Round 4: 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 both wrote funereal (“fyoo-NEE-ree-ul”) pieces for choirs of this instrument titled Equali. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has separate parts for this instrument’s alto, tenor, and bass varieties. An (-5[1])oft-cited myth claims that the contrabassoon, piccolo, (-5[1])and this instrument were introduced to the orchestra in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. (10[1])In (-5[1])Mozart’s Requiem, this instrument outlines a B-flat major arpeggio and is echoed by a bass soloist at the start of the “Tuba Mirum.” This instrument, (10[1])whose tenor form is most common today, developed from the Renaissance sackbut. For 10 points, what (10[2])brass instrument controls pitch with a slide? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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