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One composer from this modern-day country used his technique of micro·polyphony in his Atmosphères (“at-moss-FAIR”) and Lux aeterna. A composer from this country included three “seduction games” in his ballet The Miraculous Mandarin. A composer from this country wrote a G sharp minor piano étude (“AY-tude”) inspired by Niccolò Paganini. Two bassoons (-5[1])play a sixth apart in the “Game of Pairs” (10[1])movement of a Concerto for Orchestra by a composer from this country. Fans of one composer from this country went into a “mania” during his performances; (10[1])that composer wrote a set of nineteen “Rhapsodies” named after this country. (10[1])For 10 points, name this home country of Franz Liszt (“list”) and Béla Bartók. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Hungary [or Magyarország; accept Austria-Hungary; accept Austro-Hungarian Empire; accept Hungarian Rhapsodies] (The composer in the first line is György Ligeti.)
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TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK580%40%82.25
UK (South)UK8100%13%88.38
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%87.00
Eastern Canada (1)US475%25%77.33
Eastern Canada (2)US989%44%87.38
FloridaUS4100%25%74.00
Great LakesUS10100%20%60.20
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS989%44%82.63
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS989%56%84.50
MidwestUS1090%10%51.78
NorthUS475%25%75.00
NortheastUS1191%45%83.20
SoutheastUS1283%33%69.70
Upstate NYUS580%60%109.75