What was the source of the controversy known as La Guerre des Bouffons (War of the Buffoons)?
a. Whether opera seria or comic opera was more virtuous.
b. The relative merits of the Italian and French musical style.
c. The relative merits of the castrati over the soprano voice.
d. Whether opera buffa or Singspiel was more true to the spirit of Frenchcomedy.
b
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A. Alexander the Great B. Justinian C. Marcus Aurelius D. Julius Caesar
Why is the Codex Calixtinus an important monument in the history of Western music?
What will be an ideal response?
What is the term for a structure consisting of a succession of closed, unrelated units in the general form A, B, C, D, E?
a) Palindromic b) Isorhythmic c) Isomelic d) Paratactic
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A) Béla Bartók B) Sergei Rachmaninov C) Sergei Prokofiev D) Antonín Dvo?ák