Packet 5: Bonus 9
Alessandro Striggio’s work in this genre, Ecce Beatam Lucem, may have caused the Duke of Norfolk to commission a Thomas Tallis work in this genre for eight five-voice choirs entitled Spem in Alium. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this sacred polyphonic genre of choral music, typically contrasted with more secular madrigals.
ANSWER: motets
[10m] Thomas Tallis’ “Why Fum’th in Fight” inspired this later composer to write Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. This composer of Fantasia on Greensleeves also wrote the violin showpiece The Lark Ascending.
ANSWER: Ralph Vaughan Williams [or RVW; prompt on Williams]
[10e] Ralph Vaughan Williams is from this country, where Thomas Tallis and his student, William Byrd, were given a 21-year monopoly on printing music by Queen Elizabeth I.
ANSWER: England [accept UK or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; accept Great Britain; reject “Wales” or “Scotland” or “Northern Ireland”]
<Auditory Fine Arts — Sinecio Morales> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 5
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 15.38 | 100% | 39% | 15% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Road Academy | Athens Bible School | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Harpeth Hall | Merrol Hyde A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Merrol Hyde B | USN B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| USN A | Owensboro | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| USN C | Portland High | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 13.13 | 100% | 19% | 13% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |