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This composer used acerbic bitonal harmonies, reverse-dotted and loosely duple rhythms over drones, and sharp-4 and flat-7 accents in his 20 modernist Opus 50 Mazurkas, featuring the Podhalean (“pod-HA-lay-in”) mode like his Stabat Mater. Paderewski (15[1])often played this composer’s Scriabinesque early Étude, Opus 4 No. 3. Paul Kochanski premiered his Violin Concerto No. 2, Nocturne and Tarantella, (15[2])and impressionistic Mythes, (15[1])which was inspired by North Africa and Greek myth like his Métopes. In his mystic opera, (-5[1])a Sicilian (*) king denounces a Dionysian pagan shepherd. (10[1])Hafiz and Rumi inspired his Love Songs and a vocal Third Symphony nicknamed “Song of the Night.” (10[1])Robbers (-5[1])kidnap a bride in Harnasie (“har-NA-sheh”), his ballet-pantomime set in the southern Tatras, whose Góral highlanders fascinated him. He formed a “Young” (10[1])group of national composers. For 10 points, what foremost early 20th-century Polish composer wrote King Roger? ■END■ (10[2]0[6])

ANSWER: Karol Szymanowski
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1369%31%15%86.56

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Jorrest WeintraubThe Jeam TeamFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!74-5
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Rohan Khervar merchantsBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy1380
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Ved MuthusamyFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!The Jeam Team1380
Sam MacchiGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerLisan al-Quib1390