Question

A piece in this genre opens serenely in 12/8 (“twelve-eight”) time with a G major chord held for five-and-a-half beats before a sixteenth-note D7 chord over G. A late A major piece in this genre contains a melancholy 3/8 (“three-eight”) Andantino in F-sharp minor and is bookended by C (10[1])minor and B-flat major pieces in the same genre. (-5[1])An unfinished piece in this genre was nicknamed “Reliquie” in the mistaken belief that it was its composer’s final work. A “trill of doom” on low G-flat and A-flat features repeatedly in a piece in this genre that is labeled D. 960 in Franz Schubert’s catalog. A piece in this genre that opens with slow ascending broken C-sharp minor triads in the right hand drew Ludwig Rellstab’s comparison to the light on Lake Lucerne. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this genre of multi-movement works for piano, including Beethoven’s “Moonlight.” (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: piano sonatas [or sonatas for piano; accept Klaviersonaten; prompt on sonatas or sonaten until “piano” is read and accept afterwards]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Frances HadleyEdinburghOxford A4610
Rhys LewisCambridge BCambridge C55-5
Ian DewanKielOxford B129-5
Carlos DoebeliImperial BKCL13210
Andrei HuiCambridge CCambridge B14310
Ella WardeOxford BKiel14410

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley01/27/2024Y3100%0%33%108.33
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell01/27/2024Y3100%0%0%112.67
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y9100%0%0%132.56
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota01/27/2024Y2100%0%50%134.50
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y6100%0%17%133.17
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers01/27/2024Y5100%0%0%127.80
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y4100%0%50%116.25