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During the premier of a piece by this composer, Carl Reinthaler inserted an aria from Handel’s Messiah due to the clergy’s dissatisfaction. A B flat major theme on a “Chorale St. Antoni” is featured in this composer’s Variations on a Theme of Haydn. An honorary degree from the University of Breslau prompted this man’s (15[1])(*) Academic Festival Overture. (10[1])Due to its similarity to an earlier composer’s “Eroica” symphony, Hans von Bulow nicknamed this man’s first symphony “Beethoven’s tenth.” (10[1])This composer wrote a work for Bertha Faber’s son that is also known as the “Cradle Song.” For 10 points, name this German composer of a famous lullaby. ■END■

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