Question

Note to players: composer and genre of work required.The second movement of the first of these works begins with a monophonic second violin melody in F major, followed by a short fugal passage. That one of these works, which Donald Tovey described as a “comedy of manners,” opens with a tonic seventh chord which immediately resolves to the subdominant. The third of these works, in which the cellos play eight notes outlining an E flat major triad after two tutti (*) forte chords, is usually cited as the beginning of their composer’s middle period and ends with a set of variations on a theme from their composer’s The Creatures of Prometheus. (10[1])The third of these works by this composer, whose second movement is a C minor funeral march, (-5[1])was originally dedicated to Napoleon. For 10 (10[1])points, name these orchestral works by a German composer whose third is nicknamed “Eroica.” (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: the symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven [prompt on partial answer, accept Beethoven Symphony Number 1 OR 3 and prompt on partial answer]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Shardul RaoOur Job is BuzzPalestrina Sawayama10910
Ethan AshbrookJeff Weiner Fan ClubBHSU126-5
Danny VopavaWeird Klaus Barbiedoubleplusnegfive13310
Rob CarsonBHSUJeff Weiner Fan Club14710

Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y3100%0%33%129.67