Packet 3: Tossup 17

A satire published under a partial anagram of this composer’s name teaches people like poets, composers, singers, and female singers’ mothers how to create modern opera. This composer’s name was fraudulently attached to a collection of musette sonatas by (15[1])Nicolas Chédeville (15[2])titled (15[1])The Faithful Shepherd. (-5[1])This composer’s opus 3 concerti (15[2])were transcribed (-5[1])for keyboard by a court composer in Weimar. In 1939, (-5[1])interest in this composer’s music was (*) revived (-5[2])by Alfredo Casella’s “Week” (10[2])in his honor. (10[1]-5[1])In 2012, Daniel Hope (10[1])premiered a minimalist “recomposition” (10[2])of one of (10[1])this composer’s (10[1])works by Max (10[2])Richter. (10[9])This composer (10[2])taught violin (10[2])and mandolin (10[2])at the Ospedale (10[1])della (10[1])Pietà, (10[1])an orphanage (10[1])for whose choir he wrote (10[1])his (10[1])D major Gloria. For 10 points, name this Venetian “Red Priest” who wrote (10[1])The Four Seasons. (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

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