Round 11: Tossup 5

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 (10[1])Spem in Alium. One (10[1])composer from this country included a “Dargason” movement in his (10[1])St. Paul’s (10[1])Suite, quoting a folk tune erroneously attributed to a king of this country entitled “Greensleeves.” (10[1]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name this country where William Byrd and (10[1])Thomas Tallis had a monopoly on polyphonic music granted by Queen Elizabeth (10[1])I. ■END■ (10[1])

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