Which statement best describes this selection?
a) it is the first Mass by a known composer based on a secular cantus firmus
b) it is the first Mass by a known composer based on a sacred cantus firmus
c) it is the first Mass by a known composer written for four voices
d) it is the first Mass by a known composer
a
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A) concerto grosso B) sonata C) prelude D) suite
What term do art historians use to denote an engaged column?
A. Daedalic B. Pilaster C. Retrograde D. Tuscan column
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A. recitativo B. aria C. libretto D. monody
The signori in early Renaissance Italy were the
A. paid soldiers of fortune who operated independent armies. B. advisers to the popes at court in Rome. C. autocratic rulers of the Italian states. D. begging monks in the mendicant holy orders.