Question

In a 2014 April Fools video, a performer in the choir of King’s College, Cambridge faked inhaling helium before singing this piece’s high C6. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this setting of Psalm 51 by Gregorio Allegri. After hearing this piece at a service, a fourteen-year old Mozart legendarily transcribed it from memory.
ANSWER: Miserere mei, Deus (“mee-zuh-RAIR-ray may DAY-us”)
[10e] The high C6 of the Miserere is often sung by boy sopranos whose vocal type is described by this word. A spiral-shaped clef used by high-pitched instruments like the violin is described by this word.
ANSWER: trebles [accept treble clef]
[10m] Allegri’s Miserere uses this technique characteristic of the Roman school that was legendarily unbanned due to Palestrina’s Pope Marcellus Mass. This technique uses more than one simultaneous melodic line.
ANSWER: polyphony [or word forms such as polyphonic]
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Chicago ANotre Dame A010010
Illinois CChicago B0101020
Illinois AIllinois D0101020
WashU AIllinois B10101030
Northwestern AIowa A1001020
Northwestern BIndiana0101020
Notre Dame BWashU B010010
Purdue BPurdue A10101030
Notre Dame CPurdue C0101020
Iowa BSIUE001010