Question

At the start of this piece, the ad libitum organ joins the low strings for 10 bars of a quarter-note pedal point on a low F. After a largely homorhythmic section in C minor, this piece’s penultimate movement transitions into a massive fugue whose subject begins “long C (pause), B, G, long A (pause), F, D.” Violins are omitted from this piece’s first movement, which introduces the motif of a rising major third followed by a rising half-step. This piece’s seven movements roughly form an arch structure with the first and last movements each starting with the words “Selig sind” (“ZAY-likh zint”), anchored by a central movement that sets Psalm 84. The death of the (10[1])composer’s mother inspired this piece, which eschews (10[1])Catholic liturgy in favor of the Luther Bible. For 10 points, name this choral work commemorating the dead by (10[1])Johannes (10[1])Brahms. ■END■

ANSWER: A German Requiem [or Ein Deutsches Requiem; prompt on Johannes Brahms’s requiem]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia ANYU A11210
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarHaverford11910
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsRowan13810
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BNYU B13910