Question

This composer wrote the sufferings of a friend from syphilis into his cello showpiece Pezzo capriccioso. The cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen helped revise this composer’s concertante piece Variations on a Rococo (10[1])Theme. Four cellos and two violas introduce an orchestral work by this composer by playing the “Troparion of the Holy Cross”theme. The cellists play a lyrical 5/4 (“five four”) theme to begin the “limping waltz” movement of this composer’s sixth and final symphony. An orchestral work by this composer ends with a quotation of “God Save the Tsar!”amidst a barrage of cannon (-5[1])shots. For 10 (10[2])points, name this Russian composer of the Pathetique symphony and the (10[1]-5[1])1812 Overture. ■END■

ANSWER: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Patrick Torre (DII)MarylandSwarthmore B2910
Lucas Shedlock (DII)PrincetonNYU C89-5
Frank Paz (DII)Swarthmore AUniversity of Delaware B9210
Elias Ziyadeh (DII)PennNYU B9210
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia ALehigh103-5
Miles Jaffee (DII)LehighColumbia A10310
Rio Lucenet (UG)NYU CPrinceton10810

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y5100%0%40%84.80