Christopher Simpson, a player of this type of instrument, wrote a treatise on its “division” type. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this family of flat-backed string instruments with distinctive c-holes, for which the In Nomine genre of music was written. The Italian name of one of these instruments indicates that it is played between the legs.
ANSWER: viols [or viola da gamba or gamba; accept The Division Viol; reject “viola”]
[10e] Division viols were primarily played in this country of Simpson. John Taverner, the originator of the In Nomine genre, supposedly participated in the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII in this country.
ANSWER: England [prompt on Great Britain; prompt on the United Kingdom or UK]
[10m] The complete viol consort music of this other English composer was recorded on a Fretwork album titled In Nomine. This composer wrote a 40-part motet intended to be sung in a horseshoe formation, Spem in alium.
ANSWER: Thomas Tallis
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