Long lyrical melodies, melismatic text setting, and rich polyphonic textures
a. made text more clearly understood.
b. ran the risk of obscuring the text to be sung.
c. were outlawed completely by the Catholic Church.
d. made printing difficult.
B
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b. Thematic unity. c. An expansion of the coda to a length that balances the development section. d. Modulations to distant tonal areas in the exposition.
Which of the following European navigators sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and reached Calicut, India, in approximately 1497?
a. Christopher Columbus
b. Pedro Cabral
c. Bartholomeu Dias
d. Vasco da Gama
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A. Mother goddess blessing fertility B. Nude woman protecting her unborn child C. Mother goddess holding an astronomical device D. Nude woman holding a bison horn
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