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This composer’s five attempts to win the Prix (“pree”) de Rome caused (10[1])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” (10[1])in a piano suite (10[1])intended to surpass (-5[1])the difficulty (10[1])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 (10[1])de la Nuit (“nwee”) wrote (10[1])a repetitive, triplet-heavy (10[1])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 (10[1])composer wrote Boléro? ■END■

ANSWER: Maurice Ravel [or Joseph Maurice Ravel]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Dennis Yang (DII)Michigan A (UG) CWRU C (UG)1010
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State B (DII) CWRU A (UG) 3210
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Miami B (UG) 3610
Mark Lee (DII)Michigan B (UG)Michigan D (UG)39-5
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State A (UG) West Virginia B (UG) 4110
Thomas ChenMichigan C West Virginia A (UG) 7410
Anton Akroush (DII)Michigan State A Miami C (DII) 7810
Jacob Moeller (DII)Miami A (UG) Ohio State C (DII) 8110
Carter Pisocky (DII)Michigan D (UG)Michigan B (UG)10510

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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%57.13
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2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%88.00
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2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%66.88
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY989%0%11%63.00