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Composer and type of piece required. The composer of these orchestral pieces cheekily suggested seven “recipes” for writing them, such as avoiding it altogether or plagiarizing yourself, like when he twice copied from Aureliano in Palmira. One of these pieces from 1816 features the eighth note phrase [read slowly] “three pick up Bs, then C, B” and its composer’s namesake “crescendo.” After a storm is depicted in one of these pieces, the English horn and flute play a (*) ranz des vaches (10[1])(“rahn deh VAHSH”). The most frequently excerpted section from The (10[1])Thieving Magpie is one of these works, (10[2])as is one that ends with a lively (10[1])“March of the Swiss Soldiers” (10[6])often used to depict (10[1])galloping horses. (10[1])For 10 points, name these orchestral pieces (10[1])that open William Tell (10[3])and The (10[1])Barber of Seville. (10[6])■END■ (10[8])

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