Packet H: Tossup 15

Upon hearing this piece, its dedicatee wrote that with “Beethoven dead” only its composer “could revive him.” (10[1])This piece’s soloist enters with the slow 3/4 melody “D, long B, C, long low E,” over G major harp arpeggios. In this piece’s third movement, an introduction featuring piccolo and oboe leads to an English horn solo imitating pifferari bagpipers. This (-5[2])piece’s first (-5[1])movement (-5[1])reuses a melody (-5[1])from its composer’s Rob Roy (10[1]-5[1])overture and depicts its title character (10[2])“in the Mountains,” (-5[2])and its later (10[1])movements depict a “March of (10[1])the Pilgrims” (10[1])and (10[1])an “Orgy (10[3])of (10[1])the Brigands.” (10[2]-5[1])After (-5[1])seeing (10[2])the amount (10[1])of rests (10[2])in the solo (-5[1])part, (10[1])Niccolò Paganini (10[1])declined to perform (10[1])this piece, (10[3])which was (10[1])loosely inspired by a Lord (10[1])Byron poem. For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1]-5[2])name this symphony (10[1])featuring solo viola by Hector Berlioz. (10[2])■END■ (10[11]0[39])

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