Johann Nepomuk Hummel - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

In his memoirs, Carl Czerny (“CHAIR-nee”) claimed that all Viennese pianists around 1800 were either “Beethovenists” or followers of this composer. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this composer who succeeded Haydn as the Esterházy family’s court composer. This composer’s best known piece is a trumpet concerto in E major.

ANSWER: Johann Nepomuk Hummel

[10h] Czerny and Hummel exemplify a late-Classical style named for this adjective that emphasized the virtuosity of composer-pianists. Chopin’s works in that style include a polonaise titled for this adjective and “grande,” which he paired with the Andante spianato.

ANSWER: brilliant [or brillant (“bree-YAWN”); accept stile brillante or brilliant style; accept Grande polonaise brillante]

[10e] Composers of the stile brillante (“STEEL bree-YAHNT”) favored this form consisting of a refrain separated by episodes. A movement in this form from Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11 imitates Turkish music.

ANSWER: rondo form [accept “Rondo alla turca”]

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California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Canada	Main Site	Y	10	13.00	70%	20%	40%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	6	5.00	50%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	12.50	88%	38%	0%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	12.50	83%	25%	17%

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UCLA B	UCSD A	0	0	10	10
UC Santa Barbara	Arizona State	0	0	10	10
UC Irvine	UCSD C	0	0	10	10
UCSD B	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
Carleton University	Toronto Metropolitan	0	0	10	10
McMaster A	Guelph	0	0	10	10
Toronto B	Queen's	10	10	10	30
Brock	Toronto D	0	0	0	0
Toronto E	Simon Fraser	0	0	10	10
Toronto F	Waterloo B	0	10	0	10
UBC A	McGill B	10	10	10	30
Ottawa	UBC B	0	0	0	0
McGill A	Waterloo A	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Western B	0	0	10	10
Liberty B	NC State B	0	0	10	10
Liberty C	North Carolina A	0	0	0	0
North Carolina C	Liberty A	0	0	10	10
VCU	South Carolina A	0	0	0	0
South Carolina B	North Carolina B	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech A	Virginia	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech B	William and Mary	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Chicago D	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Chicago C	0	0	0	0
Indiana B	Chicago E	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame B	Northwestern D	0	0	10	10
Illinois B	Purdue A	0	0	10	10
Illinois A	Illinois C	10	0	10	20
Indiana A	Northwestern B	10	0	10	20
Purdue B	Northwestern C	0	0	10	10
Harvard A	Bowdoin A	10	0	10	20
MIT	Brandeis B	0	10	10	20
Brown	Yale	10	10	10	30
Carleton College	Iowa State	0	0	10	10
Missouri A	Georgia Tech A	10	0	10	20
Claremont	Washington A	10	0	10	20
Birmingham	LSE	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Imperial A	10	0	10	20
Cambridge B	Manchester	0	0	10	10
Cambridge C	Oxford C	0	0	10	10
Imperial B	Durham	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh A	Bristol	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh B	Southampton A	0	0	10	10
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Montpellier	UCL	0	10	0	10
Southampton B	Oxford B	0	0	10	10
Oxford A	Warwick A	0	0	10	10
Warwick B	City St. George's	0	0	10	10
Southern Connecticut State	Bowdoin B	0	0	10	10
Harvard B	Brandeis A	0	0	10	10