Question

The third song in a cycle by this composer concludes with a “flat three, flat two, one” progression in C major after the soloist repeats the phrase “To the full Godhead’s burning.” The final section of a choral work by this composer builds to a cataclysmic B minor seventh over C-sharp chord, followed by a tenor soloist crying “Take me away,” after the marking “For one moment, must every instrument exert its fullest force.” A. C. Benson added the words “God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet” to a melody by this composer. (10[1])This composer set the poem “In Haven (-5[1])(Capri)” by his wife Alice Roberts in his song cycle Sea Pictures. (10[2])A soul’s (10[2])journey (-5[1])to (10[1])Purgatory is depicted (10[1])in an oratorio by him, (-5[1])based on a (10[1])poem by Cardinal (-5[1])Newman. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this (10[1])English composer of (10[1])“Land of Hope and Glory” and (10[2])The Dream (10[1]-5[1])of (10[1])Gerontius. ■END■ (10[7]0[2])

ANSWER: Edward Elgar [or Edward William Elgar]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2496%0%21%135.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew ZengStanfordUC Berkeley A9410
Andres CordobaYaleLSE101-5
Chris SimsNorthwesternRutgers11310
Charles YoungColumbia AToronto A11310
Jared HeWaterloo AIllinois A11510
Jeffrey XuGeorgia TechToronto B11510
Richard NiuCornell AToronto C116-5
Jim FanNorth Carolina AWUSTL A11710
Yrwin BatanMITMinnesota12010
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns HopkinsTexas125-5
Owen MimnoNYUOttawa12810
Teigue KellyPenn StateGeorgia State131-5
Guy IndoranteIowa StateHarvard13210
Bryan UgazArizona StateBritish Columbia13510
Arjun KalaIllinois BMichigan13710
Justin HawkinsIndianaChicago A14010
John John GrogerWUSTL BFlorida14610
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BWaterloo B14610
Alan WuVanderbiltCornell B14810
Joseph ChambersVirginiaUCF148-5
Eric ChangVirginia TechChicago B14910
Simon ZimmermanOhio StateColumbia B15110
Anthony LovegrenUCFVirginia15110
Karan GurazadaTexasJohns Hopkins15110
Emily BussaMarylandRIT15110
Henry BonWinona StateNorth Carolina B1510
Ben WismathToronto CCornell A15110
Crow HeNorth Carolina BWinona State1510
Cormac BeirneLSEYale15110
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StatePenn State15110