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.

Koussevitsky commissioned this man to write his Symphony for Organ and Orchestra. He wrote an opera that opens with the arrival of Laurie Moss' graduation gown. Three ascending notes in the brass open a work by this man that debuted at tax time. He quoted folk songs like "Camptown Races" in a work that incorporates spoken-word readings of texts like the Gettysburg Address. He used themes from the Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts" for ballet choreographed by Martha Graham. Another of his ballets contains a "Hoe Down. " He composed Fanfare for the Common Man and the ballets Rodeo and Billy the Kid. For 10 points, name this composer of Appalachian Spring.
Fine Arts

One of this author's works argues that "political emancipation" is compatible with religion, but blocks
the fulfillment of "human emancipation." In another of his works, he developed his theory of "base and
superstructure." This opponent of Bruno Bauer wrote that "Philosophers have only interpreted the world;
the point is to change it" in his Theses on Feuerbach, as well as writing On the Jewish Question. Another
of his works argues that a commodity attains value through the amount of labour put into it. For 10 points,
name this German philosopher who, along with Engels, wrote Das Kapital.
Social Science

Simone Molinaro, Vincenzo Galilei provided much of the source material for one of this artists works, the suites of transcriptions from lute called Ancient Airs and Dances. His appreciation for Rossini led him to write the arrangements La Boutique fantastique and Rossiniana, which were later made into ballets, while his love of Botticelli was expressed in the Three Botticelli Pictures of 1927. His wife was an excellent composer in her own right, finishing his Lucrezia after he died. However, his best knows works include one memorializing LOttobrata; another that begins at the Valle Julia; and a third that is partly set on the Via Appia. For ten points name this composer best known for this trilogy of Roman Festivals, The Fountains of Rome, and The Pines of Rome.
Fine Arts