Packet 1: Bonus 15
This piece opens with a harp playing a D twelve times, to represent the tolling of a midnight bell. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this tone poem by Camille Saint-Saëns that uses a mistuned violin to depict Death playing the fiddle.
ANSWER: Danse macabre
[10h] This movement from a different composer’s symphony uses a mistuned solo violin to depict Freund Hein, a personification of Death from German folklore. The composer’s widow claimed that this movement was inspired by Arnold Böcklin’s Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle.
ANSWER: second movement of Mahler’s fourth symphony [accept scherzo of Mahler’s fourth symphony]
[10m] The solo violin is retuned in this composer’s first violin concerto, to allow the soloist to play in E-flat major on open strings. The “Rondo à la clochette” from this composer’s second violin concerto inspired a G-sharp minor piano piece.
ANSWER: Niccolò Paganini
<Editors, Classical Music> | U. Finals 1 (Editors 11)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago A | Stanford A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |