Question

The first in a set of three pieces by this composer opens with an E-flat minor theme over triplet arpeggios, followed by a restatement in the parallel major. Extremely slow interpretations of the first movement of a late piano sonata by this composer (10[1])were popularized by Sviatoslav Richter, who switched from Bösendorfer to Steinway to record a fantasy by this composer that opens with (10[1])thundering C major chords (10[1])in a “long, short-short” rhythm. Brahms edited a set of “three piano pieces” by this composer initially intended to be a third set of four impromptus. This composer (10[1])declared “the devil may play it” in reference to his challenging Wanderer Fantasy. (10[1])For 10 points, name this German composer whose hundreds of Lieder include settings of Goethe in Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel (10[1])and Der Erlkönig. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Franz Schubert [or Franz Peter Schubert]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan ZhangCornell BMaryland A4210
Ivvone ZhouPenn AVassar A6310
Jason QinColumbia BJohns Hopkins A6710
Owen MimnoNYU AYale A9510
Aum MundheRutgers AJohn Jay College10810
Chauncey LoColumbia CMaryland B12910
Peter LutzGeorge Washington BGeorge Washington A1330
Nicholas LaneGeorge Washington AGeorge Washington B1330

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