Astor Piazzolla - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

This composer studied orchestration under the guidance of his fellow countryman Alberto Ginastera (“jeen-ah-STAIR-ah”), during which he wrote compositions such as Suite for Strings and Harps. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Argentine composer who included a mournful solo for the bandoneón (“ban-don-ay-ON”) in his composition Oblivion.

ANSWER: Astor Piazzolla [or Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla]

[10m] Oblivion was written in the “new” style of this Argentinian dance. Arguably, Piazzolla’s most famous composition is a piece that is a portmanteau of the word “liberty” and this dance.

ANSWER: tango [accept nuevo tango; accept Libertango]

[10e] In 1953, Piazzolla moved to study with Nadia Boulanger in this city as part of the Fontainebleau conservatory, who encouraged Piazzolla to pursue writing tango music. Maurice Ravel also lived in this capital city.

ANSWER: Paris

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	75%	75%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	86%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
Florida	Main	Y	4	10.00	50%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	21.00	90%	100%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	21.11	89%	100%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	11	16.36	73%	82%	9%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	89%	67%	0%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	75%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	21.25	75%	100%	38%
South Central	Main	Y	6	5.00	0%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	15.83	67%	83%	8%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	18.00	60%	100%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	20.00	88%	88%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%

Data


Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Mighty Miner	0	10	10	20
Claremont A	UC Irvine	0	10	10	20
Claremont B	USC B	10	10	10	30
UCLA B	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
UCLA D	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	10	20
UCLA C	UCLA E	0	10	10	20
UCLA F	USC A	0	10	10	20
Claremont C	UCSD B	0	0	10	10
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford A	0	10	10	20
UCSC	Stanford B	0	0	0	0
Florida A	Florida B	0	10	10	20
South Florida A	Florida State A	0	10	0	10
Florida Tech B	Florida Tech A	0	0	10	10
ERAU Daytona A	UCF A	0	0	0	0
CWRU D	Ohio State D	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	WVU A	10	10	10	30
CWRU B	Louisville C	0	10	10	20
Pittsburgh	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	CWRU C	10	10	10	30
Michigan D	WVU B	0	10	0	10
Michigan State B	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
CWRU A	Ohio State A	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C	Michigan State D	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Ottawa D	0	10	10	20
McGill B	McGill C	0	10	10	20
McGill E	Ottawa A	10	10	10	30
Carleton A	Ottawa C	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	JMU B	0	10	10	20
Liberty B	William & Mary B	10	10	10	30
UNC D	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
UNC C	NCSU B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	Tusculum A	0	10	0	10
UNC A	VCU A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech C	Virginia A	0	10	10	20
Duke A	Virginia Tech A	10	10	10	30
William & Mary A	William & Mary C	0	10	10	20
George Mason C	George Mason B	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	Penn	0	10	10	20
Maryland C	Columbia A	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Rutgers C	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Rutgers A	NYU C	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	Rowan	0	10	10	20
Lehigh A	Rutgers D	0	0	10	10
Princeton	Stony Brook	0	10	0	10
Lehigh B	Vassar A	0	10	10	20
Rutgers B	Vassar B	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Illinois Canada	William Woods University A	0	0	10	10
Illinois Orange	WashU Grizzlers	0	10	10	20
Iowa A	Indiana B	0	10	10	20
Rose-Hulman A	Iowa B	0	0	0	0
Purdue B	Illinois Blue	0	0	10	10
Purdue C	Illinois Urbana	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	Purdue D	0	10	10	20
WashU Grolars	Illinois Champaign	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Wisconsin B	0	10	10	20
Macalester	Minnesota	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	0	0	0	0
Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston University B	0	10	10	20
Williams A	Tufts A	10	10	10	30
Texas	Alberta A	0	10	10	20
Alberta B	Boise State	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Washington Masu	10	10	10	30
Arizona State B	Washington Chinook	10	10	10	30
British Columbia B	Washington Coho	0	10	10	20
British Columbia C	Washington Sockeye	0	10	10	20
Washington Chum	Washington State	0	10	0	10
Washington Atlantic	Washington Steelhead	0	10	0	10
Kansas State A	Central Oklahoma A	0	10	0	10
Harding	Murray State College B	0	0	0	0
Nebraska B	Tulsa A	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma	Central Oklahoma B	0	10	0	10
Rose State	Nebraska C	0	0	0	0
Tulsa B	Murray State College A	0	10	0	10
Auburn B	Vanderbilt A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Auburn C	0	10	10	20
Clemson A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Chipola College	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Tennessee Tech	Sewanne	0	0	10	10
Georgia A	South Carolina A	0	10	10	20
Emory A	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Clemson B	Vanderbilt B	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt C	Georgia Tech E	0	10	10	20
Sheffield A	Durham C	0	10	0	10
Durham D	Durham B	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh C	Edinburgh D	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh B	Sheffield B	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	York	0	10	10	20
Imperial D	Birmingham	0	10	10	20
Bristol	Imperial C	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Cambridge C	10	10	10	30
Cambridge D	LSE	0	10	10	20
Southampton	Cambridge E	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Cardiff	0	0	10	10
Oxford	Imperial B	0	10	10	20
Cambridge B	Warwick	10	10	10	30
Binghamton A	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20
Cornell D	Binghamton C	0	10	10	20
ESF	Cornell B	0	0	10	10
RIT A	RIT B	0	10	10	20
Rochester	Cornell C	0	10	10	20