Round 6: Tossup 5

A tonebase Piano video hypothesized that a B minor piece by this composer was “cursed” after Magdalene Ho was eliminated in the prelims of the 2025 Cliburn. A sonata by this composer begins allegretto ben moderato in 9/8 time with the piano playing an E dominant ninth chord. This composer’s Six Pieces for (-5[1])Organ include Prélude, fugue, et variation and Grand pièce symphonique. This composer was called “père” by students such as Vincent d’Indy, who described the tendency of his multi-movement works to be connected by an underlying theme (10[1])as “cyclic form.” This organist at the church of Sainte-Clotilde and composer of a Symphony in D minor told a countryman to premiere his A major violin sonata “con amore” (10[2])at his wedding. For 10 points, Eugène (10[1])Ysaÿe (“oo-ZHEN ee-ZYE”) premiered the violin sonata of what (10[1])Belgian composer? ■END■ (0[4])

ANSWER: César Franck [or César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck] (The first clue refers to Prélude, choral et fugue.)
<UCSD A, Classical Music> | Packet D - UBC B, Oxford A, Waterloo B, CWRU A
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