Question

This composer set a text by William Wennington beginning “Ah grief to think! Ah woe to name!” in an E-flat major canzonetta titled “La tiranna.” A song by this composer unexpectedly erupts into a vivacious Allegro molto as the singer describes flowers growing on the grave of a dead poet. The end of the first movement of Schumann’s Fantasy in C Major cadences (10[1])with a quote of a song by this composer (10[1])whose title translates as “Take, then, these songs.” This composer of Adelaide (10[1])set (10[1])six romantic poems by his friend Alois Isidor (10[1])Jetteles in a work often described as the first (10[1])song cycle, (10[2]-5[1])An die ferne (10[3])Geliebte. (10[2])This composer included a lengthy Credo concluding with a fugue in a D major scared vocal piece he dedicated to Archduke Rudolf of Austria. For 10 points, name this German composer who wrote an 1824 Missa solemnis. (10[3])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Ludwig van Beethoven
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y22100%0%5%115.14

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond WangCornell AWUSTL A6210
Jacob EgolDuke AStanford A7110
Max BrodskyIllinois ARutgers A8310
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AChicago C8410
Karan GurazadaTexas ACornell B9210
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AMinnesota A10110
Clark SmithOhio State AFlorida A10310
Sky LiToronto AUC Berkeley A10310
Michael LiBrown AYale A103-5
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AMIT A10610
Adam FineChicago AGeorgia Tech A10610
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AMichigan A10610
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BColumbia B10710
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AImperial A10710
John John GrogerColumbia AIndiana A14410
Tiffany ZhouFlorida BNYU A14410
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AWUSTL B14410
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AHouston A14510
Daniel YangChicago BMaryland A14510
Daniel MaYale ABrown A14510
Ameya PhadnisRutgers BMinnesota B14510
Kevin ParkClaremont APenn State A14510
Guy IndoranteIowa State AYale B14510