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One composer with this surname included a theme and variations in the style of a funeral (-5[1])march (10[1])in his Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major. A composer (10[1])with this surname was the dedicatee of Variations and Fugue (10[1])on a Theme by Handel (-5[1])by Brahms. (10[4])In 1845, (10[5])a composer (-5[2])with this surname (10[1])premiered the A minor piano (10[2])concerto (-5[3])of another composer (10[1])with this (10[1])surname. (10[4]-5[1])One composer (10[2])with this surname (10[2])included a trombone chorale in the fourth movement of a symphony inspired by (-5[1])Cologne Cathedral, (10[1])subtitled (10[1])“Rhenish.” (10[4])That (10[1])composer with (10[1])this surname (10[1])also (10[1])wrote Album for the Young and Carnaval. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 (-5[1])points, (10[1])give (10[1])this surname of the married (-5[1])composers (10[3])Clara (10[10])and (10[1])Robert. (10[8])■END■ (10[32]0[13])

ANSWER: Schumann [accept Robert Schumann; accept Clara Schumann; prompt on Clara Wieck by asking “what was her married surname?”]
<Auburn B, Classical Music>
= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Anne FjeldAlberta ABritish Columbia A15-5
Samarth PrajapatiGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech B1610
Pace KleinCWRU BPittsburgh2510
Yasmin CampbellCambridge BCambridge D3510
Tristan ScarlettOttawa DOttawa A40-5
Alden ThompsonCarleton AOttawa B4210
David RoppDuke AWilliam & Mary C4210
Kevin YangIllinois BlueWashU Grolars4210
Alan FanWashington SteelheadBritish Columbia B4210
Deepanshi MataiToronto CMcMaster A4410
Fern FangVCU ATusculum A4410
Gannon SmithMaryland ARutgers C4410
Allen XuGeorgia Tech AClemson A4410
Eleanor DaltonYorkSheffield A4410
Jonathan SungVirginia AUNC D46-5
Matthew BrayAuburn CVanderbilt C46-5
Yoyo LiuBritish Columbia CWashington Pink4910
Andrew NucciUCLA BUCLA C5410
Nico PascualMichigan State BLouisville B5410
Orin OvermillerFlorida Tech BFlorida A55-5
Atticus TeterDurham ADurham D55-5
Youyou YuImperial AImperial C55-5
Enina EdosomwanCWRU ACWRU D5810
Peter ZengOhio State AMichigan D6010
Sparrow BrotmanNYU BPrinceton61-5
David BlackIllinois ChampaignRose-Hulman A6110
Eric YangPurdue AIndiana B6110
Ian SaylorWisconsin AWisconsin B6110
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt ATennessee A6110
David XilbilleGeorgia Tech CEmory A6310
Elliot EarleySheffield BEdinburgh A6310
Scarlet RutterClaremont AUCLA A6610
Alex MayernickLehigh AGeorge Mason A6610
Vijay HansBerkeley Boss BanditBerkeley Mighty Miner79-5
Dmitri Anh-Minh TranUC Santa BarbaraClaremont B8110
Devin TharpChipola CollegeTennessee Tech8210
Hansen JinBerkeley Skeleton KingUCSC8310
Joshua LamOhio State BLouisville C8310
Alex DzurickWilliam Woods University APurdue B8310
Britton WebsterAlabama ASouth Carolina A8310
Jesse MindelNCSU AVirginia Tech C8410
Rob MorrisDurham DDurham A8610
Mary Kate VanceLouisville AWVU A8810
Daniel AbramsRutgers BNYU C8910
Adrian LiBerkeley Archer QueenStanford A96-5
Daniel HuangMichigan CMichigan State C9610
Omer KorkmazJohns HopkinsMaryland C9610
Ryan ZhangWashington StateBoise State9610
Max LopezMontevalloVanderbilt B98-5
Kevin HeToronto AGuelph A9910
