These objects title nine sets of seven dances for solo piano by Takashi Yoshimatsu inspired by the colors of the rainbow. Sibelius salvaged a theme from Kuutar titled for these objects for the opening Adagio of his seventh symphony. A group of these objects titles an orchestral work by Kaija Saariaho (“KYE-yah SAH-ree-ah-ho”) with movements including “Memento mori” and “Hunter.” Suzuki’s violin method begins with four variations on a theme titled in English for one of these objects that is quoted by the piano in the “Fossils” movement of Saint-Saëns’s (“san-SAWNS’s”) The Carnival of the Animals. These are the [emphasize] first title objects of a piece that features a famous piccolo solo in its trio section representing the American South. For 10 points, the title of a John Philip Sousa march pairs what objects with stripes? ■END■
ANSWER: stars [accept constellations; accept “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”; prompt on Pleiades or Orion by asking “what objects are those examples of?”] (The piece in the first sentence is Pleiades Dances. The piece in the second sentence is Orion.)
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