Round 3: Tossup 12

One composer from this modern-day country used his technique of micro·polyphony (10[1])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. (10[1])Two bassoons play a sixth apart (-5[1])in the “Game (-5[1])of Pairs” movement of a Concerto for Orchestra by a composer from this country. Fans of one composer from this country went into a “mania” during (-5[1])his performances; (10[2]-5[1])that composer wrote a set of nineteen “Rhapsodies” named after this country. For 10 points, name this home country of Franz Liszt (10[1])(“list”) and Béla Bartók. ■END■ (10[3])

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