Round 8: Tossup 10

Dmitri Shostakovich’s reorchestration of a cello concerto in this key added piccolos to its first movement and a harp to its second. The second movement Romanze of a piano concerto in this key is a solo cello and piano duet, which may have inspired the cello solo in Brahms’s B-flat major second piano concerto. An Allegro affettuoso movement of a concerto in this key opens with a descending series of chords followed by a motif spelling out the name of the composer’s wife. A later concerto in this key imitates halling dance in its finale (10[3])and opens with a timpani roll (-5[1])that builds into this key’s (10[1])tonic chord. Robert Schumann’s piano concerto in this key inspired one in the same key by Edvard Grieg. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this minor key (-5[1])that contains no sharps or flats. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary