Packet 1: Tossup 10

In a piece based on this composer’s music, a succession of eight variations, starting with one marked “Musingly,” gets gradually closer to this composer’s theme, which is finally played intact in the movement “Slow and Quiet.” That piece, which was written for Julian Bream, is based on a song by this composer addressed to a figure described as “shadow of my end” and “the image of true Death.” A Benjamin Britten piece for (10[2])viola and piano is based on this composer’s song “If my complaints could passions move,” from a collection (10[1])that ends with a piece for two people playing one stringed instrument, (10[1])titled for “My Lord (10[1])Chamberlaine.” (10[2]-5[1])A work (-5[1])for solo guitar by Britten is titled Nocturnal after (10[1])this composer, (10[1])whose 1597 First Book of Songs contains (10[1])the “Frog Galliard” and “Come, (10[1])Heavy Sleep.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this English (10[1])lutenist (10[3])who wrote the song (10[1])“Flow My Tears.” (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

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