Round 3: Tossup 12

One composer from this modern-day country used his technique of micro·polyphony in his Atmosphères (“at-moss-FAIR”) and Lux aeterna. (10[1])A composer from this country (10[1])included three “seduction games” (-5[1])in his ballet The Miraculous (10[1])Mandarin. (10[1])A composer from this country wrote a G sharp minor piano étude (“AY-tude”) inspired by Niccolò Paganini. Two bassoons (10[2])play a sixth apart in the “Game 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 his performances; that composer wrote (10[1])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■ (0[2])

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