Question

This word titles a “Song” subtitled “Maytime in Sussex” by Arnold Bax, written in anticipation of Princess Elizabeth's 21st birthday. Elgar's String Quartet in E minor quotes from a G major allegretto “Chanson” named for this word. A scene whose title begins with this word includes the description “Acacias and palm trees” and features a secondary quarter-note string melody “G-sharp, F-sharp, E, F-sharp, G-sharp.” The notes “B, G-sharp, F-sharp, E” (15[1])are played (15[1])by solo flute and (*) oboe (10[2])to open the main pentatonic theme of a scene whose title begins with this word. The Moroccan desert is depicted in an Act IV scene whose title begins with this word that comes after “The Death of Åse.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this word that, per the title of a scene from Edvard Grieg's incidental music to Peer Gynt, describes a “Mood.” ■END■

ANSWER: morning [or “Morning Mood”; or matin; or “Morgenstemning i ørkenen”]
<Noah Sheidlower, Auditory Fine Arts>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rhys LewisSortedFour Times I Have Despised My Soul6915
Justin KeungLimp ChriskitSay it7115
Frances HadleyGressenheller AThe Crying of Team 497610
Seraphina CharlotteSee itLSE7610
Justin Lee3HK1MMOxford School for Quizness11410

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2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y367%0%33%130.50
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%137.50
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y475%0%0%124.00
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%40%0%81.20
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%50%114.50
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%0%129.67
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y4100%0%0%108.50
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%0%13%108.63
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%127.00