Packet 8: Bonus 20
In his suite Les Caractères de la Guerre (“lay kah-rack-TAIR duh lah GAIR”), Jean-François Dandrieu may have given the first description of one of these chords to represent cannon shots. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these chords used extensively by later modernist composers like Charles Ives and Henry Cowell. These chords contain at least three adjacent notes in a scale.
ANSWER: tone clusters [or note clusters; or cluster chords]
[10h] A tone cluster consisting of every note in a harmonic minor scale represents the chaos before creation in this strikingly experimental ballet by Jean-Féry Rebel.
ANSWER: Les Élémens [or The Elements]
[10e] A composer with this surname and the first name Domenico used tone clusters in K. 175, one of his 555 keyboard sonatas. His father Alessandro, who had this surname, led the Neapolitan school of composers.
ANSWER: Scarlatti [accept Domenico Scarlatti; accept Alessandro Scarlatti]
<Editors, Classical Music> | H. Prelims 8 - Stanford A + Georgia Tech C + Columbia A + Columbia B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago A | WashU | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Harvard | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |