Question

After a disastrous marriage to his ex-student Antonina Miliukova, Tchaikovsky took an extended vacation to this country, inspiring an orchestral caprice titled for it. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this home country of a violinist who also wrote 24 caprices, Niccolò Paganini.
ANSWER: Italy [or Italian Republic; or Republic of Italy; or Italia; accept Capriccio Italien]
[10m] While in Italy, Tchaikovsky wrote a piece in this genre that opens with a Mozartian "pezzo ("PET-so") in forma di sonatina." Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ("EYE-nuh KLY-nuh NOKT-music") is in this genre.
ANSWER: serenade for strings
[10h] A trip Tchaikovsky took a decade later inspired a piece for this ensemble nicknamed "Souvenir de Florence." A D minor piece for this ensemble was inspired by a poem about a woman confessing to adultery at night.
ANSWER: string sextet [or sextet for strings; prompt on sextet] (The other piece is Arnold Schoenberg's Transfigured Night.)
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
BelmontNorthmont100010
Carl SandburgWalker100010
Carmel AUni School of Nashville B10101030
Chattahoochee BWinston Churchill B100010
Classen SASBarrington100010
Detroit Catholic Central CThomas Jefferson C1010020
Downingtown STEMChattahoochee A1010020
EdinaWest Point1010020
Fairfield County ATWhite Pigeon100010
FremdWalter Payton A100010
Georgetown DayGreat Valley100010
Glenbrook SouthParkway West1010020
Grosse Pointe SouthAudrain County AT100010
Homewood-FlossmoorThomas Jefferson D100010
Hunter ARichard Montgomery10101030
Hunter BCoronado1010020
Innovation Academy AWestwood100010
IrvingtonYukon B100010
Lambert ALindbergh10101030
Lambert BCentennial A100010
LexingtonAdlai E. Stevenson B10101030
Lincoln-Way East AWalter Payton B100010
Montgomery Blair AAdlai E. Stevenson A100010
Montgomery Blair BThomas Jefferson B1010020
NorthviewHinsdale Central A100010
OkemosNorth Quincy100010
PageDetroit Catholic Central B1010020
Park TudorStrake Jesuit A100010
RussellHerron100010
SaratogaCentennial B1010020
Seven LakesInnovation Academy B100010
SolonLee's Summit100010
Team 2Team 1100010
Thomas Jefferson AEastchester100010
Uni School of Nashville AMilton10101030
Uni of Illinois LaboratoryWayzata100010
Yukon AVirginia1010020

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TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y3715.14100%38%14%