Question

An E-major showpiece that hybridizes this genre with a dance genre repeatedly calls for the soloist to leap from C-sharp 5 to high harmonics played on the A string. This is the second genre mentioned in the hybrid genre of the ten pieces in L’École moderne by Henryk (-5[1])Wieniawski (“VEE-yen-YAFF-skee”), whose Opus 1 is titled Grande [one of these pieces] (-5[1])fantastique. A collection of these pieces (-5[2])is the Opus 22 of Pierre Rode. An E-major piece (10[1])in this genre, which has instructions for the player to imitate flutes and horns by (10[1])using double stops, (10[1])is nicknamed “The Hunt” (10[1])and appears (-5[1])in a collection alongside (-5[1])“The Devil’s Laughter.” The theme from a piece in this genre in A minor is inverted in the (10[1])18th (10[1])variation (10[1])of a (10[1])piece (10[1])for (10[1])piano (-5[1])and orchestra. For 10 points, Rachmaninoff (10[1])wrote a rhapsody (10[1]0[1])based on Paganini’s 24th piece (10[2])in what (10[2])genre? ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: caprices [or capriccios; accept 24 Caprices]
<Classical Music>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2190%0%33%124.26

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Shardul RaoMinnesotaColumbia A47-5
Jared HeWaterloo ACornell A58-5
Justin WytmarIllinois ARIT64-5
Jason ZhangToronto CRutgers64-5
Ian LuGeorgia TechNorth Carolina B7410
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsNorthwestern8910
Russell NipBritish ColumbiaToronto B9210
Teigue KellyPenn StateChicago B9610
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BVirginia Tech98-5
Todd MaslykMichiganChicago A102-5
Yrwin BatanMITIllinois B12010
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL ACornell B12110
Aum MundheRutgersToronto C12210
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AWaterloo B12410
Alan XieYaleIndiana12510
Andy YuMarylandVanderbilt12610
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateOhio State127-5
Andrew ZengStanfordUCF13310
Calvin BostlemanOhio StateGeorgia State1360
John John GrogerWUSTL BWinona State13610
Leo LawFloridaIowa State14110
Charles YoungColumbia AMinnesota14110
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona StateColumbia B14310
Jim FanNorth Carolina AOttawa14310
John MarvinChicago AMichigan14510
Cade ReinbergerRITIllinois A1450
Eric ChangVirginia TechUC Berkeley B14510
Richard NiuCornell AWaterloo A14510