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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Yang (DII) | Michigan A (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 10 | 10 |
Peter Zeng (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | CWRU A (UG) | 32 | 10 |
Beckett Gilmore (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | Miami B (UG) | 36 | 10 |
Mark Lee (DII) | Michigan B (UG) | Michigan D (UG) | 39 | -5 |
Matthew Lam (DII) | Ohio State A (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | 41 | 10 |
Thomas Chen | Michigan C | West Virginia A (UG) | 74 | 10 |
Anton Akroush (DII) | Michigan State A | Miami C (DII) | 78 | 10 |
Jacob Moeller (DII) | Miami A (UG) | Ohio State C (DII) | 81 | 10 |
Carter Pisocky (DII) | Michigan D (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | 105 | 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 |