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Descending oboe half-notes open a Franz Xaver Süssmayr (“ZUSS-mayer”) symphony titled for this country. After a key change to the parallel A minor, the soloist in the third movement of a violin concerto nicknamed for this country plays fast sixteenth-note melodies punctuated by basses playing col legno (“len-yo”). A movement titled for this country opens with the pickup sixteenth notes [read slowly] B (10[1])A G-sharp A, then (10[1])long (10[1])C. Pedals that imitate drums and bells were added to some late 18th-century pianos to emulate this country’s music. A criticism mistranslated as “too many notes” was given to a Singspiel (“ZING-shpeel”) set in this country, The Abduction (10[1])from the Seraglio. Mozart’s Eleventh Piano Sonata ends with a third movement rondo evoking the music (10[2])of (10[1])this country. For 10 (10[1])points, name this country that Classical-era composers evoked by imitating its (10[1])Janissary (10[1])bands. ■END■

ANSWER: Turkey [or Türkiye; accept Ottoman Empire or Osmanlı Devleti or Devlet-i Aliyye-i Osmâniyye]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rohan GaneshanHarvard ABrown A6010
Yrwin BatanMIT AYale A6410
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BClark A6510
Dylan TanouyeTufts BBrandeises Brew10210
Marc GrecoWilliams ABoston University B11810
Rajat SethiNortheastern AYale C11810
Jack YesnerCarabrandeisTufts A11910
Christopher DechDiamond BrandeisA Brandeis Supreme12310
JaehyunBU ABowdoin A13410
Michael ZhengAmherst ABowdoin B13510

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