________ has been called the “greatest of all English composers.” Only Handel
(who was German-born) and pop songwriter Paul McCartney can plausibly
challenge him for this title.
a. Weelkes
b. Purcell
c. Bach
d. Mouret
e. Pachelbel
B
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b. a simple, popular sacred song performed by members of a confraternity thatis the secular counterpart of the carnival song. c. the prayer hall set aside just for praying, preaching, and devotional singing. d. a catch-all word to describe a polyphonic setting of a wide variety of strophicItalian poetry.
Which composer wrote up to four-voice Notre Dame school organum?
a. Perotinus b. Guillaume de Machaut c. Leoninus d. Hildegard of Bingen
Who created romanticized portraits that he called "fancy pictures" that appealed to the wealthy classes of eighteenth-century Britain?
a. Thomas Gainsborough b. Antoine Watteau c. Balthasar Neumann d. William Hogarth
What one skill is not usually associated with a record producer?
a. Knack for picking popular songs b. An understand of recording engineering c. Access to money d. Mastery of at least two musical instruments (or voice and one instrument)