Question

A piccolo and tuba duet in 6/8 beginning with a descending F major triad ends a movement by this composer that opens with an alto sax solo on the same theme. The low brass notes [read slowly] E-flat, F, up to C, B-flat open a first movement chaconne by this composer. A flute introduces an (10[1])eight-note ostinato that repeats throughout the finale of this composer’s suite Beni Mora. In a piece by this composer, a solo (10[1])euphonium quotes the folk song “Swansea Town.” This composer (-5[1])quoted “Greensleeves” in (-5[1])the “Fantasia on (-5[1])the Dargason” that concludes his Second Suite in F for (10[1])military band. The door to an offstage women’s choir is shut to conclude a suite by this composer that opens with a movement subtitled “The Bringer of War.” For 10 points, (10[1])name this English composer of (10[1])The (10[1]0[1])Planets. ■END■

ANSWER: Gustav Holst [or Gustav Theodore Holst; or Gustavus Theodore von Holst]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rahul Rao-PothurajuRowan APenn State A5410
Ivonne ZhouPenn AJohns Hopkins A7510
Charles YoungColumbia ABard A84-5
Chauncey LoColumbia BPenn B87-5
Arjun BothraHaverford ALehigh A90-5
Jeevika SetzerJohns Hopkins BPenn State B10010
Simon EmmanuelRutgers ARutgers C13110
Greta HongBard AColumbia A13610
Srikar VenkatesanPenn BColumbia B13710
Will HollisterLehigh AHaverford A1370

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y888%0%50%124.71
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y786%0%43%105.50
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y989%0%44%83.38
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%43%104.14
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%97.33