Author Question: The oratorio a. is musically very similar to an opera, but is unstaged and based on a sacred ... (Read 160 times)

lunatika · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

The oratorio

a. is musically very similar to an opera, but is unstaged and based on a sacred topic.
b. is not at all like an opera, and is only performed during Lent.
c. was banned due to the theatrics in the church and does not exist today.
d. is performed totally a cappella.

Question 2

Monteverdi believed that in passages with very expressive text,

a. the rules could be broken to make the music more intense.
b. the compositional rules should never be compromised.
c. there should be no rules, and the emotions of the individual performer should dictate everything.
d. he had not succeeded unless the entire audience began weeping.