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Round 8: 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. In 1845, (10[1])a composer with this surname premiered the A minor piano concerto of another composer with this surname. (-5[1])One composer with this surname (10[1])included a trombone chorale in the fourth movement of a symphony inspired by Cologne Cathedral, subtitled “Rhenish.” That composer with this surname also (10[1])wrote Album for the Young and Carnaval. (10[1])For 10 points, give this surname of the married composers Clara (10[2])and Robert. ■END■ (10[1]0[4])

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 buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Gannon SmithMaryland ARutgers C4410
Sparrow BrotmanNYU BPrinceton61-5
Alex MayernickLehigh AGeorge Mason A6610
Daniel AbramsRutgers BNYU C8910
Omer KorkmazJohns HopkinsMaryland C9610
Alex WongRutgers DRowan10710
Arlene LopezStony BrookGeorge Mason B10710
Rohit ChintalaMaryland BVassar B1100
Claire HarveyVassar BMaryland B11010
Henry DingPrincetonNYU B1100
Jason LeeRutgers ALehigh B1100
Elias LowreyLehigh BRutgers A1100

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
South CentralUS6100%17%105.50
SoutheastUS1283%17%78.90
Upstate NYUS1100%0%107.00