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A G minor piece of this type includes a dotted oboe passage in its second movement representing an animal’s jerky head movements, and is part of a set of six premiered by conductor Chevalier de Saint-Georges (“san-ZHORZH”). The final movement of one piece of this type features a five-part fugato centred (10[1])around the notes (10[2])[read slowly] C, D, F, E. (10[2])An F sharp minor (-5[1])piece of this type ends with musicians blowing out their candles (10[9])and leaving (10[2])the (10[3])stage. (10[20])Joseph (10[2])Haydn (10[8]-5[2])(“HIGH-dun”) included (10[1])a (10[2]-5[1])sudden (10[2])G major (10[2])chord (10[7])in the second (10[3])movement (10[6])of his (10[2])94th (10[3])piece of this type, (10[1])allegedly (10[1]-5[1])to wake up (10[2])any sleeping (10[2]-5[1])audience (10[3])members. (10[2]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name these orchestral pieces that include (10[1])Jupiter by Mozart and Farewell (10[1])and (10[1])Surprise by Haydn. (10[2])■END■ (10[10]0[4])

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