Packet 4: Bonus 16

Some pianists have had to sight-transpose pieces up a semitone due to an out-of-tune piano. For 10 points each:
[10e] When he was 13 years old, this Hungarian virtuoso had to do that when accompanying flautist Charles Nicholson. 21 years later, this man began writing his Hungarian Rhapsodies.
ANSWER: Franz Liszt [or Ferenc Liszt]
[10m] Brahms played this Beethoven chamber piece in B-flat minor instead of A minor during a concert with Joseph Joachim. Beethoven dedicated this piece to a French violinist after quarreling with George Bridgetower.
ANSWER: “Kreutzer” Sonata [or Violin Sonata No. 9 in A minor; or Opus 47]
[10h] This German pianist, whose abridged 1909 recording of Grieg’s Piano Concerto was the first ever recording of a piano concerto, had to play the full concerto up a semitone in one concert. In 1928, he made the first-ever recording of Chopin’s complete études.
ANSWER: Wilhelm Backhaus
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HeardPPBE %M %H %
2316.5296%70%0%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
CambridgeTexas100010E
Columbia AMaryland A1010020EM
GeorgetownMaryland B1010020EM
Georgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A1010020EM
Illinois BNorthwestern B1010020EM
IndianaNYU A100010E
Johns HopkinsColumbia B1010020EM
MITIllinois A100010E
NYU BRutgers1010020EM
Northwestern AUC Berkeley B1010020EM
Ohio StateVirginia1010020EM
Penn StateBruin1010020EM
PittsburghBritish Columbia100010E
Stanford BMichigan1010020EM
SwarthmoreNorth Carolina100010E
Toronto AChicago A1010020EM
Toronto BUCLA1010020EM
UC Berkeley AHarvard1010020EM
UCFCornell0000
VanderbiltGeorgia Tech C1010020EM
Virginia TechStanford A1010020EM
WashUMinnesota100010E
WaterlooBrown1010020EM

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2316.5296%70%0%