Question

The development of this symphony’s finale begins with an E-flat major quotation of the “Ode to Joy.” In the second theme of that movement of this symphony, the upper strings often use ricochet to play an ostinato that consists of a quarter note followed by three eighth triplets, which reputedly caused the violinists at its London premiere to collapse in laughter. This symphony’s A-minor slow movement begins with seven measures of staccato eighth notes in the strings, followed by an extended oboe (-5[1])solo. (-5[1])A chorale for cellos and violas follows the introductory theme of this symphony, which is first stated with two horns. (10[2])Robert Schumann praised the “heavenly (10[4])length” (10[4])of this symphony, (10[3]-5[1])which may have inspired its common nickname differentiating it from the composer’s sixth symphony (10[1])in the same key. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this lengthy symphony that follows the Unfinished, (-5[1])the last (10[1])by an Austrian composer. ■END■ (10[5]0[4])

ANSWER: Franz Schubert’s Symphony no. 9 in C major [or Schubert’s Ninth Symphony; or Schubert’s Great Symphony or Schubert’s Great C major Symphony; accept D. 944; accept Franz Peter Schubert in place of “Franz Schubert”; prompt on Schubert’s Seventh Symphony or Schubert’s Eighth Symphony or equivalents by asking “what is its nickname or key?”; reject “Great” symphonies in other keys, such as “Great G minor”]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2391%0%22%120.52

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AColumbia B81-5
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley ATexas A82-5
Richard NiuCornell BColumbia A10210
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AMinnesota A10210
Max BrodskyIllinois AVirginia A10710
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AIndiana A10710
Kevin ParkClaremont APenn A10710
Raymond WangCornell AYale A10710
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BGeorgia Tech B10810
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AMIT A10810
Karan GurazadaTexas AUC Berkeley A10810
Jacob EgolDuke AWUSTL A10810
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AChicago B11110
Natan HoltzmanStanford AMaryland A11110
Sky LiToronto AChicago C11110
Michael LiBrown AOhio State A111-5
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AFlorida B12510
Tracy MirkinFlorida AChicago A129-5
Michael MaysImperial ARutgers B13210
Steven YuanUC Berkeley BMinnesota B140-5
Aum MundheRutgers ASouth Carolina A14210
Halle FriedmanNYU AHouston A1470
Matt JacksonChicago AFlorida A14710
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BVanderbilt A1470
Clark SmithOhio State ABrown A14710
Sean DoyleHouston ANYU A1470
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BUC Berkeley B14710
Conor ThompsonIowa State AMcGill A14710
Cormac BeirneMcGill AIowa State A1470
Alex SchmidtPenn State AYale B14710