Question

Pieces by this composer make up Tai Murray’s debut recording, which Harmonia Mundi released in 2012. A single-movement sonata by this composer begins with a recitative (“reh-sit-uh-TEEV”)-like whole-tone scale that ascends three octaves as it grows louder and slightly faster. The slow movement of another of this composer’s sonatas is a set of six variations on a G-major sarabande theme whose last bar is in 5/4 (“five-four”). This composer intermixed the “Dies irae” with J. S. Bach’s E-major violin partita (10[3])in the prelude (10[1])of a sonata with movements (10[1])titled “Malinconia,” “Danse des ombres” (“donce day ZOM-bruh”), “Les Furies,” and “Obsession.” (10[1]-5[1])Contemporaries like George Enescu and Jacques (10[1])Thibaud (“tee-BOH”) were dedicatees of this composer’s six solo violin sonatas, (10[1]-5[1])while this composer was (10[1])himself the dedicatee of the violin sonata by his compatriot César Franck (10[4])(“say-zar FRONK”). For 10 points, (10[1])name this violin (10[1])virtuoso (10[2])from Belgium. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Eugène Ysaÿe (“oo-ZHEN ee-ZYE”) [or Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuCornell AChicago D7710
Shardul RaoMinnesota AClaremont Colleges7710
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AIllinois7710
Chris SimsNorthwesternVanderbilt8010
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsHarvard8510
Megan WangBrownChicago C94-5
Ivvone ZhouNorth Carolina BMichigan9410
Guy IndoranteIowa StateKentucky10010
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AChicago B110-5
John John GrogerColumbia BWaterloo11010
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AChicago A11410
Denis LiuArizona StateCornell B12610
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL BGeorgia Tech12610
Ashish SubramanianDukeNYU12610
Aum MundheRutgersMinnesota B12610
Andrew ZengStanfordPenn12910
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AIndiana13210
Adrian WongOttawaMcGill13310
Lydia TarekegnYale BPurdue13310
Joseph ChambersVirginiaBerkeley B13510
John MarvinChicago BWUSTL A13610