The Baroque music performance you are attending contains soloists, chorus, orchestra, no costumes or scenery, and an English text. Who is the probable composer, and what type of work is it?
A) Handel, Lutheran cantata B) Handel, oratorio
C) Bach, opera D) Bach, oratorio
B
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a. a series of notes arranged into a distinctive and recognizable musical unit b. an arrangement of pitches that ascend and descend in a fixed, unvarying pattern c. the movement of music through time d. a short, distinctive figure e. the element that adds depth and dimension to music
British and French philosophers in the nineteenth century developed the theories of materialism and __________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What formal technique was used to create a very lifelike quality in Bison from Le Tuc d'Audoubert in southern France?
a. human figures surrounding the herds b. small footprints in the clay floor c. engraved short parallel lines below their necks d. low-relief carvings of thin, active animals
Discuss the similarities and differences between the representations of the heroic figures of Gilgamesh (in the Epic of Gilgamesh) and David (in the Hebrew Bible)
Please provide the best answer for the statement.