Question
This composer developed a secret method for playing third harmonics in pieces such as his variations on the aria “Di tanti palpiti.” A “ricochet” playing style is used in a piece by this composer that also contains many double stops emulating the sound of flutes and horns. This composer pioneered a technique that he used in the ninth of a set of variations on an A minor theme, in which rapid arpeggiated scales are played with left hand (*) pizzicato. This composer, whose skill as a performer was likely due to increased joint flexibility from Marfan syndrome, wrote a virtuosic showpiece that inspired Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of [this composer].” For 10 points, name this Italian composer and virtuosic violinist who wrote 24 caprices. ■END■
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 97% | 26% | 0% | 93.18 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Sinecio Morales | Rockford Auburn A | Belmont | 46 | 20 |
Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | Mexico | 46 | 20 |
Arthur Gayden | Detroit Country Day | Winston Churchill A | 47 | 20 |
Jeffrey Xu | Johns Creek A | Woodland | 47 | 20 |
Alan Fan | Thomas Jefferson D | Winston Churchill B | 54 | 20 |
Charles Young | Barrington A | Hunter A | 62 | 20 |
Dennis Yang | Troy | Richard Montgomery | 67 | 20 |
Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Parkway West | 74 | 20 |
Timothy Porter | Maggie Walker A | Thomas Jefferson B | 77 | 20 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | New Brighton | 78 | 0 |
Abigail Lee | Thomas Jefferson C | Irvington A | 78 | 0 |
Samarth Ram | Plymouth | Kinkaid | 78 | 10 |
Jiming Chen | Hinsdale Central | Johns Creek B | 78 | 0 |
Sean Lee | Chattahoochee B | Lincoln-Way East | 78 | 10 |
Aryan Pathak | Lake Highland | Elkhorn North | 85 | 10 |
Aditya Shivaswamy | St. Mark's | Thomas Jefferson A | 88 | 0 |
Eggleston | Saint Joseph | Belvidere | 92 | 10 |
Sarah Dong | Solon | Detroit Catholic Central A | 92 | 10 |
Isaac McCollum | Hoover B | Northmont B | 92 | 10 |
Anwitha Vempati | Waukee | John Adams A | 93 | 0 |
Ryan Dai | Carbondale | Midtown | 93 | 10 |
Brielle Rach | Rockford Auburn B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 93 | 0 |
Omar Hamid | Dunbar | Canyon Crest | 95 | 10 |
Lynda Ma | Barrington B | Innovation Academy A | 95 | 0 |
Pete Wasser | Norris | John Adams B | 95 | 10 |
Arjun Kala | University Lab | Dallas County | 98 | 0 |
Brodie Henry | West Point | Mercer County | 103 | 10 |
Dwij Bhatt | William Fremd | Mira Loma | 104 | 10 |
Varun Venkatagiri | Innovation Academy B | Moberly | 110 | 10 |
Lily Thai | New Brighton | Winnebago | 110 | 10 |
Hayden Ley | Washington | Stevenson B | 110 | 10 |
Chris Goolsby | Detroit Catholic Central C | Rockford Auburn B | 110 | 10 |
Amanda Campbell | Maggie Walker C | Carl Sandburg | 110 | 10 |
Kevin Yang | Stevenson A | Walter Payton | 110 | 10 |
Bharathi Kancharla | Maggie Walker B | Detroit Catholic Central B | 117 | 10 |
Lucas Ardelean | Innovation Academy A | Barrington B | 120 | 10 |
Vincent Wang | Irvington A | Thomas Jefferson C | 122 | 10 |
Moxie Strom | Hunter B | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 123 | 10 |
Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | Hinsdale Central | 124 | 10 |
Elliott Lee | Thomas Jefferson A | St. Mark's | 125 | 10 |
Bryce Cruise | Heights | Northmont A | 125 | 10 |
Braden Booth | Dallas County | University Lab | 125 | 10 |
Anna Rosato | John Adams A | Waukee | 125 | 0 |