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 included three “seduction games” in his ballet The Miraculous Mandarin. A composer from this country wrote a G sharp minor piano étude (“AY-tude”) inspired by Niccolò Paganini. Two bassoons play a sixth apart in the “Game of Pairs” movement of a Concerto for Orchestra by a composer from this country. (-5[1])Fans of one composer from this country went into a “mania” (10[1])during his performances; (10[1])that composer wrote a set of nineteen “Rhapsodies” (-5[1])named after this country. (10[1])For 10 points, name this home country of Franz Liszt (“list”) and (10[1])Béla Bartók. ■END■

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