Question

Composer and genre required. One of these pieces by this composer opens with the stormy ascending half notes G, B-flat, C-sharp, and D, followed by dotted figures falling to low D then a dramatic silence. In the Vivace finale of one of these pieces, a drone in the low strings accompanied by gracenotes on the downbeat evokes a Dudelsack used to accompany street performances, giving the piece its nickname. A set of (-5[1])six of these pieces was conducted at their premiere at the Olympic Lodge by Joseph (10[1])Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, (10[1])and subsequently (10[1])gained nicknames like “The Hen” (-5[2])and “The Bear.” (10[3]-5[1])A set of these (10[1])pieces (10[1]-5[1])named for London (10[3]-5[1])includes (10[1])one (10[2])in which a (10[1])startling (10[3]-5[1])fortissimo (10[1])chord (10[4])interrupts its quiet Andante (10[2])second movement. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])“Farewell” and “Surprise” (10[4])are examples (10[1])of what orchestral pieces (10[1])written by (10[1])an Austrian composer? (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

ANSWER: symphonies by Franz Joseph Haydn [prompt on symphonies or Paris symphonies or London symphonies by asking “by what composer?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia CNYU A71-5
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia AColumbia B8610
Rhys LewisCambridge BEdinburgh9010
Kevin ParkClaremont AMichigan State A9210
Rosie ZhangUW ASorbonne97-5
Jacob RobertsonOxford AOxford B97-5
Julian BushlowCornell CBinghamton10010
Raymond WangCornell ARIT B10010
Bryan UgazArizona StateMinnesota C10010
Andrew HannaPennJohns Hopkins100-5
Andrew FisherSheffieldOxford C10410
Guy IndoranteIowa StateMinnesota B105-5
Michael KohnDurham ACambridge A10510
Addie King (UG)JMU A (UG)Liberty C (DII)10810
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Virginia A (UG)10810
Michael MaysImperial AWarwick10810
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicSouth Carolina108-5
Russell NipUBC ATexas A&M B10910
Karthik PrasadCornell BRIT A11010
Ivvone Zhou (UG)UNC B (UG)UNC A (Grad)11010
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BHarding11310
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State BCedarville11410
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayRowan114-5
Ian DewanKielKCL11410
Jaime Salamanca CamachoImperial BCambridge C11410
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Maryland B (UG)11510
Dennis Yang (DII)Michigan BKenyon11610
Todd MaslykMichigan AOhio State A11610
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarNYU B11610
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech AVanderbilt A11610
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)William & Mary A (UG)12010
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsPenn12010
Owen AshbrookIowa BRice A122-5
Alice Zhong (DII)UNC D (DII)GWU B (Grad)12510
Ian He (UG)UNC C (UG)Liberty A (Grad)12510
Brian Lai (DII)Virginia B (UG)Liberty B (DII)12810
Ryan HumphreyTexas AIowa A12810
Kevin FlanaganBristolDurham B12810
Caleb WestKentuckyTennessee12810
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateTexas A&M A13010
Kevin OuVanderbilt BAlabama13410
Bryce Kline (UG)JMU B (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)13610
Shardul RaoMinnesota BIowa State13910
Elise StewartRice AIowa B1400
Cormac BeirneSorbonneUW A14010
Ashish KumbhardareRowanJohn Jay14010
Owen Mimno (DII)NYU AColumbia C14010
Ella WardeOxford BOxford A14010
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaGeodesic14010