Question

This type of place titles a solo piano collection containing a piece that opens with an enigmatic C sharp, then rising thirty-second notes (read slowly) “D, G, B flat,” and repeats an octave up. Albert Roussel’s first symphony is titled for the “Poem of” this type of place, which also titles a Joachim Raff symphony depicting Wotan and Lady Holle. In an opera, the offbeat descending flute notes (read slowly) “long C sharp, B, G sharp, short F sharp, E” heard in one of these places become a soprano part when the hero (*) gains the power to understand them by tasting a dragon’s blood. One of these places titles a Liszt concert étude paired with a “Dance of the (10[1])Gnomes” and a piano album including “Bird as Prophet.” This place’s “Murmurs,” which imitate birdsong, appear in Act II of Siegfried when the title hero goes hunting (10[1])in one of these places. For 10 points, a set of Schumann “Scenes” are titled for what natural environment? ■END■

ANSWER: forests [or Walde; accept Waldszenen or Forest Scenes; accept Forest Murmurs or Waldesrauschen or Waldweben; accept Im Walde; accept woods]
<Strombeck, Classical Music>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vincent DuUNC AUNC Hunny11810
Jacob EgolDukeUNC B14510

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y683%0%67%133.60
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y6100%17%50%131.00
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%131.50
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y3100%0%33%161.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%0%0%140.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y3100%0%0%155.67