Question

A piccolo and tuba duet in 6/8 beginning with a descending F major triad ends a movement by this composer that opens with an alto sax solo on the same theme. The low brass notes [read slowly] E-flat, F, up to (10[2])C, (10[1])B-flat open a first movement chaconne by (10[1])this composer. A (10[1]-5[1])flute introduces an (10[1])eight-note ostinato that repeats throughout the finale of (-5[1])this composer’s suite Beni Mora. In a piece by this composer, a solo (10[1])euphonium quotes the folk song “Swansea Town.” This composer (-5[2])quoted “Greensleeves” (-5[1])in (-5[5])the “Fantasia on (10[4]-5[1])the Dargason” (10[1])that concludes his (10[2])Second Suite in F for (10[1]-5[3])military band. The door to an offstage women’s choir (10[1])is shut to conclude a suite by (10[1])this composer that opens with (-5[1])a movement subtitled “The Bringer (10[3])of War.” For 10 points, (10[1])name this English composer of (10[1])The (10[9]0[3])Planets. ■END■

ANSWER: Gustav Holst [or Gustav Theodore Holst; or Gustavus Theodore von Holst]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeremy CummingsWashU BIndiana A4010
Russell Nip (UG)UBC AUW B4010
Nathan Ouyang (DII)Michigan D (DII)Michigan State B (UG)4110
Francis BernhardtMiamiUChicago D4810
Eric YangPurdue AUIUC A51-5
Conner YamnitzWashU CWashU D5110
Rahul Rao-PothurajuRowan APenn State A5410
ArielPitt AMichigan B62-5
Ivonne ZhouPenn AJohns Hopkins A7510
Will McCurleyAuburn ATennesse B84-5
Charles YoungColumbia ABard A84-5
Kevin YeSFUUW A86-5
Jeffry XuGeorgia Tech BAuburn C87-5
Chauncey LoColumbia BPenn B87-5
Arjun KalaUIUC BUChicago C87-5
Samarth RamUChicago BUChicago A87-5
Todd MaslykMichigan APitt B (UG)87-5
Zachary KantEmory AAuburn B9010
Arjun BothraHaverford ALehigh A90-5
Justin WytmarUIUC APurdue A9010
Ishaan SinghPurdue BUIUC C9010
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State C (DII)CWRU D (DII)9010
MitchelMichigan BPitt A9210
Arthur GaydenUChicago AUChicago B9510
Arthur Stadlin (DII)Ohio State A (UG)Kenyon A (UG)9510
Euan HamGeorgia Tech ATusculum A100-5
Jeevika SetzerJohns Hopkins BPenn State B10010
Samson VickreyPurdue DUIUC D100-5
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State B (DII)CWRU C (UG)100-5
Bob FreedmanGeorgia ATennesse A10910
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern APurdue C11610
Harris BeckerAlabama AGeorgia Tech F121-5
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CClemson A12610
Justin Qian (DII)UBC BAlberta12610
Lucas Mansfield (UG)UW ASFU12610
Simon EmmanuelRutgers ARutgers C13110
Greta HongBard AColumbia A13610
Allen XuGeorgia Tech FAlabama A13710
Danny TranTennesse BAuburn A13710
Zach MillerAuburn CGeorgia Tech B1370
Malachi LedfordTusculum AGeorgia Tech A13710
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DSouth Carolina A13710
Srikar VenkatesanPenn BColumbia B13710
Will HollisterLehigh AHaverford A1370
Alvin GuoUChicago CUIUC B13710
David ZhangUIUC DPurdue D1370
Owen Brown (DII)Kenyon B (DII)Michigan State C (UG)13710
Sam Wang (UG)Pitt B (UG)Michigan A13710
Oliver Thompson (DII)CWRU C (UG)Ohio State B (DII)13710