Round 12: Tossup 17

A piece in this genre begins with the triplet motif “G, E, E” repeated in different octaves in one measure of 5/4, then a tranquillo melody in 4/4. In a piece in this genre, a 6/8 melody beginning “long A, A-sharp, G-sharp, F-sharp, E-sharp” is marked avec une céleste volupté. Nikolai Medtner’s fourteen pieces in this genre include “Night Wind.” (-5[1])A piece in this genre ends with a toccata in 7/8 time marked precipitato (“preh-chee-pee-TAH-toh”). A composer attempted to exorcise demons from his sixth piece in this genre by writing another that features the mystic chord. (10[1])Sergei Prokofiev’s sixth, seventh, and eighth (10[1])pieces in this genre (10[1])express the horrors of World War II. Alexander Scriabin’s “White Mass” is a piece in this genre. For 10 points, Beethoven’s 32 pieces in what solo genre include the “Waldstein” and “Pathétique”? ■END■ (10[4]0[3])

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