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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. (-5[1])This composer’s second symphony was inspired by a W. H. Auden poem and titled (10[2])The Age of Anxiety. After the Berlin Wall fell, this composer conducted Beethoven’s (10[1])Ninth Symphony (-5[1])in Berlin. Alternating 6/8 and 3/4 bars characterize a song by (10[1])this composer in which Anita and Rosalia debate the quality of life in Puerto Rico. For 10 points, who composed (10[1])the song “America” (10[1])for the musical West Side (10[1])Story? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Leonard Bernstein
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY978%0%22%86.57
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%25%99.63
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY667%0%67%108.25
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1191%0%18%95.50
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY8100%0%13%106.63
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%89.60
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY875%0%38%89.67
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%107.44

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DSouth Carolina B46-5
Aaron TaylorMississippi State AFurman6010
Aaron TaylorMississippi State AFurman6010
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AVanderbilt B7310
Peter ChenGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech B75-5
Paawan PatelEmory OxfordGeorgia Tech C8610
Kabir ZamanSouth Carolina AClemson B10610
Henry BylinowskiAuburn ATennessee B10910
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AClemson A11410
Britton WebsterAlabama AAuburn B11510
Varun VenkatagiriGeorgia AAuburn C11610
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech E1160
John McQueenSouth Carolina BGeorgia Tech D11610