Question

The coda to this symphony’s finale begins with an harmonium entrance on a massive C major climax, which is usually played on organ. The lento lugubre first movement of this symphony opens with a bass clarinet and (10[1])two bassoons playing the brooding unison fortissimo theme (-5[1])[read slowly] long E, B C D, A B C. (-5[1])The composer of this (10[1])symphony indicated that a bell should be placed in an adjacent room for its third movement pastorale, which begins with a siciliana and is punctuated by a three-note hunter’s call. Both Berlioz and (-5[1])Balakirev declined to write this symphony when they were sent its program, which Vladimir Stasov wrote after he watched a performance of Harold in Italy. The final movement of this symphony depicts an infernal orgy and contains (-5[1])a (-5[1])D-flat major theme (-5[1])depicting (-5[1])Astarte (“uh-star-tee”). For 10 points, name this “symphony in four scenes” based on a Lord Byron (10[1])poem, (10[1])composed by Pyotr (10[3])Tchaikovsky. (10[3])■END■ (10[7]0[2])

ANSWER: Manfred Symphony [or Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Op. 58; accept Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in place of “Pyotr Tchaikovsky”]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y1989%0%37%140.24

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuCornell BGeorgia Tech B3610
Kevin ParkClaremont AStanford A44-5
Sky LiToronto APurdue A54-5
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ANYU A5810
Jacob Van OorschotMcGill ATexas A91-5
Daniel YangChicago BVirginia A128-5
Justin WytmarIllinois AMIT A129-5
Steven YuanUC Berkeley BYale A132-5
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AMaryland A133-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BSouth Carolina A14810
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AFlorida B14910
Tracy MirkinFlorida AIndiana A15210
Michael LiBrown AMinnesota B15210
Raymond WangCornell AIowa State A15210
Arjun NageswaranHarvard APenn A15310
John John GrogerColumbia ARutgers B15310
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AUC Berkeley A15310
Matt JacksonChicago AHouston A15410
Joseph ChambersVirginia AChicago B1540
Natan HoltzmanStanford AClaremont A15410
Ricky LiMIT AIllinois A1540
Caleb KendrickMaryland AVanderbilt A15410
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AToronto A15410
Daniel MaYale AUC Berkeley B15410
Karan GurazadaTexas AMcGill A15410
Robert CondronChicago CPenn State A15410