Question

An orchestral work by this composer begins with a quick exchange between the bass section and a solo oboe and viola. A cantata by this composer ends with a thrice-repeated four-part canon on text that translates as “Loosened from the womb.” This composer omitted double basses from his only symphony, whose second and final part is a set of variations. (10[1])Early (10[1])works by this composer include a Passacaglia for orchestra (10[1])and the tone poem Im Sommerwind (10[5])(“imm ZOAM-er-vint”). This composer’s (10[1])innovative and sparse orchestration of Bach’s Ricercar (10[1])a 6 (“ree-cher-KAR ah say”) from The Musical Offering (10[1])extended his mentor’s technique of (10[1])Klangfarbenmelodie. This composer collaborated with Hildegard Jone (“YO-nuh”) to write two cantatas, the second of which, at 15 minutes, is his longest (10[2])composition. For 10 points, name this student of Schoenberg, the most radical (10[1])composer (10[1])of the Second Viennese (10[1])School. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Anton Webern (“VAY-bun”) [or Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern; reject “von Weber”]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y21100%0%0%98.57

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Karan GurazadaTexas AWUSTL B5910
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ABrown A6010
Raymond WangCornell AVirginia A6910
Justin WytmarIllinois AMichigan A7510
Sky LiToronto AFlorida A7510
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ASouth Carolina A7510
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AMIT A7510
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AIowa State A7510
Richard NiuCornell BNYU A7710
Drake EshlemanIndiana AColumbia B8410
Clark SmithOhio State AYale A9010
Aum MundheRutgers AVanderbilt A9510
Noah SheidlowerColumbia AUC Berkeley B11610
Daniel YangChicago BJohns Hopkins A11610
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AHouston A12810
Matt JacksonChicago APenn A12910
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AYale B13310
Caleb KendrickMaryland AHarvard A13410
Jacob EgolDuke AChicago C13510
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AImperial A13510
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BMinnesota B13510