Bonus
A piece titled for this city features a phonograph recording of a nightingale in its third movement. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city which titles three different tone poems by Ottorino Respighi (“ress-PEE-ghee”). This city is the setting of a ballet by Aram Khachaturian which features a notable “Adagio.”
ANSWER: Rome [or Roma; accept Pines of Rome; accept Fountains of Rome; accept Roman Festivals; accept Pini di Roma; accept Fontane di Roma; accept Feste Romane] (The Khachaturian ballet is Spartacus.)
[10e] In Pines of Rome, Respighi instructed this instrument to play several B flat pedals to depict the subterranean nature of the catacombs. This instrument’s “pipe” variety can often be found in churches.
ANSWER: organ [accept pipe organ; accept church organ]
[10h] The city of Rome also titles this Australian composer’s 1943 piece The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart, scored for military band and electric organ. This composer of Molly on the Shore and Lincolnshire Posy also popularized the old English folk tune “Country Gardens.”
ANSWER: Percy Grainger [or Percy Aldridge Grainger; or George Percy Grainger]
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 106 | 14.91 | 100% | 29% | 20% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 29% | 29% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 22% | 22% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 17.00 | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 11% | 22% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 12.50 | 100% | 17% | 8% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 13.33 | 100% | 17% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |