The Firebird - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

The Fairlight CMI synthesizer’s “ORCH5” sound, a common sample in pop music, is a pitched-down version of a chord in this ballet consisting of the notes A and E. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this ballet whose protagonist, Prince Ivan, kills Koschei the Deathless by destroying a giant egg.

ANSWER: The Firebird [or L’Oiseau de feu or Zhar-ptitsa]

[10e] The Firebird is a ballet by this Russian composer who composed the music for The Rite of Spring.

ANSWER: Igor Stravinsky [or Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky]

[10h] In The Firebird, the chord that inspired the ORCH5 hit opens this sequence where Koschei and his monstrous subjects are made to move uncontrollably before falling asleep from exhaustion.

ANSWER: “Infernal Dance” [or the Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kastchei, or the Infernal Dance of All Koschei's Subjects]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	4	17.50	75%	50%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	6.67	44%	22%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	17.78	89%	67%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	17.50	100%	38%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	12.00	70%	30%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	12.22	89%	33%	0%

Data


UCLA A	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
UCLA C	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
UCLA E	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
Claremont C	UCSD	0	0	0	0
Cornell D	RIT B	0	0	0	0
Cornell C	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
Binghamton C	Cornell G	0	0	0	0
Cornell E	Syracuse	10	10	0	20
Cornell F	U of Rochester A	0	0	0	0
ESF	Cornell B	0	0	0	0
Cornell A	Penn State	0	0	0	0
U of Rochester B	RIT A	0	10	0	10
Binghamton B	RIT C	0	10	0	10
Purdue B	Indiana	10	10	10	30
Illinois D	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Chicago B	Northwestern A	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame A	Illinois B	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Illinois C	10	10	0	20
SIUE	WashU A	0	0	0	0
WashU B	Notre Dame C	0	10	0	10
Northwestern B	Iowa A	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Columbia B	10	10	0	20
Maryland B	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	NYU A	10	10	0	20
Rutgers A	Penn B	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Princeton A	0	10	0	10
Rowan A	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	Penn A	0	10	0	10
Michigan State A	Miami B	10	10	0	20
CWRU A	Miami C	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Miami A	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Jefferson County Scholars	West Virginia A	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	West Virginia B	10	10	0	20
Michigan State B	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Clemson B	Emory A	0	0	0	0
Belmont	Auburn A	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech E	Clemson A	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State A	Georgia A	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
South Carolina B	Auburn B	0	0	0	0
Vanderbilt A	Southern	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Appalachian State A	Virginia Tech B	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	Duke B	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	James Madison B	0	0	0	0
NC State	UNC C	0	10	0	10
Tusculum	Liberty A	10	10	0	20
UNC A	UNC D	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech A	UNC B	0	10	0	10
Virginia	Duke A	0	10	0	10
William & Mary	Appalachian State B	0	10	0	10