Round 4: Tossup 5

Muezzin chanting was unwittingly sampled for a piece in this genre depicting a Fire Temple. Early works (15[2])in this genre used fast, complex phrases due to being limited to three melodic lines. A piece in this genre features two rapid notes before the descending motif [read slowly] “D, down to A, [pause] Ab, (-5[1])G, long F, D, F, G.” In 2005, Christopher Tin won a Grammy for “Baba Yetu”, a piece in this (15[1])genre of composers (-5[1])like (*) Lena Raine and Koji (10[2])Kondo. Technology used in this genre originated chiptune music, which in turn inspired a Toby Fox piece in it called “MEGALOVANIA.” For 10 points, what genre is “Sweden”, written by C418 for Minecraft? (10[3]0[1])■END■

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