Bonus

Answer the following about sociological interpretations of the role of music in society, for 10 points each.
[10e] Sociomusicology deviates from a related field with this prefix since it puts less emphasis on national identity. This prefix partly names a method of describing cultural practices while submerged in a group.
ANSWER: ethno- [or ethnography; or ethnomusicology]
[10m] This sociologist outlined the social meanings of music in his Psychological and Ethnological Studies on Music. This sociologist discussed a “blasé outlook” on urban life in his essay “The Metropolis and Mental Life.”
ANSWER: Georg Simmel (“GAY-org ZIM-ull”)
[10h] In his essay “Philosophy of Modern Music,” this thinker remarked that popular music is “regarded as the absolute criterion of social truth.” This thinker outlined “structural listening” in “On the Fetish-Character in Music and Regression in Listening.”
ANSWER: Theodor Adorno [or Theodor W. Adorno; or Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund]
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EditionsHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
12913.7993%31%14%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Cambridge BBristol100010E
Cambridge DImperial B100010E
LSEOxford A100010E
SheffieldOxford C1001020EH
Warwick BSouthampton A100010E

Summary

TournamentEditionHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
California2025-02-01316.67100%67%0%
Florida2025-02-01310.00100%0%0%
Midwest2025-02-01618.33100%50%33%
Overflow2025-02-01512.0080%40%0%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01215.00100%0%50%
South Central2025-02-01215.00100%50%0%
Southeast2025-02-01310.0067%33%0%
UK2025-02-01512.00100%0%20%