Question

Hummel’s 3rd Piano Concerto opens with a solo for this instrument. The scherzo of Mahler’s 7th Symphony begins with a solo for this instrument, as it plays on each upbeat while the rest of the orchestra joins. This instrument plays a “four D’s, down to A” theme to open Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. (15[2])This (-5[1])instrument over pizzicato strings introduces the motif of the scherzo of Sibelius’s 1st Symphony. This instrument (15[1])plays a “dotted quarter, eighth, quarter” motif on F after it is played on D and A to open the second movement of (*) Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Four solo D’s on this (10[1])instrument (10[1])open Beethoven’s (10[1])violin (10[1])concerto, (10[2]-5[1])while Grieg’s piano (10[2])concerto (10[1])begins with a crescendo on this instrument before the soloist entry. An opening solo for this instrument (10[1])inspired the nickname of Haydn’s 103rd (10[1])symphony. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this large, pitched orchestral drum. ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: timpani [or kettledrums; accept timps]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%33%112.67
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Buzzes

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John LawrenceWalston et. al.Cope is the thing with feathers9910
Frances HadleyLimp FranceskitDefying Suavity10010
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Sky LiSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit10310
Jeremy CummingsWashUhawk two of10410
Eric ChenWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs10410
Vinu HariharStanford+Cry of the Common Loon104-5
Dylan MinarikBHSU ReFantazioMusic to Help You Stop Smoking10710
Jeremy Tsaijust one more half-dot broNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)10710
John MarvinThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Notre Dame10810
Ben Russell JonesSimple VibesGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz12510
William HoustonThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysClown Squad13110
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Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green Teajeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club1420
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country14210
Asha BasuI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up as rational as the square root of two power bottoms14210