Round 4: 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 Organ include Prélude, fugue, et variation and Grand pièce symphonique. (10[1])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 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” at his wedding. For 10 points, Eugène Ysaÿe (“oo-ZHEN ee-ZYE”) premiered (10[1])the violin sonata of what Belgian composer? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site✓3100%0%111.33
California (South)Main Site✓4100%0%80.75
FloridaMain Site✓333%0%132.00
Great LakesMain Site✓40%50%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓944%0%123.00
MidwestMain Site✓944%0%125.75
NortheastMain Site✓667%0%88.75
OverflowMain Site✓475%0%100.00
South CentralMain Site✓250%0%129.00
SoutheastMain Site✓771%14%116.20
UKMain Site✓6100%0%121.33
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓863%25%93.40
Upstate NYMain Site✓450%0%125.50