Which definition best describes the "chamber cantata"?

a. A work that typically incorporated a limited number of recitatives and arias.
b. All of these choices.
c. A genre of intimate vocal chamber music performed before a select audiencein a private residence

d. A composition for a single voice accompanied by basso continuo andperhaps a few strings that usually lasted no more than fifteen minutes.


b

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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A. symbolism B. futurism C. expressionism D. naturalism

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