Round 2: Tossup 1

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

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