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One piece of this type uses the soggetto cavato technique to map an Italian phrase meaning “let me do it” to the solfège (“SOUL-fezh”) syllables “La sol fa re mi.” A 1917 Hans Pfitzner opera dramatizes the events surrounding a type of these works “without a name.” (20[2])The oldest complete one of these pieces by a single composer was written by (20[1])Guillaume de Machaut (20[5])(“ghee-OHM de muh-SHOW”). The cantus firmus “L’homme armé” (“LOHM ar-MAY”) was (20[1])used (20[1])in two works of this type by (*) Josquin des Prez (10[2])(“joe-SCAN deh PRAY”). According to legend, a ban on polyphony (10[1])(“puh-LIF-uh-nee”) was (10[1])avoided (10[1])after (10[2])Palestrina (10[1])wrote (10[1])a piece (10[3])of this type (10[2])named for Pope Marcellus (10[1])II (10[1])that contains (10[2])a (10[2])two-movement (10[1])Agnus Dei and opens with a Kyrie (“KEE-ree-ay”). For 10 points, name these choral settings of the liturgy of the Eucharist. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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