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 Spem in Alium. (10[1]-5[1])One composer from this country included a “Dargason” movement in his St. Paul’s Suite, (10[1])quoting a folk tune erroneously attributed to a king of this country entitled “Greensleeves.” (10[2])For 10 points, name this country where William Byrd and Thomas Tallis had a monopoly on polyphonic music granted by Queen Elizabeth I. ■END■ (10[1])

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