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Snare drum auditions often excerpt an ostinato from this piece’s third movement in 6/8 time, consisting of an eighth rest, sextuplet thirty-second notes, and four eighth notes. Most of this piece’s finale is marked as simultaneously in 2/8, 6/16, and 3/8 time. The main theme of this piece’s second movement is in B minor and 3/8 time, and begins with a grace note G, then F-sharp, E, F-sharp, played by a solo bassoon. This piece’s opening motif emphasizes the notes E, D, C, and A-sharp from the whole-tone scale to represent its grim main male character. All four movements of this piece use a solo violin accompanied by a harp to represent the title (10[1])character. For 10 points, “The Story of The Kalendar Prince” and “Festival in Baghdad” appear in what symphonic suite by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov titled for a character from The Arabian Nights? ■END■

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