Felix Mendelssohn - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

This composer wrote in a letter that “the beginning of [it] gives me no peace” in reference to his Violin Concerto in E minor. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this German composer, who wrote a “Wedding March” as part of his incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Other pieces by this German composer include his Scottish Symphony and his Italian Symphony.

ANSWER: Felix Mendelssohn [or Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy]

[10m] The trip that inspired Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony also inspired this concert overture. This standalone piece, sometimes considered an early tone poem, depicts the landscape of a cave on a Scottish island.

ANSWER: The Hebrides [or Die Hebriden or Hebrides Overture or Fingal’s Cave or Fingalshöhle]

[10h] In 2002, this violinist recorded Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Oslo Symphony Orchestra. This three-time Grammy winner is renowned for her recordings of Bach pieces and for sponsoring contemporary music.

ANSWER: Hilary Hahn

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	12.22	44%	44%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	18.75	88%	50%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	16.67	83%	50%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	13.64	55%	36%	46%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	10	14.00	70%	30%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	20.00	80%	80%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	20.00	88%	63%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	22.22	78%	67%	78%

Data


Binghamton A	Cornell G	10	10	10	30
Binghamton B	U of Rochester A	0	0	10	10
RIT B	Binghamton C	10	10	0	20
Cornell D	RIT C	10	0	0	10
Cornell E	RIT A	10	10	0	20
ESF	Cornell A	0	0	10	10
Syracuse	Cornell B	0	0	0	0
Cornell F	U of Rochester B	0	0	0	0
CWRU C (UG)	West Virginia B (UG)	0	0	0	0
Michigan C	Miami C (DII)	10	10	10	30
Michigan A (UG)	Miami A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Michigan State A	CWRU A (UG)	10	0	0	10
Michigan State B	Miami B (UG)	10	0	10	20
Ohio State A (UG)	CWRU B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B (DII)	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	10	10	10	30
Michigan D (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	0	0	10
Arizona State B	UW Gluttony	10	0	0	10
UBC B	UW Chastity	10	10	0	20
UBC A	UW Envy	10	0	0	10
Arizona State A	UW Greed	10	10	10	30
UW Sloth	UW Lust	0	0	0	0
UW Wrath	Boise State	10	10	10	30
Clemson B	Auburn A	0	0	0	0
Vanderbilt A	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Emory A	Belmont	10	0	10	20
Clemson A	Auburn C	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech E	Furman	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	0	0	0	0
South Carolina A	Emory Oxford	0	0	10	10
Alabama A	South Carolina B	10	0	0	10
Tennessee A	Southern	0	10	10	20
Tennessee B	Georgia Tech C	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Appalachian State B	Liberty A	0	0	0	0
Appalachian State A	Duke B	10	0	0	10
NC State	James Madison A	10	10	10	30
NC State	James Madison A	10	10	10	30
NC State	James Madison A	10	10	10	30
NC State	James Madison A	10	10	10	30
NC State	James Madison A	10	10	10	30
NC State	James Madison A	10	10	10	30
NC State	James Madison A	10	10	10	30
NC State	James Madison A	10	10	10	30
UNC D	Liberty B	10	0	0	10
Virginia	Liberty C	0	0	0	0
VCU	Tusculum	0	0	10	10
William & Mary	UNC B	10	0	0	10
UNC C	James Madison B	10	10	0	20
UNC A	Virginia Tech B	10	0	10	20
Claremont A	Claremont B	10	10	0	20
USC	Claremont C	0	0	0	0
UCLA B	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
UCLA C	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
UCLA E	UCSD	10	10	10	30
Bard A (UG)	Fordham A	10	0	10	20
Rowan A (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	0	0	10
Maryland A (DII)	Lehigh A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Penn B (DII)	Maryland B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Columbia A (UG)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Rutgers A (UG)	NYU A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Penn A (DII)	Rutgers B	10	0	0	10
Chicago A	SIUE	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Iowa B	10	0	0	10
Illinois A	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Illinois B	Notre Dame C	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	Illinois D	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame A	Indiana	10	10	10	30
Northwestern B	Purdue C	10	0	0	10
WashU A	Notre Dame B	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	WashU B	0	10	10	20
Cornell C	Penn State	0	10	0	10