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Question

The main theme of a concerto for this instrument is built from the quick descending motif F-sharp, E, long D. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this instrument played by Italian composers Vincenzo Galilei and Francesco Canova da Milano. A descending motif opens an English composer’s “Flow My Tears,” which is for this instrument.

ANSWER: lute (The composer is John Dowland.)

[10e] This Venetian composer’s D major RV 93 is perhaps the most famous concerto for lute. The hundreds of concerti by this “Red Priest” include his The Four Seasons.

ANSWER: Antonio Vivaldi

[10h] The lute’s theorbo variant developed from usage pioneered by a member of the Florentine Camerata with this surname and first name Giulio. His daughter Francesca was a prolific composer and lutenist with this surname.

ANSWER: Caccini [accept Giulio Caccini or Francesca Caccini; prompt on Giulio Romano or Romolo]

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2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	8	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	12.22	100%	22%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	7	12.86	100%	14%	14%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%

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Michigan B	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Oberlin	10	10	0	20
Pittsburgh	Ohio State B	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Ohio State C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State D	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Art of Premature Signaling	UCSB	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	Caltech	10	10	0	20
UCLA A	Claremont B	0	10	0	10
P.C.‚ Daniel‚ Michel‚ and Jason B	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
girl 15 whale i mean they	UCSD	10	10	0	20
Billy's Bastion	Keeping Up With the Cardassians	0	10	0	10
Too much from you lately	Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again	10	10	0	20
Belmont	BU	0	10	0	10
Edwin Laundrorat's Long-Lost Man Unclothès Rat Degrosses	Qin Shi Huang's Immortality Poison	10	10	0	20
CWRU	Rutgers	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	George Mason A	0	10	0	10
George Mason B	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins B	George Washington	0	10	0	10
Georgetown	Haverford B	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	George Mason C	0	10	0	10
Catholic University of America	Maryland A	0	10	0	10
NYU A	NYU C	0	10	0	10
Arizona State University A	UW B	10	10	0	20
South Dakota School of Mines	Arizona State University B	0	10	0	10
UW A	Alberta	0	10	0	10
Washington Connections	Carleton	0	10	0	10
Brandeis	Brown	10	10	0	20
RIT	Harvard	0	10	0	10
Auburn 2026	we need new names	0	10	0	10
Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team	Egypt Airlines Haters	0	10	0	10
Gruh	Four Generalists in Search of a Power	10	10	0	20
Mike Dukakis Tank Battalion	Free Agents 1	10	10	0	20
Goober Gang	2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles	0	10	0	10
Mahjonng Masters	Illinois Orange	0	10	0	10
mongeese	Notre Dame + Epic Games	0	10	0	10
Quatumvirate	MSJ	0	10	0	10
evil women enjoyers	Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky	0	10	0	10
Lexington	MIT	10	10	0	20
Cambridge	Birmingham	10	10	0	20
Imperial A	Edinburgh	0	10	0	10
Sheffield	LSE	0	10	10	20
Lancaster	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Sheffield C	Sheffield B	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Manchester	0	10	0	10
Warwick C	Warwick B	0	10	0	10
Ottawa A	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Waterloo C	10	10	10	30
Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65	Somehow Paula Deen Returned	0	10	0	10
Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race	Even in Blacksburg There I Am	10	10	0	20
4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina	Master and Margaritaville	10	10	10	30
Waterloo A	Toronto A	10	10	0	20
Iowa State	Missouri	10	10	10	30
SIUE	Chicago B	0	10	0	10
Truman State	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	WashU Bulbasaur	10	10	10	30
WashU Charmander	Illinois C	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	WashU Squirtle	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	Toronto C	10	10	0	20
McGill B	Toronto D	0	10	0	10
Mac A	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	0	20
UBC	Guelph	0	10	0	10
Waterloo B	Simon Fraser	10	10	0	20