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This country inspired a dark piano work with an opening triplet motif of [read slowly] D, C-sharp, F-sharp, then long E-sharp. (10[1])Paris’s Revue musicale popularized a composer from this country by publishing her salon piece “A Maiden’s Prayer.” A wind chorale consisting of three (10[1])four-chord (10[1])gestures opens the Piano Concerto No. 2 in E major by a composer born in this country (-5[1])who wrote the popular encore piece Étincelles (10[1])(“ay-tan-SEL”). This country’s pianist Julian Fontana shared rooms with a composer who dedicated a piece to him written in one of this country’s five national dance forms. (10[1]-5[2])An F-sharp (10[1])minor Opus 44 “Tragic” piece in that form by a composer from this country (-5[2])is often grouped with the “Military” (10[3])and a (10[1])piece (10[2])nicknamed (10[1])by George (10[1])Sand, the “Heroic.” (10[7])For 10 points, (10[4])the mazurka (10[2]-5[1])is a dance (10[1])from what (10[2])home country (10[1])of Frédéric (10[1])Chopin? (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[1])

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