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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alan Fan | UW Envy | Alberta | 14 | -5 |
Rosie Zhang | UW Wrath | Arizona State B | 33 | 10 |
Stefan Stealey-Euchner | Arizona State A | UW Chastity | 52 | -5 |
Justin Qian | UBC B | UW Greed | 77 | 10 |
Joyann Hua | UBC A | UW Gluttony | 78 | 10 |
Andrea Yu | UW Chastity | Arizona State A | 96 | 10 |
Luke Strole | UW Pride | UW Lust | 103 | 10 |
Anne Fjeld | Alberta | UW Envy | 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 |