Question
The Fairlight CMI synthesizer’s “ORCH5” sound, a common sample in pop music, is a pitched-down version of a chord in this ballet consisting of the notes A and E. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ballet whose protagonist, Prince Ivan, kills Koschei the Deathless by destroying a giant egg.
ANSWER: The Firebird [or L’Oiseau de feu or Zhar-ptitsa]
[10e] The Firebird is a ballet by this Russian composer who composed the music for The Rite of Spring.
ANSWER: Igor Stravinsky [or Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky]
[10h] In The Firebird, the chord that inspired the ORCH5 hit opens this sequence where Koschei and his monstrous subjects are made to move uncontrollably before falling asleep from exhaustion.
ANSWER: “Infernal Dance” [or the Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kastchei, or the Infernal Dance of All Koschei's Subjects]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 6.67 | 44% | 22% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 13 | 13.85 | 77% | 39% | 23% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 12.22 | 89% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 40% | 40% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 89% | 67% | 22% |
Data
| Cornell C | Binghamton A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Binghamton C | Cornell G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell D | RIT B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell E | Syracuse | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cornell F | U of Rochester A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ESF | Cornell B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell A | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U of Rochester B | RIT A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Binghamton B | RIT C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |