Identify the correct definition of the "gigue."
a. A slow and stately triple meter dance with an accent on the second beat.
b. A stately quadruple meter dance of German origin with phrases that oftenbegin on an upbeat
c. An elegant dance of French origin in triple meter and performed at amoderate tempo.
d. A fast dance in 6/8 or 12/8 with a constant eighth-note pulse that produces agalloping sound.
d
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a. True b. False
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Which national school dominated High Renaissance music?
A. the English B. the Franco-Netherlandish C. the Italian D. the German
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a) a hybrid of through-composed and modified strophic b) A B A c) strophic d) modified strophic
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