Round 9: Tossup 15

Upon hearing this piece, its dedicatee wrote that with “Beethoven dead” only its composer “could revive him.” This piece’s soloist enters with the slow 3/4 melody “D, long B, C, long low E,” over G major harp arpeggios. In this piece’s third movement, an introduction featuring piccolo and oboe leads to an English horn solo imitating pifferari bagpipers. This piece’s first movement reuses a melody from its composer’s Rob Roy overture and depicts its title character (10[1])“in the Mountains,” (-5[1])and its later movements depict a “March of the Pilgrims” (10[1])and an “Orgy of the Brigands.” After seeing the amount (10[1])of rests in the solo part, Niccolò Paganini declined to perform (10[1])this piece, (10[1])which was loosely inspired by a Lord Byron poem. For 10 points, (-5[1])name this symphony (10[1])featuring solo viola by Hector Berlioz. (10[1])■END■ (0[8])

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