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” (10[3])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 (10[1])de la Nuit (“nwee”) wrote a repetitive, triplet-heavy ostinato (10[1])for snare drums in a (10[1])piece which insistently (10[1])repeats its melody until it reaches a fortissimo finish. For 10 points, which 20th-century French composer (10[1])wrote Boléro? ■END■

ANSWER: Maurice Ravel [or Joseph Maurice Ravel]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Columbia B3210
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Penn B (DII)3210
Arthur Zhang (DII)NYU A (UG)Penn A (DII)3210
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)Lehigh A (UG)7410
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Lehigh B (DII)8210
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Rutgers B8710
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)NYU B9010
Saif Virani (UG)Fordham ARutgers A (UG)10610

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY863%0%0%84.20
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%57.13
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%33%82.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1191%0%9%85.60
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%88.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%39.80
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%66.88
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY989%0%11%63.00