Question

Dmitri Shostakovich’s reorchestration of a cello concerto in this key added piccolos to its first movement and a harp to its second. The second movement Romanze of a piano concerto in this key is a solo cello and piano duet, which may have inspired the cello solo in Brahms’s B-flat major second piano concerto. An Allegro affettuoso movement of a concerto in this key opens with a descending series of chords followed by a motif spelling out the name of the composer’s wife. A later concerto in this key imitates halling dance in its finale and opens with a timpani roll that builds into this key’s tonic chord. (10[1])Robert Schumann’s piano concerto (10[1])in this key inspired one in the same key by Edvard Grieg. For 10 points, name this minor key that contains no sharps or flats. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: A minor [reject “A” until “minor” is read and accept afterwards]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry KeatingUCF CUCF B10710
Leo LawFlorida AFlorida State A11110
Clete ReinbergerValencia AFlorida B13710

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