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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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One work by this composer is considered one of the most technically demanding of its kind and has a notable second movement with quick glissandi, but ends in its fourth with an unusual use of the rare Locrian mode. This mans other compositions include an E-minor work dedicated to Rostropovich, and a suite that contains a movement entitled The Glorious Departure of Lolli and the Cortge of the Sun. Besides his Symphony-Concerto and Scythian Suite, he also composed a piece commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein, as well as a ballet containing the movement Dance of the Knights, and a suite with a bell-filled Troika movement. He imitated Haydn in his Classical Symphony. For 10 points, name this Russian composer of The Love for Three Oranges and the Lieutenant Kije suite.
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Fine Arts

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A definitive study on this engagement was authored by Hugh Cole, who devotes a section to discussing the Losheim Gap. It also stresses the importance of the oft-overlooked Operation Bodenplatte carried out on a holiday and alternately known as Operation Hermann. The clash saw the murder of the Wereth 11, a group of waylaid black soldiers, and courageous stands at St. Vith and Bastogne, which turned the fight and made up for failure to garner intelligence through ULTRA. Anthony McAuliffe became famous for his reply of "Nuts" and Patton for his diary statement that it was "lovely weather for killing Germans. " FTP, name this final German offensive of World War II also known as the Battle of the Ardennes.
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History

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Bishop Mkrtich Khrimian was invited to this meeting to represent the interests of the Armenian people. Jovan Ristic was forced to resign after returning from this meeting with insufficient amounts of new land, a fate also shared by Count Lodovico of Corti. France was represented by William Henry Waddington, while another great power sent Count Julius Andrassy the Elder. The Principality of Moldavia was forced to give up Bessarabia in a partial reversal of the Treaty of Paris, one of the few victories for Prince Gorchakov at a meeting that led to the end of the Dreikaiserbund. For ten points, name this international congress that followed the Battle of Pleva, where Bismarck led the re-negotiation of the Treaty of San Stefano between Russia and the Ottoman Empire in 1877.
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History