Packet 1: Bonus 3
Leonard Slatkin, who conducted the posthumous premiere of this piece, speculated that a movement depicting the sun, moon, and stars was indeed its original intended finale. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this symphonic poem that was left unfinished at its composer’s 1983 death. Its seven completed movements include ones that translate as “The Everlasting Night” and “The Birth of the Earth.”
ANSWER: Popol Vuh: The Creation of the Mayan World, Op. 44 [accept Popol Vuh: La creación del mundo maya, Op. 44]
[10m] That piece based on the Popul Vuh is by this composer of the opera Don Rodrigo, who depicted his home country in his Danzas Argentinas.
ANSWER: Alberto Ginastera (“JEE-nah-steh-rah”) [or Alberto Evaristo Ginastera]
[10e] Within Ginastera’s lifetime, his most performed piece was a concerto for this instrument, written for Nicanor Zabaleta. Pedals are used to alter the pitches of this 47-string instrument.
ANSWER: harp [or concert harp or double-action pedal harp]
<Case Western, Classical Music> | I1. Prelims Tiebreaker - NYU A + NYU B + Case Western (Tiebreaker Half 1)
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| 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |