Packet 2: Bonus 22
This composer’s Piano Concerto in G combines formal neoclassicism, jazz harmony, and melodies inspired by his Basque heritage. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this composer who wrote his two piano concertos concurrently after returning from a 1928 tour of North America. He also wrote Le Tombeau de Couperin and Gaspard de la nuit.
ANSWER: Maurice Ravel [or Joseph-Maurice Ravel]
[10m] Ravel’s North American tour influenced the polytonal “Blues” movement of his second piece in this genre. A piece in this genre quotes an E major Bach partita in its “Obsession” movement and is dedicated to Jacques Thibaud.
ANSWER: violin sonata [accept sonata for violin and piano; accept sonata for solo violin; prompt on sonata] (The unnamed piece is Eugène Ysaÿe’s second)
[10h] Ragtime bands frequently performed the “Five O’Clock Foxtrot” from this opera by Ravel. Jazz trombonist Leo Arnaud collaborated with Ravel on this opera about a boy’s punishment for not doing his homework.
ANSWER: L’enfant et les sortilèges [or The Child and the Spells]
<FW, Auditory Fine Arts> | NAFTA-Packet-2
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 14.17 | 100% | 25% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C R A B S | A Neg of Beauty is a Joy Forever | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |