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Chapter 20 Quiz
The Spread of Opera
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Which statement about Lully's career is NOT true?
Lully was the first composer to believe that the French language would be a viable vehicle for opera.
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The operas that Lully wrote for the Sun King were all grand tragedies.
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Lully's operas were carefully calibrated to extol the monarch's absolute reign, and thus served as propaganda to glorify the French state.
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Lully composed an average of one opera per year for fourteen years.
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Melodic music in an opera that is introduced by recitative is commonly called:
A song
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A monody
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A cabaletta
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An aria
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Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "The English court's favored form of entertainment in the late 17
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century was the masque, allegorical spectacles that typically centered on topics such as peace and love in performances that featured poetry and music."
The statement is true.
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The statement is false because the masque was not popular until the early 18
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The statement is false because the stories of masques were strictly about topical political stories and events.
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The statement is false because masques were silent performances that included, at most, solo violin accompaniment, with no poetry involved whatsoever.
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Which of the following is the definition of "basso ostinato"?
Music intended to herald the arrival and presence of the king within an a opera audience
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Recitative that precedes a large chorus number in an opera
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Operatic solos for low male voices
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Music that features a repeated bass pattern with melodic and harmonic material in higher registers
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Which statement about Henry Purcell is NOT true?
He was the organist of Westminster Abbey and of the Chapel Royal
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He is today primarily remembered for composing
Dido and Aeneas
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He remains one of England's most distinguished composers
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He composed anthems for the Lutheran church
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Aeneas, the male lead in
Dido and Aeneas
, is the mythical personage commonly held responsible for:
Defeating the armies of Carthage
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Saving the royal family of Troy from the armies of Athens
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Founding the city of Rome
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Establishing the worship of Mercury as the principle religion of the Mediterranean region
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Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "Jean-Baptiste Lully, a Portuguese composer living in Paris, established French opera while working under a royal patent granted by Louis XIV."
The statement is true.
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The statement is false because Lully was Italian.
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The statement is false because Lully was famous for establishing German opera.
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The statement is false because Lully was hired by the Bishop of Paris to produce sacred opera.
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Listen to the selection from "When I am laid in earth" from Purcell's
Dido and Aeneas
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Vocalist
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Continuo
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Violin
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Cornette
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Henry Purcell composed several masques that increasingly took on the trappings of opera-these were described as:
Chamber masques
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Semi-operas
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Incidental narratives
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Staged madrigals
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Which of the following is NOT a similarity between Monteverdi's "Possente spirtu" and Purcell's "When I am laid in earth"?
Both use a basso ostinato, or repeating pattern
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Both represent the dramatic crux of their respective operas
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Both are about the portrayal of one unified emotion: grief
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Both use instruments
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Which statement about the traditional French overture is NOT true?
It typically consisted of three sections of drastically different character.
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It opened with stately rhythms to mark the entrance and presence of the king in the audience.
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It found favor among later Baroque composers, regardless of their nationality.
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It featured imitative counterpoint after the solemn opening section.
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