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One piece of this type opens with the melody [read slowly] “long D, down to G, D, long E-flat” and features a “Scotch snap” rhythm in its second movement scherzo. A six movement work of this type was inspired by a folk genre that suddenly shifts from melancholy to exuberance. Clara Schumann’s Opus 17 is a G minor work of this (20[1])type. One piece of this (20[1])type got its nickname because its eerie Largo movement (20[1])reminded Carl Czerny (“CHAIR-nee”) of Hamlet’s father. Antonín Dvořák’s (“duh-VOR-zhahk’s”) fourth work of this type is subtitled (*) “Dumky.” (10[4])A Beethoven work of this type (10[1])is nicknamed (10[1])for its (10[1])dedicatee, Rudolf of Austria. “Ghost” and “Archduke” are, for 10 points, what type of piece written for an ensemble of violin, cello, and a namesake (10[1])keyboard instrument? (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

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