Question
In a symphony by this composer, a solo piano “Dirge” opens the second movement before four characters take a taxi to an apartment. This composer used the eighth notes “G G G C C C” followed by three descending quarter-notes in a song marked tempo di huapango. This composer’s second symphony was inspired by a W. H. Auden poem and titled The Age of Anxiety. After the Berlin Wall fell, this composer conducted Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Berlin. Alternating 6/8 and 3/4 bars characterize a song by this composer in which Anita and Rosalia debate the quality of life in Puerto Rico. For 10 points, who composed the song “America” for the musical West Side Story? ■END■
ANSWER: Leonard Bernstein
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 78% | 0% | 22% | 86.57 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 99.63 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 108.25 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 91% | 0% | 18% | 95.50 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 106.63 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 89.60 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 38% | 89.67 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 107.44 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | South Carolina B | 46 | -5 |
Aaron Taylor | Mississippi State A | Furman | 60 | 10 |
Aaron Taylor | Mississippi State A | Furman | 60 | 10 |
Yuxuan Lu | Vanderbilt A | Vanderbilt B | 73 | 10 |
Peter Chen | Georgia Tech E | Georgia Tech B | 75 | -5 |
Paawan Patel | Emory Oxford | Georgia Tech C | 86 | 10 |
Kabir Zaman | South Carolina A | Clemson B | 106 | 10 |
Henry Bylinowski | Auburn A | Tennessee B | 109 | 10 |
Tianyu Xu | Georgia Tech A | Clemson A | 114 | 10 |
Britton Webster | Alabama A | Auburn B | 115 | 10 |
Varun Venkatagiri | Georgia A | Auburn C | 116 | 10 |
Monish Jampala | Georgia Tech B | Georgia Tech E | 116 | 0 |
John McQueen | South Carolina B | Georgia Tech D | 116 | 10 |