Packet 8: Tossup 9

The second movement of this composer’s first symphony calls for cathedral chimes to accompany an E major brass chorale in 3/2 time. A scherzo ends this composer’s E minor piano sonata, which has been recorded by Michelle Cann. This composer’s A minor (15[1])piano quintet and three-section Piano Concerto in One Movement (-5[1])were discovered (-5[1])in 2009 (-5[1])in a house (15[1])in (15[1])St. Anne, Illinois. (15[3])The (15[1])2022 (15[1])Grammy (15[2])for Best Orchestral Performance (15[2])went to the Philadelphia Orchestra’s (15[1])recording (15[1])of this composer’s (-5[1])C minor third symphony and (15[1])(*) E minor first symphony. (10[1])Both (10[1])of those symphonies by this composer (10[1]-5[1])of Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (10[1])imitate (10[1])a Juba (10[1])dance (10[2])in the scherzo, (10[1]-5[1])and her first (10[1])won (10[1])the (10[1])1933 Rodman Wanamaker (10[1])competition. (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])first Black female (10[1])composer (10[2])to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra. ■END■ (10[6]0[4])

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