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Round 6: 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, a composer with this surname premiered the A minor piano concerto of another composer with this surname. (10[2])One composer with this surname included a trombone chorale in the fourth movement of a symphony inspired by Cologne Cathedral, subtitled “Rhenish.” (10[1])That composer with this surname also wrote Album for the Young and Carnaval. For 10 points, give (10[1])this surname of the married composers Clara (10[1])and Robert. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Kevin YangIllinois BlueWashU Grolars4210
David BlackIllinois ChampaignRose-Hulman A6110
Eric YangPurdue AIndiana B6110
Alex DzurickWilliam Woods University APurdue B8310
Anila MoparthiIllinois OrangeIowa A10010
Saswat Sasha TripathiChicago AIllinois Urbana10710
Trenton BurgessIndiana AIowa B10910
Lily HughbanksPurdue CChicago B11010
Francis DinhIllinois CanadaPurdue D1100
James WindlePurdue DIllinois Canada1100

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