Question

A composer with this first name had his Jamaican Rumba and Storm Clouds Cantata included in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much. The Royal Ballet regularly performed Checkmate by a composer with this first name (15[1])known for his A Colour Symphony. The Irish Symphony is an orchestral work by a composer with this first name whose songs include “The Lost Chord” and “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” This first name (15[1])of composers surnamed Benjamin and (*) Bliss is shared by a composer who nicknamed his third symphony Liturgique and wrote a “mathematical acceleration of rhythm” inspired by a steam locomotive. That Swiss member of (-5[1])Les Six with this first name wrote Pacific (-5[1])231. For 10 points, give this first name shared by a composer surnamed Honegger and W. S. Gilbert’s collaborator on The Pirates of Penzance. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Arthur [or Arthur Sullivan; or Arthur Honegger; or Arthur Bliss; or Arthur Benjamin]
<Noah Sheidlower, Auditory Fine Arts>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sky LiToronto WearyToronto Joy3615
Colin VeeversLibrary of Babel School of Continuing StudiesWaterloo Hatsune6915
Raymond ChenToronto RoflMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, Adrian102-5
Ian ChowLa Clique du ChateauWaterloo Miku110-5
Ishan JoshiMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, AdrianToronto Rofl13510
Caleb OttWaterloo MikuLa Clique du Chateau13510

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y367%0%33%113.50
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y771%14%43%84.40
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%119.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y250%0%50%134.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y580%40%40%80.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%50%50%93.75
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y333%0%67%129.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y1100%0%0%111.00