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Miklos Spanyi is recording this composer’s complete works for his instruments. It’s not Elliott Carter, but this composer wrote a late E-flat major double concerto for piano and harpsichord. A concerto by this composer beginning on tutti “A C E low E F” has versions for flute, piano, or cello. This composer’s most popular flute concerto, in D minor, has catalog numbers of H.484.1 or Wq 22. Mozart’s remark that this composer “is the (*) father. We are the children” likely refers to his Versuch on piano technique and not his Empfindsamer Stil. As the court’s keyboard player, (10[1])this composer possibly wrote a theme beginning “C E-flat G (-5[1])A-flat low B-natural,” upon which The Musical Offering was written after Frederick (-5[1])the Great asked his father to improvise on it. For 10 points, what composer of “Solfeggietto” was the second son of J.S. Bach? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach [or K.P.E. Bach; accept Emmanuel Bach; accept the Hamburg Bach; prompt on Bach]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason GolfinosWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?Berkeley9610
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsStanford+106-5
Hari ParameswaranCry of the Common Loonnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku118-5
Tim MorrisonStanford+A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs14210
Vincent Dunumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuCry of the Common Loon14210

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