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

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