Packet 11: Bonus 5
In one of this composer’s song cycles, the singer meets a barefoot hurdy-gurdy player in a village and asks him to accompany his songs. For ten points each,
[10e] Name this composer of Winterreise, whose other song cycles include Die schöne Müllerin.
ANSWER: Franz Schubert
[10h] In a Schubert song cycle titled for these creatures, the singer realizes he is dead after seeing his doppelganger outside his lover’s house. A solo cello accompanied by piano represents one of these creatures in the penultimate movement of a suite by another composer.
ANSWER: swans [accept Schwanengesang; accept Le cygne]
[10m] Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14 in D minor is nicknamed for this figure “and the maiden.” A solo violinist retunes their strings to play a tritone in another composer’s tone poem depicting this figure.
ANSWER: Death [accept Death and the Maiden; accept Töd]
<Fine Arts - Auditory, Jeffrey Xu> | VAULT II Packet 11
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 20.95 | 76% | 81% | 52% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family | Heauton Timorumenos | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Midnight Bus to Vista | Albanian Rift in the Sky | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Prat Pack | Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 20.00 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 26.25 | 100% | 100% | 63% |