Answer the following about the saxophone in Russian music, for 10 points each.
[10m] The most commonly performed orchestration of this piece includes a saxophone solo in the movement “The Old Castle.” This piece also includes the movement “The Hut on Fowl’s Legs.”
ANSWER: Pictures at an Exhibition [or Tableau d’une Exposition; or Bilder einer Austellung] (by Modest Mussorgsky)
[10h] This composer’s 1934 saxophone concerto was one of his last works, composed after he had resigned as head of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1930. This composer also wrote music for the ballets Raymonda and The Seasons.
ANSWER: Alexander Glazunov [or Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov]
[10e] This composer included a saxophone part in his Symphonic Dances. This composer’s large hands made it easier to play his pieces such as Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
ANSWER: Sergei Rachmaninoff [or Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff]
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