Question

During a stay at a Roman monastery following the deaths of two of his children, this composer spent four years writing his massive (10[1])Christus oratorio. A saint from Paola who was refused passage across the Strait of Messina inspired one of this composer’s two Légendes (10[1])(“lay-ZHOND”). A collection by Alphonse de Lamartine inspired a piano cycle (10[1])by this (10[1])composer that includes a (10[1])contemplative F-sharp major “Benediction of God in Solitude.” A quote (10[1])from the Gospel of John (10[1])is written in the middle of a piano piece from this composer’s Années de (10[4])pèlerinage (10[6]-5[1])(“ah-NAY duh pell-ree-NAHZH”). This (10[1])composer (10[1]-5[1])was often called “Abbé” after his ordination as a priest, (-5[2])which occurred a decade after the triumphs (-5[1])of his Dante (-5[1])Symphony and Liebesträume (10[5])(“LEE-bus-troy-muh”). For 10 points, (10[1])name this devout composer (10[1])and piano virtuoso from (10[1])Hungary (10[2])who inspired a namesake (10[1])“mania.” (10[1])■END■ (10[10])

ANSWER: Franz Liszt [or Liszt Ferencz or Liszt Ferenc; accept Lisztomania]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Frances HadleyEdinburghCambridge C2210
Sam FooCambridge AOxford C4410
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Liberty B (DII)5410
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BIowa State5610
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicGeorgia Tech B6010
James Stevenson (UG)Michigan AMichigan C7010
Natan HoltzmanStanford BBerkeley C7510
Ethan StrombeckStanford AStanford C8910
Andrew HannaPennColumbia B8910
Owen Mimno (DII)NYU AJohn Jay8910
Michael MaysImperial ABristol8910
Raymond WangCornell ABinghamton9010
Ivvone Zhou (UG)UNC B (UG)JMU B (UG)9010
Denis LiuArizona StateMinnesota C9010
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia ANYU B9010
Jaime Salamanca CamachoImperial BOxford B90-5
Michael KohnDurham ASheffield9010
Freddie Rivas-GiorgiYale AHarvard B9010
Thomas HartWarwickDurham B9110
Ryan SunBerkeley BBerkeley A9210
Ian DewanKielCambridge B92-5
Charlotte Goeb (UG)Virginia B (UG)Duke A (UG)102-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AHarding102-5
Danny TranTennesseeSouth Carolina109-5
Addie King (UG)JMU A (UG)Virginia C (UG)112-5
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)11510
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia CHaverford11510
Tom Doyle (UG)VassarRowan11510
Alessandro BogoKCLOxford A11510
William DouganDartmouth ABrandeis B11510
Emmett Bicknell (DII)CedarvilleKenyon11810
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State BOhio State A12210
Brian Dudley (UG)William & Mary A (UG)GWU B (Grad)12610
Jack LewisMTSUAlabama12710
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech AVanderbilt B12710
Cade ReinbergerRIT BRIT A13110
Karthik PrasadCornell BCornell C13210
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)JMU A (UG)13310
Aleks Kozlowski (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)Maryland B (UG)13310
Samantha Foster (UG)Liberty A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)13310
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)Virginia B (UG)13310
Ethan Cohen (UG)GWU A (UG)UNC D (DII)13310
Rhys LewisCambridge BKiel13310
Eliza DeanOxford BImperial B13310
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaTennessee13310
Caden HausteinHardingVanderbilt A13310
Eli IssoksonBrandeis ABoston University13310