Packet 7: Bonus 11
A prelude and a scherzo make up Dimitri Shostakovich’s Two Pieces for [this ensemble]. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ensemble, the subject of a C major work by Georges Enescu. Felix Mendelssohn’s opus 20 is an E flat major work for this ensemble he wrote aged sixteen as a birthday present for his violin teacher Eduard Rietz.
ANSWER: string octet [accept double string quartet; accept Two Pieces for String Octet; prompt on octet; reject “string quartet”]
[10e] Whilst most string octets consist of four violins, two violas and two cellos, Max Bruch swapped out one of the cellos in his String Octet for this instrument, the lowest string instrument in a standard orchestra.
ANSWER: double bass [accept contrabass; accept upright bass; accept string bass; accept acoustic bass; reject “electric bass”]
[10m] A piece called Neiges (“nezh”) was written for eight cellos by Kaija Saariaho (“KAH-yah sah-ree-AH-hoh”), a composer from this country. Another composer from this country wrote a string quartet subtitled “Intimate Voices” and a D minor violin concerto whose final movement was dubbed “a polonaise for polar bears.”
ANSWER: Finland [or Suomi] (The other composer is Jean Sibelius.)
<Editors, Classical Music> | Packet G
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 110 | 15.00 | 99% | 41% | 10% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke A | William & Mary C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| JMU A | Virginia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Liberty C | Liberty B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UNC A | NCSU B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UNC B | Virginia Tech A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UNC D | Virginia A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| VCU A | Tusculum A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia Tech C | NCSU A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| William & Mary A | Liberty A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 100% | 38% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 57% | 29% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 44% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 14.55 | 91% | 46% | 9% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 56% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 100% | 11% | 0% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 88% | 25% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |