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The fourth movement of this symphony begins with timpani (0[1])sixteenth-note sextuplets in thirds with an unusual mallet alternation pattern. A repeating motif throughout this symphony is first introduced by the violins playing (read slowly) “G G, up to C, down (20[1])to G, up to (20[1])E, E, F, E, E, D.” (20[1])An English horn and an oboe (0[1])play the ranz (20[2])des vaches (“RON de VASH”) to depict (20[3]0[1])a conversation between (10[2]0[1])two (*) shepherds in this (0[1])symphony’s (10[2]0[2])third movement. In (10[1])a (0[1])passage from this symphony’s final movement, two tubas and four bassoons play a C minor Dies (0[1])Irae theme. This symphony’s (0[1])idée fixe (10[1])(“ee-DAY FEEKS”) theme (10[1])occurs throughout its movements such as “Dream of a Witches Sabbath” and “March to (10[2])the Scaffold.” For 10 points, name this five-movement, opium-inspired, (10[1])programmatic symphony by (10[2])Hector (10[8]0[3])Berlioz. ■END■

ANSWER: Symphonie Fantastique [accept Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d’un artiste… en cinq parties or Fantastical Symphony: Episode in the Life of an Artist … in Five Sections]
<Benjamin Chapman, Fine Arts - Music - Romantic&gt; ~25786~ &lt;Editor: Young Lee>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Merrick HillWinnebagoStevenson A80
Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaJohns Creek A3920
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayBelmont4320
Ben YanceyDetroit Catholic Central AUniversity Lab4920
Felix SacksLincoln-Way EastInnovation Academy A550
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sBarrington A5820
Joy AnChoate Rosemary HallHeights5820
Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee AIrvington A6220
Ali HamzehKinkaidRichard Montgomery620
Andy YuWinston Churchill ARockford Auburn A6220
Evan SchleckHunter AThomas Jefferson A6220
Sean LeeChattahoochee BBarrington B650
Braden BoothDallas CountySolon6510
Rushil MurikinatiPlymouthTroy6510
Alan FanThomas Jefferson DHinsdale Central690
Bridget ScrantonNorthmont BDetroit Catholic Central B700
Ethan KralNorthmont AParkway West700
Ayan KohliHunter BWashington7010
Dwij BhattWilliam FremdWoodland7010
Aiden DombroskyHoover BMaggie Walker B7310
Tyler SongWinston Churchill BJohns Creek B740
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestMaggie Walker A900
Eleanor HeydtMidtownCarl Sandburg940
Philip CalabreseDetroit Catholic Central CWest Point9610
Grace LiuThomas Jefferson BDunbar9710
Matias RoaWalter PaytonNew Brighton11110
Varun VenkatagiriInnovation Academy BNorris11110
Lynda MaBarrington BChattahoochee B12010
Monit KarmakerStevenson AWinnebago12310
David BertolasiBelvidereElkhorn North12310
Timothy PorterMaggie Walker ACanyon Crest12410
Liam ReedMaggie Walker CCarbondale12410
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BWinston Churchill B12410
Abigail LeeThomas Jefferson CMexico12410
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianStevenson B1240
Joseph ChenRichard MontgomeryKinkaid12410
Anish JindalParkway WestNorthmont A12410
Dominic ApapDetroit Catholic Central BNorthmont B1240
Jiming ChenHinsdale CentralThomas Jefferson D12410
Lucas ArdeleanInnovation Academy ALincoln-Way East12410
Jonathan TaoStevenson BCincinnati Hills Christian1240