Round 5: Tossup 20
Tranquillo (“tran-KWEE-loh”) E-flat and bass clarinets accompany trilling flutes to open a section of this piece that depicts a round dance. In the final note of this piece, double basses play a chord whose notes spell out the word DEAD. Eleven timpani strikes lead into a section of this piece depicting a “Glorification of the Chosen One.” An unusually high bassoon solo begins this piece’s first part, “Adoration of the Earth,” which prompted Camille Saint-Saëns (“san-SON”) to remark “if that’s a bassoon, I’m a baboon!” A girl dances herself to death in this ballet’s final “Sacrificial Dance.” For 10 points, Igor Stravinsky wrote music for what ballet about pagan Russia, which caused a riot at its 1913 premiere? ■END■
ANSWER: The Rite of Spring [or Le sacre du printemps; or Vesna svyashchennaya]
<Editors, Classical Music> | Packet E
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | 5 | 100% | 20% | 64.60 |
| UK (South) | UK | 8 | 63% | 38% | 66.80 |
| Northern California | US | 4 | 100% | 0% | 69.50 |
| Southern California | US | 7 | 100% | 43% | 85.00 |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | 5 | 100% | 40% | 100.20 |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | 9 | 89% | 22% | 86.38 |
| Florida | US | 3 | 67% | 33% | 80.00 |
| Great Lakes | US | 11 | 91% | 27% | 65.20 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | 9 | 89% | 33% | 78.88 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 1 | 100% | 0% | 71.00 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 9 | 89% | 22% | 75.50 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 2 | 50% | 50% | 69.00 |
| Midwest | US | 9 | 100% | 11% | 71.11 |
| North | US | 4 | 100% | 0% | 75.75 |
| Northeast | US | 1 | 100% | 0% | 57.00 |
| Pacific | US | 8 | 88% | 25% | 77.57 |
| South Central | US | 6 | 83% | 33% | 95.60 |
| Southeast | US | 12 | 83% | 8% | 76.30 |
| Upstate NY | US | 5 | 100% | 0% | 73.80 |