Question
There survives a 1904 recording of Saint-Saëns playing his own Opus 89 fantasy titled for this location. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this location whose namesake style of polyrhythmic percussive pianism, which developed in the late 20th century, titles a 2022 album by Rebeca Omordia.
ANSWER: Africa [accept African pianism]
[10m] Omordia’s African Pianism opens with a piece in this form based on Egun melodies. This is the form of Frederic Rzewski’s (“ZHEFF-skee’s”) The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, which is based on a Chilean protest song.
ANSWER: theme and variations [accept Egun Variations; reject “variation”]
[10e] A visit to Ghana inspired this Western minimalist composer’s piece Drumming, in which a 12/8 (“twelve-eight”) ostinato phases in and out of rhythm. He used similar techniques in Clapping Music and It’s Gonna Rain.
ANSWER: Steve Reich [or Stephen Michael Reich]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Nationals | 2024-04-21 | Y | 19 | 16.32 | 90% | 58% | 16% |
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| Illinois | Claremont Colleges | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell B | WUSTL B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Harvard | Duke | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| North Carolina A | Iowa State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Johns Hopkins | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maryland | Yale B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Minnesota A | Ottawa | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago B | Minnesota B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU | WUSTL A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Northwestern | Purdue | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
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| Stanford | Vanderbilt | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Chicago A | Texas | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Toronto A | Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Toronto B | Waterloo | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Yale A | Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |