Round 5: Tossup 19

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

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