Packet J: Bonus 12
Answer the following about symphonies written in the key of E minor. For 10 points each:
[10h] This composer’s E minor first symphony was premiered in 1933 and was the first symphony by a Black woman to be performed by a major American orchestra. This composer used a juba dance in all three of her surviving symphonies.
ANSWER: Florence Price [or Florence Beatrice Price; accept Florence Smith; prompt on Smith]
[10e] Price’s inclusion of spirituals in her symphonies drew on this Czech composer’s ninth symphony, subtitled “From the New World”, which features a notable cor anglais solo in its second movement.
ANSWER: Antonín Dvořák (“duh-VORE-zhak”) [or Antonín Leopold Dvořák]
[10m] Brahms’ fourth and Tchaikovsky’s fifth symphonies, both also E minor, feature a notable moment for this instrument in their second movements. This brass instrument is typically pitched in F.
ANSWER: French horn [reject “English horn”]
<Editors, Classical Music> | Packet J
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 15.65 | 83% | 60% | 13% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham A | Edinburgh C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Edinburgh A | Sheffield A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edinburgh B | Durham B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Edinburgh D | Durham D | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Sheffield B | Durham C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | Main | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Southern California | Main | ✓ | 7 | 17.14 | 86% | 71% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | Main | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | Main | ✓ | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 78% | 11% |
| Florida | Main | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | Main | ✓ | 12 | 15.83 | 83% | 50% | 25% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 9 | 14.44 | 89% | 44% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 10 | 12.00 | 80% | 30% | 10% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Midwest | Main | ✓ | 9 | 21.11 | 89% | 89% | 33% |
| North | Main | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Northeast | Main | ✓ | 11 | 12.73 | 73% | 46% | 9% |
| Pacific | Main | ✓ | 8 | 18.75 | 88% | 75% | 25% |
| South Central | Main | ✓ | 7 | 8.57 | 57% | 29% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main | ✓ | 13 | 13.08 | 77% | 54% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | Main | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 60% | 60% | 0% |
| UK (North) | UK | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 60% | 40% |
| UK (South) | UK | ✓ | 7 | 14.29 | 71% | 71% | 0% |