Question
Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo ("YAY-lo") frequently collaborates with one of these ensembles from Royal Holloway, University of London. Adrian Willaert ("VILL-art") wrote antiphonal ("an-TIFF-uh-nal") music featuring multiple of these ensembles while living in Venice. Composition students learn four-part writing by studying J. S. Bach's short preludes written and named for these ensembles. The Duke of Norfolk apocryphally challenged Thomas Tallis to write (*) Spem in Alium for eight of these ensembles. "Jesu ("YAY-zoo"), Joy of Man's Desiring" is an excerpt from a Bach cantata featuring one of these ensembles. The most common type of these large ensembles that often tune to a pitch pipe is called SATB. For 10 points, name these large vocal ensembles. ■END■
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Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 42 | 100% | 19% | 0% | 79.40 |