Question
In an opera by this composer, Claggart sings in F minor while Billy Budd sings in E major. For 10 points each:
[10e] What English composer used the same key relationship to represent the "maladjustment" of Peter Grimes? This composer wrote The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
ANSWER: Benjamin Britten
[10h] The similar polychord "E-flat major over E minor" appears in Golaud's ("go-LO's") theme from this 1902 opera, which depicts a love triangle in the fictional medieval kingdom of Allemonde.
ANSWER: Pelléas et Mélisande [or Pelleas and Melisande] (by Claude Debussy)
[10m] This opera's climactic polychord "F-sharp major over A dominant seventh" has been called "the most sickening chord in all opera." This 1905 opera contains the "Dance of the Seven Veils."
ANSWER: Salome (by Richard Strauss)
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Data
Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
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Belmont | Uni of Illinois Laboratory | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Eastchester | Johns Creek | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Fremd | Thomas Jefferson A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Hunter A | Lexington | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Innovation Academy A | Adlai E. Stevenson A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Northmont | Richard Montgomery | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Northview | Lambert A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Westwood | Walter Payton A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 63% | 0% |