Round 4: 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 (10[1])play a chord whose notes spell out the word DEAD. Eleven timpani strikes lead into a section of this piece depicting a “Glorification of the Chosen One.” An unusually high bassoon solo begins (10[1])this piece’s first part, (10[1])“Adoration of the Earth,” (10[1])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.” (-5[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])Igor Stravinsky wrote music for what ballet about pagan Russia, which caused a riot (10[1])at its 1913 (-5[1])premiere? ■END■ (0[3])

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