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This piece's third movement contains many quiet "flat 7, 1" cadences played in parallel fifths by brass and two pianos. Tenors in this piece sing "equi-ta-vit, ta-vit, ta-vit" to imitate retreating horses. This piece hails "Venus generosa" at the end of "ave formosissima," which segues (20[1])("segways") into the reprise of its 3/1 melody "rest, long E, F, D, D." This piece's sections "Cour d'amours" ("COOR dah-MOOR") and "Blanziflor et Helena" (20[1])follow "In (*) Taberna," where (10[1])a high bassoon represents a soon-to-be-roasted swan. In this piece's first and last movements, the lyric "semper crescis, aut decrescis" describes an "inconstant" Roman goddess exalted by medieval goliard poets. For 10 points, "O Fortuna" is from what secular cantata by Carl Orff? ■END■

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