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Donald Tovey describes the “vision of dry bones” in this symphony’s finale, which he analyzes in terms of “a Bass, a Tune, and a Fugue.” In the seventh bar of this symphony, violins enter with syncopated G’s floating above a sustained C-sharp in the cellos resolving up to D. A piece [emphasize] inspired by this one that uses hubcaps and brake drums as found percussion was written by Tán Dùn as an “Internet Symphony.” At a rehearsal for this symphony, Ferdinand Ries (“reese”) mistakenly berated a horn player for starting the first movement recapitulation early. Two isolated E-flat major chords open this symphony, whose second movement is an unusually long funeral march. For 10 points, name this early Romantic symphony that bears a retracted dedication to Napoleon. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 [or Eroica Symphony or Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 by Ludwig van Beethoven; accept the Sinfonia Eroica or Heroic Symphony]
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TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Florida2025-02-012100%0%98.50
Great Lakes2025-02-016100%17%108.17
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-016100%0%115.83
Midwest2025-02-012100%0%71.50
North2025-02-013100%33%125.00
Northeast2025-02-015100%0%101.80
Overflow2025-02-015100%0%97.60
Pacific Northwest2025-02-012100%0%125.00
Southeast2025-02-014100%25%118.25
UK2025-02-0110100%20%117.70
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01888%13%104.71
Upstate NY2025-02-01367%33%124.50