Question

After a tutti chord, the soloist opens a concerto by this composer with a rapid descending triplet theme followed by the notes “eighth note E, half note F, eighth note E,” (-5[1])which then repeat down an octave. (10[1])Auguste Tolbecque (-5[1])(“tol-BEK”) is the dedicatee of that A minor cello concerto by this composer, unusually written in one movement. The descending notes (10[1])“G, F-sharp, B” begin a 6/4 piece (10[1])by this composer (10[2])that Michel Fokine choreographed (10[1])for Anna (10[1])Pavlova. (10[2]-5[1])A xylophone (10[2])quotes the song (10[1])“Ah! (10[1])Vous dirai-je, (-5[1])Maman” (-5[1])(“AH! voo di-RAYZH, muh-MON”) in a piece (10[1])by this (10[2])composer, (-5[1])which features a glass harmonium (10[3])in a movement (10[1])that depicts an (-5[1])underwater scene. (10[7])Two pianos (10[1])accompany (10[1])a solo cello (10[1])to depict the title bird gliding across the water (-5[2])in this composer’s movement “The Swan.” (-5[3])For 10 (10[1])points, name this French (10[1])composer (10[1])of Carnival of the Animals. (10[3])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: Camille Saint-Saëns [or Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns]
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Summary

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Seraphina CharlotteCambridge AImperial B30-5
Sarah HendersonCambridge CBirmingham3610
Ishaan SinghPurdue BUChicago B38-5
Eveline OngOxford ABristol A5810
Charles YoungColumbia ARutgers A6510
Anna BarkerUCF AUCF B6810
Percy YuenCambridge DWarwick A6810
Ivonne ZhouPenn ALehigh A7210
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins APenn State B7410
Chauncey LoColumbia BHopkins B7510
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State C (DII)CWRU B (UG)7510
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltDurham B75-5
Eve FleisigBerkeley CStanford A7710
Enina Edosomwan (DII)CWRU A (UG)Kenyon B (DII)7710
Biyang Zhang (UG)Michigan BMichigan State B (UG)8010
Denis LiuStanford LBerkeley B8110
Vinu HariharBerkeley AStanford M83-5
Srikar VenkatesanPenn BHaverford A84-5
Teigue KellyPenn State ARutgers C8710
Jeremy CummingsWashU BUIUC A8910
Hamish CampbellDurham ACambridge B8910
Brynn JonesOregon StateTexas D90-5
Austin GuoPrinceton ABard A9510
Ezra SantosUChicago ASIUE A9510
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan D (DII)9510
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaIowa9810
Angelo Pan (UG)CWRU C (UG)Michigan A101-5
Emmett ChoUChicago DPurdue D10310
Anton Akroush (DII)Michigan State AMichigan State C (UG)10310
Elle Lee (D2)NYU AWUSTL A10310
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriTexas A10310
Tiffany ZhouUF BFlorida Tech A10310
Paige CrawleyOxford BImperial A10310
Kai MadgwickManchesterEdinburgh10310
Thomas Doyle (UG)Vassar BMcGill E10510
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar AOle Miss10610
Leo TaussigLSE BBristol B10910
Karolis Margis (UG)Colorado CollegeArkansas118-5
Towery McNeil (D2)Mississippi StateTexas B118-5
Owyn NoblePurdue CNotre Dame124-5
Eve MarambaUF CUF E124-5
Josh HowarthWarwick BSouthampton A124-5
Francis BernhardtMiamiIndiana B12610
Kyle GronerFlorida Tech BUF A13010
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan ACWRU C (UG)13110
Michal GerasimiukStanford MBerkeley A13610
Theodor MartinWashU DNorthwestern A13610
Max KoldaNotre DamePurdue C13610
Ethan FurmanHaverford APenn B13710
William HoustonUChicago BPurdue B13710
Owen Gilroy (D2)Texas BMississippi State13710
Aaron Garcia (UG)ArkansasColorado College13710
Aryan PathakUF EUF C13710
Juan LandaetaFlorida State University AUF F13710
Charlie LowmanImperial BCambridge A13710
Amelia ReesDurham BVanderbilt13710
Zosia MikolajczukSouthampton AWarwick B13710