Packet E: Tossup 7

Leopold Mozart featured a high variant of this instrument in three movements of his only surviving serenade, which are often performed separately as a G major concerto. Beethoven and Bruckner (-5[1])both wrote funereal (“fyoo-NEE-ree-ul”) pieces (10[1])for choirs of this instrument titled Equali. Beethoven’s (10[1])Ninth Symphony has separate parts for this instrument’s alto, tenor, and bass varieties. (-5[1])An (-5[2])oft-cited myth claims (-5[1])that (-5[1])the contrabassoon, piccolo, (-5[1])and this instrument were introduced to the orchestra (10[1]-5[1])in Beethoven’s (-5[1])Fifth (10[1])Symphony. (10[3]-5[2])In (-5[1])Mozart’s Requiem, this instrument (10[2])outlines (-5[1])a B-flat major (10[1])arpeggio (10[1]-5[1])and is echoed (10[1])by a bass soloist (10[1])at the start of the (10[1]-5[1])“Tuba Mirum.” (10[5])This instrument, (10[2])whose tenor form is most common today, (10[3]-5[2])developed (10[2]-5[1])from the (10[1])Renaissance (10[2]0[1]-5[4])sackbut. (10[3]-5[6])For (-5[1])10 (10[2]-5[1])points, (10[1]-5[1])what (10[4])brass instrument controls (-5[1])pitch (10[1])with a slide? (10[4])■END■ (10[30])

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