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ts19998

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In Baroque operas and cantatas, what emotion was associated with a bass line
  that descended by step, particularly when the composition was in a minor key?


 
 

a. courage, valor
  b. contentment
  c. joy, frivolity
  d. love
  e. grief, lamentation



Question 2

Listen to the bass line of the listening example. Which answer does not apply to
  what you hear?


 
 

a. an example of a basso continuo
  b. includes a harpsichord
  c. dramatic intensity heightened by sweeping dynamics
  d. includes a cello
  e. an example of a basso ostinato




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Answer to Question 1

E

Answer to Question 2

C



ts19998

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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