What musical device is utilized during this selection to highlight the trumpet soloist?
a. Rubato passages
b. Solo breaks
c. Collective improvisation
d. Stop-Time
b. Solo breaks
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The main rhythmic motive in this selection starts out?
a. ?short-short-long-long-short. b. long-long-short-long-short.? c. ?long-short-long-short-long. d. ?long-short-long-long-short.
Composers in the Classical period did not write the cadenzas for their concertos; they
only indicated where a cadenza should appear.
a. true b. false
Michelangelo organized the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel within __________.
A. an illusionistic architectural structure B. a central, pyramidal composition C. stucco reliefs of garlands D. blind windows and pilasters
Which of the following provides a good description of this musical work?
a) the concertino part is continuous and can be performed with or without the ripieno forces b) the solo parts double the tutti in the statements of the ritornello but are otherwise structurally independent c) the rhythms are constantly shifting and in certain passages are quite intricate d) the piece recalls Italian sonatas with its fluidity and formal freedom, its paratactic structure, as well as the changes of tempo and meter