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Round 5: 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 (10[1])on a Theme by Handel by Brahms. In 1845, a composer with this surname premiered the A minor piano concerto (-5[1])of another composer with this surname. One composer with this surname included a trombone chorale in the fourth movement of a symphony inspired by Cologne Cathedral, subtitled “Rhenish.” That composer with this surname also wrote Album for the Young and Carnaval. For 10 points, give this surname of the married composers Clara (10[1])and Robert. (10[2])■END■ (10[3]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
Yasmin CampbellCambridge BCambridge D3510
Youyou YuImperial AImperial C55-5
Eve GatleyBristolWarwick10710
Advaith JagannathCambridge CCambridge E10910
Oliver MortenCardiffLSE10910
Vishrut PisupatiImperial BSouthampton11010
Siheon LeeImperial CImperial A1100
Fahim AfzalCambridge AImperial D1100
Ollie Glin-ConwayImperial DCambridge A11010
Tom Morris-JonesBirminghamOxford11010

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