Packet 3: 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
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 110 | 20.91 | 75% | 80% | 55% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia A | George Mason A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | MH |
| Columbia B | Lehigh A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| George Mason C | Maryland A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Maryland B | Rutgers A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| NYU B | George Mason B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Penn | NYU C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Rowan | Maryland C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Rutgers B | Vassar A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Stony Brook | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 80% | 40% | 80% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 63% | 100% | 25% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 25.00 | 75% | 100% | 75% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 28.89 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 50% | 100% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 20.00 | 50% | 90% | 60% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 89% | 67% | 44% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 56% | 89% | 22% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 10 | 23.00 | 70% | 90% | 70% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 73% | 64% | 36% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 20.00 | 83% | 58% | 58% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 60% | 40% |