Question
This composer claimed that the only pianist who played his transcriptions of peasant dances called slåtter ("SLOH-ter”) with the right feeling was his ardent champion Percy Grainger. This composer used a melody beginning "4 Gs, then G, E, F" in a collection's first and last pieces: a waltz called "Remembrances" and an "Arietta." An A minor concerto by Robert Schumann inspired another by this composer that ends with a (*) Halling dance and begins with a timpani roll before the pianist enters. This composer of Lyric Pieces wrote incidental music to a scene in which trolls try to kill and eat a character who later wakes up while “Morning Mood” plays. For 10 points, name this Norwegian composer of “In the Hall of the Mountain King”. ■END■
ANSWER: Edvard Grieg [or Edvard Hagerup Grieg]
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Buzzes
Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 12 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 64.67 |