Question

Laurence Dreyfus uncovered a letter in which this symphony’s intended conductor wrote “Consider me an ass, I don’t mind,” and declined to premiere it. The main theme of this symphony’s first movement begins with a pickup sixteenth and a double-dotted half note, and later forms the so-called “announcement of death.” This symphony’s D-flat major Adagio lasts (-5[1])approximately 27 minutes in both of Eugen Jochum’s (“OY-gun YOH-kum’s”) studio recordings (-5[1])of its Nowak (“NOH-vack”) edition. This symphony marks its composer’s second use of Wagner tubas, (10[1])after his previous symphony’s commemoration (-5[1])of Wagner’s death. Its scherzo (10[1]-5[2])(“SKAIRT-soh”) features the recurring (-5[1])“C, (10[1])E-flat, F, high G, low G” (10[1])“Deutscher (10[1])Michel” (10[1])(“DOY-cher MISH-ull”) theme. (10[1])This C-minor symphony was the last one its composer completed before his 1896 death. (0[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this penultimate symphony by (10[1])the Austrian (-5[1])composer of the “Romantic” (10[2]-5[1])Symphony. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[4])

ANSWER: Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 [accept “The Apocalyptic” Symphony; accept WAB 108]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Shardul RaoMinnesotaToronto B55-5
Chris SimsNorthwesternOhio State65-5
Richard NiuCornell ALSE7910
Russell NipBritish ColumbiaColumbia A84-5
Tony ChenToronto AUC Berkeley A89-5
Teigue KellyPenn StateIllinois A89-5
Karan GurazadaTexasWaterloo B8910
Jeffrey XuGeorgia TechColumbia B92-5
Owen MimnoNYURutgers9310
Guy IndoranteIowa StateCornell B9910
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL AIndiana10010
Jared HeWaterloo AHarvard10110
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AToronto A10210
Arjun KalaIllinois BYale116-5
Justin WytmarIllinois APenn State1160
John MarvinChicago AWUSTL B12410
Alvin GuoChicago BRIT126-5
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsUC Berkeley B130-5
Jim FanNorth Carolina AMaryland13010
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateVirginia Tech13010
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BJohns Hopkins13110
Moses KitakuleColumbia ABritish Columbia1320
Yrwin BatanMITFlorida13210
Cade ReinbergerRITChicago B1320
Raymond ChenToronto BMinnesota1320
Joseph ChambersVirginiaToronto C13210
Derek ChenColumbia BGeorgia Tech1320
Roxanne TangOhio StateNorthwestern13210
Andres CordobaYaleIllinois B13210