J. S. Bach - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

This composer used thirteen repetitions of a passus duriusculus, or chromatic fourth, in E to evoke Christ’s suffering in one piece’s “Crucifixus” section. (-5[1])That work by (10[1])this (-5[1])composer, which is often referred to by its key, features a Credo (10[1])section titled (10[1])“Symbolum (10[1])Nicenum.” (10[1]-5[1])This (10[1])composer’s (10[1])cantata (10[2])Schweigt (10[1])stille, plaudert nicht (10[4])(“sh’vyte SHTILL-uh, PLOW-dert nick’t”) is (10[1])humorously dubbed (10[1])the Coffee (10[3])Cantata. (10[21]-5[3])An (10[1])1829 (10[2])performance (10[2])conducted by (10[1])Felix Mendelssohn (10[2])revived (10[1])interest (10[3])in this (10[1])composer’s (10[5])St. Matthew Passion. (10[7]-5[1])This composer of (10[2])a Mass in B Minor (10[1]-5[1])wrote (10[1])a (10[2])collection of (-5[1])24 preludes (10[1]-5[1])and fugues to show off (10[3])a new (10[2]-5[1])tuning (10[2]-5[1])system. (10[5])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[2])name this German (10[1])Baroque composer (10[2])of (10[1])the Well-Tempered (10[2])Clavier. (10[1])■END■ (10[22]0[8])

ANSWER: J. S. Bach [or Johann Sebastian Bach; prompt on Bach]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Chum	22	-5
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Coho	25	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	Boston College B	26	-5
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Clemson C	38	10
Eleanor Dalton	York	Edinburgh C	40	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	CWRU D	41	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Michigan State D	42	10
Advaith Jagannath	Cambridge C	Oxford	42	-5
David Ropp	Duke A	JMU B	43	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	CWRU C	44	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	Liberty B	45	10
David Xilbille	Georgia Tech C	Chipola College	45	10
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	Cambridge D	46	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Louisville C	49	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Boston College A	49	10
Steven Su	Harvard	Tufts B	49	10
Christine Prince	Cornell A	RIT A	49	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Montevallo	50	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Lehigh A	52	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UC Irvine	54	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Atlantic	54	10
Harri Slaughter	Cardiff	Warwick	54	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA A	55	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Brock A	55	10
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	Toronto H	55	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	Florida B	55	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida State A	55	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Ohio State D	55	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Michigan B	55	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	UNC D	55	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	Virginia Tech B	55	-5
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Columbia B	55	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Stony Brook	55	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Iowa A	55	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Purdue B	55	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Indiana A	55	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin C	55	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Brandeis Beethoven	55	10
Julian Moody	Tufts A	Boston University B	55	-5
Matthew Bray	Auburn C	Auburn A	55	-5
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech A	55	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Vanderbilt C	55	10
Rob Morris	Durham D	Edinburgh A	55	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh D	55	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Bristol	55	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	Binghamton C	55	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan State C	56	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford B	57	10
Kevin He	Toronto A	Toronto D	57	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	McGill E	58	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Arizona State B	58	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	NYU A	60	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	WVU B	62	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Urbana	62	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Toronto F	63	10
Surya Donath	Stanford A	Berkeley Mighty Miner	64	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Wisconsin B	64	10
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	64	10
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UCLA C	66	10
Adrian Li	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	67	10
Gus Morin-Strom	Carleton B	McGill A	67	10
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	Michigan C	67	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Rose-Hulman A	67	10
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	Washington Sockeye	67	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	USC B	70	10
Thomas Brittain	McMaster C	Guelph A	70	10
Victor Xu	Toronto B	Toronto G	70	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Michigan D	70	-5
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	UNC B	70	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	Boston University A	70	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Washington Masu	70	10
Rafa Travis	Durham C	Edinburgh B	70	10
Grace Hardy	USC A	UCSD B	73	10
Marcus Hoshino	Washington Pink	Alberta B	73	10
Hermione Lu	Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	78	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	Purdue C	78	-5
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Queen's A	79	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Waterloo C	80	10
Nico Miller	Brown B	Amherst B	80	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Amherst A	82	-5
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA D	84	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	WVU A	84	-5
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Carleton A	89	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Iowa State	89	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Cambridge E	89	10
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins	Rowan	91	10
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar B	Rutgers A	91	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Auburn B	91	-5
Johnny Myers	Williams B	MIT B	92	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell B	92	10
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	ESF	92	-5
Chen Nagahawatte	Ottawa B	Ottawa C	93	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	Virginia A	93	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Penn	93	10
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago B	Illinois Orange	93	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Tufts C	93	10
Susanna Liao	Waterloo A	Toronto I	96	10
Jun Chen	George Mason C	Princeton	96	-5
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Chinook	96	10
Amelia Rees	Durham A	Sheffield A	96	-5
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Rutgers C	99	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	NCSU B	101	10
Lauren Stamp	Cambridge A	Imperial B	101	10
Nathaniel Martin	Brandeis Bach	Brown A	102	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Sewanne	104	10
Atom Lucenet	Imperial D	Southampton	104	10
Zachary Bornstein	Virginia Tech A	William & Mary C	105	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UCLA F	106	10
June Miller	Florida A	Florida Tech A	106	0
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	Florida A	106	0
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	106	10
Gary Wang	Michigan D	Louisville D	106	0
Halah Cates	UNC C	Tusculum A	106	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	VCU A	106	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Lehigh B	106	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Maryland C	106	10
Henry Ding	Princeton	George Mason C	106	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Vassar A	106	10
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Iowa B	106	10
Misty Chen	Purdue C	Indiana B	106	0
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Purdue D	106	10
Virginia Brooks	Minnesota	Michigan Tech	106	10
Alan Cai	Amherst A	Vermont A	106	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Brandeis Mozart	106	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Dartmouth C	106	10
Nikhil Nair	Boston University B	Tufts A	106	0
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Boise State	106	10
Gabrielle Smith	Auburn A	Auburn C	106	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Emory A	106	0
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech D	106	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech F	106	0
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Tennessee A	106	0
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt B	106	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Durham A	106	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge C	106	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Binghamton B	106	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Rochester	106	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	65.20
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	14%	79.29
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	66.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	72.57
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	76.75
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	0%	69.44
Florida	US	4	75%	0%	72.00
Great Lakes	US	11	82%	18%	52.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	80.44
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	8%	85.00
Midwest	US	9	89%	11%	74.88
North	US	4	100%	0%	78.50
Northeast	US	12	92%	25%	82.55
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	68.63
Southeast	US	12	83%	17%	72.90
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	81.60