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 (10[1])surpass the difficulty of Balakirev’s Islamey. Ida Rubinstein commissioned a piece by this composer, (-5[1])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 (10[1])a (10[1])piece which insistently (10[2])repeats its melody until it reaches (10[2])a fortissimo finish. For 10 points, which (10[1])20th-century French composer (10[1])wrote Boléro? ■END■

ANSWER: Maurice Ravel [or Joseph Maurice Ravel]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jesse MindleNC StateJames Madison B3810
Malachi LedfordTusculumDuke A52-5
Gavin BramerAppalachian State BLiberty C8610
Samuel LiWilliam & MaryVirginia Tech A8710
Alice ZhongUNC AJames Madison A9010
Timothy PorterVCULiberty A9010
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State ALiberty B9610
Joseph ColeUNC BVirginia9610
Brian ZhangUNC CUNC D10310
Jessica PhamDuke ATusculum10610

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY863%0%0%84.20
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2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%88.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%39.80
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