Question

A work by this composer is paired with a lecture about “Humor in Music” in an educational album by Leonard Bernstein. (-5[1])Wind trills representing a clock striking 7 a.m. (-5[1])introduce (-5[1])a triple (10[1])fugue (-5[1])in a piece by this composer (10[1])built from themes depicting the moods of a mother, father, (-5[1])and child. (10[3])Herbert (10[1])von Karajan’s recording (10[1])of a massive, 22-section work by this composer (-5[1])was the first (10[1])to be pressed (-5[1])on CD. (10[1])Tubas playing (-5[1])in parallel fifths represent critics of this composer (10[1])in the “adversaries” (10[2])movement of an orchestral work that ends with “The Hero’s (10[1])Retirement (10[1])From (10[1])This World and Completion.” (10[1])A piece (10[1])by this composer begins with an ascending “C (10[1])G (10[3])C” (10[2])trumpet (10[5])fanfare (10[5])depicting (10[1])a (10[1])sunrise. (10[8]-5[4])For (10[1])10 (-5[1])points, (10[1])name this German composer (10[1])of tone poems like An Alpine Symphony (10[1]0[1])and Also (10[1])Sprach (10[1])Zarathustra. ■END■ (10[8]0[5])

ANSWER: Richard Strauss [prompt on Strauss]
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Summary

Florida2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%125.50
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y683%0%33%117.60
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y667%0%33%118.75
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%104.00
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%107.33
Northeast2025-02-01Y580%0%20%97.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%100.60
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%109.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%100.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%75%106.75
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%10%104.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y888%0%13%83.57
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%112.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ruchir KodihalliCase Western BCarnegie Mellon A20-5
Khugan ChanUMass BostonHarvard B28-5
Henry KeatingUCF CValencia A29-5
Richard NiuCornell BRutgers A3110
John ChenUBCUW A32-5
Arya KarthikOxford ASheffield3810
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech C48-5
Joy AnHarvard AMIT A5010
Jeffrey XuGeorgia Tech CVanderbilt A5010
Owen MimnoNYU APenn A5010
Andy YuMaryland AGeorge Washington B5110
Stan MelkumianPurdueNorthwestern A5410
Michael WuSouthampton BCambridge A62-5
Karan GurazadaTexas AASU6510
Jacob EgolDukeWake Forest68-5
Owen LinderBinghamton ARIT A7010
Todd MaslykMichigan ACarnegie Mellon B72-5
Justin WytmarIllinois AMissouri8010
Annabelle YangWashU AWashU B8310
Alan FanUW BAlberta8310
Sarah HendersonCambridge CDurham9310
Guy IndoranteIowa StateWisconsin B9410
Andrei HuiCambridge BImperial B9510
Jason QinColumbia BJohn Jay College9910
Joseph ChambersVirginia AWilliam & Mary10110
Justin KeungImperial AWarwick A10910
Audrey EvansDartmouth ABU11010
Andrew ZengStanford BNotre Dame C11010
Beckett GilmoreLouisville AGeorgia Tech D11010
Megan WangBrown ABrandeis A11110
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame AGeorgetown B11110
Biyang ZhangMichigan BCase Western A11210
Matthew LamOhio State AOhio State B11210
Nithin MenduWisconsin AMinnesota B11210
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AYale A11210
Chauncey LoColumbia CGeorge Washington A11210
Carter PisockyMichigan CMichigan D11310
Alvin GuoChicago DChicago B11310
Yash MandaviaIllinois BMissoui S&T11310
Roan DowlingIowaNorthwestern B11310
Nathan EasowManchesterOxford B11310
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge ASouthampton B11410
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame BGeorgetown A11510
Leo LawFlorida AUCF B11610
Anton AkroushMichigan StateKenyon11610
Eric ChangVirginia Tech ALiberty B11610
Samarth RamChicago CChicago A11610
Henry BonWinona StateCarleton11610
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BTennessee A116-5
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AAlabama A116-5
Percy YuenCambridge DOxford C11610
Cormac StephensonSouthampton ABristol11610
Andy HuffLSEWarwick B11610
Sam MacchiVassar AHaverford A116-5
Tom ScheriRIT BCornell D116-5
Isaac MeredithTufts ABrandeis B11710
Crow HeUNC BUNC D118-5
Jakob MyersIndiana AIllinois C11910
Josh SchmidtLiberty ALiberty C12310
Jerry ZhangHarvard BUMass Boston1300
William BrokerHaverford BPenn B13010
Nathan WhittingtonTennessee AGeorgia Tech B13210
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DRIT B13310
Clete ReinbergerValencia AUCF C13510
Ryan JudgeCarnegie Mellon ACase Western B13510
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaUNC C1350
Nick SmemoeUNC DUNC B13510
Catherine MajorWake ForestDuke1350
Michael EngUNC CSouth Carolina1350
Truman FillbrandtUW AUBC13510
Keerthana KrishnanTexas BTAMU13510
Britton WebsterAlabama AGeorgia Tech A13510
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CCambridge E13510
Ruth Ní MhuircheartaighCambridge ENYU C1350
Audrey ChoHaverford AVassar A1350
Kevin PengCornell CESF A13510