Tossup

A piece titled for a folk song from this country opens with a descending F minor flute melody above harp arpeggios. The motif [read slowly] G, B flat, B flat, long B flat, opens a piece by a composer from this country for double string orchestra, based on a tune by another composer from this country who wrote a motet for eight choirs of five voices entitled Spem in Alium. (10[1])One composer from this country included a “Dargason” movement in (10[1])his St. Paul’s Suite, quoting a folk tune erroneously attributed to a king of this country entitled “Greensleeves.” (10[3])For 10 points, name this country where William Byrd and Thomas Tallis (10[1])had a monopoly on polyphonic (10[1])music granted by Queen Elizabeth I. (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: United Kingdom [or UK; or Great Britain; or GB; or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; accept England; reject “Scotland” or “Wales” or “Northern Ireland”] (The first line refers to Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves.)
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