What is the Alberti bass?
a. The Enlightenment version of the Baroque basso ostinato.
b. Numerical shorthand that tells the player which unwritten notes to fill inabove the written bass note
c. A rumbling octave bass created by repeating a bass note in alternatingoctaves.
d. Animation of simple triads by playing the notes successively and in apattern.
d
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Due to the 1848 revolutions across Europe, which group gained more rights?
a. Serbs b. Croats c. Jews d. Russians
In which of these works might one expect to read the impassioned letters of a virtuous servant?
a. Richardson's Pamela b. Goethe's Götz von Berlichingen c. Voltaire's Candide d. Swift's Gulliver's Travels
Holbein's Erasmus rests his hands on a book,
a. the Bible. b. the Moriae encomium. c. the Adagia. d. the Metamorphoses e. "The Labors of Herakles"
Who among the following could NOT be considered a “nativist” composer?
A. Edward MacDowell B. Anthony Philip Heinrich C. William Henry Fry D. George Frederick Bristow