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

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