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A solo for this instrument plays a solo over long cello trills to begin the fifth of Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations. This instrument and a bassoon state the opening theme of Tchaikovsky’s First Symphony. This (10[1])instrument plays a fast, rising B-flat major scale to open the (-5[1])theme of the dance “Tea” in The Nutcracker. (10[1])This instrument plays the opening solo (10[1])in the slow movement of Tchaikovsky’s First (-5[1])Piano Concerto. Tchaikovsky died (10[1])before (-5[1])writing a (10[1])concerto for this instrument (10[1])for Paul Taffanel. (10[1])It’s not the (10[1])trombone, but Tchaikovsky’s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies call for [emphasize] three of these instruments, with the third doubling. In The Nutcracker, three of these instruments (10[1])state the theme of the “Danse des (10[1])Mirlitons,” whose English title mentions their reed variant. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[2])name this full-size relative of the piccolo. (10[3])■END■ (10[6])

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