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A solo for this instrument beginning "long B-flat, D-flat, C-flat - E-flat, B-flat" opens a ballet suite's slow movement, which precedes a B major finale in 7/4 time. The (20[1])melody (20[2])[read slowly:] "long C, grace notes (20[1])B - C, B, (0[1])G, E, up to B, long (20[1])A" begins a solo for this instrument (20[1])based on a Lithuanian folk song, (20[3])which is notated (20[1])in tenor clef. (20[3])This instrument's solo puts Koschei's court (20[1])to sleep at the start of a ballet's (*) berceuse (10[2])("bair-SOOZ"). A solo (10[1])in this instrument's highest register opens (10[1])the orchestral (10[1])prelude to "The Adoration of the Earth," (10[4])which is followed (10[1])by (10[1])a scene (10[1])whose irregular stomping (10[1])was controversial at its 1913 premiere. For 10 points, (10[1])Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (10[1])begins with (10[1])a solo (10[1])for what low (10[1])double-reed woodwind? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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