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Question

A composer with this surname played the solo organ part in Aaron Copland’s First Symphony. For 10 points each:

[10h] Give this surname of the composer of Les Sirènes (“lay see-REN”). That composer with this surname used a whole-tone melody to move from a C major to B-flat minor chord in a setting of a Buddhist prayer.

ANSWER: Boulanger [accept Nadia Boulanger; accept Lili Boulanger]

[10m] Among Nadia Boulanger’s many notable pupils is this composer whose Low and Heroes symphonies are based on music by David Bowie. This composer’s third string quartet is named Mishima.

ANSWER: Philip Glass

[10e] Glass’s Mishima quartet is based on one of his works in this genre, which he also wrote for Koyaanisqatsi. Erich Wolfgang Korngold wrote many works in this genre after moving to Hollywood.

ANSWER: film scores [accept film soundtracks; accept descriptions of music for film; accept movies or cinema in place of “film”]

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California	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	50%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	12	15.00	100%	42%	8%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	12.86	86%	43%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	11.25	88%	25%	0%
North	Main	Y	11	13.64	91%	36%	9%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	15.71	100%	50%	7%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%

Data


UCI	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	0	10	10
UCLA A	Claremont Scripps	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	Claremont Pitzer	10	10	10	30
UCLA C	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	0	10	10
UCLA D	USC	0	0	10	10
UCSB	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	10	10	20