Question

Note to players: composer and type of work required. One of these pieces by this composer is in F-sharp minor but unusually begins with rapid, tempestuous pianissimo D-7 arpeggios over an F-sharp pedal tone. The eighth of these pieces opens with the right hand playing descending “D-flat, B-flat, G-flat, E-flat,” in a passage (15[1])marked “without rigor.” The piano bangs out “God Save the King” in one of these pieces that portrays Samuel Pickwick. (15[2])At the opening of (15[1])one of these pieces, marked “In a sweetly (15[1])sonorous (*) fog,” parallel fifths drawn from a pentatonic scale evoke church bells. (10[1])“What the West Wind Saw” appears in the first of two books of twelve of these pieces. The tenth of these pieces depicts the legendary city of (10[1])Ys. For 10 points, “The Sunken Cathedral” and “The Girl with Flaxen (10[1])Hair” belong to what set of piano pieces (-5[1])by the composer of La Mer? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Claude Debussy’s Preludes
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= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Iain CarpenterIllinois A+Maryland B-5215
John LawrenceAmartya Senpai Notice MeChicago B+7215
Adam FineChicago AEpic Games7215
Jonathan MaginMaryland B+Rutgers Diaspora7615
Clark SmithOSUWUSTL8415
Chris SimsNorthwesternMojo Shojo9610
Vincent DuThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery12310
Jacob EgolFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemMaryland A13510
Nolan JonesPurdueMaryland B-143-5
Conor ThompsonMaryland B-Purdue1500

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y683%67%17%75.20
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%33%0%111.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023N3100%33%0%80.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023N3100%0%33%123.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023N3100%0%0%117.00