Question

Composer and genre required. One of these works is the last track of an album marketed as “The Legendary 1965 Recording” of Martha Argerich. One of these (-5[1])works in E major begins with a passage in double octaves, where the right hand alternates single notes and octaves, and the left hand does the opposite, in a thirty-second, double-dotted-eighth rhythm. In the middle section of one of these pieces, the left hand repeats the sixteenth-note ostinato E, D-sharp, (10[2])C-sharp, B in octaves. One of (10[1])these works (10[1])in E-flat (10[1])is preceded by (10[1])a G-major (10[1])“Andante Spianato.” (10[1])The first of these works in their composer’s Opus (10[1])40 features the genre’s typical rhythm (-5[1])of eighth, two (10[1])sixteenths, and four eighths in 3/4 time. (-5[1])For 10 points, pieces (-5[1])nicknamed “Military” (10[1])and (-5[1])“Heroic” (10[1]-5[2])are examples (10[1]-5[2])of what nationalistic dances (10[2])by the composer of the Minute Waltz? ■END■ (10[6]0[4])

ANSWER: polonaises by Frédéric Chopin [or polonaises by Frédéric François Chopin; or polonaises by Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2488%0%38%112.95

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AColumbia A26-5
Richard NiuCornell AJohns Hopkins7610
Russell NipBritish ColumbiaWaterloo B7610
Jeffrey XuGeorgia TechIowa State8210
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL AToronto A8410
Alan XieYaleArizona State8610
Yrwin BatanMITVirginia Tech8910
Chris SimsNorthwesternIndiana9110
Karan GurazadaTexasToronto B9310
Adrian WongOttawaUC Berkeley B10210
Teigue KellyPenn StateLSE108-5
Alvin GuoChicago BHarvard11110
John MarvinChicago AIllinois A118-5
Aum MundheRutgersNorth Carolina A122-5
Andrew ZengStanfordWaterloo A12410
Parth JagtapToronto CMinnesota125-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaVanderbilt126-5
Andy YuMarylandOhio State12610
Yash MandaviaIllinois BUCF126-5
Cade ReinbergerRITMichigan128-5
Owen MimnoNYUWUSTL B12810
Olin BoseColumbia BWinona State128-5
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateFlorida13210
Justin WytmarIllinois AChicago A13210
Henry BonWinona StateColumbia B1400
Crow HeNorth Carolina BCornell B1400
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltVirginia14010
Moses KitakuleColumbia AUC Berkeley A14010
Todd MaslykMichiganRIT14010
Julian BushlowCornell BNorth Carolina B1400
Jim FanNorth Carolina ARutgers14010
Shardul RaoMinnesotaToronto C14010
Anthony LovegrenUCFIllinois B1400
Andy HuffLSEPenn State14010