A 1907 symphony by this composer extensively quotes his earlier works Radúz and Mahulena, as well as another composer’s Requiem. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this composer who used a four-note “death motif” in a work written after his wife and father-in-law’s deaths, the Asrael Symphony.
ANSWER: Josef Suk (“sook”)
[10e] The Asrael Symphony was a response to the death of Suk’s wife and this composer, his father-in-law. This Czech composer spent many years in the United States, where he composed his “New World” symphony.
ANSWER: Antonín Dvořák [or Antonín Leopold Dvořák]
[10m] An important theme in Suk’s music is of dance described by this adjective, including in his Opus 25 scherzo described by this adjective. A symphony described by this adjective contains an E-flat clarinet solo and a quotation of the Dies Irae (“DEE-ess EE-ray”) in its “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath” movement.
ANSWER: fantastic [or fantastické; or fantastique; accept Symphonie Fantastique or Fantastic Symphony or Scherzo Fantastique or Fantastické Scherzo or fantastic dance]
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