Question

This piece opens with the strings trading the motifs [read slowly] “G, A-sharp, B” (10[1])and “G, C-sharp, D” after high G–A tremolos. In this piece’s shortest movement, the violins alternate a short high E with a sequence of descending half-step slides. (10[1])Only one movement of this piece was published during its composer’s lifetime since its composer deemed it unserious; (10[1])that movement was choreographed for Anna Pavlova. A glockenspiel (10[1])may replace a glass harmonica to create an “underwater” (10[1]-5[1])sound (10[1])in this piece’s (10[1])seventh movement. Two pianists play scales as one of several parodies in this piece, which include a bass quotation from Berlioz’s “Dance of the Sylphs,” and a xylophone playing its composer’s Danse Macabre to (10[1])evoke “Fossils.” For 10 points, name this suite by Camille Saint-Saëns that includes “The Swan.” ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: The Carnival of the Animals [or Le Carnaval des Animaux]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AColumbia B1310
Owen MimnoNYU ACornell C4010
Aum MundheRutgers AYale A5810
Yixi YangYale CRutgers B6710
Thomas DoyleVassarNYU B76-5
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BPenn B7610
Alex MoonPenn ARowan A7710
Austin GuoPrinceton AHaverford8010
Jupiter DingPrinceton BBard A11410
Mina SmithNYU BVassar13010

Summary

2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y9100%0%11%72.78