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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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY910.0067%33%0%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY77.1429%43%0%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1213.3358%58%17%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY912.2267%56%0%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY720.00100%71%29%
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY1019.0080%80%30%

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Miami A (UG) CWRU A (UG) 0101020
CWRU B (DII) Miami B (UG) 0000
CWRU C (UG)Michigan State B 010010
Michigan A (UG) Michigan State A 0101020
Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan D (UG)001010
Ohio State A (UG) Michigan C 010010
Michigan B (UG)Ohio State B (DII) 010010
Ohio State C (DII) West Virginia A (UG) 010010
Miami C (DII) West Virginia B (UG) 0000