Round 15: Tossup 18

At the height of this piece’s development section, the trumpets play the ascending half notes B, C-sharp, D, E, while the rest of the orchestra plays only on beats two and four, repeating the rhythmic motive (10[1])of two sixteenth notes and an eighth note. This piece and its composer’s Opus 67 are the only two pieces he wrote in a hybrid genre that combines the names of two other genres. (-5[1])This piece’s secondary theme is (10[1])introduced by English horn and viola (10[1])in D-flat major, although the piece’s overall key is B minor. This piece is mostly performed in the last (10[1])of three versions its composer made in response to feedback from Mily Balakirev. (-5[1])This piece opens with a slow chorale for clarinets and bassoons, depicting a friar. (10[1])For 10 points, name this “Overture-Fantasy” (10[1]-5[1])by Tchaikovsky, (10[3])whose “love theme” (10[1])depicts (10[3]-5[1])protagonists (10[3])from a Shakespeare (10[2])play. ■END■ (10[6])

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