Question

Answer the following about Latin influence in early English classical music. For 10 points each:
[10h] This motet by Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis, which calls for a gargantuan eight choirs of five voices each, sets Latin text from the Book of Judith to music.
ANSWER: Spem in alium
[10m] Elizabeth I granted Thomas Tallis and his student William Byrd a monopoly on this type of music. Multiple independent melodic lines characterize this musical texture, which Giovanni de Palestrina supposedly “saved” during the Council of Trent.
ANSWER: polyphony [or polyphonic music]
[10e] William Byrd wrote one of these works “for Four voices." This type of composition refers to any sacred piece setting Catholic liturgy to music, including requiems.
ANSWER: mass [accept Mass for Four Voices]
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