Arnold Schoenberg - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

Duke Bluebeard's Castle is sometimes performed on a double bill with a short opera by this composer (0[1])about a woman finding her dead lover in the forest. (20[1])This composer misspelled an opera's title for fear of it being thirteen letters long. The premiere of this composer's "monodrama" (20[1])Erwartung was conducted (20[2])by his teacher Alexander von Zemlinsky. This composer's opera Moses und Aron (0[1])("AH-ron") used a (20[1]0[1])compositional (20[3])technique (20[1])he developed to build (20[1])its source (*) row. (10[3]0[1])This (10[1])composer developed a half-singing, (10[1])half-speaking (10[2])technique (10[1])called (10[1]0[1])sprechstimme (10[4])that his (10[1])student employed (10[2])in the operas Lulu and Wozzeck. (10[2]0[1])For 10 points, name this teacher of Alban Berg, (10[3])founder (10[2])of the Second Viennese School, (10[1])and developer of the twelve-tone (10[1])technique. ■END■ (10[3]0[6])

ANSWER: Arnold Schoenberg

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Ray Guan	Winston Churchill B	Lee's Summit	16	0
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Walter Payton A	26	20
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Richard Montgomery	46	20
Brian Pho	Carmel A	Winston Churchill A	49	20
Arnav Jasapara	Chattahoochee B	Fairfield County AT	49	20
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Adlai E. Stevenson B	61	0
Ben Yancey	Detroit Catholic Central A	Montgomery Blair A	63	0
Brady Shih	Detroit Catholic Central C	Russell	63	20
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit A	Audrain County AT	64	20
Lynda Ma	Barrington	West Point	64	20
Juni Lowenhar	Hunter B	Detroit Catholic Central B	64	20
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Northview	65	20
Ian Droessler Wilson	Innovation Academy B	Montgomery Blair B	69	20
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Centennial A	72	10
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Downingtown STEM	72	0
James Wray	Glenbrook South	Walker	72	10
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Johns Creek	72	10
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Lambert A	73	10
Ethan Kral	Northmont	Lindbergh	77	10
Leo Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Belmont	78	10
Daniel Guo	Uni School of Nashville A	Uni School of Nashville B	78	10
Jack O’Brien	Edina	Saratoga	79	10
Spencer Manning	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Thomas Jefferson A	80	10
Luke De Bruin	Homewood-Flossmoor	White Pigeon	80	0
Akilan Ganesan	Chattahoochee A	Georgetown Day	81	10
Lucas Ardelean	Innovation Academy A	Fremd	81	10
Keefe Yang	Carmel B	Lambert B	81	10
Christopher Stewart	Yukon A	Solon	81	10
Danny "Raj" Morris	Strake Jesuit B	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	83	10
Zachary Martin	Page	Herron	85	10
Cormac Kennedy	Saint Joseph	Thomas Jefferson C	85	10
Sophia Guo	Thomas Jefferson B	Carl Sandburg	91	0
Gugan Thuduppathy	Montgomery Blair A	Detroit Catholic Central A	91	10
Sriram Susarla	Wayzata	Park Tudor	91	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Great Valley	100	10
Darren Kellis	Milton	Centennial B	100	10
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Seven Lakes	100	10
Aaron Liu	Okemos	Thomas Jefferson D	101	10
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Thomas Jefferson E	101	10
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Irvington	106	10
Winnie Nutkowitz	Northside College Prep	Quince Orchard	111	10
Amber Dong	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Grosse Pointe South	113	10
Nicholas Díaz	Carl Sandburg	Thomas Jefferson B	113	10
Hope Therrien	Lincoln-Way East B	Coronado	113	0
Paige Koczan	Coronado	Lincoln-Way East B	113	0
Wilson Hartley	Virginia	North Quincy	113	0
Jack Williams	White Pigeon	Homewood-Flossmoor	113	0
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	Winston Churchill B	113	10
Maya Ritz	Yukon B	Walter Payton B	113	0
Ben Hesser	Walter Payton B	Yukon B	113	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	90%	24%	0%	80.45