Question

Michel Blavet (“blah-VAY”) is best known for his sonatas and A-minor concerto for this instrument. Handel’s final piece of chamber music borrows from the largo movement of his previous piece for this instrument in G major. Bach’s only unaccompanied piece for this instrument (15[1])features a backward short-short-long rhythm in its “Bourrée anglaise” (“boar-RAY ahn-GLAY”) movement and is titled Partita in A Minor. (15[1])Vivaldi wrote a concerto named after a (*) goldfinch for this instrument, which plays alongside a harpsichord and a violin in the 5th Brandenburg Concerto. Johann Quantz created a manual (10[1])for European players of this (10[1])instrument which was used to teach the dedicatee of the Musical Offering. For 10 points, name this woodwind instrument played by Frederick the (-5[1])Great, a larger (10[1])cousin of the piccolo. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: flute [or transverse flute]
<Felix Wang, Auditory Fine Arts>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Max BrodskyIllinois AChicago A4115
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AIllinois B5815
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLIndiana A8710
Joel MilesMinnesotaNotre Dame B9210
Zachary WerthIllinois CNorthwestern B115-5
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame CIndiana B11810
Eric YangPurdueSIUE12210
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BIllinois C12310
William HoustonChicago BNotre Dame A12310

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