Question

A composer with this surname turned tunes such as “Clementine” into Five Folksongs in Counterpoint for string quartet. An Alex Ross New Yorker article led G. Schirmer to buy the catalog of a composer with this surname in 2018. A Juilliard production of Falstaff inspired Virgil Thomson to cast a singer with this surname in Four Saints in Three Acts. Several (15[1])nods to Tchaikovsky (15[1])occur in the first of two violin concerti by a composer with this surname, which the Philadelphia Orchestra recorded in 2023 with (*) Randall Goosby. A singer with this surname made her name co-starring (10[1])with William Warfield (10[1])in Porgy and Bess. In 2009, manuscripts by a composer with this surname were found in an abandoned (10[1])Illinois house. (10[1])A singer with this surname (10[1])earned renown in Verdi’s Aida as the Met’s first (10[1])Black (-5[1])prima donna. For 10 points, a soprano named Leontyne shares what last name with a pioneering Black female composer named Florence? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Price [accept Florence Price, Florence Beatrice Price, or Florence Beatrice Smith; accept Leontyne Price or Mary Violet Leontyne Price]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William GoldenRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club6015
Justin WytmarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble6315
John LawrenceCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)9610
Vincent DuQuasicrystal SilenceThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub9910
Ethan Ashbrook[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?BHSU11710
Jeremy CummingsHang et al., Robert BrowningIn Search of Things Past11910
Mike SoriceTeam Name Think DetailI would prefer not to12410
Jaimie CarlsonTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladnesswave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp13310
Jason GolfinosSaint Peter Andre 3000Evans Hall destruction awaiters134-5
Steven YuanEvans Hall destruction awaitersSaint Peter Andre 300015610

Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%22%11%107.44