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This instrument plays a languid melody representing a lazy layabout in the Preludio of Heitor Villa-Lobos’s (“VEE-yah LOH-bohsh’s”) second Bachiana Brasileira (“bah-kee-AH-nuh brah-see-LAY-ruh”). Sigurd Raschèr’s virtuosity on this instrument inspired Jacques Ibert’s (“ee-BAIR”) Concertino da Camera. (20[1])A solo for this instrument begins “Waltz No. 2” from (20[1])Shostakovich’s (20[4])first Suite (20[1])for Variety (20[1])Orchestra. (20[1])After a G-sharp minor bassoon solo in 6/8 (“six eight”) time, this instrument plays the melody in (*) Maurice Ravel’s (10[1])orchestration of “The Old Castle” from Pictures at an Exhibition. (10[1])Created by a Belgian inventor in the mid-1800s, (10[4])this instrument comes in (10[1])a tenor version (10[1])in B-flat (10[1])and a more common (10[1])E-flat alto (10[2])version. (10[3])For 10 points, name this woodwind (10[1])instrument (10[2])made of (10[1])brass. (10[1])■END■ (10[7])

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