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Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo ("YAY-lo") frequently collaborates with one of these ensembles from Royal Holloway, University of London. (20[1])Adrian Willaert ("VILL-art") wrote antiphonal ("an-TIFF-uh-nal") music featuring multiple of these ensembles (20[1])while living in Venice. (20[1])Composition students learn four-part writing by (20[1])studying (20[1])J. S. (20[1])Bach's short preludes written (20[1])and named for these ensembles. (20[1])The Duke of Norfolk apocryphally challenged Thomas Tallis to write (*) Spem (10[3])in Alium (10[3])for eight (0[1])of these ensembles. (10[3])"Jesu (10[1])("YAY-zoo"), Joy of Man's Desiring" (10[1])is an excerpt from a Bach cantata featuring one of these (10[1])ensembles. The most common type (10[1])of these (10[1])large ensembles that often tune to a pitch pipe is called (10[3])SATB. (10[4])For (10[1])10 points, (10[2])name (10[1])these large vocal ensembles. (10[3])■END■ (10[6])

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