reuses a melody from its composer’s Rob Roy overture and depicts its title character “in the Mountains,” and its later movements depict a “March of the Pilgrims” and an “Orgy of the Brigands.” After seeing the amount of rests in the solo part, Niccolò Paganini declined to perform this piece, which was loosely inspired by a Lord Byron poem. For 10 points, name this symphony featuring solo viola by Hector Berlioz. ■END■
ANSWER: Harold in Italy [or Harold en Italie]
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