Question

This composer used acerbic bitonal harmonies, reverse-dotted and loosely duple rhythms over drones, and sharp-4 and flat-7 accents in his 20 modernist Opus 50 Mazurkas, featuring the Podhalean (“pod-HA-lay-in”) mode like his Stabat Mater. Paderewski (15[1])often played this composer’s Scriabinesque early Étude, Opus 4 No. 3. Paul Kochanski premiered his Violin Concerto No. 2, Nocturne and Tarantella, (15[2])and impressionistic Mythes, (15[1])which was inspired by North Africa and Greek myth like his Métopes. In his mystic opera, (-5[1])a Sicilian (*) king denounces a Dionysian pagan shepherd. (10[1])Hafiz and Rumi inspired his Love Songs and a vocal Third Symphony nicknamed “Song of the Night.” (10[1])Robbers (-5[1])kidnap a bride in Harnasie (“har-NA-sheh”), his ballet-pantomime set in the southern Tatras, whose Góral highlanders fascinated him. He formed a “Young” (10[1])group of national composers. For 10 points, what foremost early 20th-century Polish composer wrote King Roger? ■END■ (10[2]0[6])

ANSWER: Karol Szymanowski
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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1369%31%15%86.56

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justin WytmarAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH3315
Kai SmithPunished "Venom" BHSUThe Dyatlov Passement incident5515
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamThe Oldest Men in the World5515
Christopher SimsThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A5815
Jorrest WeintraubThe Jeam TeamFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!74-5
Matt JacksonLMM's LLM MLMit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown8210
John LawrenceBHSU BI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)9910
Natan HoltzmanLisan al-QuibGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer100-5
Tracy Mirkinsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneThe Empire Bikes Back12110
Walter ZhangMindgoblin of Little HobbesLes Missourables1380
Charles HangLes MissourablesMindgoblin of Little Hobbes1380
Ved MuthusamyFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!The Jeam Team1380
Matt Laferwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anythingSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE1380
Vincent DuA Nervy Liberal Nanny HenceWe Need New Names13810
Rohan Khervar merchantsBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy1380
Eric ChenBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boyvar merchants1380
Matt WeinerSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything13810
Sam MacchiGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerLisan al-Quib1390