Round 5: Tossup 20

Tranquillo (“tran-KWEE-loh”) E-flat and bass clarinets accompany trilling flutes to open a section of this piece that depicts a round dance. In the final note of this piece, double basses play a chord whose notes spell out the word DEAD. (10[1]-5[2])Eleven timpani strikes lead into a section of this piece depicting (-5[1])a “Glorification of the Chosen One.” (10[1])An unusually high bassoon (10[1])solo begins this piece’s first part, “Adoration of the Earth,” which prompted Camille Saint-Saëns (“san-SON”) to remark “if that’s a bassoon, I’m a baboon!” A girl dances herself to death in this ballet’s final “Sacrificial Dance.” For 10 points, Igor Stravinsky wrote music for what ballet (10[1])about pagan Russia, (10[1])which caused a riot at its 1913 premiere? ■END■ (10[2])

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary