Question

A composer from this country known as Vangelis (“van-JEL-is”) wrote the award-winning score to Chariots of Fire. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this European country whose music often features the bouzouki (“boo-ZOO-kee”), a type of long-necked lute. Another lute variety, the pandura, was played in ancient times in this country’s capital, Athens.
ANSWER: Greece [or Ancient Greece or Hellenic Republic or Hellas]
[10m] The Aeolian (“ee-OW-lee-uhn”) type of these instruments was popular in Ancient Greece. The cláirseach is another example of these instruments.
ANSWER: harp [accept Aeolian harp]
[10h] This avant-garde Greek composer of Metastaseis was inspired by the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution for his Pithoprakta. He created the computerized composition tool UPIC for his piece Mycènes Alpha.
ANSWER: Iannis Xenakis (“YAH-neece k’say-NAH-keese”) [or Giannis Klearchou Xenakis]
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TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2024 FARSI @ Columbia12/08/2024Y914.44100%44%0%