Round 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 treatise. According to legend, a composer died from gangrene after stabbing himself with a baton in (15[1])this city. (15[2])The (15[1])(*) 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 that was home to the Notre Dame school? (10[1])■END■

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