Question

Donald Tovey describes the “vision of dry bones” in this symphony’s finale, which he analyzes in terms of “a Bass, a Tune, and a Fugue.” In the seventh bar of this symphony, violins enter with syncopated G’s floating above a sustained C-sharp in the cellos resolving up to D. A piece [emphasize] inspired by this one that uses hubcaps and brake drums as found percussion was written by Tán Dùn as an “Internet (10[1])Symphony.” At a rehearsal for this symphony, Ferdinand Ries (“reese”) mistakenly berated (10[1])a horn player for starting the first movement recapitulation early. Two isolated E-flat major chords open this (10[1])symphony, whose second movement is an unusually long funeral (10[1])march. For 10 points, name this early Romantic symphony that bears a retracted dedication to (10[1])Napoleon. ■END■

ANSWER: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 [or Eroica Symphony or Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 by Ludwig van Beethoven; accept the Sinfonia Eroica or Heroic Symphony]
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