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Round 7: Tossup 18

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

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

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
David RoppDuke AWilliam & Mary C4210
Fern FangVCU ATusculum A4410
Jonathan SungVirginia AUNC D46-5
Jesse MindelNCSU AVirginia Tech C8410
Nathan SprouseVirginia Tech BJMU A10610
Nick SmemoeUNC ANCSU B10710
Zachary BornsteinVirginia Tech AUNC B10810
Allison CoxWilliam & Mary ALiberty A11010
Gabriel DoddsLiberty CLiberty B11010
Jeffery AustinUNC DVirginia A11010

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Northern CaliforniaMain✓475%50%100.00
Southern CaliforniaMain✓786%0%87.50
Eastern Canada (1)Main✓4100%25%93.00
Eastern Canada (2)Main✓9100%0%100.44
FloridaMain✓3100%33%109.67
Great LakesMain✓11100%0%82.09
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain✓9100%11%91.22
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain✓978%11%88.43
MidwestMain✓989%0%84.13
NorthMain✓475%25%93.33
PacificMain✓8100%13%92.13
South CentralMain✓6100%17%105.50
SoutheastMain✓1283%17%78.90
Upstate NYMain✓1100%0%107.00
UK (North)UK✓5100%20%81.80
UK (South)UK✓888%13%98.57