Josef Suk - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

A 1907 symphony by this composer extensively quotes his earlier works Radúz and Mahulena, as well as another composer’s Requiem. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this composer who used a four-note “death motif” in a work written after his wife and father-in-law’s deaths, the Asrael Symphony.

ANSWER: Josef Suk (“sook”)

[10e] The Asrael Symphony was a response to the death of Suk’s wife and this composer, his father-in-law. This Czech composer spent many years in the United States, where he composed his “New World” symphony.

ANSWER: Antonín Dvořák [or Antonín Leopold Dvořák]

[10m] An important theme in Suk’s music is of dance described by this adjective, including in his Opus 25 scherzo described by this adjective. A symphony described by this adjective contains an E-flat clarinet solo and a quotation of the Dies Irae (“DEE-ess EE-ray”) in its “Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath” movement.

ANSWER: fantastic [or fantastické; or fantastique; accept Symphonie Fantastique or Fantastic Symphony or Scherzo Fantastique or Fantastické Scherzo or fantastic dance]

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Summary


Canada	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	13	13.08	92%	39%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	80%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%

Data


UCI	UCLA C	0	10	0	10
Claremont Pitzer	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	Claremont Scripps	0	10	10	20
UCLA D	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	10	10	20
USC	UCSB	0	10	0	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	10	0	10
Carleton	McGill B	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Toronto B	0	10	10	20
McGill C	Queen's A	0	10	10	20
Guelph B	McMaster B	0	0	0	0
Toronto C	Ottawa	0	10	0	10
Queen's B	Western Ontario	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	Guelph A	0	10	10	20
Toronto D	McMaster A	0	10	0	10
Waterloo	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto G	0	10	10	20
Virginia B	James Madison	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	North Carolina B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
Clemson A	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
NC State	North Carolina A	0	10	10	20
South Carolina B	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	Tusculum	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	North Carolina C	0	10	10	20
McMaster C	Toronto I	0	10	0	10
Toronto F	Toronto J	0	10	0	10
Toronto H	Toronto K	0	10	0	10
Rowan A	Columbia A	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	Lehigh A	0	10	0	10
Columbia C	Vassar A	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Princeton A	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Chicago B	Notre Dame B	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Chicago D	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	Michigan B	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame C	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Chicago C	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Purdue C	0	10	10	20
Illinois B	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Notre Dame D	0	10	10	20
Macalester A	Iowa State	0	10	0	10
Minnesota A	Macalester B	0	10	10	20
Minnesota B	St. Thomas	0	10	0	10
Nebraska	Carleton	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin	Minnesota C	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	UCO	0	10	10	20
Tulsa	Arizona State B	0	10	0	10
Ohio	Iowa	0	10	10	20
McGill D	Northwestern B	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Northwestern A	0	10	0	10
Rose State	UTD A	0	10	0	10
Alberta B	Texas A	0	10	0	10
Northwestern C	UTD B	0	10	0	10
Rutgers C	Lehigh B	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Alabama B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Auburn A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Huntsville A	0	10	10	20
Huntsville B	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
UAB A	Sewanee A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Cambridge D	Oxford B	0	10	10	20
Sheffield A	Southampton B	10	10	10	30
Warwick A	Durham A	0	10	10	20
Bruin A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20