funeral march - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

The score of a symphonic movement in this genre redundantly marks a shift to the parallel C major with the word maggiore (“mah-JOH-ray”). For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this genre that Beethoven used for the third movement of his twelfth piano sonata and the second movement of his Eroica Symphony.

ANSWER: funeral march [or marche funèbre; or marcia funebre; prompt on march, marche, or marcia]

[10e] Beethoven’s twelfth sonata was the model for this Romantic composer’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, which is often nicknamed for its third movement funeral march. This expat died at the age of 39 in Paris.

ANSWER: Frédéric Chopin [or Frédéric François Chopin; or Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin]

[10h] Beethoven’s funeral marches are predated by the Marche Lugubre of François-Joseph Gossec, who is best known for a D major piece in this common-time dance form. This galanterie was often extended with a musette.

ANSWER: gavotte

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	16.67	67%	33%	67%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	10	7.00	30%	20%	20%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	10.00	60%	20%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	7.78	56%	11%	11%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	11.25	100%	0%	13%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	16.67	83%	33%	50%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	50%	25%	50%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	0.00	0%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	6	10.00	0%	67%	33%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	16.67	83%	33%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	12.50	75%	25%	25%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Stanford A	10	0	10	20
Berkeley B	Berkeley D	0	10	10	20
Stanford B	Berkeley C	0	10	0	10
UCSD B	UCSD C	0	10	0	10
UC Santa Barbara	UC Irvine	0	10	0	10
Carleton University	Toronto B	0	0	0	0
Waterloo B	Guelph	0	0	0	0
McGill B	Western C	0	0	0	0
McMaster B	Brock	0	0	0	0
Waterloo A	Ottawa	10	10	10	30
Queen's	Simon Fraser	0	0	0	0
Toronto D	Toronto C	0	0	0	0
McMaster A	Toronto F	0	10	0	10
UBC A	Western A	10	10	10	30
Toronto Metropolitan	Western B	0	0	0	0
Arizona State	UCLA A	0	10	0	10
Florida B	Central Florida A	0	10	0	10
Florida A	Central Florida B	0	10	0	10
Florida C	Central Florida C	0	0	0	0
UCLA B	UCSD A	10	10	0	20
CWRU A	Ohio State B	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	Ohio State C	0	0	0	0
Michigan State	Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0
Michigan A	Michigan B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
NC State A	Duke	0	10	0	10
Virginia	NC State B	0	10	0	10
William and Mary	North Carolina A	0	0	0	0
South Carolina A	Wake Forest	0	0	0	0
South Carolina B	North Carolina C	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	James Madison A	10	0	0	10
Illinois A	Illinois B	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Indiana B	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Chicago E	Northwestern C	0	10	0	10
Northwestern D	Illinois C	0	10	0	10
Northwestern B	Notre Dame A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Indiana C	0	10	0	10
VCU	James Madison B	0	0	0	0
Harvard A	Brandeis B	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth A	Southern Connecticut State	10	10	10	30
Harvard B	Bowdoin A	0	0	0	0
Yale	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10
Brandeis A	Dartmouth B	0	10	0	10
MIT	Brown	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
Washington A	Claremont	0	10	10	20
Missouri B	Iowa State	0	0	0	0
Missouri A	Minnesota A	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech A	Washington B	10	10	10	30
Texas A&M A	Texas B	0	0	0	0
Murray State A	Texas A	0	0	0	0
Bruin	Alabama A	10	0	0	10
Louisville B	Alabama B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Kentucky	10	0	0	10
Louisville A	Mississipi State	0	0	0	0
Birmingham	Imperial B	0	10	10	20
Cambridge A	Edinburgh A	10	10	10	30
Cardiff	Warwick B	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh B	UCL	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Bristol	0	10	10	20
Imperial C	City St. George's	0	10	0	10
LSE	Durham	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Manchester	0	0	0	0
Southampton A	Montpellier	10	10	0	20
Cambridge B	Oxford A	10	0	0	10
Cambridge C	Oxford B	0	10	0	10
Oxford C	Southampton B	10	10	10	30
Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech B	WashU B	10	0	10	20
Columbia A	Georgetown	10	10	0	20
Columbia C	John Jay	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
Vassar	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	NYU C	0	0	10	10
Binghamton B	Binghamton A	0	0	0	0
Cornell A	Cornell C	0	10	0	10
Penn State	RIT	0	10	0	10
Rutgers A	Swarthmore	0	0	0	0