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Kthamas

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The man most responsible for the reform of serious opera was the German composer ___________________ .
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

Which genre, performed during Lent, was similar in style to opera, but lacked the lavish staging, and was a setting of a story taken from the Old Testament?
 
  A) concerted madrigal
  B) masque
  C) cantata
  D) oratorio



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Answer to Question 1

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Answer to Question 2

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