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An oboe solo in this piece opens with an eighth rest, followed by a quarter note G, eighth note trilled G, then a rapid chromatic run down to E and up to G. In this piece's first theme, the first French horn plays the call, “F, B-flat, A-flat,” followed by “short C, long D” in the second horn. A glissando in the harp that gets higher than lower follows the opening “Très Modéré” solo of this piece, which was intended to have a “Final Paraphrase and Interlude” but was condensed into (*) one movement. A Vaslav Nijinsky ballet set to this piece was accused by Michel Fokine of plagiarizing Daphnis (-5[1])et Chloé. A chromatic descent from C-sharp to G opens the flute solo that (10[1])begins this piece, intended to depict the “passing of the longings and desires” of the title satyr. (10[1])A Stéphane Mallarmé poem inspired, for 10 points, what Claude Debussy piece that opens a ballet? ■END■

ANSWER: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun [or Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune]
<Noah Sheidlower, Auditory Fine Arts>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley CBerkeley B108-5
Denis LiuStanfordBerkeley A12210
John XiangBerkeley BBerkeley C13910

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%0%106.33
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y1100%0%0%151.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y475%0%25%123.33
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%20%20%110.80
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%50%130.50
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%33%130.33
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%0%0%123.75
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y888%13%38%127.29
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y250%0%50%156.00