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After describing his relatively melodious third violin sonata as a “weak sister,” this composer concluded that to write worthwhile music he “must keep away from musicians.” The opening Moderato movement of this composer’s piano trio repeats a 27-bar section three times, (-5[1])leaving out the violin the first time and the cello the second. A “distant Amen” concludes the second movement of this composer’s brief fourth violin sonata, which is subtitled “Children’s Day” and has a finale titled Allegro (Con slugarocko). This composer often overlapped quotations of American folk (10[1])songs in (10[1])his scherzi, which have descriptive titles like “In the Barn” and “This Scherzo is (10[2]-5[1])a Joke.” A (10[1])soft, calm B-flat major quotation of (10[1])the (10[1])fate motif from Beethoven’s (10[4])fifth symphony (10[1])opens a movement by this composer titled (10[2])“The Alcotts.” For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this (10[1])American composer of the (10[4])Concord (10[3])Sonata. ■END■

ANSWER: Charles Ives [or Charles Edward Ives]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%8%121.13

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vincent DuNorth Carolina ANorthwestern A40-5
Natan HoltzmanStanford AChicago B8710
Geoffrey ChenCornell AFlorida A8910
Max BrodskyIllinois AYale B10310
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AGeorgia Tech A103-5
Michael LiBrown AChicago A10310
Caleb KendrickMaryland AYale A10610
Mazin OmerHarvard ACornell B11210
Aum MundheRutgers AGeorgia Tech B11310
Clark SmithOhio State ADuke A11710
Sky LiToronto AMIT A11710
Drake EshlemanIndiana AUC Berkeley A11710
Kevin ParkClaremont AVirginia A11710
Steven YuanUC Berkeley BFlorida B11910
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BPenn State A12610
Karan GurazadaTexas AMinnesota A12610
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BVanderbilt A12910
Halle FriedmanNYU AJohns Hopkins A13110
John John GrogerColumbia AChicago C13310
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AIowa State A13710
Vishal KanigicherlaPenn AMcGill A13710
Enoch YuenImperial AColumbia B13710
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AWUSTL A13710
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ANorth Carolina A13810
John BroussardHouston ARutgers B13810
Quynh PhungPurdue AMichigan A13810