Question

This composer rewrote the Gloria of one mass after reusing the melody of a contredanse from the final love duet of an earlier similarly-titled oratorio. A dark trumpet fanfare introduces the Kyrie (-5[1])(“KEE-ree-ay”) of a mass by this composer titled for “troubled times.” (10[2]-5[1])A (10[1])soft (10[1]-5[1])pizzicato (10[2])note (10[1])in one of this composer’s oratorios precedes a fortissimo C (10[3])major chord (10[2])on the word “light.” (10[4]-5[2])In (-5[1])a (10[1])bass (10[1]-5[2])aria, (10[2])this composer used a piccolo to depict a plowman whistling (10[1])by quoting a melody (-5[1])from one of his symphonies consisting of the eighth (10[1])notes [read (10[1])slowly] (10[1])“C, C, (10[4])E, E, (10[2])G, (10[1])G, (10[3])long E.” This composer of the oratorios (-5[1])The Seasons and (10[1]-5[1])The Creation wrote (10[2])many masses while he was (10[1])the Kapellmeister for (10[2]-5[1])the (-5[1])Esterházy family. For 10 (10[1])points, name (10[1])this “father of the (10[1])string quartet” who also (10[1])wrote (10[2])the “Farewell” (-5[1])and (10[2])“Surprise” (10[8]0[2])symphonies. ■END■

ANSWER: Franz Joseph Haydn
<Classical Music>
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeffry XuGeorgia Tech BAuburn A31-5
Will McCurleyAuburn AEmory A41-5
Jeffry XuGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A4110
Max BrodskyUIUC AWashU D4110
Odysseas GabrielatosWarwick AOxford B4210
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AHaverford A43-5
Seraphina CharlotteCambridge ACambridge B4310
Ryan SunBerkeley BBerkeley A4410
Eveline OngOxford ACambridge C4410
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech E4510
Harris BeckerAlabama AEmory B5510
TieguePenn State ALehigh5510
Jeremy CummingsWashU BMiami5510
Thomas Doyle (UG)Vassar BArkansas5710
Justin KeungImperial ABristol A5710
Malachi LedfordTusculum AAuburn C6110
Arthur GaydenUChicago AUChicago C61-5
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaWUSTL A6110
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaWUSTL A6110
Dylan Dexter (D2)Ole MissTexas C61-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltDurham B6110
Ivonne ZhouPenn ARutgers C62-5
Benedykt Chodzko-ZajkoSouthampton BImperial B6310
Conner YamnitzWashU CPurdue C64-5
Eric YangPurdue AUChicago D6410
Aryan PathakUF EUF B64-5
Allen XuGeorgia Tech FClemson A6510
Bryce Cruise (D2)Texas AMcGill E6510
Denis LiuStanford LStanford A7510
Austin GuoPrinceton AColumbia B79-5
Bob FreedmanGeorgia AEmory B8810
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ACentral Oklahoma9010
Arjun KalaUIUC BSIUE A9110
Euan HamGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech E9310
Ishaan SinghPurdue BUIUC C9310
Arthur Zhang (D2)NYU BMississippi State9310
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar AIowa9310
Abby SmithBerkeley CStanford M9510
Jeevika SetzerJohns Hopkins BBard A9510
Chauncey LoColumbia BPrinceton A9610
Alvin GuoUChicago CUChicago A9710
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU ATexas D9710
Percy YuenCambridge DBirmingham9710
Jacob TaylorBristol BWarwick B104-5
Bob FreedmanGeorgia AGeorgia Tech C10710
Leo LawUF AUF F107-5
Andy HuffLSE AManchester11010
James CarrigyEdinburghLSE B11010
Anna BarkerUCF AFlorida Tech B11510
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech F11810
Ayan GuhaGeorgia Tech DEmory A11810
Chloe Wei (D2)McGill EMississippi State118-5
Simon EmmanuelRutgers APenn State B119-5
Brandon HuntAuburn CAuburn B12310
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateMcGill E12510
Vincent ZhangPenn BRowan A12910
Robert MerchantAlabama AClemson A13310
Will McCurleyAuburn AGeorgia Tech B13410
Karolis Margis (UG)Colorado CollegeTexas B13410
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BPurdue D136-5
Mark TawfikRutgers CPenn A13710
Juan LandaetaFlorida State University AUF D13710
Zachary KantEmory AAuburn A13810
Ethan FurmanHaverford AJohns Hopkins A13810
Thomas FlexerPenn State BRutgers A13810
Ethan MaUIUC DNotre Dame13810
Sophia MadrazoPurdue CWashU C13810
Davis JohnsonPurdue DIndiana B1380
Gia Harvey-Slager (UG)Texas COle Miss13810
Tiffany ZhouUF BUF E13810
Audrey SwingleUF FUF A1380
Alexander NicholsUCF BFlorida Tech A13810