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Even before her 1908 tour of the U.S., this French pianist inspired namesake American “clubs” dedicated to her music. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this first woman composer to be awarded the Légion d’Honneur. Her “Scarf Dance” was excerpted from her ballet Callirhoé (“kah-lee-roh-AY”), and her Flute Concertino in D remains a popular student piece.
ANSWER: Cécile Chaminade (“shah-mee-NAHD”) [or Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade]
[10h] Chaminade dedicated her Concertino to this flautist, the founder of the French Flute School and composer of many showpieces. He conducted the premieres of Massenet’s Thaïs (“tah-EESS”) and the completed version of Fauré’s Requiem.
ANSWER: Paul Taffanel [or Claude-Paul Taffanel]
[10e] Taffanel also commissioned this French composer’s Petite Symphonie for winds. His “Ave Maria” adapts the first prelude from The Well-Tempered Clavier, and he wrote an 1859 operatic adaptation of Faust.
ANSWER: Charles Gounod (“goo-NOH”) [or Charles-François Gounod]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaArizona State001010E
Chicago AIndiana001010E
Chicago BVirginia Tech1001020ME
FloridaWUSTL B001010E
Georgia TechToronto B1001020ME
HarvardIowa State0000
Illinois AWaterloo A1001020ME
Johns HopkinsTexas1001020ME
LSEYale0000
MinnesotaMIT1001020ME
NorthwesternRutgers1001020ME
Penn StateGeorgia State001010E
StanfordUC Berkeley A1001020ME
Toronto AColumbia A001010E
Toronto CCornell A1001020ME
VirginiaUCF001010E
WUSTL ANorth Carolina A1001020ME
Waterloo BUC Berkeley B001010E

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2025 ACF NationalsYes1813.8989%50%0%