Packet 5: Tossup 19

A school based in this city chronicled by Anonymous IV (15[1])(“anonymous four”) promulgated early uses (15[1])of ars antigua polyphony. A composer in this city (15[1])gained controversy due to grounding (-5[1])harmony in mathematical principles in a 1722 (-5[2])treatise. (15[1])According to legend, (15[2])a composer (15[1])died from gangrene (15[1])after stabbing himself (15[2])with a baton (15[1])in (15[1])this city. (15[5])The (15[1])(*) Art of Playing (-5[1])the Harpsichord (10[2])was a monumental treatise published in this city by a composer that titles a “Tombeau” (10[1])by a later composer.. Jean-Phillippe Rameau was a baroque composer who worked (10[2])in, for 10 points, what capital city (10[3])that was home (10[2]-5[1])to the Notre (10[1])Dame (10[2])school? (10[3])■END■ (10[10]0[1])

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