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This composer’s five attempts to win the Prix (“pree”) de Rome caused a scandal which forced Théodore Dubois to retire. Inspired (10[1])by Aloysius Bertrand’s prose poems, this composer included the movements “Ondine” (“on-DEEN”) and (10[1])“Scarbo” (10[2])in a piano suite intended to surpass the difficulty of Balakirev’s Islamey. Ida Rubinstein commissioned a piece by this composer, which uses the melody (read slowly) “high C (pause) B C D C B A C.” This composer of the suite Gaspar de la Nuit (“nwee”) wrote a repetitive, triplet-heavy ostinato for snare drums (10[1])in a piece which insistently repeats its melody until it reaches a fortissimo finish. For 10 points, which 20th-century French composer wrote Boléro? ■END■

ANSWER: Maurice Ravel [or Joseph Maurice Ravel]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Scarlet Rutter (DII)Claremont AUCLA D1910
Karl Wang (DII)UCLA AClaremont C3110
Ethan Tran (DII)UCLA EClaremont B3210
Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII)USCUCLA B3210
Rahul Jogadhenu (DII)UCLA CUCSD8510

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY863%0%0%84.20
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%57.13
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%33%82.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1191%0%9%85.60
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%88.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%39.80
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%66.88
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY989%0%11%63.00