Question

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 (10[1])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 A G-sharp A, then long C. Pedals that imitate drums and bells (10[1])were added to some late 18th-century pianos to emulate this (-5[1])country’s music. A criticism mistranslated as “too many notes” was given to a Singspiel (“ZING-shpeel”) set in this country, The Abduction from the Seraglio. Mozart’s Eleventh Piano Sonata ends with a third movement rondo (10[1])evoking the (10[1])music of (10[1])this country. For 10 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
RuchirCWRU BOhio State A3510
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State C (DII)Michigan State B (UG)7210
Nathan Ouyang (DII)Michigan D (DII)Michigan B82-5
Ciaran Strimaitis (DII)Kenyon A (UG)CWRU D (DII)11510
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Kenyon B (DII)11710
Zhiheng Liu (DII)Michigan C (UG)CWRU C (UG)11910
David Shepherd (DII)Pitt B (UG)Michigan State C (UG)13410
Mitchell IndekMichigan BMichigan D (DII)13510

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%84.33
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y8100%0%13%95.50
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%103.86
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y888%0%13%107.57
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%106.67
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y5100%0%0%95.00
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y11100%0%9%86.27