Round 7: Tossup 2

A composer from this modern-day country created an English libretto for a piece he insisted was an “Epic,” not an oratorio, based on The Epic of Gilgamesh. (10[1])Charles Ives and a composer from this modern-day country (-5[1])both wrote songs based on a nostalgic poem from this country, “Songs My Mother Taught Me.” Paul (10[1])Wingfield’s edition of a mass from this country adds its Intrada to the beginning, creating a nine-movement form centered on the “Věruju” (-5[1])(“VAIR-oo-yoo”). A Postludium for solo organ is contained in that patriotic mass by a composer (-5[1])from this country (10[1])who wrote the opera Jenůfa (“yeh-NOO-fah”). The Glagolitic Mass is from this country, as was the composer of an English horn solo that was adapted (10[1])into the faux-spiritual “Goin’ Home.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])home country of Leoš Janáček (10[1])(“LAY-ohsh YAH-nah-check”) and Antonín (10[1])Dvořák (10[3])■END■ (10[1])

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