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In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
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This composer reworked an instrumental sarabande into the aria Lascia ch'io planga. He called for improvised solo organ pieces to be placed ad libitum into the later of his organ concertos, a genre he invented to show off. The "Hailstone Chorus" appears in the first part of an oratorio by this man whose second part is "The Song of Moses"; that work is Israel in Egypt. One of this man's works includes a suite in G major that has a rigaudon, a minuet, and five shorter, unnamed pieces, as well as a suite in F major that begins with a (*) French overture. That piece was written to be played on barges floating on the River Thames for King George I. For 10 points, name this Baroque composer who wrote Water Music and the oratorio Messiah.
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Fine Arts

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A virtuoso violinist from this country composed a series of Gypsy Melodies for Violin and Piano titled Zigeunerweisen and also authored a Fantasy on Carmen. One nationalist composer from this country created the operas Follet and Liliana early in the 20th century and another one about a man who returns from Algeria that's often compared to Cavalleria rusticana. Another work from this country features a second movement that has a melody introduced by English horn. One of the most famous composers from here composed a ballet featuring the "Dance of the Miller's Wife". The songs "The Pan Piper" and "Will O' the Wisp" appear on a jazz album titled for this place by Miles Davis. The birthplace of the composer of The Three-Cornered Hat, for 10 points, name this country home to the composer of Concierto de Aranjuez and Manuel de Falla.
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Fine Arts

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Ardahan, Kars, and Batumi were returned to their original owner as part of the terms of this treaty, which also transferred approximately ninety percent of one signatory nations coal mines. Richard von Kuhlmann represented the Germans at the negotiations that led to this agreement, while other powers were represented by Talat Pasha and Ottokar Czernin. An independent Armenia was created as a result of this treaty, which also renounced one parties claims to Finland and other Eastern European possessions. Leon Trotsky represented Bolshevik Russia at the negotiations, creating a treaty that ended hostilities for only about eight months. For ten points, identify this treaty between Russia and several Central European powers which led to Russia leaving World War I, named for a city in modern Belarus.
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History