Packet 9: Bonus 7
The bouncy first theme of this composer’s C major violin concerto is in 3/4 time and repeats the phrase “quarter note E-flat, eighth notes E-flat - D - C - D, long E-natural.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Soviet composer who wrote a famous galop for his orchestral suite The Comedians.
ANSWER: Dmitry Kabalevsky [or Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
[10e] This other Soviet composer wrote a popular orchestral galop for his opera Moscow, Cheryomushki. This composer of two Suites for Variety Orchestra and the Festive Overture was criticized in the Pravda article “Muddle instead of Music.”
ANSWER: Dmitri Shostakovich [or Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich]
[10m] A galop ends Aram Khachaturian’s five-movement suite of incidental music to this play. An A minor waltz, a nocturne, a mazurka, and a romance also appear in his incidental music to this Mikhail Lermontov play.
ANSWER: Masquerade
<FW, Auditory Fine Arts> | NAFTA-Packet-9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 16.56 | 97% | 28% | 41% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat 67 | Untitled Keyal Team | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Negged Five Times in a Yellow Cab Against the Gottis and Gambinos | Noah Sheidlower | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Six Quizbowlers in Search of Owen Minmo | NYU B or not NYU B (that is the question) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| The "C" Team | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Untitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival Everett | Shipping Down from Ballston | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 0% | 75% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 0% | 20% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |