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

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
Eleanor DaltonYorkSheffield A4410
Atticus TeterDurham ADurham D55-5
Elliot EarleySheffield BEdinburgh A6310
Rob MorrisDurham DDurham A8610
Yulia WolczukDurham BDurham C10610
Fia GaleEdinburgh DEdinburgh B11010

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