Pro-Nazi riots broke out after the premiere of this composer’s tone poem Der Todtenvogel, whose finale Edward Elgar described as a “Stravinskyesque nightmare policed by Sibelian wraiths.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this composer who began his career as amanuensis to Vyvian Ayrs. Conductor Tadeusz Augustowski championed this composer’s works like Angel of Mons before his 1931 suicide.
ANSWER: Robert Frobisher [accept either]
[10e] Robert Frobisher's magnum opus is a sextet whose overlapping, nested solos mirror the six nested storylines of this 2004 David Mitchell novel in which it appears, and with which it shares this meteorological title.
ANSWER: Cloud Atlas [accept the Cloud Atlas Sextet]
[10m] The innermost narrative of Cloud Atlas, “Sloosha's Crossin' an' Evrythin' After,” is set in a post-apocalyptic version of this state. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is the protagonist of a James Jones novel set in this state.
ANSWER: Hawai'i [accept Ha-Why] (The James Jones novel is From Here to Eternity.)
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