Packet 7: Bonus 9
A high violin solo plays throughout this piece’s lengthy G-major “Benedictus.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this 1824 choral work. The “Et vitam venturi” section of its “Credo” movement is often considered a prime example of its composer’s insensitive treatment of the human voice.
ANSWER: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Missa solemnis [prompt on mass or Beethoven’s mass]
[10h] The premiere of Missa solemnis was organized by this Russian aristocrat who initiated Beethoven’s “late string quartet” phase by commissioning his Opus 127, 130, and 132 quartets.
ANSWER: Nikolai Borisovich Galitzin
[10e] The original finale of the second Galitzin quartet was a “Grosse” movement in this contrapuntal genre, in which music is generated by imitation of a subject.
ANSWER: fugue [or fuge; accept Grosse Fuge]
<Bruin, Classical Music> | G. Prelims 7 - Georgia Tech A + Berkeley A + Bruin + Georgetown
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 10.95 | 76% | 29% | 5% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Illinois A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Chicago A | Texas | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | Cambridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Columbia B | Maryland A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | UCLA | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Harvard | WashU | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| MIT | Cornell | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Maryland B | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michigan | Chicago B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| NYU A | Northwestern B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| NYU B | Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| North Carolina | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern A | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Pittsburgh | Waterloo | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Stanford B | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Swarthmore | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Toronto B | Stanford A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UCF | British Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vanderbilt | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Virginia Tech | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 10.95 | 76% | 29% | 5% |