Question

This piece’s third movement begins with an English horn playing the motif (read slowly) “F, G - long C, A -down to long C, D” before being echoed an octave higher by the oboe. The two harps called for in this piece are only used in its second movement waltz to depict the title event. A grotesque E-flat clarinet solo in this piece’s final movement precedes a statement of the “Dies irae.” (10[1])Two pizzicato string notes represent the bouncing of the head in this (10[1])piece’s fourth movement “March to the (10[1])Scaffold.” This piece’s idée fixe represents its composer’s infatuation with the Irish actress Harriet Smithson. For 10 points, name this opium-fueled programmatic symphony by Hector Berlioz. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Symphonie fantastique [or Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un artiste … en cinq parties or Fantastical Symphony: Episode in the Life of an Artist … in Five Sections]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Edward Zhou (DII)NYU ARowan7110
Emily Bussa (UG)MarylandUniversity of Delaware A8310
Lucas Shedlock (DII)PrincetonSwarthmore A8910
Will Hollister (DII)LehighPenn11510

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y4100%0%0%89.50