A descending E harmonic minor scale, with trills on D-sharp and A, begins a song that asks these title objects, “why do you hold back?” A collection titled for these objects includes 20 madrigals set to poems by Luigi Tansillo and a motet called “Vide Homo.” Some of these objects belonging to Saint Peter title Orlando di Lasso’s final composition. A cantata by Barbara Strozzi is called “[these objects] mie (“MEE-yay”).” These objects are represented with a tetrachord descending from A to E in pieces with adjectives such as antique novae and coactae (“co-ACT-ay”) in a collection titled for seven of these objects. An Englishman wrote an ayre (“air”) titled for these objects that was the basis for seven pavanes for lute and tells these objects to “fall from your springs.” For 10 points, John Dowland’s collection Lachrimae (“LACK-ree-may”) is based on a sad song called “Flow, [what objects]?” ■END■
ANSWER: tears [accept lagrime or lachrimae until read; accept “Lagrime Mie”; accept Lagrime di San Pietro or Saint Peter’s Tears; accept Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares; accept Lachrimae Pavane; accept “Flow, my tears”; accept falling tear motif]
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