Guillaume de Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame is __________.
a) a plainchant setting of the central Christian liturgical service
b) the first polyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary by a single composer
c) a song celebrating the wedding feast at Cana in the New Testament
d) an example of non-liturgical texts being included in a Christian liturgical service
Question 2
Whatmade Haydn'swarm public reception in London so unusual for him?
a) English critics had previously spurned his music.
b) Only a few months earlier he had been a servant at Esterhaza.
c) His music had sold very poorly in England.
d) Many of the Esterhaza musicians accompanied him to perform his music.