Question

This composer included a polacca and a minuet in a set of five “country dances” for violin and piano. At age nine, this composer wrote an entirely pizzicato duo for violin and cello titled Water Droplets. (10[1])This composer used a question-and-answer motif in the violin and cello to open a five-movement string quartet in D minor, which concludes with a furious folk dance. During his nearly thirty-year retirement, (10[1])this composer made a string orchestra and timpani orchestration of his Andante (10[1])festivo for string (10[1])quartet. (10[2])A piece by this composer depicts a sick woman who dances more and more (10[1])energetically before Death arrives (-5[1])at her door. (10[1])This composer (10[1])vowed to give up drinking in 1908, (10[1])a year before the publication (-5[1])of his Voces intimae (10[1])quartet. (10[1])This composer published two extracts from music for the play Kuolema as a “Scene with Cranes” (10[1])and a “Valse Triste.” (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name this composer (10[1])of Finlandia. (10[3])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Jean Sibelius [or Johan Julius Christian Sibelius]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%8%119.88

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond WangCornell AGeorgia Tech A3510
Karan GurazadaTexas AHarvard A6710
Natan HoltzmanStanford AFlorida A7910
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AUC Berkeley B8210
Jason HongBrown AChicago B8310
Vincent DuNorth Carolina ACornell B8310
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AIndiana A9710
Jacob Van OorschotMcGill ARutgers A101-5
Adam FineChicago AYale A10410
Jacob EgolDuke AMaryland A10610
Shardul RaoMinnesota AChicago C11310
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AOhio State A118-5
Max BrodskyIllinois AIowa State A12210
Sky LiToronto AColumbia A12310
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AClaremont A13910
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BYale B14310
Aidan FeinVanderbilt ARutgers B14510
Halle FriedmanNYU AColumbia B14610
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn APenn State A14910
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley AMIT A15110
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins AMinnesota B15110
Clark SmithOhio State AWUSTL A15110
Joseph ChambersVirginia AGeorgia Tech B15210
James StevensonMichigan AImperial A15210
Aum MundheRutgers AMcGill A15210
John BroussardHouston AFlorida B15210