Packet 1: Tossup 17

Just before this movement's retransition, winds and strings trade pianissimo B diminished seventh chords before the first theme loudly returns on the pitches A-flat and F. In “New Horizons in Music Appreciation,” (15[1])Gifford Nielsen and Peter Schickele (“SHICK-uh-lee”) commentate over this (15[1])movement as if it’s a football game. (15[1]-5[1])When this movement (15[1])recapitulates (15[1])a half (15[1])cadence ending with a fermata on G, (15[1])the first oboe plays an unexpected adagio (15[1])cadenza. A motif introduced in this movement, which inspired the start of (*) Tchaikovsky’s fourth symphony, later interrupts its symphony’s joyous finale (-5[1])in the parallel C major. This Allegro con brio movement begins (10[1])with (-5[1])strings and clarinets playing “G, (10[1])G, (10[2])G, long E-flat.” (10[3]-5[1])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[1]-5[1])“fate knocks (10[1])at the door” (10[3])in what movement that opens a Beethoven symphony? ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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