Question

In the last movement of a piece by this composer, the violins play shrill high A’s that are likened to “forced rejoicing” by (10[1])the book (10[1])Testimony. (10[3])This composer’s tumultuous eighth string quartet (10[3])may have been written (10[2])as a suicide note (10[5])and was dedicated to the “victims of fascism (10[1])and the (10[1])war.” (10[7])The D·S·C·H (10[4]-5[1])motif (10[2]-5[1])represents this composer, (10[1])whose fifth symphony was written (-5[1])as a “creative (10[1])response to justified (10[1])criticism” (10[1])from the newspaper (10[2])Pravda. (10[6])This (10[1])composer, who was denounced (10[2])for his opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk (10[1])District, (10[2])used an “invasion theme” in his (10[1])seventh (10[1])symphony (10[1])to depict (10[1])a Nazi siege. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this Soviet composer of the Leningrad Symphony. (10[3]0[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: Dmitri Shostakovich [or Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY8100%0%0%73.25
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%66.50
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%0%41.33
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY989%0%11%73.63
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY888%0%13%59.71
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%50.60
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%56.75
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY989%0%11%63.75

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Rowan A (DII)2210
Ishaan SinghPurdue BNotre Dame C2410
Andrea YuUW ChastityUW Greed2510
Justin QianUBC BUW Lust2510
Alice ZhongUNC AJames Madison B2510
Karl Wang (DII)UCLA AUCSD3110
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Princeton A (UG)3110
Conner YamnitzWashU APurdue A3110
Alan FanUW EnvyBoise State3510
Jesse MindleNC StateDuke B3510
Claire ChambersBinghamton BRIT A3910
Ruchir Kodihalli (UG)CWRU A (UG) Michigan State B 3910
Rosie ZhangUW WrathUW Gluttony3910
Allen XuGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech A3910
Alexandra Duan (DII)Columbia BPenn A (DII)3910
Emma Victoria Byron (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Lehigh B (DII)4710
Ezra SantosChicago ANorthwestern B4910
Owen LinderBinghamton ACornell A5010
Mark Lee (DII)Michigan B (UG)CWRU C (UG)5010
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State A (UG) Ohio State C (DII) 5010
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State B (DII) West Virginia A (UG) 5010
Rahul Jogadhenu (DII)UCLA CUCLA E5010
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Rutgers B5010
Theodor MartinWashU BChicago B5010
Joyann HuaUBC AAlberta5210
Orion KellerVirginia Tech AVirginia5210
Brian ZhangUNC CJames Madison A52-5
Timothy PorterVCUDuke A5210
Ishan Pachauri (DII)UCLA DUSC5210
Dennis Yang (DII)Michigan A (UG) CWRU B (DII) 5310
Scarlet Rutter (DII)Claremont AClaremont C5310
Daniel KozintsevIllinois AIndiana53-5
Anila MoparthiIllinois BNorthwestern A5610
Anton Akroush (DII)Michigan State A Michigan C 61-5
Chris ScheriRIT BCornell F6410
Ivan Karp (UG)UCLA BClaremont B6710
Anna KuangCornell ESyracuse6810
Akajiugo AmucheaziSouthernAlabama A7110
Thomas HydornFurmanAuburn C7110
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell CU of Rochester B7210
Florian ChiuUW SlothUW Pride7210
Tarun KotiEmory ASouth Carolina A7210
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt ASouth Carolina B7210
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State AUNC D7210
Josh SchmidtLiberty ALiberty C7210
Michael GeCornell DESF7310
Wade Rogers (DII)Fordham APenn B (DII)7710
Elijah SColumbia AMaryland B7710
Jacob Moeller (DII)Miami A (UG) Michigan D (UG)8510
Asheton WilbanksClemson AGeorgia A8610
Griffin ElderTennessee AAuburn B8610
Will HughesAuburn AEmory Oxford9210
Danielle WebbSIUEIllinois D9310
Thomas ChenMichigan C Michigan State A 9410
Brielle RachIowa APurdue C9610
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech CClemson B99-5
Iris LiangCornell GRIT C11010
Sam HofeckerPenn StateBinghamton C11010
Zachary BornsteinVirginia Tech BLiberty B11010
Connor CarlisleJames Madison AUNC C1100
Yuki Brown (DII)Miami B (UG) Miami C (DII) 1110
Coryn Cummings (DII)Miami C (DII) Miami B (UG) 11110
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BLehigh A (UG)11110
Elizabeth BowlingIndianaIllinois A1110
Jack PirosIllinois CNotre Dame B11110