Question

One of these objects titles a piece that opens with vocalists chanting the phrase “Some say he’s from.” Part of a piece titled for one of these objects assigns longer durations to each pitch class in ascending chromatic order, and assigns each pair of pitches a specific dynamic and articulation. Three sopranos sing about an American folk hero in a Julia Wolfe piece titled for one of these objects. (10[1])Alto flute and xylo·rimba are among the accompanying instruments in a piece (10[1])named for (10[1])one of these objects, containing the movement “L’Artisanat (10[1])furieux” (10[1])(“lar-tee-zah-NAH few-REW”). One of these objects titles that serialist “chamber (10[1])cantata” that sets poetry by René Char. That Pierre Boulez piece is titled (10[1])for one of (10[3])these (10[1])“without a master.” (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, the finale of Mahler’s sixth symphony (-5[1])originally featured (10[1])three “blows” (10[2])from (10[1])what (10[1])object? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: hammers [or marteaux; accept Steel Hammer; accept The Hammer without a Master; accept Le Marteau sans maître] (The folk hero is John Henry.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2396%0%9%114.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina ANorthwestern6810
Justin WytmarIllinois AColumbia A8010
Owen MimnoNYUBritish Columbia8210
Karan GurazadaTexasMIT9010
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AIndiana9110
Richard NiuCornell AChicago B9910
Jared HeWaterloo ARutgers11210
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsIowa State11510
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL AStanford11510
Sky LiToronto AChicago A11510
Joel MilesMinnesotaGeorgia Tech11610
Teigue KellyPenn StateOttawa11910
Raymond ChenToronto BToronto C11910
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltUCF119-5
Tiffany ZhouFloridaWaterloo B11910
Cormac BeirneLSEGeorgia State128-5
John John GrogerWUSTL BArizona State13010
Eric ChangVirginia TechHarvard13210
Joseph ChambersVirginiaMaryland13210
Arjun KalaIllinois BColumbia B13310
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BYale13410
Calvin BostlemanOhio StateCornell B13510
Alexander NicholsUCFVanderbilt13610
Crow HeNorth Carolina BMichigan1360
Todd MaslykMichiganNorth Carolina B13610
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateLSE1360