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Long lyrical melodies, melismatic text setting, and rich polyphonic textures __________.
 
  a) made text more clearly understood
  b) ran the risk of obscuring the text to be sung
  c) were outlawed completely by the Catholic Church
  d) made printing difficult

Question 2

Who was a late-sixteenth-century Italian madrigal composer admired by the English?
 
  a) Josquin des Prez
  b) William Byrd
  c) Claudio Monteverdi
  d) Francesco Landini



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

c





 

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