Packet L: Tossup 10

The coda of the presto finale of the sixth of these pieces slows to più moderato for a virtuosic keyboard solo that the composer played at its premiere. Near the end of the slow movement of the first of these pieces, both bassoons play a loud low C representing a fart. (10[1])At the premiere of one of these pieces, the audience apocryphally crowded near the stage and were unharmed when a chandelier (-5[1])fell (10[1])behind them. (10[5]-5[3])The success (10[1])of these (10[1])pieces (10[1])ruined a rival concert series (10[1])featuring their (10[1])composer’s student, Ignaz Pleyel. (10[1])The impresario Johann Peter Salomon (10[1])commissioned these pieces in two (10[1])sets (10[1])from 1791 to 1794, (10[2]-5[1])and some of them are nicknamed (-5[2])“Miracle,” “Military,” and “Surprise.” (10[5]-5[10])For 10 (10[1])points, (-5[2])name (10[1])these last (-5[1])twelve symphonies (10[1])by Franz Joseph (10[1])Haydn that premiered in a European capital. (10[1])■END■ (10[13]0[11])

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