Anila MoparthiIllinois OrangeIowa A10010
Connor KingSt. ThomasWisconsin C105-5
Thomas BrittainMcMaster CWaterloo B10610
Nathan SprouseVirginia Tech BJMU A10610
Yulia WolczukDurham BDurham C10610
Danny HanStanford BBerkeley Little Prince10710
Joseph WangUCLA EUCSD A10710
Ethan RirieUCSD BUCLA F10710
Sean GaoToronto EWaterloo C10710
Nick SmemoeUNC ANCSU B10710
Alex WongRutgers DRowan10710
Arlene LopezStony BrookGeorge Mason B10710
Saswat Sasha TripathiChicago AIllinois Urbana10710
Eve GatleyBristolWarwick10710
Will HooverRIT ACornell D10710
Zachary BornsteinVirginia Tech AUNC B10810
Susanna LiaoWaterloo AMcMaster B10910
Indiana GeeToronto IToronto G10910
Peyton LeggUCF ASouth Florida A10910
Andrew HarmsMichigan State ALouisville D10910
Trenton BurgessIndiana AIowa B10910
Anneke StracksMacalesterMichigan Tech10910
Advaith JagannathCambridge CCambridge E10910
Oliver MortenCardiffLSE10910
Suren GrigorianBerkeley Mighty MinerBerkeley Boss Bandit11010
Sarah SilvermanClaremont CUSC A11010
Vivienne RuemlerUSC BUCLA D1100
Brenna ScottUCLA DUSC B1100
Neela Perceval-MaxwellMcGill ECarleton B11010
Denali Tran-LeMcGill BOttawa C11010
Rebecca LiOttawa AOttawa D11010
Victor XuToronto BQueen's A11010
Jeremy KimToronto FBrock A11010
Will MarcotteToronto DToronto H11010
Jacob ErguetaFlorida AFlorida Tech B11010
Nicholas NguyenFlorida BFlorida Tech A11010
Simon Ronis TobinOhio State CKentucky11010
Thomas JenkinsMichigan BMichigan State D11010
Akhil UpadrastaOhio State DWVU B11010
Allison CoxWilliam & Mary ALiberty A11010
Gabriel DoddsLiberty CLiberty B11010
Jeffery AustinUNC DVirginia A11010
Rohit ChintalaMaryland BVassar B1100
Claire HarveyVassar BMaryland B11010
Henry DingPrincetonNYU B1100
Jason LeeRutgers ALehigh B1100
Elias LowreyLehigh BRutgers A1100
Lily HughbanksPurdue CChicago B11010
Francis DinhIllinois CanadaPurdue D1100
James WindlePurdue DIllinois Canada1100
Merrick HillIowa StateMinnesota11010
Vivian LuWisconsin CSt. Thomas1100
Rae MeyersArizona State AWashington Chum11010
Annabelle KoopmansWashington AtlanticArizona State B11010
Brendan LiawBritish Columbia AAlberta A11010
Keerthana KrishnanTexasWashington Chinook11010
Simarya AhujaWashington SockeyeAlberta B11010
Edward ZhangVanderbilt CAuburn C1100
Nikki ChacoGeorgia Tech DClemson C11010
Britt BernsteinGeorgia ATennessee B11010
Towery McNeilMississippi State AGeorgia Tech F11010
Joel KimClemson BSewanne1100
Isabel DentSewanneClemson B11010
Fia GaleEdinburgh DEdinburgh B11010
Vishrut PisupatiImperial BSouthampton11010
Siheon LeeImperial CImperial A1100
Fahim AfzalCambridge AImperial D1100
Ollie Glin-ConwayImperial DCambridge A11010
Tom Morris-JonesBirminghamOxford11010

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%20%81.80
UK (South)UK888%13%98.57
Northern CaliforniaUS475%50%100.00
Southern CaliforniaUS786%0%87.50
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%25%93.00
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%0%100.44
FloridaUS3100%33%109.67
Great LakesUS11100%0%82.09
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%11%91.22
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS978%11%88.43
MidwestUS989%0%84.13
NorthUS475%25%93.33
PacificUS8100%13%92.13
SoutheastUS1283%17%78.90
Upstate NYUS1100%0%107.00