Packet F: Tossup 2

A composer from this modern-day country created an English libretto for a piece he insisted was an “Epic,” not an oratorio, based on The Epic of Gilgamesh. (10[2])Charles Ives and a composer from this modern-day (10[1])country (-5[1])both wrote songs based on a nostalgic poem from this country, “Songs My Mother Taught (-5[1])Me.” (10[1])Paul (10[1])Wingfield’s (-5[1])edition (10[1])of a mass from this country (10[1])adds its (10[1])Intrada to the beginning, (10[1])creating (10[1])a nine-movement form centered on the “Věruju” (-5[2])(“VAIR-oo-yoo”). A Postludium for solo organ is contained in that (10[1]-5[1])patriotic (10[1])mass (10[3])by a composer (-5[1])from this country (10[1])who wrote the opera (10[1])Jenůfa (10[11]-5[1])(“yeh-NOO-fah”). The (10[3]-5[1])Glagolitic (10[5]-5[1])Mass (10[3])is from this country, (10[1])as was the composer (10[2])of an English horn (10[1])solo that was adapted (10[1])into the faux-spiritual “Goin’ Home.” (10[3]-5[2])For 10 points, name this (10[2])home country of (10[1])Leoš Janáček (10[6]-5[1])(“LAY-ohsh YAH-nah-check”) and (10[2]-5[1])Antonín (10[2])Dvořák (10[7])■END■ (10[16]0[4])

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