Author Question: Which composer, whose Rondeau was selected in 1971 to be the theme music for a long-running ... (Read 114 times)

vicky · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Which composer, whose Rondeau was selected in 1971 to be the theme music
for a long-running television show, served as a musician at the palace of
Versailles for Louis XV?

a. Monteverdi
b. Purcell
c. Strozzi
d. Pachelbel
e. Mouret

Question 2

Identify the statement that correctly describes the average orchestra during the
Baroque era?

a. 10 performers equally divided between strings, woodwind, and percussion
b. 20 performers with no more than one instrumentalist assigned to a single
written line
c. 40 performers, limited to members of the violin family, with 10
instrumentalists assigned to each of the four written lines
d. 60 performers; while the majority of the instrumentalists played string
instruments, the ensemble included a complete complement of paired woodwind
instruments (flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons)
e. close to 100 performers with many instrumentalists duplicating each written
line of the score; the full instrumentation included woodwind, brass, and
percussion instruments