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One of these objects titles a Beethoven-inspired 1981 piece that begins with a gong strike, and then a pedal point G on percussion. Episodes marked “Celestially light” bookend a piece titled for one of these objects, whose many silences exemplify a kind of negative space called ma. This kind of object titles Joan Tower’s first orchestral piece, as well as two piano “sketches,” (10[1])the latter written for the death of Messiaen, by Tōru Takemitsu. (10[1]-5[1])In a piece titled for these objects, the last movement is (-5[1])a march introduced by low strings playing tritones, which builds to the offstage entrance of six ancient brass instruments (10[1])called (10[1])buccine (10[7])(“boo-CHEE-nay”). That piece’s (10[1])third movement uses a phonograph (10[1])recording (10[1])of a nightingale (10[2])to depict (10[1])these objects on the (10[1])Janiculum. (10[2])For 10 points, name these objects that title a Respighi tone poem about Rome. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: trees [accept pines, sequoias, evergreens, or conifers; accept Pines of Rome or Pini di Roma; accept Rain Tree or Ame no ki; accept Rain Tree Sketch II or Ame no ki sobyō II; prompt on plants]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Max BrodskyIllinoisMcGill6210
Richard NiuCornell AColumbia B7310
Paul LeeWUSTL AHarvard73-5
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AToronto A84-5
Owen MimnoNYUChicago B10310
Eve FleisigBerkeley AMichigan10410
Forrest WeintraubColumbia ABrown10510
Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesOttawa10510
Matt JacksonChicago ACornell B10510
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsMinnesota B10510
Andrew KelleyKentuckyIndiana10510
Chris SimsNorthwesternMaryland10510
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL BArizona State10510
Aidan FeinVanderbiltPurdue10710
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia TechSouth Carolina11210
Jared HeWaterlooNorth Carolina B11310
Tiffany ZhouFloridaBerkeley B11610
Andrew ZengStanfordTruman State11610
Matthew SiffYale ATexas11810
Joseph ChambersVirginiaIowa State12210
Joey SunToronto BChicago D12310
Aum MundheRutgersDuke12310
Joy AnHarvardWUSTL A13810
Andrew HannaPennYale B13810
Sky LiToronto ANorth Carolina A13810