Philip Glass - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

This composer compiled six “Walkman-suitable” pieces into a collection whose title combines his name with the word “works.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this American minimalist composer, whose Portrait Trilogy includes the operas Satyagraha and Akhnaten.

ANSWER: Philip Glass [accept Glassworks]

[10h] The piece “Façades” from Glassworks was originally composed for this film directed by Godfrey Reggio. This film opens with a bass chorus chanting a Hopi word meaning “life out of balance.”

ANSWER: Koyaanisqatsi (“koh-YAH-nees-KAHT-see”)

[10e] Glass studied in Paris under Nadia Boulanger, who previously refused to teach this American composer. This composer was heavily influenced by jazz motifs, as seen in his pieces An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue.

ANSWER: George Gershwin

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	13.33	89%	33%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	15.00	83%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	19.00	100%	60%	30%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	12.22	78%	44%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	24.00	100%	100%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	15.00	38%	88%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	18.89	89%	78%	22%

Data


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