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This G-minor piece inspired the ninth work in Anton Reicha’s (“RYE-kuh’s”) Opus 36, which consists of 36 pieces in the same genre. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this keyboard piece that opens with the ascending dotted quarter notes G, B-flat, E-flat, F-sharp.
ANSWER: “Cat Fugue” [or “Cat’s Fugue”; or Fuga del gatto; or Katzenfuge; accept K. 30 or L. 499; prompt on Fugue in G minor by asking “what is its common nickname?”]
[10e] The “Cat Fugue” is one of Domenico Scarlatti’s 555 sonatas for this keyboard instrument, for which J. S. Bach composed The Well-Tempered Clavier.
ANSWER: harpsichord
[10m] The subject for the “Cat Fugue” was supposedly plonked out by a cat named for this commedia dell’arte character. Stravinsky’s Suite italienne is based on his ballet with this name, which adapts 18th-century Italian music by composers such as Domenico Gallo.
ANSWER: Pulcinella
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaMinnesota10101030HEM
Chicago BVirginia010010E
Cornell AVanderbilt10101030HEM
Cornell BIllinois B0000
FloridaIndiana010010E
Georgia TechUC Berkeley A001010M
Illinois ARutgers0101020EM
Iowa StateYale010010E
Johns HopkinsOhio State0101020EM
LSEOttawa010010E
NYURIT10101030HEM
North Carolina AHarvard0101020EM
NorthwesternUC Berkeley B0101020EM
TexasArizona State0101020EM
Toronto AColumbia B0101020EM
Toronto CPenn State0101020EM
UCFGeorgia State0000
Virginia TechStanford010010E
WUSTL BMichigan0101020EM
Waterloo BNorth Carolina B010010E
Winona StateChicago A010010E

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TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2115.7186%57%14%