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Question

According to Paul Griffiths, a composer from this country copied Webern’s entire works by hand while living in Paris. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this country that is also home to a composer who used “micropolyphony” in pieces like Atmosphères and wrote difficult piano etudes like “The Devil’s Staircase.”

ANSWER: Hungary [or Magyarország] (The two composers are György Kurtag and György Ligeti.)

[10e] György Ligeti’s early works, such as Musica Ricercata, were heavily influenced by this earlier Hungarian composer, who used a “night music” style in his Concerto for Orchestra and Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta.

ANSWER: Béla Bartók

[10h] Ligeti later adapted movements from Musica Ricercata into six bagatelles for this chamber ensemble. Carl Nielsen wrote an Opus 43 piece for this ensemble that concludes with a theme and variations.

ANSWER: wind quintet [accept Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet; prompt on quintet]

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California	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	6	10.00	67%	17%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	13	12.31	69%	46%	8%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	5.00	17%	33%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	17.14	86%	71%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	10.00	60%	40%	0%
North	Main	Y	11	13.64	64%	64%	9%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	17.50	75%	75%	25%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	11.67	50%	50%	17%
South Central	Main	Y	5	12.00	80%	40%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	10.00	67%	25%	8%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	12.50	75%	50%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	12.14	64%	57%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	5.00	25%	25%	0%
Southern California	Main	N	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	N	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Northeast	Main	N	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Southeast	Main	N	1	20.00	100%	0%	100%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley C	10	10	0	20
Stanford A	Berkeley E	10	10	0	20
Stanford C	Berkeley F	10	10	0	20
Berkeley B	UCSC	0	10	0	10
Berkeley D	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
Claremont Pitzer	UCI	0	0	0	0
UCLA A	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
UCSD What Hath God Wrought	Claremont Scripps	0	10	0	10
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCSB	0	10	10	20
UCSD Vices and Virtues	USC	0	0	0	0
UCLA D	UCLA B	0	10	0	10
Carleton	McGill C	10	10	0	20
Ottawa	McGill A	0	10	0	10
Queen's A	McGill B	0	10	0	10
McMaster B	Waterloo	10	0	0	10
Toronto E	Queen's B	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	McMaster A	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	Toronto C	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Toronto G	0	10	0	10
Toronto H	Toronto I	10	0	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto J	0	0	0	0
Toronto K	McMaster C	10	10	0	20
Western Ontario	Guelph B	0	0	0	0
ERAU A	FIU	0	0	0	0
OSU C	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
Pitt A	CWRU B	10	10	0	20
MSU B	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
Pitt C	Kenyon A	0	0	0	0
MSU A	CWRU C	0	10	0	10
OSU D	Kenyon B	10	10	0	20
OSU A	Pitt B	10	10	10	30
UF D	ERAU B	10	10	0	20
FSU	UCF A	10	0	0	10
UCF B	Melbourne A	0	0	0	0
UF A	UF C	0	0	0	0
UF B	UF E	0	0	0	0
Guelph A	Toronto D	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	James Madison	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Liberty A	0	0	0	0
Liberty C	Virginia B	10	10	0	20
North Carolina B	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
North Carolina C	Roanoke	0	10	0	10
NC State	Tusculum	10	10	0	20
North Carolina A	Virginia A	10	10	0	20
Catholic University	Maryland D	0	0	0	0
UMBC A	George Washington A	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	Penn A	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Penn B	10	0	0	10
Georgetown A	VCU A	10	10	0	20
South Carolina B	South Carolina A	0	0	0	0
Tennessee A	Liberty B	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech B	Clemson B	0	0	0	0
George Washington B	Johns Hopkins C	0	0	0	0
George Mason C	Johns Hopkins B	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Maryland C	0	10	0	10
NYU A	George Mason B	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	NYU B	10	10	0	20
Georgetown B	Notre Dame E	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
Lehigh A	Columbia C	0	0	0	0
Princeton A	Rutgers C	10	10	0	20
Swarthmore A	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Vassar A	10	10	0	20
WashU B	SIUE	0	10	0	10
Truman State	William Woods	10	0	0	10
WashU A	Missouri A	10	10	0	20
WashU C	WashU D	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame A	Chicago C	10	10	0	20
Louisville B	Chicago D	10	10	0	20
Illinois A	Illinois C	10	10	0	20
Michigan A	Indiana A	0	10	0	10
Illinois B	Michigan C	0	0	0	0
Purdue C	Michigan D	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame B	Louisville A	0	0	0	0
Indiana B	Notre Dame D	0	0	0	0
Michigan B	Purdue A	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame C	Purdue B	0	0	0	0
Kentucky	UIC	10	0	0	10
Carleton	Macalester A	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Minnesota C	10	0	0	10
Minnesota B	Nebraska	0	10	0	10
Minnesota A	Wisconsin	10	10	0	20
St. Thomas	Macalester B	0	10	0	10
Amherst B	Brown A	0	0	0	0
Brandeis Clemenceau	BC A	0	10	0	10
BU	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Lloyd George	Amherst A	0	0	0	0
Cornell-UG	MIT A	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Wilson	MIT B	0	0	0	0
Yale B	Tufts B	10	10	0	20
Williams	Brown C	0	0	0	0
Alberta B	Ohio	10	10	0	20
McGill D	Northwestern A	10	0	0	10
Texas A	Rose State	10	10	0	20
Texas B	Arizona State A	0	10	0	10
Northwestern C	Tulsa	0	10	0	10
UCO	Arizona State B	10	10	0	20
Northwestern B	UTD A	0	10	0	10
Iowa	UTD B	0	0	0	0
Brown B	Brandeis Orlando	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth	Harvard	0	10	0	10
Tufts A	Yale A	10	10	10	30
BC B	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Cambridge C	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh A	Bristol B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	LSE B	10	10	0	20
City St George's A	Birmingham A	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh B	Bristol A	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Imperial C	10	10	0	20
LSE A	Lancaster A	10	10	0	20
Sheffield C	Manchester A	0	0	0	0
Manchester B	Warwick B	10	0	0	10
Oxford A	Durham B	0	10	0	10
Oxford B	Sheffield A	0	0	0	0
Sheffield B	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
Southampton B	Warwick A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge D	Durham A	10	10	0	20
Binghamton A	Cornell-DII	10	0	0	10
Binghamton B	Syracuse	0	0	0	0
RIT B	RIT A	0	0	0	0
ESF	Rochester	0	10	0	10