Franz Liszt - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

This composer coined the term “transcription” to refer to faithful adaptations of existing pieces and “paraphrase” to refer to more liberal interpretations. For 10 points each:

[10m] What composer created a difficult piano transcription of Beethoven’s complete symphonies? This composer used a high ostinato D-sharp throughout an étude inspired by a B minor violin concerto.

ANSWER: Franz Liszt [or Franz Ritter von Liszt; or Liszt Ferenc] (The étude is “La Campanella.”)

[10e] Liszt adapted several folk songs, as well as some classical compositions he mistook for folk songs, in a set of rhapsodies titled for this country.

ANSWER: Hungary [or Magyarország; accept Hungarian Rhapsodies]

[10h] This Liszt piece is based on his song “O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst” (“oh LEEB, zo LONG doo LEEB-in KAHNST”). This piece begins Poco Allegro, con affetto in 6/4 time with the right hand playing arch-shaped A-flat major arpeggios.

ANSWER: Liebestraum (“LEE-bess-trowm”) No. 3 [or Love-dream No. 3; or Dream of Love No. 3; prompt on Liebesträume (“LEE-bess-troy-muh”) or Love-Dreams or Dreams of Love]

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Summary


California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	25.00	75%	100%	75%
Canada	Main Site	Y	12	12.50	75%	42%	8%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	25%	50%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	18.89	100%	67%	22%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	21.67	100%	67%	50%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	8	12.50	88%	25%	13%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	18.75	88%	88%	13%

Data


Arizona State	UC Irvine	10	10	10	30
UCSD B	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
UCLA A	UCSD A	10	10	10	30
UCSD C	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	10	20
Brock	Western C	0	0	0	0
Simon Fraser	McGill B	0	10	0	10
UBC A	Toronto B	10	10	10	30
Toronto G	Toronto C	10	10	0	20
UBC B	Toronto E	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	0	20
Waterloo A	McMaster A	10	10	0	20
Western B	Toronto D	0	0	0	0
Carleton University	Waterloo B	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Guelph	0	10	0	10
McMaster B	Western A	0	0	0	0
Ottawa	Queen's	0	10	0	10
Ohio State B	CWRU A	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Michigan A	10	10	10	30
Pittsburgh	Ohio State A	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Duke	Liberty B	10	10	10	30
North Carolina A	North Carolina C	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	James Madison A	0	10	0	10
VCU	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	North Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Virginia	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
South Carolina B	William and Mary	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth B	Bowdoin A	10	10	10	30
MIT	Bowdoin B	10	10	0	20
Brandeis B	Brown	0	10	0	10
Harvard A	Brandeis A	10	10	10	30
Southern Connecticut State	Harvard B	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth A	Yale	10	10	10	30
Missouri B	Iowa State	10	10	0	20
Minnesota A	Missouri A	0	10	0	10
Washington A	Washington B	0	10	0	10
Louisville B	Bruin	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech D	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Mississipi State	0	10	10	20
Louisville A	Sewanee	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10
Tennessee B	Alabama B	10	10	0	20
WashU A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt B	WashU B	0	0	0	0
Liberty A	Wake Forest	10	10	0	20
NC State A	James Madison B	10	10	10	30
Southampton A	Birmingham	10	10	0	20
Cardiff	Oxford C	10	10	0	20
Manchester	Southampton B	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Edinburgh A	0	10	0	10
Montpellier	Warwick B	10	10	0	20
Cambridge A	Imperial B	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Catholic	10	10	10	30
Columbia A	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Columbia C	10	10	0	20
Rutgers A	John Jay	10	10	0	20
Johns Hopkins A	Maryland A	10	10	0	20
Maryland C	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	NYU C	10	0	0	10
NYU B	Georgetown	10	10	0	20