Round 9: Tossup 10
Television footage from Vladimir Horowitz’s 1986 Moscow performance of a piece by this composer fades into a gray-haired man with a single teardrop running down his cheek. The movements Knecht Ruprecht and a Happy Farmer appear in this composer’s Album for the Young. A piano suite by this composer contains movements titled “Of Foreign Lands and Peoples” and “The Poet Speaks,” as well as a nostalgic movement titled (*) “Traumerei.” 21 short pieces make up a piano suite by this man depicting a masked ball before Lent. For 10 points, name this German Romantic composer of Carnaval and Scenes from Childhood, who dedicated many of his works to his wife, Clara. ■END■
ANSWER: Robert Schumann [prompt on Schumann]
<Fine Arts - Auditory, Jeffrey Xu> | VAULT II Packet 09
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gia Sen | Mansfield B | Waltham A | 101 | -5 |
| Peter Mahowald | Belmont A | Mansfield A | 108 | 10 |
| Josephine Proskoczilo | Waltham A | Mansfield B | 110 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 83% | 0% | 47.17 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 64.33 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 75% | 0% | 75% | 110.00 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 40% | 20% | 74.75 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 67% | 0% | 0% | 110.00 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 75% | 25% | 25% | 90.33 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 2 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 108.00 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 40% | 40% | 80.40 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 25% | 38% | 85.50 |