Question

A player of this instrument, Johann Simon Hermstedt, was the dedicatee of four concertos by Louis Spohr. A high E-flat, followed by a sudden jump three octaves lower, opens another concerto for this instrument dedicated to Heinrich Baermann. It’s not a horn, but the only cadenza appears in the Adagio second movement of a 1791 concerto written for its “basset” variety. Carl (10[1])Maria von Weber wrote two concerti for this instrument, (10[1])and Mozart’s A major concerto for this instrument was written for Anton Stadler. This instrument plays a slow ascending glissando to open George Gershwin’s (10[2])Rhapsody (10[1])in Blue. (10[1])For 10 points, name this single-reed woodwind typically pitched in B-flat. ■END■

ANSWER: clarinet [accept B-flat clarinet or A clarinet or basset clarinet or soprano clarinet]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Saif Virani (UG)FordhamSwarthmore B6110
Frank Paz (DII)Swarthmore AColumbia A7010
Lucas Shedlock (DII)PrincetonPenn9410
Edward Zhou (DII)NYU AUniversity of Delaware A9410
Luke McCrory (DII)NYU BNYU C9510
Catherine Fiore (DII)University of Delaware BLehigh9710

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y6100%0%0%85.17