Question

The 6/8 opening of a piece in this genre features the theme in eighth notes (read slowly) “pickup F, (emphasize) F, D, D, (emphasize) D, B-flat, B-flat, (emphasize) long B-flat.” A D minor piece in this genre supposedly evokes its composer’s wife’s cries during labor with loud rising figures. Pulsing low Cs are joined by the successive entrances on rising notes A-flat, E-flat, and A-natural in the slow introduction to a piece in this genre whose nickname stems from its unconventional harmony. A set of (-5[1])three pieces in this genre dedicated to King Friedrich Wilhelm II are designated as (10[1])“Prussian,” while an (-5[1])earlier set of six bear the name of (10[1])its composer’s friend Joseph Haydn. For 10 points, Hunt and Dissonance are among the works Mozart wrote in what genre of chamber (10[1])music scored (10[1])for (10[1])cello, (10[4])viola, and two violins? ■END■

ANSWER: string quartets [prompt on quartets]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)84-5
Ivvone Zhou (UG)UNC B (UG)Maryland C (DII)9810
Jacob Martin (UG)Maryland B (UG)JMU A (UG)101-5
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)UNC D (DII)10910
Emma Zajonc (DII)Liberty B (DII)William & Mary A (UG)13110
Samuel Miller (UG)Liberty A (Grad)GWU A (UG)13310
Aleks Kozlowski (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)Virginia A (UG)13410
Eric Gunter (Grad)UNC A (Grad)GWU B (Grad)13510
Addie King (UG)JMU A (UG)Maryland B (UG)13510
Ian He (UG)UNC C (UG)Virginia C (UG)13510
Charlotte Goeb (UG)Virginia B (UG)JMU B (UG)13510