Question

As a teenager looking to show off, Paul McCartney learned this composer’s Bourrée in E minor, which he later adapted into The Beatles’ “Blackbird.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this German Baroque composer of The Well-Tempered Clavier. McCartney was inspired to include a piccolo trumpet solo on The Beatles’ “Penny Lane” by its use in this composer’s second Brandenburg Concerto.
ANSWER: Johann Sebastian Bach [or J.S. Bach]
[10m] The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood” and “Tomorrow Never Knows” draw on Hindustani music through their use of the tampura and this other instrument, which George Harrison was taught by its virtuoso Ravi Shankar.
ANSWER: sitar
[10h] “Tomorrow Never Knows” is also notable for using this avant-garde composing technique, inspired by its use by Karlheinz Stockhausen. This technique’s two-word name refers to its use of recorded sounds as raw materials.
ANSWER: musique concrète [or concrete music; prompt on sound collage or sampling]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY917.7878%100%0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY820.0088%100%13%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY621.6783%100%33%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1120.0091%91%18%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY920.00100%100%0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY518.00100%80%0%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY817.5075%88%13%

Data

Columbia A (UG)Bard A (UG)1010020
Rutgers BColumbia B1010020
Lehigh B (DII)Columbia J (DII)010010
Maryland B (DII)Fordham A1010020
Lehigh A (UG)Penn A (DII)0000
Maryland A (DII)NYU B10101030
NYU A (UG)Rowan A (DII)1010020
Penn B (DII)Princeton A (UG)1010020