Which of the following describes a difference between English and Italian madrigals?
A. A lighter and more humorous tone
B. More complex melodies
C. More complex harmonies
D. The use of German folk songs
Answer: A
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a. was used strictly for entertainment and special celebrations b. serves important social functions, accompanies work, and is part of religious and social events c. is primitive and disorganized, lacking clear social functions d. is practiced by only a few highly trained performers in each village
Sprechstimme is
A. the term Schoenberg preferred to atonality. B. an opera composed by Schoenberg. C. the German term for Impressionism. D. a vocal technique using expressive glides from one inexact note to another.
Felix Mendelssohn's sister Fanny was a well-known concert pianist whose fame rivaled Clara Schumann's.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following marks the predominant cultural center of the Hellenistic world?
a) the Library at Alexandria b) the Altar of Zeus at Pergamon c) the Treasury of Macedonia d) the Parthenon in Athens