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Congregations in New England were encouraged to read music, which led to the development of

Metrical psalm-singing was one of the central musical elements in Calvinist worship in New England.

Binary form originated as a form for dances

Sonata form includes these sections in this order

Toccatas, fugues, preludes, and dance suites fell out of fashion in the Classic period.

If you were to hear an aria from a ballad opera, it probably would

________ is one of the most famous and successful intermezzi.

Composers published many songs for home performance in different countries, reflecting the

In the classical era, the minor mode was preferred in musical compositions.

Opera seria did NOT include

Comic opera both entertained and served a moral purpose by poking fun at human foibles.

Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of Italian comic opera in the mid-1700s?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued against including Italian opera elements in French opera.

Composers of Italian operas began to use contrasting musical ideas within A and B sections of arias to

In an opera seria, action progresses through

Gluck supervised the production of his operas and wanted singers, both soloists and the chorus, to

Pergolesi lived to the ripe old age of

In a comic opera in the late 1700s, an act would most likely end with