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TFauchery

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Why have Handel's oratorios remained popular to the present day?
 
  a. The words are in English, and the biblical stories are familiar.
  b. The kings and queens of England loved his work, and everyone follows the opinions of the nobility.
  c. People like to sing the fast running passages in his choral sections.
  d. Churches signed an agreement to always perform parts of Messiah at Christmas and Easter.

Question 2

Which is a word-painting technique that Handel uses to represent the text in the aria Thou Shalt Break Them?
 
  a. a shaking figure
  b. a large downward leap
  c. long slow notes
  d. both a and b



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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