Question

In an opera by this composer, Claggart sings in F minor while Billy Budd sings in E major. For 10 points each:
[10e] What English composer used the same key relationship to represent the "maladjustment" of Peter Grimes? This composer wrote The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
ANSWER: Benjamin Britten
[10h] The similar polychord "E-flat major over E minor" appears in Golaud's ("go-LO's") theme from this 1902 opera, which depicts a love triangle in the fictional medieval kingdom of Allemonde.
ANSWER: Pelléas et Mélisande [or Pelleas and Melisande] (by Claude Debussy)
[10m] This opera's climactic polychord "F-sharp major over A dominant seventh" has been called "the most sickening chord in all opera." This 1905 opera contains the "Dance of the Seven Veils."
ANSWER: Salome (by Richard Strauss)
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TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y816.25100%63%0%