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. A composer from this country included three “seduction games” in his ballet The Miraculous Mandarin. A composer from this country (10[1])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 (10[1])Concerto for Orchestra by a composer from this country. Fans of one composer from this country (-5[1])went into a “mania” during his performances; (10[1])that composer wrote a set of nineteen “Rhapsodies” named after this country. For 10 points, name this (10[1])home country (10[1])of Franz Liszt (10[2])(“list”) and Béla Bartók. ■END■ (10[1])

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