Question
This composer’s five attempts to win the Prix (“pree”) de Rome caused a scandal which forced Théodore Dubois to retire. Inspired by Aloysius Bertrand’s prose poems, this composer included the movements “Ondine” (“on-DEEN”) and “Scarbo” 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 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]
<Classical Music>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jesse Mindle | NC State | James Madison B | 38 | 10 |
Malachi Ledford | Tusculum | Duke A | 52 | -5 |
Gavin Bramer | Appalachian State B | Liberty C | 86 | 10 |
Samuel Li | William & Mary | Virginia Tech A | 87 | 10 |
Alice Zhong | UNC A | James Madison A | 90 | 10 |
Timothy Porter | VCU | Liberty A | 90 | 10 |
Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | Liberty B | 96 | 10 |
Joseph Cole | UNC B | Virginia | 96 | 10 |
Brian Zhang | UNC C | UNC D | 103 | 10 |
Jessica Pham | Duke A | Tusculum | 106 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 8 | 63% | 0% | 0% | 84.20 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 57.13 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 82.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 91% | 0% | 9% | 85.60 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 88.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 39.80 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 66.88 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 11% | 63.00 |