Packet 9: Tossup 10

In a piece depicting one of these locations, the first violins introduce a melody beginning (read slowly) “pickup B, E, pickup F-sharp, G, pickup A, three Bs.” A solo french (15[1])horn over tremolo strings introduces a melody which begins (-5[1])“D, F-sharp, A, A” in a piece titled for one (15[1])of these locations. After a movement depicting “The High Castle,” (15[2])the second movement of Bedrich Smetana’s (10[1])(*) Ma (10[2])Vlast depicts (10[1])one of (10[2]-5[2])these locations. Every New Year’s, the Vienna Philharmonic plays a (-5[1])waltz named for being set “By the Beautiful” one of (10[1])these (10[1])natural locations. For 10 points, name these locations depicted in “Die Moldau” and Johann Strauss II’s “The (10[1])Blue (10[13])Danube.” ■END■

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