Question

The fast section of one of these pieces is dominated by a staccato sixteenth note melody, first played piano and then in frenzied octaves, which begins [read slowly] “F G A B-flat C B-flat A B-flat C, C.” Franz Doppler orchestrated six of these pieces. (15[1])These pieces (-5[2])often use a harmonic minor scale with a raised fourth, such as in a late one based on a march that also appears in Berlioz’s (15[1])(*) Damnation of Faust. Marc-André Hamelin wrote a celebrated cadenza for the second of these pieces, which opens with a “gracenote C-sharp, C-sharp,” followed by “C-sharp B, C-sharp B.” (10[1])Tom plays the second of these pieces in the Tom and (10[2])Jerry (10[1])episode (10[2])The Cat Concerto. (10[4])These pieces are divided into slow lassan and fast (10[1])friska sections. (10[2])For (10[1])10 points, dances like the verbunkos and csárdás (“CHAR-dahsh”) inspired what set of 19 virtuosic (10[1])piano pieces by Franz Liszt? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[6])

ANSWER: Hungarian Rhapsodies [prompt on rhapsodies] (The scale is the Hungarian minor scale; the fifteenth Hungarian Rhapsody is based on the Rákóczi March.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeffrey ZhouGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech D4415
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsGeorge Washington A46-5
Dennis YangMichigan B Ohio State B46-5
Thomas HartWarwickImperial A7115
Wyatt RoderGeorgetownGeorge Washington A10110
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A11210
Daniel MaFarrellmagnetismArizona State11210
Andrew OliphantNC StateSouth Carolina B11310
Bob FreedmanGeorgia ATennesse A11410
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghCambridge B11410
Alice ZhongNorth Carolina AJames Madison B11710
Edward FogelBirminghamDurham11710
Sam FooCambridge AOxford11710
Mitchell ShaddenTexas ATexas B11710
Jaime Salamanco CamachoImperial BBristol12610
Roxanne TangOhio State A Kenyon B 12810
Ketan Pamurthytag magnet: taylor's versionTexas C12810
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia B12910
Ariel FaederMSU A and FriendBoston College14310
Connor MayersMaryland AMaryland B14810
Jack ObermanSouth Carolina ADuke14910
Matt ShinnickGeorgetownGeorge Washington B1490
Angier LeiGeorge Washington BGeorgetown1490
Andrew AmygdalosGeorge Washington AJohns Hopkins1490
AidanKenyon AMichigan A1490
Matthew LamOhio State BMichigan B 14910
YashMichigan AKenyon A1490
Daniel NeylonTAMUHCC14910
Pablo LloydHCCTAMU1490