Pictures at an Exhibition - 2024 ACF Nationals

Question

Name these pieces orchestrated by Maurice Ravel, for 10 points each.

[10e] Different combinations of instruments begin each of the four Promenades in Ravel’s orchestration of this piano suite based on Russian paintings.

ANSWER: Pictures at an Exhibition [or Pictures from an Exhibition; or Tableaux d’une exposition; or Kartínki s výstavki] (by Modest Mussorgsky)

[10m] Ravel’s orchestration of this very slow G-major piano piece of his calls for two horns pitched in G: the first horn states the opening theme, under which the other horn plays long chords with the bassoons.

ANSWER: Pavane for a Dead Princess [or Pavane pour une infante défunte]

[10h] Ravel’s orchestration of this piano movement begins with plucked harp and strings mimicking a Spanish guitar. This movement is from the same collection as “A Barque on the Ocean,” which he also orchestrated.

ANSWER: Alborada del gracioso [or “Aubade of the Jester” or equivalent translations; accept “morning song” or equivalents in place of “aubade”; accept clown or buffoon or equivalents in place of “jester”; prompt on alborada or aubade]

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Data

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Total
Brown	Chicago C	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	Yale A	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	WUSTL A	10	0	0	10
Chicago D	Cornell A	10	0	0	10
Columbia A	Illinois	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Waterloo	10	0	0	10
Duke	NYU	10	0	0	10
Harvard	Johns Hopkins	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Kentucky	10	0	0	10
Minnesota A	Claremont Colleges	10	0	0	10
North Carolina A	Indiana	10	10	10	30
Penn	Stanford	10	10	0	20
Rutgers	Minnesota B	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt	Northwestern	10	0	10	20
WUSTL B	Georgia Tech	10	10	0	20
Yale B	Purdue	10	10	0	20

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	Heard	PPB	Easy %	Medium %	Hard %
2024 ACF Nationals	04/21/2024	Y	16	17.50	100%	50%	25%