Bonus
This composer humiliated Daniel Steibelt (“SHTY-belt”) in a piano duel by taking a score for cello, turning it upside-down, then playing it backwards. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this German composer who included a four note motif depicting “fate knocking at the door” in his C minor fifth symphony, signifying his deafness.
ANSWER: Ludwig van Beethoven
[10m] The variations on Steibelt’s music may have inspired the E-flat major chords that open this symphony by Beethoven. This symphony’s finale includes variations on a theme from The Creatures of Prometheus.
ANSWER: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major [or Eroica Symphony; accept Beethoven’s Third Symphony; accept Beethoven’s opus 55; accept Heroic Symphony]
[10h] An account of Steibelt’s duel was written by Ferdinand Reis, who with this Czech composer, was one of Beethoven’s only students. This composer’s The School of Velocity and The Art of Dexterity contain hundreds of études.
ANSWER: Carl Czerny (“SHAIR-nee”)
<Editors, Classical Music>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 10 | 13.00 | 90% | 20% | 20% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst A | Brown B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Claremont A | UC Santa Barbara | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Dartmouth B | Brown A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | George Mason A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland C | Rutgers A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Sheffield B | Edinburgh A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto B | McMaster A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt A | Chipola College | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Vermont B | Boston College A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Williams B | Dartmouth A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |