Music Appreciation/ History

Question 1

Between what years did handel write his 50 opera serias?

Accepted Answer

1705-1738

Question 2

How many opera serias did Handel write?

Accepted Answer

50

Question 3

Handel’s best known Oratorio was?

Accepted Answer

Messiah

Question 4

When were boys castrated?

Accepted Answer

Before puberty

Question 5

. Montesquieu – “good government”, often cited by....?

Accepted Answer

Americas founding fathers inthe creation of the constitution

Question 6

Oratorios are dramatizations of what?

Accepted Answer

biblical stories

Question 7

What was the generalized story of the messiah?

Accepted Answer

The coming of christ

Question 8

The Age of Enlightenment was grounded in?

Accepted Answer

empirical evidence

Question 9

when was handels oratorio first performed?

Accepted Answer

1741

Question 10

When was Julius Caesar written?

Accepted Answer

1724

Question 11

The Age of Enlightenment was based on what?

Accepted Answer

reason

Question 12

What did renoldos operas use?

Accepted Answer

historical subjects

Question 13

People have a right to ___( ? )___if it breaks that contract

Accepted Answer

Revolt

Question 14

The Age of Enlightenment: A new way of...

Accepted Answer

thinking about the world

Question 15

John Locke – Man is innately what?

Accepted Answer

good

Question 16

. Diderot – co-writer/ editor of..?

Accepted Answer

The Encyclopedia

Question 17

What did The Age of Enlightenment encourage?

Accepted Answer

scientific skepticism

Question 18

Government must be a..?

Accepted Answer

Contract

Question 19

Who were the highest paid singers of the 18th C.E.?

Accepted Answer

Men who sang the soprano and alto parts in opera

Question 20

Everyone should be considered...?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Questions 20