Round 6: 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 (10[1])Ninth Symphony has separate parts for this instrument’s alto, tenor, and bass varieties. (-5[1])An oft-cited myth claims (-5[1])that the contrabassoon, piccolo, and this instrument were introduced to the orchestra in Beethoven’s (-5[1])Fifth Symphony. (10[1])In Mozart’s Requiem, this instrument outlines a B-flat major arpeggio (10[1]-5[1])and is echoed by a bass soloist at the start of the (10[1])“Tuba Mirum.” (10[1])This instrument, whose tenor form is most common today, developed (10[1])from the Renaissance (0[1]-5[1])sackbut. For 10 (10[1])points, what brass instrument controls pitch with a slide? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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