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 minor and B-flat major pieces in the same genre. 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 (10[1])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 (10[1])Lake (10[1])Lucerne. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this genre of multi-movement works for piano, including Beethoven’s “Moonlight.” (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

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
Ivvone Zhou (UG)UNC B (UG)GWU A (UG)10310
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)12710
Eric Gunter (Grad)UNC A (Grad)William & Mary A (UG)12810
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)JMU A (UG)12910
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)UNC D (DII)13210
Brian Lai (DII)Virginia B (UG)Liberty C (DII)14310
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)14310
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)GWU B (Grad)14410
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)JMU B (UG)14410

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