Question

A piece by this composer opens with the left hand playing a grace note C up to a whole note C, before the right hand picks up with the rising sixteenths “G-C-D-E.” In an (15[1])early, heavily pentatonic piece by this composer, the key shifts from E major to A major at the start of a rubato middle section that opens with the notes “E, D, E, C-sharp,” a melody that is later restated forte and transposed into C major. An F (-5[1])A-flat third that is (15[1])then repeated an octave higher opens a piano piece by this composer in 9/8 (“nine-eight”) that is followed by a (10[1])(*) “Passepied.” (“pass-pee-AY”) A stilted rendition of the Tristan chord (-5[1])appears in the final piece of a suite that this composer dedicated to his daughter Chou-Chou; that piece is “Golliwogg’s Cakewalk.” A Paul Verlaine (10[1])poem inspired a piece in this composer’s Suite Bergamasque. For 10 points, name this composer of Children’s Corner and Clair de Lune. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Claude Debussy [or Achille-Claude Debussy] (The piece in the first clue is Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum. The piece in the second clue is the first Arabesque. The piece in the third clue is Clair de Lune.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Liam GaineBirminghamOxford3315
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghImperial B82-5
Sam FooCambridge AImperial A8615
Michael KohnDurhamWarwick10510
Iris CreightonCambridge BBristol113-5
Jaime Salamanca CamachoImperial BEdinburgh13710
Kevin FlanaganBristolCambridge B15910

Summary

2023 ARCADIA at DukeEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%0%139.00
2023 ARCADIA at EmoryEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%25%0%120.75
2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY5100%40%40%104.00
2023 ARCADIA at MarylandMaryland, OnlineY3100%33%0%129.33
2023 ARCADIA OnlineMaryland, OnlineY3100%33%0%108.33
2023 ARCADIA at TexasOhio State, TexasY3100%33%0%130.33
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio StateOhio State, TexasY3100%0%0%137.00