Recitatives are used by opera composer to: - Display technical virtuosity of vocal soloists - advance the plot - communicate heightened emotions through song - all of the above

The appearance of the first opera house in Italy radically changed people’s access to music. a) True b) False

Wagner called his works music dramas rather than operas because: - He wanted to emphasize the close relationship between music and drama - There is a continuous musical flow within each act - He rejected Italian opera - The vocal line is inspired by the inflections of the German language

Prompts Answers Coda Is section displaying technical virtuosity that is played or improvised by the soloist without orchestral accompaniment  Exposition  A concluding section that rounds off a movement by extending the tonic chord  Cadenza The first section of a sonata form  Pedal A single tone, often in the bass, that is held while other voices produce changing harmonies against it

Prompts Answers Mozart Symphony No.40 Haydn Messiah Oratorio Beethoven Symphony No.9 Handel Symphony No.104

A romantic work of virtuosic nature that is short, of lively character and fairly free in form is the: a) Symphony b) Capriccio c) Interlude d) Variation

summarize key questions and answers on an interview with a buddhist friend?

Neumatic notation in the early Middle Ages did not include rhythm. a) True b) False

what is your experience after interviewing a buddhist friend under the perspective of interfaith dialogue?