Packet 2: Tossup 1

A piece by this composer opens with a triplet-heavy trumpet fanfare on a C major chord (-5[1])followed by a melody beginning “long C, long B, (-5[1])down to pickup F-sharp, A, G, (-5[1])F, D” (15[1])in the flute, oboe, (-5[1])clarinet, and first violin. (-5[1])This composer commemorated the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession (15[2])with a piece whose (15[1])fourth movement (-5[1])quotes the hymn “A Mighty Fortress (-5[2])Is Our God,” (-5[1])the (*) Reformation Symphony. (-5[1])A visit to Fingal’s (10[1])Cave inspired this composer’s Hebrides Overture during a (10[1])trip which also inspired (10[1])his Scottish Symphony. (10[2])For 10 points, name this German composer who featured a “Wedding March” in his incidental (0[1]-5[1])music to A Midsummer (10[3])Night’s Dream. ■END■ (10[3]0[5])

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