Question

In a piece titled for this name, the oboe plays a theme based on the lullaby “Sleep, Child, Sleep.” The full title of that piece with this name claims it depicts an orange sunrise and birdsong, and that piece was written for a chamber orchestra small enough to fit on the staircase at the composer’s home. A character of this name is the subject of a C-minor march that opens with the timpani playing a pianissimo “heartbeat” rhythm. A “Symphonic (*) Birthday Greeting,” performed for its composer’s wife at a villa in Tribschen, was later published as an “idyll” with this name. The “Sword” and “Horn-Call” motifs are incorporated (-5[1])into the “Funeral March” for an operatic character of this name. For 10 points, Brünnhilde throws herself onto the funeral (10[1])pyre of what namesake of (10[1])the third opera in Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Siegfried [accept the Siegfried Idyll; reject “Sigurd”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry AtkinsNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Vulture's Guide to Buzz107-5
Sky LiThe Passion According to C.H.Cameron et al.12710
Ian ChowMilan et al.Parth et al.13210
Mattias EhatammThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style1410

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%50%17%86.67
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%0%120.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%0%101.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%112.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%50%50%98.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y367%0%33%129.50