Packet C: Bonus 15
The “Fossils” movement of one work is scored for strings, two pianos, clarinet, and this instrument. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this percussion instrument that plays a motif beginning [read slowly] G, B flat, G, A, B flat, in another work to depict the rattling of bones. This instrument is a smaller relative of the marimba.
ANSWER: xylophone
[10e] The xylophone is employed in the aforementioned “Fossils” movement of this fourteen movement piece by Camille Saint-Saëns (“san-SON”). The only published movement from this piece before Saint-Saëns’s death is “The Swan.”
ANSWER: The Carnival of the Animals [or Le Carnaval des animaux]
[10h] The xylophone is used to represent the rattling of bones in this other piece by Saint-Saëns, which begins with 12 Ds played on the harp to represent a clock striking midnight.
ANSWER: Danse Macabre
<Washington A, Classical Music> | Packet C
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | 20.92 | 74% | 80% | 55% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke A | William & Mary A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| JMU B | UNC B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Liberty A | Virginia Tech A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Liberty C | Virginia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| NCSU A | William & Mary B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| NCSU B | Virginia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Tusculum A | UNC A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UNC C | JMU A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Virginia Tech C | Liberty B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | Main | ✓ | 4 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | Main | ✓ | 4 | 25.00 | 75% | 100% | 75% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | Main | ✓ | 9 | 28.89 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| Florida | Main | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 50% | 100% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | Main | ✓ | 10 | 20.00 | 50% | 90% | 60% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 9 | 20.00 | 89% | 67% | 44% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 9 | 16.67 | 56% | 89% | 22% |
| Midwest | Main | ✓ | 9 | 23.33 | 67% | 89% | 78% |
| North | Main | ✓ | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Northeast | Main | ✓ | 11 | 17.27 | 73% | 64% | 36% |
| South Central | Main | ✓ | 6 | 20.00 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| Southeast | Main | ✓ | 12 | 20.00 | 83% | 58% | 58% |
| Upstate NY | Main | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 60% | 40% |
| UK (North) | UK | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 80% | 40% | 80% |
| UK (South) | UK | ✓ | 8 | 18.75 | 63% | 100% | 25% |