Round 11: Tossup 12
Movements titled “Longing” and “Sorrow” appear in a symphony about people of this ethnicity based on material from the unfinished opera Rashana. A “Juba dance” replaces the conventional third-movement scherzo in a symphony by a composer of this ethnicity. William Grant Still’s first symphony is titled for people of this ethnicity. The singing of Harry Burleigh, a person of this ethnicity, is mimicked by an English horn solo in one symphony’s (*) Largo second movement. A flute melody in Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony resembles “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” a spiritual written by people of this ethnicity. For 10 points, people of what ethnicity participated in the Harlem Renaissance? ■END■
ANSWER: African-Americans [or Black people; accept Afro-American Symphony; prompt on Americans]
<Fine Arts - Auditory, Khang Le> | VAULT II Packet 11
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shishir Bharadwaj | Lexington A | Belmont B | 24 | 15 |
| Saisabari Ramesh | Waltham B | Lexington B | 85 | -5 |
| Josephine Proskoczilo | Waltham A | Belmont A | 87 | 10 |
| Patrick O'Brien | Mansfield A | Mansfield B | 108 | 10 |
| Alexander Duan | Lexington B | Waltham B | 108 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 67% | 17% | 71.83 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 74.25 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 25% | 81.75 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 75% | 13% | 55.38 |