Letter
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Hint
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Answer
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A
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Impressionist composer of the piano suite "Iberia"
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Isaac Albéniz
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B
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Namesake city of six J.S. Bach concerti grossi
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Brandenburg
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C
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Composer of the "Revolutionary" etude and "Heroic" polonaise
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Frédéric Chopin
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D
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First title character of a Ravel ballet
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Daphnis
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E
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British composer famous for his "Pomp and Circumstance" marches
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Edward Elgar
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F
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Instrument that plays the opening notes in "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"
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flute
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G
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Romantic composer of incidental music to Peer Gynt and the "Holberg Suite"
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Edvard Grieg
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H
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Austrian "father of the string quartet" and "father of the symphony"
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Josef Haydn
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I
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Nickname of Mendelssohn's 4th symphony in A major
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Italian
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J
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Czech composer of a famous "Sinfonietta"
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Leoš Janáček
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K
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Title of many German church musicians, including J.S. Bach
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Kappellmeister
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L
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Wagner opera that contains the famous "Bridal Chorus"
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Lohengrin
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M
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Composer of the "Haffner" and "Jupiter" symphonies
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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N
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Verdi opera that depicts the exile of Jews to Babylon
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Nabucco
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O
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French composer of "Orpheus in the Underworld"
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Jacques Offenbach
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P
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Polish composer of "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima"
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Krzysztof Penderecki
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Q
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Stringed Arabic instrument similar to a zither
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qanun
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R
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Gershwin piece for piano and orchestra played in United Airlines safety videos
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Rhapsody in Blue
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S
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Symphonic suite by Rimsky-Korsakov depicting the storyteller of 1001 Arabian Nights
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Scheherazade
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T
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Nickname of Mahler's 6th symphony, which features the three hammer blows of fate
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Tragic
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U
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Quality shared by Schubert's 8th symphony and Bruckner's 9th symphony
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unfinished
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V
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Italian composer of a series of famous violin concertos including "Spring"
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Antonio Vivaldi
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W
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Nickname of a C major Beethoven piano sonata sometimes called "Aurora"
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Waldstein
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X
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Percussion instrument that is featured prominently in Saint-Saens' "Danse macabre"
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xylophone
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Y
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Geographical namesake of a piano concerto that premiered during the Cultural Revolution
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Yellow River
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Z
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Handel anthem sung at the coronation of every British monach
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Zadok the Priest
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