Question

A dotted-eighth, sixteenth, eighth, dotted-quarter rhythm in 6/8 (“six-eight”) time opens the dissonant E minor third movement of this work, named for an Italian folk dance. After critics complained about the levity of this work, its composer responded “The dead are sad enough, in their eternal silence.” (10[2])In his orchestration, (10[1])the composer of this work used an oboe solo (10[1])for the rapidly cascading melody of its opening prelude, which is in 12/16 (“twelve-sixteen”) time. A soft, chordal (10[1])musette (10[1])serves (10[1])as the trio of this work’s G major minuet, (-5[1])which follows (10[1])a rigaudon. (10[1])Zoltán (10[1])Kocsis (10[1])(“ZOL-tahn COACH-eese”) orchestrated the fugue and toccata (10[1])movements (10[1])of this work, which its composer’s orchestration had omitted. (10[1])This work’s composer dedicated each of its movements to a friend (10[1]-5[1])who had perished (10[1])in World War I. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, what suite of piano pieces by Maurice Ravel is named for a deceased (10[1])French Baroque (10[2])composer? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Le tombeau de Couperin (“luh tom-BOH duh coop-RAN”) [or The Grave of Couperin, The Tomb of Couperin, Couperin’s Tomb, or similar translations]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y22100%0%14%97.68

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Paul LeeWUSTL APurdue A4510
James StevensonMichigan AFlorida B4510
Guy IndoranteIowa State AUC Berkeley A4810
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BToronto A5710
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AChicago C7410
Richard NiuCornell BNorthwestern A7510
Michael LiBrown AGeorgia Tech B7610
Jacob EgolDuke AIllinois A85-5
Shardul RaoMinnesota ARutgers A8710
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BClaremont A8910
Clark SmithOhio State AWUSTL B9010
Karan GurazadaTexas AUC Berkeley B9110
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AVirginia A9610
Natan HoltzmanStanford ANYU A9710
Amogh KulkarniChicago BCornell A10610
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AHouston A11710
Matthew SiffYale BIndiana A117-5
Daniel MaYale AColumbia A12010
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AChicago A12410
Grace LiuMIT APenn State A124-5
Justin WytmarIllinois ADuke A14010
Caleb KendrickMaryland APenn A14210
Drake EshlemanIndiana AYale B14210
Ted GanPenn State AMIT A14410
Kevin FanMcGill ARutgers B14410